Recently, federal government policies regarding international migration changed in three fundamental areas: a) in provincial allocations of settlement funding with shifts away from Ontario towards Prairie provinces and British Columbia; b) in the immigration policy arena, with enhanced criminal justice measures targeting immigration consultants, fraudulent marriage, and unauthorized migrants including trafficked women and refugees claimants; and c) in the recruitment of workers (temporary and permanent residents) via the ongoing expansion of the Provincial Nominee class and the decentralization of selection, with provinces and employers having greater roles in the selection process. These developments underscore the importance of sociological research on contemporary topics such as immigrant integration, labour recruitment, economic (in)equalities, trafficking, migration for marriage, refugee populations and past, present and emerging migration policies. This session solicits papers on these topics of Canadian migrant integration and/or immigration policy, as well as papers which assess current on-going issues and/or future implications of policy changes.
Organizer and Chair: Monica Boyd, PhD, University of Toronto, monica.boyd@utoronto.ca
This session has been divided into five sub-sessions.
Session 1: Stratification of Immigrants and their Children
Session Code: SoIn7-A
Session Chair and Discussant: Lisa Kaida, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Session 2: Immigration and Marginalization
Session Code: SoIn7-B
Session Chair and Discussant: Sylvia Fuller, University of British Columbia
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Session 3: Constructing Admission Categories
Session Code: SoIn7-C
Session Chair and Discussant: Rima Wilkes, University of British Columbia
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Session 4: Immigration Policy Changes and Integration Challenges
Session Code: SoIn7-D
Session Chair and Discussant: Monica Boyd, University of Toronto
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Session 5 Social Processes of Migration and Integration
Session Code: SoIn7-E
Session Chair and Discussant:Doug Baer, University of Victoria
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