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Pioneers and Adventurers
From: Identifying as Arab in Canada
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The second chapter, Pioneers and Adventurers, looks first at the identities of the first wave of Arab immigrants to North America. Then it considers the geographic spread and presence of this first wave of immigrants across Canada. The chapter also explores the roles of various churches, community organizations and newspapers in the settlement and community formation process.
Contributors
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.