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Fall 2010
In this thesis I consider the role of music in the construction of identity among West African Canadians, focusing on musical taste and performance. Drawing on themes from participant narratives, I look at how music can maintain connections with or reference identities from “home” cultures. ...
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Spring 2012
Immigrant-receiving countries like Canada must meet the challenge of tuberculosis (TB) in their foreign-born populations. One puzzling question is why, despite fluctuating levels of immigration from high incidence source countries, only modest variations in foreign-born TB incidence have been...
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2019-11-15
SSHRC Awarded PDG 2020: New immigrants (those in Canada for less than 10 years) are over-represented in jobs and workplaces that are hazardous to their health and safety, placing them at high risk for occupational injuries. Many new immigrant workers in precarious employment have little...
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Park Program for New Canadians: A Case Study Process and Outcomes Evaluation of Nature as a Second Language
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The majority of Canadian and American park visitors are Caucasian. Studies in Canada and the US suggest that the under-representation of ethnic minorities in parks may be due to these issues: a lack of friends who can teach them how to go to parks; a lack of multi-lingual information about parks;...
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Pea Protein Based Nanoemulsions for Delivery of Vitamin D: Fabrication, Stability and In vitro Study using Caco-2 Cells
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In North America, a significant population is vitamin D deficient due to insufficient sunlight exposure in winters. Increasing research has shown that vitamin D, apart from its skeletal functions, also has potential to lower the risk of chronic diseases such as autoimmune disorders, diabetes...
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2017-05-07
Mahmoudi, Mohadeseh., Halpenny, Elizabeth.
The number of immigrants in global cities continues to grow, and as a result, various challenges arise to engage newcomers in the host societies. According to Berry (2010) integration is the most preferable acculturation strategy for immigrants to adapt to their new environment. For immigrants,...
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2015-01-01
As an educator and as an immigrant to Canada who is sensitive to the various identity and integration issues of newcomers and those considered minorities, I am cognizant of the various images and (mis)representations of cultures which are reflected and perpetuated by others. In the classroom I...
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Fall 2012
Skilled worker immigrants, who are professionals that migrate to Canada for employment purposes, account for a significant proportion of newcomers to Canada each year. Upon arriving in Canada, they quickly learn that the education and experiences obtained in their countries of origin are of...