Browsing by Subject "immigration"
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The Challenges of Communication: A Study of Immigrant Parents and School Staff in Halifax, Nova Scotia’s English School System
(2018-10-15)This thesis employs an anthropological approach to analyzing the communication between immigrant parents and school staff at elementary schools in the west end of Halifax. I focus on the communication process in relation ... -
"Every kid from Brazil is not a soccer star": Exploring race as a factor for service provision for immigrants in Truro, Nova Scotia
(2013-09-20)This study reviews the literature on systemic racism in Canada, how it is perpetuated through white privilege and how it influences national immigration policy. Using a qualitative exploratory approach, this study then ... -
RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGES AND GENDER: A CASE STUDY OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-01-04)This Master’s level research project investigates how gender shapes the resettlement challenges that liberian refugees have faced in Nova Scotia. The study investigates the impact of the reframing of gender relations during ... -
A STUDY OF THE CULTURAL IMAGINARY OF AFGHAN REFUGEES RESETTLED IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2010-12-17)This thesis presents a qualitative study of the experiences of a sample of Afghan refugees who have settled in Canada. The concepts of structure and agency, as articulated in Anthony Giddens’s structuration theory have ... -
Understanding Filipino Immigrants' Lived Experiences of Leisure and its Roles in Identity in Times of Un/Underemployment
(2021-07-05)Filipino immigrants' lived experiences of leisure, identity, and un/underemployment remain understudied. Since recent immigrants are more likely than others to be un/underemployed, experiences of identity are relevant to ...