Immigration in Canadian History

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from HIST at the 1/2000 level; or permission of the Department This course explores the history of immigration to the lands which became Canada, from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, and in the context of world migration history. In addition to gender and class, key themes include: the impact of immigration on host societies, the changing roles of institutions and the state with regard to immigrants and refugees, and the construction of identities based on ethnicity or nationality. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)