Immigrant Integration
Research Implications for Future Policy
Published on 30. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-55130-568-4 (ISBN)
Description
Examining the issues and challenges facing immigrants as they attempt to integrate successfully into Canadian society, Immigrant Integration is a multidisciplinary compendium of research papers, most of which were presented at the 14th National Metropolis Conference, held in Toronto in 2012. This book addresses the growing economic and educational inequality among immigrants and racialized populations in Canada and seeks to guard against further inequities. The authors address policy issues, newcomers' health and well-being, cultural challenges, and resilience in immigrant communities. Each chapter concludes with a clear set of policy recommendations indicating how those in government and the broader public, private, and non-profit sectors can help newcomers integrate, as well as welcome them as significantly contributing members of Canadian society.
Thorough and relevant, this book includes the research of academics, policy-makers, and experts from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, immigration and settlement, public policy, social work, and geography. With a sense of urgency, these essays illustrate the existing and developing strains that Canadian public policy has created and will continue to create unless built upon the evidence current research has produced.
Thorough and relevant, this book includes the research of academics, policy-makers, and experts from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, immigration and settlement, public policy, social work, and geography. With a sense of urgency, these essays illustrate the existing and developing strains that Canadian public policy has created and will continue to create unless built upon the evidence current research has produced.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 171 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55130-568-4 (9781551305684)
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Person
Kenise Murphy Kilbride is Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program in Immigration and Settlement and the School of Early Childhood Studies at Ryerson University.
Content
- Foreword - Baha Abu-Laban
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction - Kenise Murphy Kilbride
- Section I: The Canadian Economy And Examples Of Immigrants' Economic Integration
- Chapter 1: Temporary Natives, Perpetual Foreigners: The Secondary Status of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada and Structural Barriers to Their Inclusion - Yixuan Wang and Li Zong
- Chapter 2: ""But Hey, I'm Not Here for Myself Only!"" The Chase for Permanent Residency by ""Semi-Skilled"" International Migrant Workers (or Temporary Foreign Workers) in Southern Alberta - Rida Abboud
- Chapter 3: Strengthening Canada's Digital Economy through Internationally Educated Professionals - H. Sam Bourgi
- Chapter 4: Toward Improving the Relationship between Educational Credentials and Employment for Immigrants with Disabilities - Robert Sweet, Maria Adamuti-Trache, Paul Anisef, and Sharon-Dale Stone
- Chapter 5: Worked to Death: Diverse Experiences of Economic Security among Older Immigrants - Valerie Preston, Natalie Weiser, Katharine King, Nancy Mandell, Ann H. Kim, and Meg Luxton
- Section II: Examining The Social Integration Of Immigrants In Canada
- Chapter 6: A Critical Review of Social Exclusion and Inclusion Indicators: Implications for the Development of a Canadian Framework - Ilene Hyman, Ruben Mercado, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, and Dianne Patychuk
- Chapter 7: Welcoming Capacities of Rural and Urban Canadian Communities - Darren E. Lund and Parvinder Hira-Friesen
- Chapter 8: Welcoming Communities Initiative: A Test in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park - Sandeep Agrawal and Job Rutgers
- Chapter 9: Recent Immigrants' Housing Experiences and Coping Strategies in the Suburbs of Vancouver - Carlos Teixeira
- Chapter 10: Housing Experiences of Users of Settlement Services for Newcomers in Montreal: Does Immigration Status Matter? - Damaris Rose and Alexandra Charette
- Chapter 11: Educational Integration of Immigrant Children and Youth: Policy Ineffectiveness and Its Consequences for Learners and Society - Yan Guo and Yvonne Hébert
- Section III: Maintaining Health While Integrating Into Canada
- Chapter 12: Mental Health and Well-Being of Recent Immigrants in Canada: Evidence from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada - Anne-Marie Robert and Tara Gilkinson
- Chapter 13: Health Status of Newcomer Children: From Research to Policy - Virginia Lane, Hassan Vatanparast, and Judy White
