1. Becoming an Immigrant City: A History of Immigration into Toronto since the Second World War

Troper, Harold; Anisef, Paul; Lanphier, Michael

doi:10.3138/9781442670259-003

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“…This project focuses on the province of Ontario primarily because Ontario has been the most popular immigrant destination in Canada. Toronto, Ontario's capital city has been a main gateway city since the post-war period, with close to one third of all Canadian immigrants settling in this city by the 1970's (Troper, 2003). As has been mentioned in Section 2, since the mid-1990s, a large volume of social science research in Canada has focused on immigration and settlement.…”

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Regionalization of Immigrant Settlement in Ontario : Exploring Experiences of Small and Medium Sized Reception Centres

Goodbrand¹

2023

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This paper explores the regionalization of immigrant settlement in Canada’s smaller cities which has not been sufficiently addressed in Canada’s largest province, Ontario. The paper investigates this through a comprehensive review of the existing Canadian literature and research into the changing volume of immigrant settlement and the social geography of Ontario’s smaller cities from 1996 to 2015. This research is conducted through the development of a categorization system which orders Ontario’s CMAs into tiers based on total immigrant population. Two tiers are then compared to reveal any general trends or anomalies which could contribute to the understanding of regionalization in Ontario. A lack of evidence for significant regionalization was found, however, growth in the visible minority populations of some CMAs suggested the development of new international migration pathways. The findings of this paper reaffirm the need for further research in immigrant settlement in smaller Canadian cities.

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Regionalization of Immigrant Settlement in Ontario : Exploring Experiences of Small and Medium Sized Reception Centres

Goodbrand¹

2023

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“…In the case of educational systems, five of the mothers felt frustrated with obtaining support and resources from mainstream schools when they needed it and stated that their personal lack of navigational knowledge was a major obstacle, as they "didn't know the system." However, due to a disparity of funding allocated to school boards in the GTA, cited earlier by Troper (2003), depending on the school board, on a number of occasions, the mothers were required to pay for assessments ranging up to or beyond a thousand dollars. As a result, two of the mothers incurred great expense and moved to other boards to obtain funding services, which they felt, should have been provided by the first board.…”

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"You Have to Have Tough Skin": The Impact of Social Exclusion on Immigrant Mothers of Children with Disabilities

Skrinda¹

2021

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This exploratory research considers the way gender, racialized ethnicity, and disability, as markers of difference, contribute to the social exclusion experienced by immigrant mothers as primary caregivers of child(ren) with a disability. Interviews were held with eight immigrant mothers in the Greater Toronto Area exploring barriers to accessing informal, formal networks of support, and the resulting impact on their lives. The findings include a lack of ethno-specific and extended family support as well as a lack of accessible, transparent government, social service information, and service provision. Other issues concern language, equity and access to services, impact on personal health, caregiving for aging parents, and future concerns for their children’s short and long-term welfare. Recommendations are based on a social inclusion framework of principles, which are relevant to policy makers, service providers, educators, and members of society.

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“…The resettlement was a concentrated and organized response to aid in the humanitarian effort towards this global crisis. However, rather than setting a precedent for refugee policy, the move was considered more of a one off for Canada (Troper, 2003). Hungarians had arrived in Canada prior to 1956 but in much smaller numbers.…”

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Exporting Canadian immigration policy: a comparative analysis of private sponsorship methods in Canada, the U.K. and Germany

Somers¹

2021

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The private sponsorship of refugees (PSR) model, created in Canada 40 years ago, has a structure which allows citizens and permanent residents concerned about refugee resettlement to take action in their local communities by sponsoring refugees and providing them with financial, social and integration support. This paper critically analyzes and compares the private sponsorship of refugees (PSR) model in Canada, the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Germany and how it is being promoted, portrayed and received in each country. I argue that the PSR model should be a refugee resettlement option provided that the number of refugees admitted through this stream should not surpass the number of refugees admitted through government sponsorship; effective oversight and evaluation should be administered by governments and NGOs over groups and communities involved in sponsorship; and, diverse images and perspectives of refugees themselves should be used in the promotional material from governments and NGOs about private sponsorship. Key words: Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, private sponsorship, refugee, immigration policy, refugee resettlement

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1. Becoming an Immigrant City: A History of Immigration into Toronto since the Second World War

Cited by 8 publications

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Regionalization of Immigrant Settlement in Ontario : Exploring Experiences of Small and Medium Sized Reception Centres

Regionalization of Immigrant Settlement in Ontario : Exploring Experiences of Small and Medium Sized Reception Centres

"You Have to Have Tough Skin": The Impact of Social Exclusion on Immigrant Mothers of Children with Disabilities

Exporting Canadian immigration policy: a comparative analysis of private sponsorship methods in Canada, the U.K. and Germany

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