Citizenship Learning and Political Participation: The Experience of Latin American Immigrants in Canada

Armony, Víctor; Barriga, M. Daniela; Schugurensky, Daniel

doi:10.1080/08263663.2004.10816850

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“…Government-sponsored refugees are eligible for state-funded services and to apply for permanent residence and eventually Canadian citizenship. Moreover, in the 1970s and 1980s, the Canadian government provided generous settlement services to assist newcomers (Armony et al 2004). These generous resources need to be understood in light of the political and financial climate of the time, which was favourable to the nonprofit sector.…”

Section: The Role Of the Canadian Conjuncturementioning

confidence: 98%

Immigrant Participation in the Transnational Era: Latin Americans' Experiences with Collective Organising in Toronto

Veronis

2010

Int. Migration & Integration

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This paper examines the challenges migrant groups that are new and internally diverse face to participate and build community in host societies today. Qualitative research findings on Latin American migrants' experiences in Toronto, Canada, reveal that the group's participation is the result of a complexity of social and spatial processes. The paper contributes to current debates on the study of immigrant integration in three ways: (1) by focusing on immigrants' collective forms of organising, (2) by responding to ongoing calls for a closer examination of intra-group diversity, and (3) by drawing on transnationalism research to avoid the use of essentialising categories in the study of immigrant groups that are internally diverse.Résumé Cet article examine les défis auxquels font face les nouveaux groupes migrants caractérisés par une diversité interne pour participer et développer une conscience communautaire dans les sociétés d'accueil d'aujourd'hui. Les résultats d'une recherche qualitative portant sur les expériences de migrants latino-américains à Toronto, au Canada, ont indiqué que la participation du groupe a pour origine des processus sociaux et spatiaux complexes. La contribution de cet article aux débats actuels sur l'étude de l'intégration des immigrants s'établit de trois façons: (1) en se concentrant sur les formes collectives d'organisation des immigrants; (2) en réagissant aux demandes continues pour un examen soigneux de la diversité intragroupe; et (3) en puisant dans la recherche sur le transnationalisme pour éviter, dans le contexte d'une étude sur les groupes d'immigrants caractérisés par une diversité interne, d'employer des catégories qui réduisent à l'essentiel

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Section: The Role Of the Canadian Conjuncturementioning

confidence: 98%

Immigrant Participation in the Transnational Era: Latin Americans' Experiences with Collective Organising in Toronto

Veronis

2010

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…5. Multiculturalism has been the official Canadian immigration policy since 1971, and civic duties and people's sense of belonging are formally prioritized over assimilation in Canada (Armony, Barriga, and Schugurensky 2004). 6.…”

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confidence: 99%

Coloniality, belonging, and indigeneity in Peruvian migration narratives

Alcalde

2020

Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies

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Transnational lives include not only the mobility of individuals, but of racialized discourses that reinforce and sustain inequalities and exclusion. Building on the seminal work of migration scholars Grosfoguel, Oso, and Christou, this article brings together Quijano's coloniality of power with cultural critic Aviles's insights on contemporary forms of discrimination and anthropologist Briones's conceptualization of 'internal Others' to center racialization in approaching contemporary middle-class Peruvian identities across borders. I suggest that similarly to how racialization is key to the processes of creating internal Others in Peru, middle-class Peruvians seek to assert higher status in relation to other migrants in the U.S. and Canada by employing discourses of indigeneity and internal Others. These forms of status-marking through racialization and differentiation are central to contemporary peruanidad within and beyond Peru's physical borders, and to understanding the role of race, racism, and coloniality of thought among Peruvians outside Peru.

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“…In this case, however, the transnational effects were mixed, because the community was divided between Marcos supporters and opponents. Additional case studies are cited by Armony et al (2004). Additional case studies are cited by Armony et al (2004).…”

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Immigrant and Minority Political Incorporation in Canada

Black

2011

American Behavioral Scientist

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The primary aim of this article is to represent the current state of knowledge about the nature and extent of immigrant and minority political incorporation in Canada at the national level. It pays particular attention to activities associated with masslevel political participation, although some consideration is given to office seeking and office holding as indicators of involvement in elite-level politics. The most general conclusion available from the literature is that newcomers and minorities are significantly engaged in Canadian politics. Also identified in the literature are various independent variables that contribute to explaining why some individuals and groups, including different origin categories, are more politically engaged than others. Some of these variables have relevance in the context of a secondary goal pursued here, namely, reflecting on and illustrating how dedicated comparative research of the Canadian and American cases can enhance understanding of political incorporation in one or both countries. The discussion leads to the conclusion that there is enormous potential for many fruitful lines of inquiry.

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Citizenship Learning and Political Participation: The Experience of Latin American Immigrants in Canada

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Immigrant Participation in the Transnational Era: Latin Americans' Experiences with Collective Organising in Toronto

Immigrant Participation in the Transnational Era: Latin Americans' Experiences with Collective Organising in Toronto

Coloniality, belonging, and indigeneity in Peruvian migration narratives

Immigrant and Minority Political Incorporation in Canada

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