- Chapter 14: Perspectives on Female Genital Cutting and Change among Newcomer Men, Women, and Youth - Paula Migliardi and Shereen Denetto
- Chapter 15: Issues of Cultural Diversity in Long-Term Care for Immigrant Seniors - Douglas Durst and Susan Barrass
- SECTION IV: CULTURAL CHALLENGES, ADAPTATIONS, AND RESILIENCE: SUPPORTING THE INTEGRATION OF SPECIFIC IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
- Chapter 16: Professional Identity at the Heart of Belonging: Insights from a Case Study of Turkish Canadians - Serperi Sevgur
- Chapter 17: Immigration Fraud Patterns in Arranged Marriages between South Asian Canadians and Foreign Nationals: The Case for Policy and Procedural Change - Noorfarah Merali, Jasmine Bajwa,Taooz Yousaf, and Sonya Sehgal
- Chapter 18: Cattle, Money, and the Search for ""Good Girls"": Shifting Gender Relations and Transnational Marriage among South Sudanese Refugees in Canada - Martha Fanjoy
- Chapter 19: Searching for Signs in New Spaces: A Semiotic Approach to Cultural Transmission in a Tibetan Community in Toronto - John Robertson
- Glossary
- Contributor Biographies
- Copyright Acknowledgements
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction - Kenise Murphy Kilbride
- Section I: The Canadian Economy And Examples Of Immigrants' Economic Integration
- Chapter 1: Temporary Natives, Perpetual Foreigners: The Secondary Status of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada and Structural Barriers to Their Inclusion - Yixuan Wang and Li Zong
- Chapter 2: ""But Hey, I'm Not Here for Myself Only!"" The Chase for Permanent Residency by ""Semi-Skilled"" International Migrant Workers (or Temporary Foreign Workers) in Southern Alberta - Rida Abboud
- Chapter 3: Strengthening Canada's Digital Economy through Internationally Educated Professionals - H. Sam Bourgi
- Chapter 4: Toward Improving the Relationship between Educational Credentials and Employment for Immigrants with Disabilities - Robert Sweet, Maria Adamuti-Trache, Paul Anisef, and Sharon-Dale Stone
- Chapter 5: Worked to Death: Diverse Experiences of Economic Security among Older Immigrants - Valerie Preston, Natalie Weiser, Katharine King, Nancy Mandell, Ann H. Kim, and Meg Luxton
- Section II: Examining The Social Integration Of Immigrants In Canada
- Chapter 6: A Critical Review of Social Exclusion and Inclusion Indicators: Implications for the Development of a Canadian Framework - Ilene Hyman, Ruben Mercado, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, and Dianne Patychuk
- Chapter 7: Welcoming Capacities of Rural and Urban Canadian Communities - Darren E. Lund and Parvinder Hira-Friesen
- Chapter 8: Welcoming Communities Initiative: A Test in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park - Sandeep Agrawal and Job Rutgers
- Chapter 9: Recent Immigrants' Housing Experiences and Coping Strategies in the Suburbs of Vancouver - Carlos Teixeira
- Chapter 10: Housing Experiences of Users of Settlement Services for Newcomers in Montreal: Does Immigration Status Matter? - Damaris Rose and Alexandra Charette
- Chapter 11: Educational Integration of Immigrant Children and Youth: Policy Ineffectiveness and Its Consequences for Learners and Society - Yan Guo and Yvonne Hébert
- Section III: Maintaining Health While Integrating Into Canada
- Chapter 12: Mental Health and Well-Being of Recent Immigrants in Canada: Evidence from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada - Anne-Marie Robert and Tara Gilkinson
- Chapter 13: Health Status of Newcomer Children: From Research to Policy - Virginia Lane, Hassan Vatanparast, and Judy White
- Chapter 14: Perspectives on Female Genital Cutting and Change among Newcomer Men, Women, and Youth - Paula Migliardi and Shereen Denetto
- Chapter 15: Issues of Cultural Diversity in Long-Term Care for Immigrant Seniors - Douglas Durst and Susan Barrass
- SECTION IV: CULTURAL CHALLENGES, ADAPTATIONS, AND RESILIENCE: SUPPORTING THE INTEGRATION OF SPECIFIC IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
- Chapter 16: Professional Identity at the Heart of Belonging: Insights from a Case Study of Turkish Canadians - Serperi Sevgur
- Chapter 17: Immigration Fraud Patterns in Arranged Marriages between South Asian Canadians and Foreign Nationals: The Case for Policy and Procedural Change - Noorfarah Merali, Jasmine Bajwa,Taooz Yousaf, and Sonya Sehgal
- Chapter 18: Cattle, Money, and the Search for ""Good Girls"": Shifting Gender Relations and Transnational Marriage among South Sudanese Refugees in Canada - Martha Fanjoy
- Chapter 19: Searching for Signs in New Spaces: A Semiotic Approach to Cultural Transmission in a Tibetan Community in Toronto - John Robertson
- Glossary
- Contributor Biographies
- Copyright Acknowledgements
- Index