Immigration
Key areas for Unit 6
What criteria does Canada use when accepting immigrants and refugees?
How do the individual and collective rights of Canadians influence immigration laws and policies?
How do provinces influence immigration laws and policies?'
Vocabulary
Accord
Allegiance
Bilingual
Citizen
Citizenship
Demographic
Discrimination
Immigrant
Immigration
Labour Force Growth
Mother Tongue
Multilingual
Point System
Racism
Refugees
Refugees
Study Questions
- What is the immigration and refugee protection act? List some of the objectives of this act: - What are the different immigration categories in Canada?
- How does immigration help to meet Canada’s workforce needs?
- What is the point system for accepting immigrants?
- How does health factor into qualifying as an immigrant? How does this connect to Canadians’ right to “security of the person” under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
- What is Canada’s policy towards refugees?
- What issues might arise from accepting refugees into Canada?
- How might the languages immigrants to Canada speak affect Canada’s official language groups?
- The only rights that do not apply to non-citizens of Canada are ____________________ rights such as
the right to ________________
- What impact do the rights of First Nations and Métis people have on the way Canada sets immigration
laws and policies?
- What challenges and opportunities does immigration pose for official language groups?
- One objective of the immigration and refugee protection act is to share the economic benefits of
immigration across all regions of Canada. How well does Canada achieve this goal? - In what ways can provinces influence and implement immigration policies?
- What are push and pull factors? Provide an example of each.