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Towards The Well-Being Of Immigrant And Refugee Children: A Community-Based Approach, Adrine Mckenzie
Towards The Well-Being Of Immigrant And Refugee Children: A Community-Based Approach, Adrine Mckenzie
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The main purpose of this study was to identify the risk and protective factors at the individual, family, school, and community level which may influence the adaptation of immigrant and refugee children to Canadian society. The participants included teachers, newcomer parents and grade 2-5 children from various cultures. Quantitative and qualitative data were used to provide information on the child’s academic and social skills, the family’s social support networks, and the community’s resources. Differences in the experiences of immigrant and refugee families were found in the transition to the new country. Also noted were variations across cultural groups and across …
Forum Theatre From A Community Psychology Perspective, Holt Sivak
Forum Theatre From A Community Psychology Perspective, Holt Sivak
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Having responded to a request from Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region to enact a Forum Theatre presentation, I have here described the process that took place and evaluated that process from a community psychology social action perspective. Participants included both drama troupe members and audience participants who were attempting to utilise Forum Theatre to further their understanding of and to help prevent sexual abuse in their community. Forum Theatre is an issue analysis and social change process derived from the work of Augsto Boal, and adapted for use in a Canadian social service setting. The process closely parallels that …
The Invisible Weavers: Women Volunteers Creating Community Fabric, Lorie Anne Fioze
The Invisible Weavers: Women Volunteers Creating Community Fabric, Lorie Anne Fioze
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
In this study I examined women's caring in community volunteer work in the context of a neighbourhood community centre. More specifically I studied what women's volunteer experience at the Chandler-Mowat Community Centre (CMCC) revealed about: (1) Motivators what motivated women to participate in community volunteer work, (2) Facilitators what personal, family organizational, community and social factors facilitated women's involvement in volunteer work, (3) Barriers what personal, family, organizational, community and social factors inhibited women's involvement in community volunteer work, (4) Positive and Negative Impacts what the positive and negative impacts of women's volunteer involvement on the women themselves, their families, …