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Complex Restructuring of the Community

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Chapter five, Complex Restructuring of the Community, covers the years of transition from 1950 to 1967, when Canada began to gradually open its borders to immigration with new laws and selection systems. The chapter looks at the patterns of immigration into Canada from Lebanon and Egypt in particular,. Next, the chapter discusses the role of churches in supporting newcomers in Canada, and compares that with non-religious organizations and newspapers in their challenges in supporting newcomers.

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Houda Asal

Houda Asal holds a PhD in socio-history. Her doctoral thesis was published by Presses de l’Université de Montréal in 2016 as, “Se dire arabe au Canada. Un siècle d’histoire migratoire.” Asal has written and spoken extensively about this history and contemporary racism in Canada and France.