Based on the preliminary research I conducted, I have been able to identify two key topic areas that are of interest to me and these include: immigrant women attaining jobs in Ontario and violence experienced by women in Canada. In regard to immigrant women attaining jobs, there are significantly higher unemployment rates and lower wages that they are faced with, in comparison to other immigrant men and Canadian-born men and women. The debate circulating around this issue seeks to answer whether gender, immigrant class, age, ethnicity and sexuality all play a role in an immigrant woman’s ability to be employed (TIEDI, 2010, p.1). Some key questions that have arisen focus on workplace policies and programs that create further disparity …show more content…
It is evident that transhistorical approaches have reduced the complexity of this issue and the positions of these women seek to take a macro-level approach in order to identify the factors that lead up to violent acts against girls and women.
d) From the preliminary research I conducted on the two topics, I will specifically focus on immigrant women and girls attaining jobs in Ontario and the many obstacles they encounter due to sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, class and age. Since this is such a broad topic, I will focus on specific areas that analyze how cultural norms/traditions/stereotypes and government and workplace gendered policies/regulations all impact women and girls’ abilities to be employed. I will seek to answer questions that explain what factors lead up to immigrant women ending up in these circumstances, why it occurs so frequently and what possible solutions are available to bring about change. As identified by Papp (2010), a key issue of concern is that many immigrant women of South Asian communities, who are sponsored by their husbands to reside in Canada, are not adequately educated about their rights and freedoms. The lack of information can lead to women continuing with their practices of cultural norms from their home country, which often involves being forced
Education along with work experience are vital resources that immigrants convey to Canada’s industry. However, this is not the scenario for many new immigrants, who struggles to get past the preliminary credentials check-up process. In 2007, a report showed that “foreign credentials of 340,000 Canadians or permanent residents of visible minorities have not been recognized” (Andrew Cardozo and Ravi Pendakur, 2007). In addition, a number of unemployed immigrants within that year accounted for the loss of $4.1B in Canada industry. In context, it shows that immigrants have a higher education than Canadian-born, “Statistics show that 47.5% of immigrants, aged 25 to 34, have completed university, compared to 26.6% of Canadian-born, workers” (Canadian government). This shows the proximity of ignorance and prejudice towards hiring an immigrant in Canada. To connect, these contempt results can give rise to many levels of distress, anxiety and psychological problems that can deteriorate and provoke health problems. A study done by Kate Strully at Harvard University concluded that “people had an increase of 81% chance to develop a mental illness after being unemployed” (KW STRULLY -
There are no single causes/factors that contribute to the violence perpetrated against women. For the purpose of this, the author has divided the types of causes of violence against women into five headings. They are cultural, economic, legal and political.
Even though Canada is one of the most developed countries in the world, there are still major human right violations that occur on a regular basis. The most prominent violation that occurs is the violence and discrimination against the indigenous women who live in Canada. Native women are seen as less by others for multiple reasons, mainly because they are native, Canadian women whose ancestors have always lived there. Also, there are stereotypes, corruption, and racism in the police force. Even though this is a massive problem it is possible to stop if we raise awareness, provide recourses to victims, and fix governmental corruption. Overall with this monstourus problem looming over Canada there
Of course discrimination based on race is not the only form of discrimination. Sexism, ageism, homophobia, etc. also exist. What ties different forms of discrimination together is that they all involve ignorance, fear, and/or hate toward groups of individuals who we see as different, unknown, and/or inferior. In a study of twenty-three Anglophone and non-Anglophone immigrant women in Fredericton, Miedema and Nason-Clark found that many women felt that the hardest thing about being an immigrant woman was not being accepted into Canadian society. One visible minority woman commented that people always view her as a foreigner, as if Canada is not really her home (Miedema and Nason-Clark, 1989: 70). 68% of the women, both visible minority and non-visible minority women, reported direct discrimination. One English-speaking visible minority woman reported that shortly
It is visible that the violence and discrimination experienced by Aboriginal women and girls in Canada is a national tragedy, which has sadly received meager attention in our nation. Native Women’s Association of Canada (2013) explained how this has tragically led to the number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada being excessively high. Systematic oppression and negligence from the Canadian Government to actively address this national tragedy were dominant themes that were illustrated by the absence of research and data available on this subject. Additionally, it was appalling to realize that no policies were established, but only politically charged strategies were recommended to confront this grave social problem.
