Citizenship Of Canada Act

Over the past 15 years, the citizenship debate in political and social theory has undergone an extraordinary renaissance. To date, much of the writing on citizenship, within and beyond Canada, has been oriented toward the development of theory, or has concentrated on contemporary issues and examples. This collection of essays adopts a different approach by contextualizing and historicizing the citizenship debate, through studies of various aspects of the rise of social citizenship in Canada. Focusing on the formative years from the late 19th through mid-20th century, contributors examine how emerging discourse and practices in diverse areas of Canadian social life created a widely engaged, but often deeply contested, vision of the new Canadian citizen. The original essays examine key developments in the fields of welfare, justice, health, childhood, family, immigration, education, labour, media, popular culture and recreation, highlighting the contradictory nature of Canadian citizenship. The implications of these projects for the daily lives of Canadians, their identities, and the forms of resistance that they mounted, are central themes. Contributing authors situate their historical accounts in both public and private domains, their analyses emphasizing the mutual permeability of state and civil(ian) life. These diverse investigations reveal that while Canadian citizenship conveys crucial images of identity, security, and participatory democracy within the ongoing project of nation building, it is also interlaced with the projects of a hierarchical social structure and exclusionary political order. This collection explores the origins and evolution of Canadian citizenship in historical context. It also introduces the more general dilemmas and debates in social history and political theory that inevitably inform these inquiries.

Essays presented in January 1992 at a Roundtable on Citizenship sponsored by the Faculty of Law at the U. of Ottawa discuss what it means to be a Canadian and how Canadian citizenship must evolve if it is to serve a unifying ideal. The essays are organized in four broad categories: history; regions; law, constitutionalism, and economics; and individuals and groups. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Divided into two main sections, immigration and citizenship, this book explains both in an easy-to-follow step-by-step manner, and provides historical and background information. The immigration section answers concerns about Canada's immigration policy, including who qualifies for immigration visas, sponsorship, refugee claims, entrepreneurial and investor programs. It explains the point system of immigrant selection and reveals other little known regulations. The citizenship section explains who qualifies for Canadian citizenship and dual and multiple citizenship. Questions and answers, fees charts and diagrams and helpful advice are included throughout both sections. Useful addresses and a glossary of terms are at the back of the book.

This booklet is intended to help immigrants prepare for the Canadian citizenship test. It contains information on sustainable development; Canada's history and symbols; Aboriginal peoples; Canada's regions; levels of government; federal elections; justice system; citizenship rights and responsibilities.