2005 Working Papers

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05-01

Indicators of Entrepreneurial Success among Business Immigrants in Canada (523 KB)

AUTHORS: David Ley, University of British Columbia

05-02

Representations of Language among Multilingual Youth in Two Canadian Cities (557 KB)

AUTHORS: Diane Dagenais, Simon Fraser University, and Patricia Lamarre, Universiteacute; de Montreacute;al

05-03

Communities of Practice, Figured Worlds and Learning Initiative in the Second Language Education of Immigrant Students (496 KB)

AUTHORS: Kelleen Toohey and Natalia Gajdamaschko, Simon Fraser University

05-04

Assigning Marginality: The Case of an "ESL/Learning Disabled" Student (510 KB)

AUTHORS: Kelleen Toohey, Simon Fraser University

05-05

Urbanization, Nativism and the Rule of Law in South Africa's 'Forbidden' Cities (560 KB)

AUTHORS: Loren B. Landau, University of the Witwatersrand

05-06

Negotiating Belonging: Bordered Spaces and Imagined Communities in Vancouver, Canada (620 KB)

AUTHORS: Gillian Creese, University of British Columbia

05-07

Self-Selection, Immigrant Public Finance Performance and Canadian Citizenship (1.3 MB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz and Sergiy Pivnenko, RIIM, Simon Fraser University

05-08

The Changing Faces of Chinese Immigrants in Canada (1.4 MB)

AUTHORS: Shibao Guo, University of Alberta, and Don DeVoretz, RIIM, Simon Fraser University

05-09

Back to Hong Kong: Return Migration or Transnational Sojourn? (522 KB)

AUTHORS: David Ley, University of British Columbia, and Audrey Kobayashi, Queen's University

05-10

Ethnic Identity and the Labour Market (1.3 MB)

AUTHORS: Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University, and Ravi Pendakur, Strategic Directions Branch, Social Development Canada

05-11

Visible Minorities in Canada's Workplaces: A Perspective on the 2017 Projection (477 KB)

AUTHORS: Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University

05-12

Visible Minorities and Aboriginals in Vancouver's Labour Market (744 KB)

AUTHORS: Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University

05-13

Immigrants' Attitudes towards Self-Employment: The Significance of Ethnic Origin, Rural and Urban Background and Labour Market Context (1.1 MB)

AUTHORS: Harald Bauder, University of Guelph

05-14

Migration and the Demographic Transformation of Canadian Cities: The Social Geography of Canada's Major Metropolitan Centres in 2017 (1.5 MB)

AUTHORS: Daniel Hiebert, University of British Columbia

05-15

Health Care Utilization of Later-Stage Immigrants in British Columbia (802 KB)

AUTHORS: Zheng Wu and Christoph M. Schimmele, University of Victoria

05-16

A Sociocultural and Critical Analysis of Educational Policies and Programs for Minority Youth in British Columbia (604 KB)

AUTHORS: June Beynon, Linda Larocque, Roumiana Ilieva and Diane Dagenais, Simon Fraser University

05-17

A Model of Foreign-Born Transfers: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data - Updated February 2006 (5.3 MB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University, and Florin Vadean, Migration Research Group - HWWA Hamburg

05-18

Post-Multiculturalism? (538 KB)

AUTHORS: David Ley, University of British Columbia

05-19

A Model of the Brain Drain and Circulation (901 KB)

AUTHORS: Chen Bo, Simon Fraser University

05-20

Chinese Immigrants in Vancouver: Quo Vadis? - Updated February 2006 (903 KB)

AUTHORS: Shibao Guo, University of Calgary, and Don DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University

05-21

Iranians in Vancouver: 'Legible People'/Irredeemable Others/Migrant Stories (1 MB)

AUTHORS: Dan Swanton, University of Durham

05-22

Recreational Participation among Ethnic Minorities and Immigrants in Canada and the Netherlands (1.2 MB)

AUTHORS: Amanda Aizlewood, Social Development Canada, Pieter Bevelander, IMER, Malmö University, and Ravi Pendakur, Social Development Canada

05-23

I Pledge Allegiance to... Flexible Citizenship and Shifting Scales of Belonging (712 KB)

AUTHORS: Katharyne Mitchell and Walter Parker, University of Washington

05-24

The Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants to Canada (1.9 MB)

AUTHORS: Herbert J. Schuetze, University of Victoria

05-25

Toward Minority Group Rights and Inclusive Citizenship for Immigrants: The Role of a Voluntary Organization in Vancouver (640 KB)

AUTHORS: Shibao Guo, University of Calgary

05-26

Family Class and Immigration in Canada: Implications for Sponsored Elderly Women (580 KB)

AUTHORS: Arlene Tigar McLaren, Simon Fraser University; and Tracey Lou Black, community-based researcher

05-27

Glass Ceilings for Ethnic Minorities (1.3 Mb)

AUTHORS: Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University; and Ravi Pendakur, Social Development Canada

05-28

Assimilation via Prices or Quantities? Sources of Immigrant Earnings Growth in Australia, Canada, and the United States (1.5 MB)

AUTHORS: Heather Antecol, Claremont McKenna College; Peter Kuhn, U.C. Santa Barbara; Stephen J. Trejo, University of Texas

05-29

The Economics of Citizenship: A Common Intellectual Ground for Social Scientists? (807 KB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz

Special Issues

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05-S1

An Annotated Bibliography of RIIM Publications Related to the Settlement Services Sector of Greater Vancouver, 1996-2004 (610 KB)

AUTHORS: Jamie Doucette, University of British Columbia

Commentaries

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05-01

Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (685 KB)
Mémoire présenté au Comité permanent de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration (700 KB)