The Federal Government of Canada should provide not only access to immigration but also make sure to provide new immigrants with opportunities. Firstly, there are still employment issues for Immigrants. According to an interview conducted by CBC, interviewing new immigrants and refugees, Sandy chugh, an immigrant said, "I don't see a lot of growth," when describing his current job. Despite having years of experience in marketing and a bachelor's degree from Ireland, the 32-year-old is working in a warehouse for the retailer Best Buy (Dunn, 2016). This relates to the issue as due to refugees and immigrants not having an absolute experience, yet being highly qualified for jobs, are not given equal opportunities than the natives who were born and educated in the country. Furthermore, to resolve this issue, the Canadian government must
This article provides detailed information that give statistics based on distinguishing immigrant classes: “Tables 2 (for males) and 3 (for females) present descriptive statistics by broad immigrant class across the three cycles of the survey. … For both genders, it is clear that skilled worker principal applicants have higher educational attainment, and it is also apparent that males have higher averages than females”. This article is distinct from the other two articles by the fact that many more statistics are offered. These extra statistics offer more insight into the descriptions of the economical immigrant policies. Moreover, the article offers an insight into a range of policy proposals in determining how immigrants can immigrate into Canada. The articles introduction mentions important policies that the Canadian government put into place: Recent examples include the Ontario Expert Roundtable on Immigration (2012) and the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada. The paper presents a basic description of differences in labour market outcomes, including both earnings and employments. This is an important statement as it informs the reader about the various types of concepts, along with their sources, that have
The textbook, Feminist Issues: Race, Class, and sexuality, addresses the observable changes in the Since the mid-20 century, there have been Women have entered the labour market and family care relations of Canadian families work with raising and caring for force in ever-increasing numbers and are combining paid racial children, either with a partner or alone. I focus n the chapter, I take these changes in Canadian families as our through mothers' how families- in whatever shape or form they are maintained I use the term engagement in and managing of market and family care relations Whereas paid work relations" to refer to the structure of the labour market, and "family care relations" encompasses the caregiving relationships outline have with
The equality rights of Canadians are all protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Individuals have the right to not be discriminated based on enumerated (race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age and mental or physical disability) and analogous (sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship and Aboriginality-residence) grounds. Fortunately, Hagi-Yusuf filed a complaint, on enumerated grounds, to the government discussing how he wants to send a message to the company. Hagi-Yusuf wishes for an apology, adjusted hiring practices, and monetary compensations from the Kitchener financial services company. I chose this article because it highlights, racism still occurs in Canada whether it is discrimination against Aboriginals or other ethnic groups. People often relate racism to the United States of America because of the violence occurring with black people, though it’s important to know it occurs globally. Racism and discrimination against different ethnic groups and Aboriginals should be enforced because of the refugees entering Canada from the Middle East and Africa. As shown, people who came to Canada to escape a civil war, 20 years ago, are still seen as foreigners when Hagi-Yusuf was rejected for the job. The refugees entering Canada should not have to face discrimination based on their ethnic group and because of section 15: Equality Rights. The Canadian government should strive to enforce the right and make Canada a country where everyone is treated as
As a land of opportunities, Canada is one of the most popular destinations for immigrants and international students from all over the world. It is an indisputable reality that some kind of racial discrimination is a part of Canada’s diverse population because of the white domination in the field of social work. Racism as a basic construction of oppression is meant to consider people dissimilar by their external appearance, culture, hair structure, language and facial characteristics (Yee, 2005). Racial discrimination in the field of social work by the dominants is an undeniable factor in Canada when having a close look
The main purpose of this problem statement is to understand the reasons behind immigrants with high education credentials working on just entry level jobs (underemployment) or are not able to find a job to earn for their livelihood (unemployment). There are many reasons behind this underemployment and unemployment and with the help of this study we will try to help new immigrants to Canada by letting them know about various challenges they might have to face during the initial phase of their life in Canada. Apart from this, our study will also help international students to find jobs matching their skills and even part time jobs during their studies, as our main focus is international students at red river college,
This paper is an attempt to understand ethnicity exhibited in the Canadian labor market. There is a long history of maintaining unfair policies and biased practices towards Canadians who are racially different on the basis of skin color and other apparent features. Sadly with time unfavorable policies and differential treatments targeted at racial minorities turn out to be specialized characteristics for these groups. Given this framework, unfavorable social features ascribed to racial minorities and superficial characteristics become inseparable. It has been proved by research that even to this day; Canadian society persists to assign disparate social value to people of diverse origins. Several studies have reveal that non-white minorities are regarded as generally less favorable and less desirable than people of European origin by Canadians, and that the concept of “race” continues to be a way to make sense of their daily experiences
Women were seen as natural and appropriate caregivers who experienced strain juggling the demands of work and familial responsibilities (Spitzer et al., 2003 p.282). Overall, both Spitzer et al (2003) and Beagan et al (2008) both found that women see their responsibility for food work, housework, child care, elderly care and etc. George & Ramikissoon (1998) looked at the experiences of South Asian women integrating themselves in Canada (p.103). The South Asian women had come to Canada either for political persecution, for economic reasons and because they wanted to provide a better future for their children (George & Ramkissoon,1998, p.108). Dasgupta (1998) conducted a study to view how much success immigrants have achieved instilling Indian cultural values in their children. This study was also done to explore the similarities in the attitudes toward women and dating amongst Asian Indian immigrants and their children (p.958). DasGupta (1998) argued that if an individual held a liberal attitude toward women’s role in society that it was likely she would have acceptance for dating
My learning from the class presentation on Mihaly’s case was informed that systemic oppression, privilege, and power continued to have significant negative impact on the lives of immigrants who migrate to Canada in search of a better life. The fact that many immigrants migrated to Canada with advanced education, unsurpassed knowledge and expertise in their work field, does not equate to acquiring a decent job in Canada. The oppressive experience several immigrants similar to Mihaly confront when they integrate into Canadian society can be demoralising. Employment disparities contributed to the futile integration of immigrants into Canadian society due to the deficiency of Canadian work experience. In addition, most of their foreign credentials
at language ability, education, work experience and many other categories. It is a very discriminatory system, as it only allows for wealthy immigrants due to the requirements of English language and to have strong work and education credentials. So with the majority of South Asian immigrants that are coming to Canada coming as economic immigrants, most are coming from areas where they had a lot of power due to their social location and subject position. Although their social location does not change, their subject position changes drastically as they enter Canadian society. This is where we see poverty lead to domestic violence, which can be seen in the study for example, where people’s husbands who have previous experience as engineers