Putting family first : migration and integration in Canada /

When migrants reach their new home, we often interpret their settlement and integration as an individual process driven largely by the labor market. But family plays a crucial role. Putting Family First is the fruit of a four-year academic-community partnership to investigate the experience of immig...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bauder, Harald, 1969- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Immigrants are family members, too / Beth Martin
  • Neoliberalism and the framing of contemporary Canadian immigration policy / Jesse Root, John Shields, and Erika Gates-Gasse
  • Community support for immigrants and their families / Shuguang Wang and Skylar Maharaj
  • A systems approach to immigrant families and the labour market / Diane Dyson, Ezekiel Roos-Walker, and Charity-Ann Hannan
  • Looking beyond class, culture, race, and ability for family safety / Karline Wilson-Mitchell and Andrea Robertson
  • The five W's of migration and settlement decision making / Sepali Guruge, Mia Hershkowitz, and Corinne Hart
  • How families shape settlement trajectories / Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, Marc Yvan Valade, and Tania Dargy
  • Immigrant women's roles in family settlement / Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali and Assel Baitubayeva
  • Children, youths, and resilience / Henry Parada, Ana Leticia Ibarra, Erin Mulvalve,and Fabiola Limón Bravo
  • Social capital, newcomer youth, and family resilience / Marc Yvan Valade and Vappu Tyyskä
  • The economic and labour market dynamics of family settlement / John Shields and Omar Lujan
  • Settling on services / John Shields, Maria Gintova, Sepali Guruge, Reena Tandon,and Mia Hershkowitz
  • The family advantage / Marc Yvan Valade and Karline Wilson-Mitchell.