Workshop “Immigrant Inclusion in the Polity: Public Perceptions versus Immigrant Experiences”
This workshop looks at the ways in which immigrant-driven diversity is integrated into the political community, from both the perspective of the majority, native population and from the immigrant communities. Two of the papers address how the majority reacts to immigrant-driven diversity, especially as it relates to religious minorities. They address support for both policies and parties. The second set of papers approaches political integration from the side of immigrants, focusing on their willingness to become members (naturalize) and to participate in its political life, as well as the barriers to such integration.
Organizer: Allison Harell, UQAM
Co-Organizer: Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship
Where: International Metropolis Conference, Toronto
When: March 5, 2016 from 11am until 12:30pm
Papers:
Prejudices or Principles? Attitudes toward the Place of Religious Minority Symbols in Québec
Antoine Bilodeau, Concordia University
Luc Turgeon, University of Ottawa
Stephen White, Carleton University
Alisa Henderson, University of Edinburgh
Otherness and Electoral Fortunes: The Niqab Debate in the 2015 Election
Allison Harell, UQAM
Dietlind Stolle, McGill University
Becoming Citizens — Together: Preliminary Findings on the Role of Family for Immigrants’ Decisions to Naturalize
Thomas Soehl, McGill University
Immigrant Voting and Voice in Toronto Municipal Elections
Myer Siemiatycki, Ryerson University
Sean Marshall, Ryerson University