Full Description
When migrants reach their new home, we often interpret their settlement and integration as an individual process driven largely by the labour 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 immigrant families settling in Greater Toronto. Contributors explore the integration trajectory of immigrant families, from newcomers' initial reception to their deep involvement in and attachment to their receiving society. Chapters examine the interrelated themes of the policy environment, children and youth, gender, labour markets and work, and community supports, making insightful connections between concepts such as neoliberalism, resilience, and social capital.
Putting Family First applies rigorous academic research to solve practical problems, illustrating how the family context can be mobilized to facilitate the successful integration of newcomers and offering important guidance to practitioners and policy makers in Canada and beyond.
Contents
Foreword / Olivia Chow
Preface
Introduction / Harald Bauder, Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, and John Shields
Part 1: The Myth of the Self-Sufficient Immigrant
1 Immigrants Are Family Members, Too / Beth Martin
2 Neoliberalism and the Framing of Contemporary Canadian Immigration Policy / Jesse Root, John Shields, and Erika Gates-Gasse
3 Community Support for Immigrants and Their Families / Shuguang Wang and Skylar Maharaj
4 A Systems Approach to Immigrant Families and the Labour Market / Diane Dyson, Ezekiel Roos-Walker, and Charity-Ann Hannan
5 Looking beyond Class, Culture, Race, and Ability in Family Safety / Karline Wilson-Mitchell and Andrea Robertson
Part 2: The Family Advantage
6 The Five W's of Migration and Settlement Decision Making / Sepali Guruge, Mia Hershkowitz, and Corinne Hart
7 How Families Shape Settlement Trajectories / Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, Marc Yvan Valade, and Tania Dargy
8 Immigrant Women's Roles in Family Settlement / Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali and Assel Baitubayeva
9 Children, Youths, and Resilience / Henry Parada, Ana Leticia Ibarra, Erin Mulvale, and Fabiola Limón Bravo
10 Social Capital, Newcomer Youth, and Family Resilience / Marc Yvan Valade and Vappu Tyyskä
11 The Economic and Labour Market Dynamics of Family Settlement / John Shields and Omar Lujan
12 Settling on Services / John Shields, Maria Gintova, Sepali Guruge, Reena Tandon, and Mia Hershkowitz
13 The Family Advantage / Marc Yvan Valade and Karline Wilson-Mitchell
Conclusion and Policy Recommendations / Harald Bauder
Appendix: Methods / Marc Yvan Valade and Maria Gintova
Index
