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Event 1 (Hoogeveen, 235) and Person 1
-After World War 1, Canada tried to attract immigrants to Canada but only certain types of people
-Blacks from the united states, people from India, China, and Japan were unwelcome
-Blacks that were already in Canada, were put in separate schools. person: Masami Mitsui impacted immigration because he was able to immigrate to Canada before ww1, when discrimination was very high. Also, being an asian immigrant, he was even able to serve in ww1. (“Notable Canadians of Asian Heritage.” ) -
Event 2 (“Timeline – Immigration History Events from the Pier 21 Era.”) and Person 2
-Parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act, which barred nearly all Chinese immigrants.
-This meant that male Chinese workers could not bring their family and children into the country.
-This formed a large community of bachelor fathers and husbands. Wives were also left to raise the children on their own, usually in poverty. Person: Adrienne Clarkson, I chose her because she stood out. I found it interesting how she was doing great things even when the act was up. (“Adrienne Clarkson.”) -
Event 3 (“A Hundred Years of Immigration in Canada.”) and Person 3
Between the time of Hitler's reign and near the end of the war, Canada had rejected many Jewish people.
Only 4 - 5 thousand jewish people were accepted into Canada. This may seem like it's a lot but compared to US (200,000) and Britain (70,000) it is very little. Person: Prime Minister R. B Bennett. He was in charge and could've decided to take more jew but didnt. (“Prime+Minister+of+Canada+in+1933 - Google Search.” ) -
Event 4 (“A Hundred Years of Immigration in Canada.”) and Person 4
International pressure forced Canada to open up immigration.
After the ww2, people were displaced, so the world looked towards Canada as one of the places that could take in people. But open discrimination still existed.
Chinese immigration act of 1923 was no longer,
allowed wives and children of the male Chinese workers to come and be with them. Person: Cabinet minister Paul Martin Sr.; idea of the passing of Canadian Citizenship act of 1947. (“Defining Citizenship.”) -
Event 5 (“A Hundred Years of Immigration in Canada.”) and Person 5
The department of citizenship and immigration was formed.
Another immigration act was passed but did not come into effect until 1953.
This did not have substantial impact on immigration itself, but it gave ministers and officials great power over selection of admission and deportation.
disapproval of admission came based on nationality, ethnicity, and even homosexuals. Person: Prime minister louis st laurent had been the one to pass this act (“Immigration Act (Canada) (1952).”) -
Event 6 (“A Hundred Years of Immigration in Canada.”) and Person 6
The white paper was brought up, recommending a more non-discriminative and balanced policy regarding immigration.
Immigration Appeal Board Act was passed, this gave anyone who was being deported the right to speak to the Immigration Appeal Board, on law grounds. Person: Prime Minister Lester B Pearson and his liberal government, because they had commissioned the white paper on immigration. (“Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.”) -
Event 7 (“A Hundred Years of Immigration in Canada.”) and Person 7
Immigration Appeal Board Act was changed; the right to appeal after a deportation order was no more. This was to clear up an accumulation of matters that were not dealt with it.
Appeals from deportation were only limited to landed immigrants. Person: Robert Andras was not part of the Immigration Appeal Board Act, but was the minister of manpower and immigration that also dealt with the appeal to deportation. (“Immigration Appeal Board Act (Canada) (1967).”) -
Event 8 (Gatchene) and Person 8
Bill c-55 and c-84 were discussed.
Bill c-55, completely changed the refugee determination, this formed the immigration and refugee board.
Bill c-84; caused by Sikhs landing in Nova scotia and receiving refugee status. Also having 155 tamils arriving in new found land in 1986. Person: Brian Mulroney. Chose to table bill c-84 due the landing of sikhs in nova scotia. (Gatchene) -
Event 9 (“A Hundred Years of Immigration in Canada.”) and Person 9
IRCC (Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada) was formed, was a reorganization of what was known as CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) Person: John McCallum, because he is the minister responsible of IRCC. (“Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.”) -
Event 10 (“A Hundred Years of Immigration in Canada.”) and Person 10
After the shock of 9/11, they passed IRPA (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act)
The pass of this act had 2 general purposes. To redefine admission criteria of immigrants and to provide government with tools to deny someone and deport them if they were terrorists. Person: Osama bin laden, because he was the leader of this group and the planner of this event that kind of gave an image of his race to the government that caused IRPA. And since he was also and immigrant. (“Osama Bin Laden.”) -
Photos cited
Evidence 1: (“Notable Canadians of Asian Heritage.”)
Evidence 2: (“The Chinese Exclusion Act Ended Seventy-One Years Ago, Today.”)
Evidence 3: (“Canada Turned Away Jewish Refugees.” )
Evidence 4: (“Defining Citizenship.”)
Evidence 5: (“Immigration Act (Canada) (1952).”) -
Photos cited pt 2
Evidence 6: (“Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.”)
Evidence 7: (“Common Menu Bar Links.”)
Evidence 8: (Gatchene)
Evidence 9: (“IRCC Logo – English.”)
Evidence 10: (Roberts)
