Migrate Push factors Pull factors Multiculturalism Ethnocentric Prejudice Discrimination ...

MigratePush factorsPull factorsMulticulturalismEthnocentricPrejudiceDiscriminationEmigrateRefugees

Migrate: To move to a new locationPush factors: factor that causes

people to leave their current locationPull factors: factor that attracts

people to a new locationMulticulturalism: The preservation

of distinct cultural identities among varied groups within a unified society

Ethnocentric: believing one’s own culture is superior to others.

Prejudice: unfavourable judgment or ignorant bias often based on factors such as race, ethnicity, or gender

Discrimination: unfair treatment based on race, language, religion, culture or other factors

Emigrate: to leave one’s country, or region to settle in another

Refugees: People who are displaced, either from their home country or from their homew within their home country, and are seeking refuge elsewhere.

Video: Immigration

There are a number of reasons that cause people to move to a new place. Geographers divide the reasons into two categories:PUSH FACTORS PULL FACTORS

•Lack of freedom•War•Famine•Poverty•Climate change•Natural disasters•Unemployment

•Greater economic opportunity•Availability of land•Reunion of families•Climate•Discovery of resources•Access to technology•Democratic political system

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Canada attempts to promote an identity based on peace, justice, human rights, and multiculturalism.

Canada has a reputation of welcoming immigrants from all over the world.

How do we decide who can immigrate to Canada?

The government controls immigration; who can come into Canada and how many.

It depends on the economic situation of Canada at the time.

Canada’s immigration policy has not always been “fair”.

It was ethnocentric: People whose culture was similar to

Canada’s were considered to be the best immigrants for Canada. (Britain, USA, Europe)

People from outside of these regions (Asia and Africa) were discriminated agains base on their race, religion, or culture.

1900’s- African-American farmers from the United States were turned away because officials said they were not suited to our climate.

Chinese Immigration Act 1923- forbade entry of Chinese people into Canada.

1930’s- Canada was unwilling to accept Jewish Refugees.

Some Jewish refugees who did make it, were put into prison camps.

Recreate the Chart on Page 61 into your notebooks.

It should be titled: “ IMMIGRATION TO CANADA: 1870-2004”

In point form (using your text pages 60-61) explain the following changes in the Graph:

▪ Extreme increase in immigration before 1920▪ Extreme decrease in the 1920’s and 1930’s▪ Steady increase in immigration after 1940