The Canadian government implemented the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program to help immigrants integrate into Canada. However, research indicates that the LINC program fails to achieve its integrative goals. Using Fairclough’s analytical concepts of genre, discourse and style, this article closely examines a unit of LINC lesson plans to understand how they advance an understanding integration among classroom stakeholders (Canadian teachers and immigrant students). The analysis reveals that the LINC curriculum proliferates inequality between Canadians and newcomers by fostering an assimilative orientation that subjugates immigrants as problematic Others. Immigrants are expected to conform to dominant Canadian ways of ...
“The destiny of a people is intricately bound to the way its children are educated” (RCAP 1996, v. 3...
This article represents a synopsis of research findings obtained during multiple case study fieldwor...
The multicultural model of immigration advocates for a blended society, where individuals are respec...
The Canadian government implemented the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program ...
Many newcomers to Canada experience significant difficulties as they adjust to life in their new com...
This article stems from an on-going qualitative study of the ‘environment’ of Montreal’s elementary ...
Canada continues to be a nation of immigration where newcomer children arrive with a wide range of s...
This article confirms the difficulties of economic and social integration for immigrants, offering q...
Le climat politique actuel vise à vis les populations immigrantes pose des questions sur l’immigrati...
This paper originates from a larger study that focused on the genesis and evolution of one settlemen...
This study explores the experiences of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of immigrant ad...
The state of the current political climate, which is prioritizing safe migration policies that benef...
This article is intended to guide policy and practice that are geared towards improving the educatio...
for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Programming in the light of literature on teacher engagement with sec...
AbstractIn this article, which is grounded in my own experiences, I discuss the responsibilities of ...
“The destiny of a people is intricately bound to the way its children are educated” (RCAP 1996, v. 3...
This article represents a synopsis of research findings obtained during multiple case study fieldwor...
The multicultural model of immigration advocates for a blended society, where individuals are respec...
The Canadian government implemented the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program ...
Many newcomers to Canada experience significant difficulties as they adjust to life in their new com...
This article stems from an on-going qualitative study of the ‘environment’ of Montreal’s elementary ...
Canada continues to be a nation of immigration where newcomer children arrive with a wide range of s...
This article confirms the difficulties of economic and social integration for immigrants, offering q...
Le climat politique actuel vise à vis les populations immigrantes pose des questions sur l’immigrati...
This paper originates from a larger study that focused on the genesis and evolution of one settlemen...
This study explores the experiences of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of immigrant ad...
The state of the current political climate, which is prioritizing safe migration policies that benef...
This article is intended to guide policy and practice that are geared towards improving the educatio...
for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Programming in the light of literature on teacher engagement with sec...
AbstractIn this article, which is grounded in my own experiences, I discuss the responsibilities of ...
“The destiny of a people is intricately bound to the way its children are educated” (RCAP 1996, v. 3...
This article represents a synopsis of research findings obtained during multiple case study fieldwor...
The multicultural model of immigration advocates for a blended society, where individuals are respec...