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Print Price: $99.99

Format:
Paperback
432 pp.
14 tables; 20 figures; 1 photo, 7" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780199022151

Copyright Year:
2018

Imprint: OUP Canada


Immigrant Youth in Canada

Theoretical Approaches, Practical Issues, and Professional Perspectives

Edited by Stacey Wilson-Forsberg and Andrew M. Robinson

Immigrant Youth in Canada is designed to help students gain a better understanding of the complexities, challenges, and opportunities of the immigrant and second-generation youth experience in Canada. Thirty-five Canadian researchers and practitioners offer strategies to respond to the challenges immigrant youth face, and explore ways to recognize the assets these youth bring to Canadian society.

Readership : Suitable for social work and human service courses on working with immigrants and refugees; cross-cultural social work; and social work practice with diverse populations at the university and college-level. This text could also be suitable for child and youth courses focused on interventions with children and youth; child and youth care practice; child welfare; social work with children and adolescents; and family support and intervention.

Reviews

  • "A comprehensive, easy to read, applicable text regarding immigrant youth and their future in Canada [...] This book is the most applicable and comprehensive text, on this topic, that I have read."
    --Heather Stewart, Durham College

  • "The Professional Perspectives segments are truly excellent. They bring the praxis element to the text. It gives readers insight into current issues and challenges facing professionals in the field. Also, I like the placement of the professional perspective chapters. There is a nice balance between the academic vs. the practical."
    --Michaelann George, Sheridan College

Foreword by Francis Atta
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
Section I: Policy Context and Interpretative Approaches
1. A Complicated Welcome: Canadian Immigration and Multicultural Settlement Policies By Alan B. Simmons
2. Race, Racialization, and Canadian Children of Immigrant Parents By Carl E. James
3. Acculturation and Well-Being of Immigrant Youth By John W. Berry
Section II: Agents of Socialization and Professional Perspectives
4. Second-Generation Immigrant Youth and Their Sense of Belonging to Canada By Lori Wilkinson
5. The Role of the Family in Supporting the Development of Youth with Immigrant Backgrounds By Catherine L. Costigan and Vivien So
Professional Perspective 1: Immigrant Settlement Sector By Matthew Fast and Heather Robertson
6. Just Trying to Fit In: The Importance of Friendship for Immigrant Youth By Stacey Wilson-Forsberg
Professional Perspective 2: Child and Youth Care Professionals By Zubeida Saloojee and Anver Saloojee
7. The Education of First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Youth in Canada By Fernando Nunes
Professional Perspective 3: High School Principal By Don Pente
Professional Perspective 4: Child and Youth Care and Social Work By Kim Snow and Deborah Goodman
8. Sport, Recreation, and European Immigrant Youth in Canada By George Karlis
Professional Perspective 5: Social Service Work By Beverly-Jean Daniel, Sabra Desai, and Linda Hill
Section III: Issues and Opportunities
9. An Inhospitable Transition: Immigrant Youth and the Labour Market By Miu Chung Yan and Sean Lauer
10. Immigrant-Background Youth in Quebec: Portrait, Issues, and Debates By Marie-Odile Magnan and Julie Larochelle-Audet
11. Criminal Gang Involvement of Youth from Immigrant Families By Hieu Van Ngo
12. Growing Up and Getting Along during a Cosmic War: Youth Radicalization and Religious Minorities in Canada By Paul Bramadat
13. Immigrant Youth Negotiating Masculinity and Femininity By Gillian Creese
14. Immigrant and Racialized LGBTQ Youth By Hieu Van Ngo, Edward Ou Jin Lee, Dalia Tourki, Meryem Benslimane, and César Agudelo
15. Parental Authority and Education: Multicultural and Human Rights Perspectives By Andrew M. Robinson
16. Refugee Youth Affected by War and Displacement: A Socio-ecological Approach By Bree Akesson
17. The Mental Health of Immigrant and Refugee Youth in Canada By Morton Beiser and Anne Mantini
Glossary
Index

E-Book ISBN 9780199022168

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg is associate professor in the Human Rights and Human Diversity program at Wilfrid Laurier University and current co-chair of the Grand Erie Local Immigration Partnership. Stacey's research examines the experiences of recent immigrants in small cities, towns, and rural areas across Canada, and how these newcomers gradually become involved in their communities and build relationships across ethnic groups. She is especially interested in the experiences of immigrant youth, immigrants from Latin America, and populations with precarious immigration status.

Andrew M. Robinson is associate professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he is program coordinator for the BA program in Human Rights and Human Diversity. Andrew's research primarily focuses on philosophical and practical issues of human rights and cultural diversity in liberal democracies like Canada. He has also published articles on pedagogy and program development.

Working with Immigrants and Refugees - Edited by Miu Chung Yan and Uzo Anucha
Diversity and Social Work in Canada - Edited by Alean Al-Krenawi, John R. Graham and Nazim Habibov
Skills for Human Service Practice - Agi O'Hara, Zita Weber and Kathy Levine
Interventions with Children and Youth in Canada - Maureen Cech
Challenging Oppression and Confronting Privilege - Bob Mullaly and Juliana West
"Race" and Ethnicity in Canada - Vic Satzewich and Nikolaos Liodakis
Immigrant Geographies of North American Cities - Edited by Carlos Teixeira, Wei Li and Audrey Kobayashi

Special Features

  • The only ground-up Canadian text available that examines the challenges and opportunities facing immigrant youth in this country.
  • Chapters written by expert Canadian researchers and practitioners who study and work with immigrant youth.
  • A multi-disciplinary approach - including insights from psychology, sociology, economics, political science, and education - offers students well-rounded coverage of issues facing immigrant youth.
  • Professional Perspectives segments provide insight into the practical realities of how individuals working in state and non-governmental organizations engage immigrant youth on a day-to-day basis. (Section II)
  • Detailed case examples drawn from research findings, client narratives, and the media encourage students to make connections between theory and the real world.
  • Supportive pedagogy includes a glossary of key terms, chapter outlines, discussion questions, and suggested resources.