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Beyond Skilled Immigration: The Making of New Immigrant Enterprises in Canada

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dc.contributor.authorMd Mizanur Rahman
dc.contributor.editorProfessor Lian Kwen Fee
dc.contributor.editorDr. Koh Sin Yee
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-11T06:27:13Z
dc.date.available2025-11-11T06:27:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractCanada’s skilled worker program is designed to attract those educated and experienced individuals from around the world who are eligible to integrate into Canada’s labour market upon arrival. However, many skilled and other non-business-class immigrants do not find suitable jobs upon arrival in Canada. Some of them choose to open their own businesses and eventually become entrepreneurs. Drawing on the experiences of Bangladeshi immigrants, this paper examines how immigrants reposition themselves from the rank of non-business-class immigrants to that of entrepreneurs in the settlement process. The paper reports that migrant entrepreneurship is embedded within the dynamics of immigration trajectory and the broader context of the receiving society. Even though they are driven towards the lower end of the economy, innovations have expanded the breadth and depth of their businesses and made their businesses different and rewarding.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ubd.edu.bn/handle/123456789/3646
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
dc.relation.ispartofseries37
dc.subject.lcshSkilled labor—Canada
dc.subject.lcshImmigrants—Canada—Economic conditions
dc.subject.lcshEntrepreneurship—Canada
dc.subject.lcshBangladeshi—Canada—Social conditions
dc.subject.lcshMinority business enterprises—Canada
dc.titleBeyond Skilled Immigration: The Making of New Immigrant Enterprises in Canada
dc.typeWorking Paper
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