Project Objectives
The objectives of this research have been:
- to empirically assess, through qualitative research, the impacts of the new definition of terrorism contained in Bill C-36 and indirectly in Bill C-11 (e.g. inadmissibility clauses especially on security grounds) on ethnic and immigrant communities, and men and women from these communities in Atlantic Canada;
- to advance a broader analytical framework for human security and fill in gaps about the gender dimension of human security that takes in a domestic viewpoint;
- to analyze the implications of (i) and (ii) vis-à-vis key dimensions of citizenship for diverse groups of men and women in the Atlantic region of Canada; to draw conclusions about the nature and directions of citizenship in Canada; and to make specific policy recommendations;
- to increase the awareness of various communities, e.g. immigrant service providers, settlement organizations, multicultural associations, ethnocultural and immigrant communities, along with government officials and policy makers, regarding specific needs or problems thereby enhancing the policy impact of research findings;
- to ensure an ongoing public dialogue and action on issues related to ethnic and racial diversity, immigration, and to the impact of the new definition of terrorism on immigrant and ethnic communities, as well as their implications for Canadian citizenship;
- through increased awareness and participation, to make Canadian citizenship a lived reality /practice for immigrants and ethno-racial communities in Atlantic Canada;
- to ensure a greater voice in the research part of the project, and ensuing public debate, for immigrant and ethno-racial communities, and immigrant and ethno-racial minority women; and
- through informal networking and formal partnerships to maximize the input of immigrant and ethno-racial communities, and immigrant and ethno-racial minority women and men in public policy, thereby making Canadian citizenship more inclusive.
