ARCHIVED – An annotated bibliography of francophone immigration to Atlantic Canada
Introduction
1. Content
What follows is a series of bibliographical annotations for publications dealing with the subject of Francophone immigration to Atlantic Canada. They fall into three major groups, namely works products by academic researchers, works published by community organizations, and works distributed by government institutions.
The topics discussed cover a fairly broad range, as can be seen from the key words associated with each annotation. Some deal with public strategies and policies or demographics, while others cover the migratory journey, services provided to immigrants, or employment-related issues, while others still look at the identity of the Francophone host communities and their attitudes toward immigration or diversity.
2. Presentation
In presenting these annotations, I have attempted to adopt a relatively standardized format. Following a brief indication of the overall objective of the annotated source, I explain its relevance to the topic that concerns us here, namely the question of Francophone immigration to Atlantic Canada. I then present a summary of the source, emphasizing those aspects that relate most directly to Francophone immigration to Atlantic Canada and, finally, I describe the methodology used and supply a number of key words.
The annotations for the academic papers were done by myself and those for community and government sources were prepared jointly with Corinne Côté[note 1].
3. Method used to inventory sources
The bibliographic list from which the annotations were compiled was prepared by Carole Fournier[note 2] and myself using classical documentary research, bolstered by the use of two special resources, namely the documentary research conducted by Dominique Tomassin[note 3] on immigration to Francophone minority communities throughout Canada and the Atlantic Immigration and Diversity Research Archive (AIDRA) of the Atlantic Metropolis Centre. Our list was then updated through direct consultations with the researchers with whom we are familiar. We sought out documents related specifically to French-speaking immigrants to the region, as well as those that dealt with either Francophone immigration in general, including the Atlantic provinces, or immigration to the Atlantic region that included coverage of Francophone immigration.
I would like to thank Carole Fournier for her work integrating all these sources, Dominique Thomassin for providing us with all her documentation, Lachlan Barber for helping Carole work through the AIDRA, as well as the various colleagues who kindly provided me with lists of their recent relevant publications or even electronic copies of them.
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1. Corinne Côté is a master’s student in Research Practices and Public Action at the INRS – Urbanisation Culture Société.
2. Carole Fournier is a doctoral student in psychology at Université de Sherbrooke. She is also an intern at INRS-Urbanisation, culture et société. Until recently, she was a project and intercultural research officer with the Carrefour d’immigration rurale, in Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick.
3. See Dominique Thomassin, “L’immigration francophone dans les communautés en situation minoritaire : l’état de la recherché”, Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens, Spring 2008, pp. 128–132
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