Friday, October 19, 2012
Immigrants Entering Canada's Work Force
Although with Canada being a multicultural country, immigrants are still faced with challenges to this day. Such challenges include : learning a new language, finding housing, accessing social services, creating social networks, racism, exclusion and discrimination. All of these challenges effect finding and keeping employment. Which, in return puts these immigrants in poverty.
Along with these challenges is the devaluation of credentials. Employers sometimes shy away from hiring new immigrants and/or offering them less of a wage than non-immigrants wage. Employers often suspect these new immigrants to run into obstacles with the jobs offered.
Furthermore, with the foreign work force increasing, finding employment has become more of a problem for new immigrants, creating a social stratification system that effects Canada's social structure.
To help immigrants entering Canada's work force and contribute to society, the Canadian Multicultural Policy was introduced, in hopes to minimize the challenges new immigrants face.
Social Services were then offered to these new immigrants, such as : teaching the new immigrants our language, assisting with housing and income support, education, finding employment and creating social networks (which helps these new immigrants share their culture).
Overall, even with The Canadian Multicultural Policy, Immigrants still to this day face ongoing challenges that effect them not only in the work force but personally as well. For example, discrimination, racism, exclusion etc...
-Sharma, N. (Nov, 2001).On Being Not Canadian : The Social Organization Of "Migrant Workers" In Canada. Proquest. Oct. 18 2012, from http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.auc.ca/docview/234924568.
-Hick, S. (2007) Social Welfare In Canada : Understanding Income Security (Second Edition). Toronto, ST : Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc. (pgs. 181-201)
By:Sheri
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Very Well put. I understnad that Canada is needing immigrants to maintain population. Canadian are not having children, and the families are getting smaller and smaller. Canada is asking many people from other countries to come to this country and then not providing them a proper direction in how to live the " Canadain Way". I am delighted to see that there is some social service provided for immigrants. I thought there was none. This is good to know, in becoming a Social Worker that people in need of this concern can be directed to proper agencies. We may not have these services in SSM, but definately worth while to look into. Heather on Immigrants Entering Canada's Workforce
ReplyDeleteBefore reading your blog I was aware of some of the challenges faced by immigrants moving into Canada but I did not know that a Canadian Multicultural Policy was made in order to support them. I was very pleased to read the different supports that were put into place to help immigrants in their transition into a new country; however I was disappointed to read that credentials we devalued. I think that programs should be put into place to help immigrants gain the skills needed to continue working in the field they have the credentials for and worked in while living in their previous country.
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