Pathways to Prosperity: Canada

Policy and Practice Rationale Words such as ‘immigrant underclass’, ‘ethnic enclaves’, and ‘parallel communities’ are now more often mentioned in debates on immigrants’ integration in Canada and elsewhere. Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism, for instance, recently stated: “We want to avoid…

Researchers: Gillian King, Sally Lindsay, Victoria Esses, Anne Klassen, Suzanne Robinson, and Melissa Stachel Very little is known about the health service access and service care experiences of immigrant families in Canada (King, Esses, & Solomon, in press). This is a significant issue with implications…

Project Description: Among immigrants with no or little English, those working in low-skilled occupations in smaller cities are more likely to feel socially and culturally isolated. They may also find themselves in precarious employment situations, more exposed to external factors such as economic recessions and…

Project Description: The objective of this research is to analyse pathways for internationally educated health professionals who have been formally educated in their chosen profession but do not have the required educational, professional, or language requirements to enter their professions in Canada. To help bridge…

Project Description: This research includes the design, implementation, and analysis of a survey of recent newcomers to Alberta examining their experiences with settlement services in the province and their integration outcomes. Our sample includes roughly 1,000 immigrants to Alberta, 18 years of age and over,…

Project Description: This pilot project focuses on two specific target groups in Hamilton and Thunder Bay: second generation newcomer youth and Aboriginal youth. The research will focus on two main questions: 1) what are second generation newcomer and Aboriginal youths’ experiences with the police?; and…

Project Description: The Museum-making project will study the creation of museums and public cultural/history exhibitions developed by immigrant communities. It will look at ‘museum-making’ as a process through which ethnic communities and newcomers make sense of and reconfigure their ideas about heritage, identity and belonging….

Project Description: This project will identify what immigrant youth in a second-tier Ontario city envision as a healthy community, one in which they would want to live, and where they can participate fully in civic life. The project aims to develop relationships with local immigrant…

A number of social groups are numerically under-represented within elected local councils in Ontario. In a recent paper, author Karen Bird examines the representational deficit facing women, visible minorities, and the foreign-born, following the October 2010 municipal elections across the province. Drawing on an original…

  Canada has, by most accounts, one of the most successful immigration programs in the world.  While the federal government has long been the dominant player in this field, provinces, municipalities, service provider organizations, and employers are now pushing for an expanded policy role, increased…