Tuesday January 24, 2012
Welcome 8W!
Just to get your feet wet, I would like you to respond to the following question:
From your reading today, comment how immigrants have contributed to Canada as a nation. Be specific and include examples in your comment.
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Immigrants have contributed to Canada as nation in different ways. They are the reason we have so many different traditions and celebrations, and so many different cultures in our society.
They helped us with our farming
Example : Europe was becoming more industrialized and people were leaving farms for factories. They were producing less food and needed to by it from Canada ( and the States ). The immigrants coming over helped with the farming and let us supply more.
Immigrants made our population grow.
Example: The Doukhobors came over and lived in villages and shared their land.
They helped attribute to the economy therefore improving it.
Example : The americans came in large numbers and since they could sell their land at a good price they could still have money to buy horses and machinery.
Immigrants have contributed to Canada by making Canadians more accepting of others. In the 1800′s most Canadians looked down on immigrants from Asia or Africa and thought that they didn’t qualify as people. Now skin colour or your heritage aren’t factors in day to day life and many new immigrants are allowed into Canada. This has lead many people to be more accepting of others.