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Immigration

Immigration. A Canadian tradition. Fun FACT. When Canada became a country in 1867 our first Prime Minister was, of course, an immigrant.  Sir John Alexander Macdonald , was born in Scotland on January 11, 1815, and he came to Upper Canada as a child.  . Little big Questions.

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Immigration

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  1. Immigration A Canadian tradition

  2. Fun FACT • When Canada became a country in 1867 our first Prime Minister was, of course, an immigrant.  Sir John Alexander Macdonald, was born in Scotland on January 11, 1815, and he came to Upper Canada as a child. 

  3. Little big Questions • What patters can be identified in Canada’s immigrations history? • How does Canada current immigration system work? • Why do people leave their own country to live in another? • What patterns of migration exist within Canada ?

  4. Immigration vsEmmigration • immigration • emmigration

  5. Why people become Immigrants? • Push Factors: Reasons such as these that cause people to leave their own country • Examples ? • Pull Factors: they are attracted by what they view as favourable conditions in another country • Examples? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSdxRzff01I

  6. Intervening obstacles: events or factors that discourage people from migrating from one place to another • Examples?

  7. ZOMBIES? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdtQgwOOiBg

  8. Vocabulary • Refugee: • Multicultural • Intervening Obstacle: Economic Immigrants Family immigrants

  9. Canadian Immigration History • The enormous number of immigrants over a period of almost 400 years has been the key factor in Canada’s Population Growth • Immigrants from so many different countries have made Canada the culturally diverse nation that it is today

  10. Timeline explained • 1840’s: arrival of thousands of Irish settlers Reason: the potato crop failure. 1905-1914: massive immigration to the west Reason: government needed the land to be settled and was winning to give free land

  11. tomorrow • Point System Computer activity • WILL you make the cut ? • ( I did the activity………did I make it into Canada?)

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