Valerie Knowles
Список книг автора Valerie KnowlesStrangers at Our Gates
New edition revised and expanded to tackle recent developments in Canada’s immigration policy, up to 2014 Covers the history of immigration to Canada (including the different kinds of immigrants) and the history of immigration policy Includes profiles of the policymakers and public figures that have shaped policy over the years A comprehensive history of immigration, with chapters dedicated to each immigration era Author has won the University of British Columbia Medal for Canadian Biography (2004) and the Ottawa Non-Fiction Book Award (2005) for her book From Telegrapher to Titan: The Life of William C. Van Horne
Strangers at Our Gates
Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians’ perception of themselves as a country and as a society. In this crisply written history, Valerie Knowles describes the different kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada, and the immigration policies that have helped to define the character of Canadian immigrants over the centuries. Key policymakers and moulders of public opinion figure prominently in this colourful story, as does the role played by racism. This new and revised edition contains additional material on immigration to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, sections on the evacuee children of the Second World War and Canadian War Brides, and material relating to significant developments in the immigration and refugee field since 1996. Special attention is paid to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of 2001.
First Person
Cairine Wilson, Canada’s first female senator, was one of nine children raised in an atmosphere of rugged Scots liberalism and strict presbyterianism by affluent Montreal parents in the late nineteenth century. She displayed an interest in politics early in life and through her father’s position in the Senate, was befriended by many notable politicians of the period, including Sir Wilfrid Laurier, an experience that left a permanent mark on her. Her appointment to the Senate in 1930 was a historic and controversial event, and launched a political career rife with passion, commitment, and reform. Wilson, whose work on behalf of refugees and the world’s needy was legendary, served in the Senate through some of the stormiest years in Canadian government history. First Person is an engaging account of a colourful and powerful politician; a fighter whose efforts were recognized by the highest officials in the land, and whose sculpted image adorns the foyer of the Canadian Senate.