Research Paper on:
Canada and the Adaptation of Immigrant Children

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the total immigrant arrivals (Samuel and Verma, 1992). These immigrants no longer come primarily from English or French speaking countries, but represent a wide variety of nationalities. In 1970, Canada  declared itself to be, officially, a multicultural society, a mosaic, "where minority members can participate in heritage language programs to maintain their own ethnic uniqueness" (Abu-Rabia, 1996, p. 541). As  these figures indicate, Canada has received a large number of immigrant children since the early 1970s. Also since the early 70s, Canada has had the stated goal of helping these  children to adapt and acclimate to their new environment. It is essential, not only to the success of these children in their new culture, that they adapt successfully, but the  sheer numbers of immigrant children that are coming into Canada translates into a serious social problem if these immigrant children fail to make the transition to Canadian life successfully.  The adaptation of immigrant children in a new country is dependent on a number of factors, which include 1) knowledge of the language of the host society; 2) guidance and  support from parents and the parents socio-economic status; 4) intelligence; 5) verbal ability; 6) cognitive skills; 7) self-confidence; 8) emotional stability; 9) quality of schooling and teachers and interaction with  peer groups( Samuel and Verma, 1992). As the extent of this list implies, immigrants and their children make up a population of people at high risk for maladjustment, due to  the stress of migration and the effort to adapt to a new culture (Samuel and Verma, 1992). Studies from Sweden, West Germany and the U.K. , as well as  two Canadian studies, indicate that immigrant children usually face adjustment problems in school ( Samuel and Verma, 1992). In a Canadian study conducted by Goldenberg in 1973, the research