Age and Immigration Policy in Canada (Instant Digital Access Code Only)

Edition : 0th, 2026
Author(s) : Christina Clark-Kazak

Age and Immigration Policy in Canada (Instant Digital Access Code Only)
- ISBN: 9780774872676
- SKU: 309139V
- Format: VitalSource eBook/ePub
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Discrimination on the basis of age and family status is deeply embedded in Canadian immigration law and policy. How and why does age function as part of a broader system of border control? Age and Immigration Policy in Canada draws on archival research, case studies, and interviews with lawyers, former public servants, and settlement workers to unpack the explicit and implicit justification for age qualifications in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and regulations. Christina Clark-Kazak’s analysis uses the concept of social age – the socially constructed roles and norms attributed to different stages of life – to demonstrate how ageist immigration structures, systems, and programs are not only normatively problematic but also ineffective. Focusing on the comprehensive ranking or point system, immigrant detention, and refugee protection, she finds the state’s reliance on age to be context specific, inconsistent, and arbitrary: a way to shut out certain groups of migrants or to absolve the state of responsibility for immigrant supports. Age and Immigration Policy in Canada advocates for a more equitable approach that reflects different migration experiences across the life course. This is an urgent call to bring immigration policy in line with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and rights-based international norms.