Personal narrative (20%)
Narrative on your own (or a friend’s) migration history, *Note: no references or footnotes are required.
Please write a short paper about your family migration history. You can use suggested questions below, but are not limited to them.
Suggested questions
- What kinds of migrant experiences do you have?
- How far back can you trace your family migration history to Canada? If you are Indigenous, how far back can you trace your history? Whose history was recorded, and how? Has your family migrated from elsewhere in what is now Canada?
- Who decided to move to Canada? What implications did the decision to migrate to Canada bring about? What were the advantages and disadvantages of immigration? For example, citizenship status, life style, economic situation, cultural differences, etc.
