Destination Canada

Peter Li is in the Department of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan.

• List of Tables and Figures ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Questions of Immigration ; Globalization and Migration ; Scope of the Book ; Canada as an Immigrant Nation ; Old-timers and Newcomers ; The Immigration Question ; Conclusion ; Chapter 2 Immigration and Canada ; Immigration and Nation Building ; Immigration Policies in Historical Periods ; Changes in Post-War War II Canadian Immigration Policy ; Canada's Business Immigration Program ; Postwar European Immigration to Canada ; Emergence of 'Visible Minorites' in Canada ; Conclusion ; Chapter 3 The Social Construction of Immigrants ; The Amibiguity of the Term Immigrants ; The Bureaucratic Definition of Immigrants ; The Folk Version of Immigrants ; Immigrant as an Analytical Concept ; Expectations about Immigrants ; The Science of 'Benchmarking' Immigrants ; Ideological Biases in Benchmarking Immigrants ; Conclusion ; Chapter 4 Immigration and Canada's Population ; The Nature of the Debate ; Conflicting Assessments of Immigration ; Immigration and Population Growth ; Demographic Trends in Canada ; Projections of Population Change ; Population Size and Absorptive Capacity ; Conclusion ; Chapter 5 Economic Benefit of Immigration ; Objectives of the Immigration Program ; Difficulties in Estimating Benefit of Immigration ; Immigration and Aggregate Productivity ; Immigrants' Tax Contribution and Tax Burden ; Immigrants' Earnings ; Immigrants' Costs and Benefits ; Immigrants and Canada's Labour Force ; Conclusion ; Chapter 6 Human Capital of Immigrants ; Human Capital and Other Forms of Capital ; Human Capital as Immigrant Selection Criterion ; Earnings Disparities ; Social Inequality ; Devaluation of Immigrants' Educational Credentials ; Gauging the Market Worth of Immigrants' Credentials ; Types of Degree Holders and Their Gross Earnings ; Net Market Worth of Immigrant Degree Holders ; Human Capital and Earnings ; Conclusion ; Chapter 7 Immigration and Diversity ; The Demographic Reality of Ethnic Diversity ; Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion ; Multiculturalism and Conformity ; Linguistic Diversity and Language Loss ; Cultural Diversity and Globalization ; Conclusion ; Chapter 8 Immigrants and the City ; Immigration and the Growth of Cities ; Immigrant Enclaves ; Schools and Neighbourhoods ; Affluent Areas and Prosperous Immigrants ; Conclusion ; Chapter 9 Immigration and Canadian Society ; The Immigration Question Revisited ; The Limits of Policy Development ; Biases in Public Discourse on Immigration ; Racialization of Immigrants in Academic Research ; Summary and Conclusion ; Appendix ; Notes ; References ; Author Index ; Subject Index ; Index