IN5.2

**Analyze the evolution of Canada as a multicultural nation.**
 * K-12 Goal: To examine the local, indigenous, and global interactions and interdependence of individuals, societies, cultures, and nations. (IN) **
 * Outcome: IN5.2**
 * 1) Describe Canada’s historical and current demographics, including population numbers, age, and location.
 * 2) Identify trends and challenges in Canada’s demographics.
 * 3) Differentiate between refugees and immigrants.
 * 4) Explain what motivates newcomers to move to Canada (e.g., entrepreneurship, employment, family reunification, refuge, education, reputation as a good place to live).
 * 5) Undertake an inquiry which compares the immigration policies and practices of the 19th century to those of the current era, and assess the results of those policies and practices.
 * 6) Identify the goals of various ethnic and cultural advocacy organizations in Canada, including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis organizations, as well as organizations supporting new immigrants to Canada.
 * 7) Identify the historic origins of a variety of place names in Canada, and investigate the reason for the naming.
 * 8) Graphically display the country of origin of immigrants to Canada in the 19th and 21st centuries, and account for similarities and differences in the two eras.
 * 9) Examine the Canadian government treatment of various groups of immigrants to Canada (e.g., Chinese immigrants in the 1800s, Japanese Canadians in the 1930s and 1940s, Eastern European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century).

** Web Resources **
[|Library and Archives Canada: The Odyssey of Our Ancestors] Migration to Canada
 * Migration to Canada **
 * Colonization 1604-1800
 * Building a Nation 1800-1900
 * Canada in the 20th Century 1900-2000

Citizenship and Immigration Canada:Resources to teach citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism [|Fun Path to Learning Youth and Teachers]

[|First Nations People of Canada]First Nations Communities, Canadian Place Names

[|Statistics Canada: Immigration Overview]Immigrant Statistics 2010 - from category (economic, refugee...) and source country