Understanding Immigrants' Initiatives in the New Economy: The Case of Western Canada.
In the trans-Pacific region, new immigrants as professionals and entrepreneurs can be understood as pursuing innovative initiatives. They are aided by a specific employment and immigration market that emerged with the growth of international high-tech production and service locations. They are also...
| Published in: | Canadian Ethnic Studies Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 86 - 104 |
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2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=25164345&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 25164345 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00083496 CES jtl: Canadian Ethnic Studies issn: 00083496 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2006 vid: 38 iid: 2 pid: 419 pub: Canadian Ethnic Studies artinfo: ui: 25164345 ppf: 86 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: T tig: atl: Understanding Immigrants' Initiatives in the New Economy: The Case of Western Canada. aug: au: Froschauer, Karl Wong, Lloyd affil: Assistant professor of sociology and director, Centre for Canadian Studies, Simon Fraser University Associate professor of sociology, University of Calgary su: Asians Immigrants High technology industries Business enterprises Economic development Labor market Economics Employment Economic history Government policy Emigration & immigration Vancouver (B.C.) Calgary (Alta.) Canada sug: subj: Vancouver (B.C.) Calgary (Alta.) Canada Asians Immigrants High technology industries Business enterprises Economic development Labor market Economics Employment Economic history Government policy Emigration & immigration ab: In the trans-Pacific region, new immigrants as professionals and entrepreneurs can be understood as pursuing innovative initiatives. They are aided by a specific employment and immigration market that emerged with the growth of international high-tech production and service locations. They are also linked in trans-Pacific social spaces where Canadian immigration policy contributes to the provision of flexible citizenship. This flexibility is used to ease the exchange of high-tech goods, innovations, and services and to foster the trans-Pacific accumulation of economic, social, and cultural capital. New transnational Chinese and Indian immigrants are active in business and trade associations that link high technology sectors in Asian cities with those in western Canada, such as those in Vancouver and Calgary. This research note reviews not only high-tech associations and selected cases of ethnic/immigrant and entrepreneurship in Vancouver's and Calgary's high-tech sectors but also provides the basis for a western Canadian research agenda in examining immigrants' initiatives in the new economy. Dans la région transpacifique, les nouveaux immigrants qui travaillent en tant qu'entrepreneurs ou professionnels sont vus comme étant des novateurs. Ils reçoivent de l'appui d'un marché du travail et de l'immigration particulier qui est né de la croissance des lieux de production et des points de service dans le secteur de la haute technologie. Ils sont aussi reliés par des espaces sociaux où les politiques d'immigration canadiennes contribuent au maintien d'une citoyenneté flexible. Cette flexibilité facilite l'échange de produits de haute technologie, d'innovation et de services. Elle encourage la croissance du capital économique, culturel et social dans la région transpacifique. De nouveaux immigrants transnationaux chinois et indiens sont actifs au sein d'associations professionnelles et commerciales qui lient les secteurs de haute technologie d'Asie avec ceux de l'Ouest canadien, à Calgary et à Vancouver par exemple. Cet article examine les associations du milieu de la haute technologie ainsi que quelques cas d'entrepreneuriat dans les secteurs de la haute technologie à Vancouver et à Calgary. Il sert aussi point de départ au programme de recherche portant sur l'Ouest canadien quant aux initiatives des immigrants au sein de la nouvelle économie. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Canadian Ethnic Studies is the property of Canadian Ethnic Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Canadian Ethnic Studies holder: Canadian Ethnic Studies dt: @attributes: year: 2006 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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