* About the Authors* Acknowledgments*1. Women, Gender, and Immigration: Focusing on Atlantic Canada - Evangelia Tastsoglou*2. Immigrant Women and Social Inclusion: The Role of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women - Brigitte Neumann*3. Consolidating the Self: Immigrant Women's Settlement in New Brunswick - Jane S. C. Ku, Judith Doyle, and Nicola Mooney*4. Asking for Apples from a Lemon Tree: Experiences of Immigrant Women in Newfoundland and Labrador - Peruvemba S. Jaya and Marilyn Porter*5. Selective Welcome: Labour Market Experiences of Immigrant Women from Sub-Saharan Africa - Amanda Topen*6. The Experience of Gender, Culture, and Ethnicity in Nova Scotia High Schools - Benjamin Amaya*7. Having Voice, Being Heard, and Being Silent: Internationally Educated Teachers' Representations of Immigrant Women in an Arts-Informed Research Study - Susan M. Brigham and Susan C. Walsh*8. Healthcare Accessibility in Atlantic Canada: Immigrant Women's Perspectives - Swarna Weerasinghe*9. My Kids Want to Eat Pork: Parent-Teen Conflicts in Immigrant Families - Barbara Cottrell and Madine VanderPlaat*10. Mothering Across Cultures: Immigrant Women's Experiences in Halifax - Maria Josefa Yax-Fraser*11. You Suddently Have a Different Life: Leisure, Gender, and the Experiences of Immigrants Living in Halifax, Nova Scotia - Susan Tirone and Mary Sweatman* Index
Evangelia Tastsoglou is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Saint Mary's University and the Chair of the Research Committee on "Women in Society" of the International Sociological Association. She studies, writes, and teaches on women, gender, and migration. Peruvemba S. Jaya is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa. Her research, writing, and teaching areas include gender diversity, multiculturalism, immigrants' issues, identity formation, intercultural communication, and ethnic media.
Through rich description and careful analysis, especially from a critical feminist and intersectional perspective, the contributors to this volume inform our understanding of the challenges and successes that immigrant women encounter in the processes of settlement and integration. [...] This wonderful feminist collection will make a valuable contribution to Women's Immigration, Canadian Immigration Patterns, and Feminist Studies." - Margaret Abraham, Professor, Department of Sociology, and Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity Initiatives, Hofstra University, New York
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