Assignment
Term paper should be between 10 and 15 pages long (3000 to 4000 words) excluding footnotes/endnotes, with standard spacing and font size (double spacing / font size: 11 or 12), as well as proper bibliography.
Students should pay close attention to the following issues: treatment of sources; composition of their papers; clarity of statements; writing style; grammar, and other important technical aspects of the assignment. Since this is a take-home assignment the quality of writing, grammar, style, clarity, and the ability to highlight the most significant aspects of the topic selected are of great importance. Poor writing style and grammar as well as shaky structure and the lack of clarity would result in a lower mark.
For academic style (footnotes, etc.) I recommend theChicago Manual of Style online. Get to the latter through our library online access if you want full access to the site. This is the best style guide for academic historians.
Papers will be graded with the following criteria in mind:
• research
• depth of analysis
• quality of style
• organization
On style and the writing process in general, the following website is extremely helpful: The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Papers must have footnotes or endnotes: I need to know where you're getting your information from. It is not enough just to provide notes for quotations. Even internet sources need to be cited (see Chicago Manual of Style online to learn how).
You do not need to quote an author to cite him/her. A good paper might have about fifteen footnotes.
Bibliography/list or references must be placed on a separate page at the end of your paper (see Chicago Manual of Style online to learn how to format the bibliography)
Sources: minimum of 4 secondary sources (3 books and 1 article).
At least 10 pages in total not including the footnotes
1st page- introduction
2nd page-introduce and have a summary of Canada's Refugees History, it can find from http://ccrweb.ca/en/brief-history-canadas-responses-refugees , or you can use your own research books or articles
Around 8-10 pages:
- Uniqueness of Canada Refugee System
- Canadian refugee policy implications
- Talk about the positive side and negative side of Canada Refugee System, like how does it work, does it work effectively or not, and provide the examples from your own research to prove your analysis, also compare and contrast to European countries' refugee system, and provide examples for this one.
- Talk about the safety issue of accepting Syrian refugees entering Canada, how does Canada's refugee's system work for the safety part and how Government and civilian response to the safety issue and provide examples from your own research.
- Effect of Refugee problem from both positive and negative side, provide examples from your own research.
Last page- conclusion
Around 2/3 paper should use the Article 1 as the content, but you can not just copy and paste, please use your own words.
Around 1/3 paper should come from your own research, it needs minimum of 4 secondary sources (3 books and 1 article), you have to include at least 15 footnotes and bibliography at the end with Chicago Manual of Style
Use at least 3 secondary resources from the following books, and provide at least one of your own.
1. DeVoretz, Don J., Morton Beiser, and Sergiy Pivnenko. The Economic Experiences of Refugees In Canada.Burnaby, B.C.: Vancouver Centre for Excellence, 2004.
2. Gallagher, Stephen. Canada's Dysfunctional Refugee Determination System: Canadian Asylum Policy From a Comparative Perspective. Vancouver, B.C.: Fraser Institute, 2003.
3. Agic, Branka, Kwame McKenzie, Andrew Tuck, and Michael Antwi. Supporting the Mental Health of Refugees to Canada.
4. Showler, Peter. Fast, Fair and Final: Reforming Canada's Refugee System. Toronto, Ont.: Maytree Foundation, 2009.