Download or read book The Match Between Education and Occupation for Immigrant Women in Canada written by Marianne Sorensen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finds that more highly educated immigrant women do not fare as badly in the labor market as is widely believed.
Download or read book The Education of Immigrant Women Prospects and Challenges for Ghanaian Immigrant Women in Canada written by Martha Donkor and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is an investigation of the education of Ghanaian immigrant women who lived in Metropolitan Toronto from 1973 to 1993. Undertaken from a feminist perspective, the study probes the educational programs that were put in place for immigrant women and the women's response to the programs. The focus on education stems from the links that exist between education, work and status. There is widespread agreement among scholars that education is the single most important factor in gaining access to better economic, political and social positions, although some believe that it will not necessarily create equality between marginalized groups and mainstream society. Feminist scholars believe that while education may not create the equality that women desire, it can enhance women's status. It equips individuals and groups with the resources to access jobs that give social, economic, and political power. For immigrant women, education assumes greater significance in light of sexist immigration and social practices that limit the kinds of opportunities available to them. Since education opens the way to sectors that may be closed to immigrants, educating them would be a step toward giving them access to such sectors. By putting Ghanaian immigrant women at the centre of analysis, this thesis asserts that immigrant women's overall situation in Canada improved with education. Investigating immigrant education is a way of ascertaining society's efforts at empowering immigrant women by offering them access to resources. A conclusion drawn from the study is that the education that was fashioned for immigrant women was inadequate for their employment needs. Its definition was narrow, involving mainly English as a Second Language (ESL) that did not prepare women for labour market demands nor did it have the potential of enhancing their status. Another observation is that inadequate attention was paid to higher education as a viable option for immigrant women. Consequently, immigrant women's education did not have the potential to link women to jobs that could enhance their status. Ghanaian women who did not see ESL as the answer to their educational needs defined for themselves alternative educational avenues that held meaning for their lives and pursued these to their satisfaction and wellbeing.
Download or read book Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2015 Settling In written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents and discusses the integration outcomes of immigrants and their children through 27 indicators organised around five areas: Employment, education and skills, social inclusion, civic engagement and social cohesion.
Download or read book Women in Global Migration 1945 2000 written by Eleanore O. Hofstetter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-03-30 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With large numbers of people migrating to other countries after World War II, a substantial amount of scholarship has focused on the status, problems, and successes of women immigrants since 1945. The first comprehensive compilation of the international literature on these women, this bibliography--with over 5,100 entries--reveals the breadth of scholarship on feminist immigration issues. Focusing particularly on sources from North America and Western Europe, where most immigrant women settled, the book includes feminist analyses, bibliographies, demographic studies, economic comparisons, educational research, health and medical reports, legal discussions, biographies and autobiographies, psychological case studies, religious reports, sociological investigations, and publications dealing with general aspects of female immigration. The book covers such legal issues as citizenship, international conventions on contract workers, the traffic in women, and services and government benefits to immigrants. Medical entries include such topics as female genital mutilation, comparative obstetric results, and equity of treatment. Education entries cover such subjects as adult education and the second-language programs necessary for assimilation. With entries in several languages, the bibliography includes books, journal articles, essays and chapters in books, dissertations, ERIC reports, national and international government documents, and statistical sources. With immigration a major political and social issue in most countries today, the book provides an important research tool.
Download or read book Making Changes written by May Ann Kainola and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook was prepared for immigrant women in Canada who want to make changes in their working lives but who lack the knowledge, information, or self-confidence to carry out such changes. It is suggested that the book be used in group settings with immigrant women sharing the same concerns. Nine units cover the topics of getting to know one another, taking control, planning goals, assessing skills, training for a new career, searching for a job (two units), taking a job, and reviewing what has been learned in preparation for the next step of carrying through some of the planned changes. Each unit has an introduction; a story, poem, or dialogue describing the experience of immigrant women accompanied by questions; information about job training opportunities, job search skills, and the rights of working women; group activities, such as role-playing; spaces to record the participant's experience and ideas; methods for developing strategies or ways of solving problems; and language practice. An appendix includes a glossary of unfamiliar words and further information on community services, continuing education, and legislation affecting female workers. (CMG)
Download or read book Migration from the Newly Independent States written by Mikhail Denisenko and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses international migration in the newly independent states after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which involved millions of people. Written by authors from 15 countries, it summarizes the population movement over the post-Soviet territories, both within the newly independent states and in other countries over the past 25 years. It focuses on the volume of migration flows, the number and socio-demographic characteristics of migrants, migration factors and the situation of migrants in receiving countries. The authors, who include demographers, economists, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists, used various methods and sources of information, such as censuses, administrative statistics, the results of mass sample surveys and in-depth interviews. This heterogeneity highlights the multifaceted nature of the topic of migration movements.
