Latin American Immigration to Canada: Some Reflections on the Immigration Statistics

Mata, Fernando

doi:10.1080/08263663.1985.10816557

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“…According to Mata (1985) and Garay (2000), Latin American immigration to Canada has come in five major waves (Lead, Andean, Coup, Central American and Technological/Professional;Garay 2000;Mata 1985). These five waves had different historical and spatial roots.…”

Section: Latin Americans In Canadamentioning

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The Scope of Political Participation

Ginieniewicz

2007

Int. Migration & Integration

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This article explores the differences in the factors that promote and inhibit political participation, both in the home countries and in Canada, of a group of Latin American immigrants. The reported findings emerge from interviews with 100 Latin American immigrants living in Toronto. Results suggest that while in their countries of origin the repression installed by military regimes was the main inhibitor of political participation in Canada, length of residence, negative previous political experiences, language skills, and discrimination hinder the political engagement of this group of immigrants.Résumé Cet article aborde les différences entre les facteurs qui promeuvent et qui limitent la participation politique d'un groupe d'immigrants de l'Amérique latine, dans leur pays d'origine et au Canada. Les données proviennent d'entrevues auprès de 100 immigrants d'Amérique latine vivant à Toronto. Les résultats donnent à penser que dans le pays d'origine de ces immigrants, le facteur qui limitait le plus leur participation politique était la répression imposée par les régimes militaires alors qu'au Canada, les éléments les plus contraignants étaient la durée de résidence, les expériences politiques antérieures qui avaient été négatives, les habiletés langagières et la discrimination.

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Section: Latin Americans In Canadamentioning

confidence: 97%

The Scope of Political Participation

Ginieniewicz

2007

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…Latin American migration to Canada began in the late 1960s with Ecuadorian and Peruvian migrants leaving political and economic instability (Mata, 1985). During the 1970s, political exiles from Chile, Argentina and Uruguay followed, fleeing right-wing dictatorships.…”

Section: Latinx Torontomentioning

confidence: 99%

Enacting a Latinx Decolonial Politic of Belonging: Latinx Community Workers’ Experiences Negotiating Identity and Citizenship in Toronto, Canada

Cahuas

Matute

2021

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This paper explores how women and non-binary Latinx Community Workers (LCWs) in Toronto, Canada, negotiate their identities, citizenship practices and politics in relation to settler colonialism and decolonization. We demonstrate how LCWs enact a Latinx decolonial politic of belonging, an alternative way of practicing citizenship that strives to simultaneously challenge both Canadian and Latin American settler colonialism. This can be seen when LCWs refuse to be recognized on white settler terms as “proud Canadians,” and create community-based learning initiatives that incite conversations among everyday Latinx community members around Canada’s settler colonial history and present, Indigenous worldviews, as well as race and settler colonialism in Latin America. We consider how LCWs’ enactments of a Latinx decolonial politic of belonging serve as small, incomplete, but crucial steps towards decolonization.

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Section: Demographics and Datamentioning

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“…According to Fernando Mata (1985) and Eduardo Garay (2000), Latin American immigrants to Canada have come in five major waves: Lead, Andean, Coup, Central American and Professional. The five waves had different historical and geographical roots.While the Lead and Professional waves were labour related, aided by favourable conditions in Canada, the other three were due to a greater extent to political reasons.…”

Section: Demographics and Datamentioning

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Latin American Canadians Rethink Their Political Spaces: Grass-Roots or Electoral Participation?

Ginieniewicz

2009

Political Studies

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Framed by the debate on the decline of party politics and the rise of grass‐roots participation, this article explores the civic and political involvement of a group of Latin American immigrants in the city of Toronto. The data were drawn from 100 interviews and two focus groups, one composed of participants who, in Canada, participated at the grass‐roots level, and another focused on interviewees who were engaged in political parties. Overall results indicate that, compared to Latin America, in Canada there was a decline in the levels of engagement in formal politics, particularly in political parties, and a slight increase in the levels of participation in grass‐roots politics. Associated with grass‐roots politics is the perception that it is possible to transform the social reality. Disappointment with the traditional forms of political representation accompanied by a sense of distrust of political parties dominated both focus groups. Limited command of English, low socio‐economic status and lack of knowledge of the ‘dynamics of Canadian politics’ were identified as factors that reduced the opportunities for this community to become more politically active. Interestingly, these obstacles seem to be more prevalent in electoral than in grass‐roots politics.

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Latin American Immigration to Canada: Some Reflections on the Immigration Statistics

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

The Scope of Political Participation

The Scope of Political Participation

Enacting a Latinx Decolonial Politic of Belonging: Latinx Community Workers’ Experiences Negotiating Identity and Citizenship in Toronto, Canada

Latin American Canadians Rethink Their Political Spaces: Grass-Roots or Electoral Participation?

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