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Home Should Be Where Your Story Begins, Theresa Fraser
Home Should Be Where Your Story Begins, Theresa Fraser
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This article discusses the importance of, as well as the differences between, Life Book and Life Story work. Child and YouthWorker students can gain an understanding of the therapeutic value of these interventions by engaging in the reflective experience of completing a Life Book about themselves. They also learn that a Life Book is one of the tools utilized in the process of Life Story work with young people.
Discrimination At Work: Comparing The Experiences Of Foreign-Trained And Locally-Trained Engineers In Canada, Usha George, Ferzana Chaze
Discrimination At Work: Comparing The Experiences Of Foreign-Trained And Locally-Trained Engineers In Canada, Usha George, Ferzana Chaze
Faculty Publications and Scholarship
This paper reports on the findings of a study of the experiences of discrimination faced by internationally- trained engineers in Canada. Three hundred foreign-trained and two hundred locally trained engineers were surveyed in order to identify the relationship of race, language proficiency, and location of training in finding work in the engineering field. In addition to measuring whether the applicants found work in the engineering field, this paper also sought to understand the perception of discrimination of internationally-trained engineers. Our findings demonstrate the relationship of race/ethnicity and its related marker—foreign training—with both ability to secure work in the engineering field …
In Control Of Life Chances? Visible Minority Immigrants And Sense Of Mastery, Ferzana Chaze, Karen Robson
In Control Of Life Chances? Visible Minority Immigrants And Sense Of Mastery, Ferzana Chaze, Karen Robson
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A sense of mastery or control is an essential life skill for persons to be able to deal with everyday challenges. Comparing the sense of mastery between immigrants and native-born Canadians using the 2008 General Social Survey (GSS-2008) data set, we seek to understand whether being an immigrant, particularly a visible minority immigrant, predicts lower levels of sense of control over life chances. The findings demonstrate that being born outside of Canada lowered the scores on the mastery scale for both Whites and visible minorities; however, the penalty of being a visible minority and an immigrant was much higher.