Immigration Blog Pitch

The topic chosen for my blog, for my area of expertise, that I will be writing about for this semester is immigration. Why this topic? Because not only have I experienced it myself as a young child and know how it is and how it feels, but also because this topic is something that you do not see everyone writing about nowadays. I have chosen the topic of immigration in general because I can branch off of it and, therefore, go in different directions and talk about it in different aspects such as: immigration affecting children in a psychological way, how the distancing from their families can affect them that they could enter into child depression, the affects it has on their schooling, on making friends, or even talk about how many people want to immigrate from different countries but cannot, therefore, it does not have to only be child based it can also focus, psychologically, on the family at hand.
This topic will focus on certain aspects that will show the rest of the readers, which might not know what it is like to immigrate and leave something behind, what it is like to sacrifice yourself and leave everything you have and start a new life in a country that seems like a whole another world to you. It will hopefully help raise awareness to how immigrants have a hard time adapting to the system, language, and the new life and hopefully grab someone’s attention so that in the workplace or in school, there will be people making life easier for the newcomers.

What It Means To Be Canadian

After some hours spent on doing research, and even though this blog is based on mainly immigration and immigrants, I though it would be a good idea to emphasize what it means to be a Canadian. The rights that come with being a Canadian as well as the freedom that we have.
This is not too off topic from my original one, but it can help immigrants/ newcomers see the positive side of being a citizen of Canada in case that they do not feel too comfortable, at the moment, knowing that they will permanent residents of Canada and may not be able to go back to their home country as much as they please.
Some of the great things of being a citizen of Canada are: (my favourite) you get to use "Canadian eh?" A LOT! until it bugs the heck out of people, we can stand up for what we believe in (our beliefs, values, etc.), we respect others' opinions, we stand up for the ones that cannot speak because they are either afraid or just do not know how to express their feelings towards an issue or are just purely afraid to because they do not want to hurt anybody, everyone is friendly, and better yet everyone accepts everybody else's ethnicity. Everyone accepts each other's cultures as they are and do not try to change that. No one tries to change your traditions, culture, etc.
What is even better to think about is the fact that everyone tries to maintain our country and society of our own and make it better. We all work towards a better future.

Affects on Children

Okay...forgetting the fact that immigration is hard on everyone, did anyone think how hard it can be for young children immigrating from their home country to another? To them it seems like a whole new world, better yet, a new planet. They are so accustomed and used to how and where they grew up that leaving everything they know behind to immigrate somewhere else is almost terryfing. Most people think that since they are young, children would be able to adjust to just about everything because they did not live their entire lives in the country they were born in just as their parents have. That they will make friends just as they have when they were little and playing in the park with other children. That is not necessarily true. They are affected just as much, maybe even worse. The reason for that being is because they are the ones that have to attend a new school, make new friends, and along the way maybe even get teased either because they are new, or because they have an accent or even because their beliefs and knowledge on things are different. And it is not until the time they learn the language that they can finally confront others who bother or bully them. Just like their parents, it will take a while for children to adapt to the new schooling system, community, and rules of the country, society, and schools. They too, will have to endure and go through tough times just like their parents.

Immigration Affects on Families

For some families it is hard to immigrate for a variety of reasons: they either cannot get a visa, they may not want to immigrate, or they are afraid to immigrate because they know that they will not be able to provide as much for their family members in their home country when they leave. Unfortunately, many things can affect an immigrating family. If the family wants to adapt and fit in with the country's community, there are certain occasions where they have to leave behind their own cultural beliefs to be able to adapt with the "new world", as it seems to them, that they are entering.
Normally both partners are affected, however, women are more sensitive to the change they have to make. At the beginning, some women/ mothers may have to stay home and take care of their children and help them adapt to the new system and the new schools they are attending. It is also a negative aspect because they know it would help if both parents worked, that way their survival would have a more positive and bigger impact. Especially if the family comes from a country or a culture where the mother stays home and watches the children all the time, by immigrating, they would want to find work because that way it would give them a sense of independence and equality with their partner.

New Immigrants

Everyone knows that immigrating to another country is not an easy process or transaction. It is hard because you are leaving everything you have and everything that made you, behind.
Families that immigrate to Canada usually come to have a better future. This can easily be provided. Because Canada is a multicultural country, it welcomes all types of cultures and traditions, and treats everyone as an equal. Because of this, immigrants find themselves to be more at ease from this point of view.
Adapting to a new system, whether it would be for work or school, comes with a lot of discomfort, insecurity and fear of not being accepted. It also comes with a lot of stress. You have to find work, and, if you're an immigrant with English as your second language, you have to attend ESL schooling as well. Fortunately, there are immigrant-serving organizations that you can contact such as the London Cross Cultural Learner Centre which provides newcomers with basic services such as Settlement Counselling, Job Search Workshop, Translation Services, etc., making life easier in Canada to adapt to.