SWRK 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Neoliberalism, Meritocracy, Eurocentrism
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Chapter 13: the social welfare of recent immigrants. In addition to these laws, a head tax of . 00 was set on any chinese immigrant wanting to come to canada (raided to in 1901, and in 1904). Why impose a head tax on chinese and south asian immigrants to canada when they were at one time welcomed, even encouraged: chinese exclusion act of 1923 admitted only specific classes of chinese immigrants, barring them almost completely. The exclusion act was finally repealed, only in 1947. Why do you think these shifts started to happen: these increases (in immigration of visible minorities") affected public policy (i. e. multiculturalism policy) Programs established to help fulfill the policy"s objectives, including culturally-sensitive training, cultural competency training: mulitculturalism is celebrated and renowned in canada, yet economic, social and political barriers continue to exist. Using an anti-oppressive lens: how might you address/deconstruct the following sentences using what you have learned in the course thus far: (pg.