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Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Migration Patterns

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This course provides an extensive overview of migration in Canada. Canada is a diverse nation, made up of many peoples, all of whom came from somewhere. The study of migration does not just involve one movement but recognizes that for a number of reasons, it is natural for peoples to move and settle from one place to another, be it a new country or a new community.

The history is explored, concepts explained, definitions offered. In the study of migration, it is vital it remember that while we speak in general of peoples, each individual has a story, waiting to be explored.

Course Length: 7 weeks
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 7 weeks
Course Content

MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION: TERMS & CONCEPTS
Statistics Table Series A339-349
Emigration/Immigration/Migration .
Chain Migration
Sojourners
Ethnicity
Charter Ethnic Groups
Block Settlement
Padrones
Population of Canada by Province

MODULE 2
MIGRATION HISTORY: PART I

MODULE 3
MIGRATION HISTORY: PART II
Table Series A350

MODULE 4
MIGRATION: ETHNICITY & RELIGION
The Americans
The British
Blacks
The Germans
The Ukrainians
Polish Immigrants
Asian Immigrants
Italian Immigration
Jewish Immigration
The Hungarians
The Hutterites, Mennonites & Amish
Statistical Table A125-163

MODULE 5
MIGRATION TECHNIQUES & RECORDS
Histories of Migration
The National Archives of Canada
Provincial Archives
Newspapers

MODULE 6
SUMMARY
The Smith Story, 1633-2002: A Fictional Account