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Pre-Confederation Pre-Confederation Post-Confederation to 1914 Post World War II to 1974 Creation of the Settlement Program Settlement Renewal and Devolution Funding Issues Modern Settlement Programming
I can scarcely imagine any obligation which it is more incumbent on Government to fulfill, than that of … securing to … persons disposed to emigrate every possible facility and assistance, from the moment of their intending to leave … to that of their comfortable establishment… I can scarcely imagine any obligation which it is more incumbent on Government to fulfill, than that of … securing to … persons disposed to emigrate every possible facility and assistance, from the moment of their intending to leave … to that of their comfortable establishment…
Early Legislation Early Legislation - Protect the emigrant, protect yourself
- Quarantine Acts
- NS – 1761; Lower Canada - 1795
- Legislation for a landing fee – 1832
- All provinces raised money for the sick and destitute
Emigrant Aid Societies - First legislation to specifically concerned with immigrants own welfare
Sorting Out Jurisdictions Sorting Out Jurisdictions - Dominion-Provincial Conference 1868
- Dominion takes control of quarantine stations
- Dominion undertakes to prepare national legislation: immigrants not emigrants
Looking After Immigrants - Port of Entry Facilities
- Immigration Halls
- Dominion Lands Act
- Grants to many immigrant aid organizations
The 1920s The 1920s - Emphasis on Colonization
- Railways Agreements
- Empire Settlement Agreement
- Immigration Halls
Depression and War - Immigration comes to a halt
- Many immigration halls used for unemployed and then as army barracks during WW II
Settlement Service established 1949 Settlement Service established 1949 - focused on employment and matching immigrants overseas to jobs in Canada
Citizenship Branch - funds language training and joint co-ordinating committees in many cities
1966: Manpower & Immigration - Settlement Service disbanded and programs transferred to Manpower division & Secretary of State
- Language training only for workers
1974 – Cabinet realises mistake of 1966 and creates “Settlement Program” - 1974 – Cabinet realises mistake of 1966 and creates “Settlement Program”
- M&I assumes funding for settlement NGOs.
- 1974 - ISAP program $810,000
- Indochinese Refugee Movement:
- Inspires government to rethink settlement
- Vastly increased need for NGOs and funding
- 1984 - HOST program
- 1986 - Settlement Language Training Program (SLTP)
- for adults not destined to labour market
1992 – Settlement “comes home” 1992 – Settlement “comes home” - Settlement moved to Immigration Division
- Occupational language merged with SLTP to create LINC
- 1991 Quebec
- 1999 BC and Manitoba
New Programming
2004-07 New Programming 2004-07 New Programming - Canadian Orientation Abroad - 1998
- Enhanced Language Training – 2004
- Anti-Racism - 2005
- Foreign Credential Referral Office- 2007
- Canadian Immigrant Integration Program - 2007
2005-08 – Vastly increased funding 2008 – New Terms and Conditions - unified Settlement program
Settlement Services Settlement Services Integration is a two-way street - The best settlement program will fail in the absence of a welcoming community.
- This is a lesson that Canada has learned, and then forgotten, only to rediscover again, several times through its history.
Settlement and integration are ‘whole of government’ activities NGOs are essential to program delivery
Cover: Old Immigration Hall, Edmonton, Library and Archives of Canada (LAC) – C042729 Cover: Old Immigration Hall, Edmonton, Library and Archives of Canada (LAC) – C042729 Slide 5: Grosse Isle 2nd Class Hospital c1905 – LAC - c079029 Slide 7: Immigration Sheds at Port of Quebec– LAC – a021357 Slide 8: Winnipeg Immigration Hall c1890 – LAC – c2334 Slide 10: Immigration Hall No. 1 Winnipeg, (Dominion Immigration Hall), Archives of Manitoba - N21668 Slide 16: Edmonton Immigration Hall 1931-1971, Frank Dumont – CIC Edmonton
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