GEOG1101 Team Project: Population and Immigration Policies in Calgary

This document presents a project proposal for a geography assignment focusing on population and immigration policies in Calgary. The proposal outlines the team members, research questions concerning population characteristics, immigration policies, advantages, disadvantages, and their effects. The geographic focus is Calgary city and immigration offices. The planned study methods include interviews with the city population, secondary data analysis of established immigration policies, and review of previous research findings. The proposal includes a timeline detailing the project phases, from topic selection to the final report presentation. The document also specifies the division of labor among team members and provides a list of relevant references, including sources from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and demographic trend data.

Running head: POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION POLICIES IN CALGARY
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Proposal: The Population and Immigration Policies in Calgary
Institutional affiliation
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Preliminary Outline of the Research Proposal
Names, Student Numbers and Email Address of Team Members
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Team’s Topic and Research Questions
Topic: The Population and Immigration Policies in Calgary
Research Questions:
 What are the population characteristics and composition in Calgary?
 What are the immigration policies in Calgary?
 What are the advantages and disadvantages of the immigration policies in Calgary?
 What effects do the immigration policies have on the population of Calgary?
Geographic Focus
 Calgary City and Immigration offices in Calgary

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Planned study methods and data sources
Planned Study Methods and Data Sources
The data collection methods for this study include:
 Conducting Interviews on the city population
 Secondary data (data on established immigration policies)
 Previous research findings
Simple Outline of the presentation
July 1, 2019 – July 2, 2019: Choosing of suitable research project topic
July 3, 2019 – July 13, 2019: Writing research proposal
July 14, 2019: Presentation of the proposal
July 15, 2019 – July 20, 2019: Conducting the study and data collection
July 21, 2019 – July 30, 2019: Analysis of data and Writing of the project report
July 31, 2019: Presentation of the final project report
August 4, 2019: Submission of the team’s final project report
Division of Labour in the Team
Choosing of suitable research project topic – All members of the team
Writing research proposal – members 1 and 2

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Presentation of the proposal – member number 3
Conducting the study and data collection – members 4 and 5
Analysis of data and Writing of the project report – members 3, 4 and 5
Presentation of the final project report – members 1
Submission of the team’s final project report – member 2

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References
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. (2018).Immigration, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada. (2018, July 30). Understanding Canada’s immigration system.
Retrieved from
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/irregular-
border-crossings-asylum/understanding-the-system.html
Canada - Demographic Trends. (2018).Canada - Demographic trends. Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/place/Canada/Demographic-trends
Canada Population. (2019).Canada Population 2019 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs).
Retrieved from http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/canada-population/