Germans on demand : the migration of highly-skilled German workers to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada, under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, 2000 to 2015
department or school: Arts and Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of (Okanagan)
department or school: History and Sociology, Department of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Marten, Tina Inez Lissa
issued: 2020-04-28T16:41:28Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Temporary foreign workers, in particular Mexicans and Jamaicans, have been coming to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada, since the 1970s, often sojourning for consecutive years. Since 2000 male German skilled workers have also come to the region as temporary foreign workers. Contrary to Mexicans and Jamaicans, German skilled workers have been invited into the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP), allowing select skilled workers to transition from temporary to permanent residency. This research examines the BCPNP in its Okanagan context and investigates the circumstances of the German skilled labour recruited into this program. Using German male skilled workers as a case study, the study investigates the âGerman advantageâ of these skilled workers as ideal participants in the BCPNP. The research also investigates the intermediaries of this migration phenomenon and documents the characteristics of this recruitment. Finally, the research examines the settlement and integration experiences of skilled workers and their wives in the Valley. This research is a bi-local empirical study, conducted in the countries of Germany and Canada. The studyâs qualitative research methods of inquiry include 40 interviews with government officials, migration intermediaries, and skilled workers and their wives; field trips in the Okanagan Valley and in Berlin, Hamburg and Bonn in Germany; research of a variety of media sources, government reports and government statistical data; and a skilled worker questionnaire. The research demonstrates that Germans are conceptualized as ideal for the BCPNP due to their fascination with and desire to migrate to Canada. Their aspiration to permanently remain in Canada makes them willing participants in the BCPNP. The study also uncovers that Okanagan employers are actively supported by the German state in their recruitment efforts. Furthermore, the research documents that male skilled workers, while economically integrated, r…
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/74196
note: Germans on Demand: The Migration of Highly-Skilled German Workers to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada, under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, 2000 to 2015 by Tina Inez Lissa Marten B.A., Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC, 2005 M.A., University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, 2009 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2020 © Tina Inez Lissa Marten, 2020 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: Germans on Demand: The Migration of Highly-Skilled German Workers to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada, under the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program, 2000 to 2015 Submitted by Tina Inez Lissa Marten in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Dr. Luis LM Aguiar, Sociology Supervisor Dr. Shirley Chau, School of Social Work Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Carlos Teixeira, Geography Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Lloyd Wong, Sociology, University of Calgary Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Donna Senese, Geography University Examiner Dr. Vic Satzewich, Sociology, McMaster University External Examiner iii ABSTRACT Temporary foreign workers, in particular Mexicans and Jamaicans, have been coming to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada, since the 1970s, often sojourning for consecutive years. Since 2000 male German skilled workers have also come to the region as temporary foreign workers. Contrary to Mexicans and Jamaicans, German skilled workers have been invited into the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP), allowing select skilled workers to transition from temporary to permanent residency. This research examines the BCPNP in its Okanagan context and investigates the cir…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0390005
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/74196