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Canada: A welcoming land?

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This theme explores the history of immigration to Canada and the policies that shaped the country.

Vox populi

What your fellow citizens think about the question...


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Filmed interview with a specialist

An immigration and refugee lawyer discusses Canadian immigration policies.

Filmed interview with lawyer Barbara Jackman of Jackman & Associates in Toronto

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Article by a specialist

“Strangers Within Our Gates”: The Legacy of Intolerance

Article by Dr Vadim Kukushkin of the University of Alberta.

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A Sense of Family

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A Sense of Family
1980, director: Paul Lang

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The Canadian immigration policy of "continuous passage" was used to keep Indians out of Canada. In 1914, Indians on board the Komagata Maru were refused permission to land in Vancouver. Canada had seen the ship's arrival as a policy challenge, and there had been strong popular objection to the Indians' immigration. Narration and archival photography tell the tale.