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further direct research attention to place when assessing Availability of data
demographic change in a community through processes
of immigration as population growth. Understanding All data analyzed have been presented in the paper.
immigrants’ perceptions and lived experience, as a Further disclosure
perspective on their place satisfaction, can be beneficial
for municipalities addressing population growth and Partial findings have been presented at the Association
demographic changes, as well as policymakers seeking of Collegiate Schools of Planning conference. This paper
to attract and retain immigrants outside metropolitan had been adapted from Working Paper No. 2024/04 titled
areas. This is becoming increasingly important given Ethnic Diversity, Immigrant Settlement and Integration,
that communities are being shaped by ethnic diversity and Municipal Planning in a Small Canadian City: the
and difference, which underscores the need for scholars, Case of Brooks, Alberta, published by the Working Papers
policymakers, and the public to appreciate the varied Series, produced jointly by the Toronto Metropolitan
experiences of people in the community. Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) and
the CERC in Migration and Integration at Toronto
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