Download or read book Canadian Research on Immigration and Health written by Dianne Kinnon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demographics, health status, employment conditions, work, mental health, oral health, diseases.
Download or read book Health and Canadian Society written by David Coburn and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Canadian Society provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between health, health care, and Canadian society. It is a wide-ranging volume that moves from personal and micro concerns to a more macro and institutional focus. It includes chapters of a descriptive nature and others with a more explanatory intent. They have been selected from the major journals or have been expressly written for this book. Ninety-five percent of the contributions are new to this edition. The chapters and the studies reported on are methodologically diverse, ranging from ethnographic studies to statistical analyses of data from large national surveys. Though the chapters are written by anthropologists, economists, historians, political scientists, and physicians, as well as sociologists, they all have a sociological "turn." Recognized as the standard textbook on the sociology of health in Canada, Health and Canadian Society is an essential reference for sociologists, health care providers, health administrators, and policy planners.
Download or read book Occupational Skills and Labour Market Progression of Immigrant Women in Canada written by Alícia Adserà and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We use the confidential files of the 1991-2006 Canadian Census, combined with information from O*NET on the skill requirements of jobs, to explore whether immigrant women behave as secondary workers, remaining marginally attached to the labour market and experiencing little career progression over time. Our results show that the labour market patterns of female immigrants to Canada do not fit this profile, but rather conform to patterns recently exhibited by married native women elsewhere, with rising participation and wage progression. At best, only relatively uneducated immigrant women in unskilled occupations may fit the profile of secondary workers, with slow skill mobility and low-status job-traps. Educated immigrant women, on the other hand, experience skill assimilation over time: a reduction in physical strength and an increase in analytical skills required in their jobs relative to those of natives.
Download or read book Race Ethnicity and Place in a Changing America written by John W. Frazier and published by Global Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication gathers the papers presented at the “OECD-EU dialogue on mobility and international migration: matching economic migration with labour market needs” (Brussels, 24-25 February 2014), a conference jointly organised by the European Commission and the OECD.
Download or read book Women in Canada a Gender based Statistical Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender and International Migration written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outward and Upward Mobilities written by Ann Kim and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People move out to move up. As in the case with other migrant groups, the mobility experienced by international students is a form of social mobility, and one that requires access from a host state. But there are multiple institutions with which students interact and that influence the processes of social mobility. Outward and Upward Mobilities investigates the connection between student and institution. This edited collection features work by key scholars in the field and considers international students across Canada regardless of legal status. Exploring how international students and their families fare in local ethnic communities, educational and professional institutions, and the labour market, this volume demonstrates the need to ask more critical questions about the short- and long-term effects of temporary legal status; how student and family experiences differ by education level and region of settlement, the barriers to and facilitators of adaptation and integration, and ultimately, to what extent individual, familial, institutional, and state goals function in harmony and in discord.
Download or read book Sociological Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Download or read book Canadian Perspectives on Immigration in Small Cities written by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines immigration to small cities throughout Canada. It explores the distinct challenges brought about by the influx of people to urban communities which typically have less than 100,000 residents. The essays are organized into four main sections: partnerships, resources, and capacities; identities, belonging, and social networks; health, politics, and diversity, and Francophone minority communities. Taken together, they provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary perspective on the contemporary realities of immigration to small urban locations. Readers will discover how different groups of migrants, immigrants, and Francophone minorities confront systemic discrimination; how settlement agencies and organizations develop unique strategies for negotiating limited resources and embracing opportunities brought about by changing demographics; and how small cities work hard to develop inclusive communities and respond to social exclusions. In addition, each essay includes a case study that highlights the topic under discussion in a particular city or region, from Brandon, Manitoba to the Thompson-Nicola Region in British Columbia, from Peterborough, Ontario to the Niagara Region. As a complement to metropolitan-based works on immigration in Canada, this collection offers an important dimension in migration studies that will be of interest to academics, researchers, as well as policymakers and practitioners working on immigrant integration and settlement.
Download or read book Sociology for Change written by Yanjie Bian and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Transformations in Chinese Societies is the offi cial annual of The Hong Kong Sociological Association. It publishes articles of original research that addresses theoretical, methodological, or substantive issues of sociological significance about social transformations in Chinese societies. The focus is mainly on Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, the Mainland, Singapore, and Chinese overseas.
