Analysis Of Sana Malik's Journey To Canada

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Right now Canada is facing immigration numbers that we have not seen in years and how we welcome and process these immigrants into our society will decide if they pass or fail. The article written by Sana Malik Arriving in a Place Where Almost No One Looks Like You and the study Immigrants’ perceptions of quality of life in three second- or third-tier Canadian cities done by a collaboration of Canadian scholars from across the country. They take a look at immigrant life, what it is like for them after moving, and some of the challenges that they face. Sana Malik’s article talks about her journey as an immigrant coming to Canada in 1993, and settling in Cape Breton. Her Pakistani family came over together and were welcomed by a small group of …show more content…

Like most immigrants however they worked hard and got through it. Malik went on to university where she was inspired to try and ease the challenge of immigrants coming to Canada. On top of that however she wanted to raise awareness that not all immigrants are the same as they each have their own backgrounds and cultures.
The study mentioned some of the challenges that Malik talked about in her Journey to Canada like refugees struggling to join small communities, difficulty finding jobs and that everyone 's immigration experience is different as they are coming from different countries with unique cultures. The study classifies three tiers of immigration cities first, second, and third, with first having a population over one million people, second being 500,000 to a million people, and third being cities who have a population between 100,000 and 500,000 people. As the authors of the study stated the study 's goals are to look at these second and third tier immigration locations and the perception of immigrants Quality of …show more content…

Malik tells her audience more about her story whereas the scholars who published the study provide an academic report on their research. In Malik’s article she is describing her immigrant experience in a small town on the east coast. This is a personal experience in a very particular part of Canada. Fitting in would be hard for her to do in any small town, being on the coast, however probably made it more difficult as they are known to be a pretty tight knit conservative society. Connections can be made between the two articles about immigrant experiences finding jobs. From Malik’s story we hear her parents taking months for them to finally find jobs, but she does not give any reasons for this. The scholars go more in depth about this in their report discussing why it was more difficult for them to find jobs. Malik briefly mentioned her education level, but did not talk about it long. For most immigrants however extending their education is not uncommon. In fact the study reports that there are parts of Canada where the percentage of immigrants that go to post secondary schools are higher than some Canadian born residents. These numbers could be slightly off though do to the fact that Canada brings in so many international students, studying just for a year or being a full time student. The study did not only discuss third tier cities like Malik talked about living in Cape Breton, but also looked

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