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What Will I Tell My Daughter?
Immigrant Women Who Relocate
With Their Spouse or Partner: Issues and Challenges
Randean Kopytko
OverviewOverviewOverviewOverviewCanadian Immigration Canadian Immigration
Randean’s Immigration Randean’s Immigration HistoryHistory
Rationale & MethodologyRationale & Methodology
Research QuestionsResearch Questions
Case StudiesCase Studies
Specific ChallengesSpecific Challenges
EmploymentEmployment
Childcare/ SchoolingChildcare/ Schooling
Social InteractionSocial Interaction
SuccessesSuccesses
Conclusion & QuestionsConclusion & Questions
Making Every Connection Matter
Provincial Nominee Provincial Nominee ProgramProgram
Provincial Nominee Provincial Nominee ProgramProgram
Increase number Increase number of skilled of skilled newcomersnewcomers
Promote Promote immigrationimmigration
Settle in small Settle in small urban and rural urban and rural areasareas
My JourneyMy JourneyMy JourneyMy JourneyWinnipeg, Scotland, Winnipeg, New Hampshire, Vermont, & Winnipeg .Winnipeg, Scotland, Winnipeg, New Hampshire, Vermont, & Winnipeg .Winnipeg, Scotland, Winnipeg, New Hampshire, Vermont, & Winnipeg .Winnipeg, Scotland, Winnipeg, New Hampshire, Vermont, & Winnipeg .
Return to WinnipegReturn to Winnipeg
Employed with Military Family Employed with Military Family
Resource CentreResource Centre
Adult English as a second languageAdult English as a second language
Neighbourhood Immigrant Neighbourhood Immigrant
Settlement WorkerSettlement Worker
RationaleRationaleRationaleRationale
Experiences of principal applicants Experiences of principal applicants
comprehensively documented (Carter, Pandey, comprehensively documented (Carter, Pandey,
Townsend, 2010) experiences of women who Townsend, 2010) experiences of women who
immigrated to Manitoba with or for their immigrated to Manitoba with or for their
partner or spouse has garnered less partner or spouse has garnered less
consideration & researchconsideration & research
Aim to explore the struggles and successes that Aim to explore the struggles and successes that
women face when they relocate to Manitoba women face when they relocate to Manitoba
with the intention of informing education and with the intention of informing education and
settlement services for womensettlement services for women
MethodologMethodologyy
MethodologMethodologyy
QualitativeQualitative
Case StudiesCase Studies
Semi-Structured Semi-Structured
InterviewsInterviews
QualitativeQualitative
Case StudiesCase Studies
Semi-Structured Semi-Structured
InterviewsInterviews
1)What are the main considerations affecting women’s decisions to move?
2)What were their successes and challenges during and after relocating?
3)What types of services might relocating women benefit from?
QuestionsQuestionsQuestionsQuestions
5 women from Kazahkstan, Mali, 5 women from Kazahkstan, Mali,
Paraguay, India and the Phillipines; arrived Paraguay, India and the Phillipines; arrived
in Canada between 2008-2012in Canada between 2008-2012
Profession range from homemaker, Profession range from homemaker,
Assistant Notary, Physician, Math Teacher, Assistant Notary, Physician, Math Teacher,
Accounting SupervisorAccounting Supervisor
4 out of 5 immigrated with their spouse4 out of 5 immigrated with their spouse
Case Study Case Study ParticipantsParticipantsCase Study Case Study ParticipantsParticipants
Participants Participants ContinuedContinued
Participants Participants ContinuedContinued
3 women made the decision to immigrate, 3 women made the decision to immigrate,
another couple decide together, and one another couple decide together, and one
was the husband’s sole choicewas the husband’s sole choice
4 out of 5 of the women have children that 4 out of 5 of the women have children that
immigrated with themimmigrated with them
Factors That led to Their Factors That led to Their ImmigrationImmigration
Factors That led to Their Factors That led to Their ImmigrationImmigration
Some of the Some of the women already women already had extended had extended family in Canadafamily in Canada
New opportunities New opportunities for themselves for themselves and their childrenand their children
Challenges: Challenges: EmploymentEmploymentChallenges: Challenges: EmploymentEmployment
Credential recognitionCredential recognition
Canadian work Canadian work experienceexperience
Finding work in a new Finding work in a new countrycountry
Manual labour/ Manual labour/ survival jobssurvival jobs
Amandeep: Amandeep: Employment ChallengesEmployment Challenges
Amandeep: Amandeep: Employment ChallengesEmployment Challenges
“In India, this is the problem as I already told you like, corruption we don’t get good jobs. So it doesn’t matter, that is why people have good qualifications like they are having master degree and everything but they are not getting good jobs. One problem is the population and the other thing is corruption. It doesn’t matter how what percentage you have and what degree you have but only that person will get a good job who has good...connections”
Angela- Angela- Employment Employment ChallengesChallenges
Angela- Angela- Employment Employment ChallengesChallenges
• “..finding work, a job that is related to my profession that is the biggest, the big obstacle when I came here because no one...no company would hire me for my profession even though I have experience because I have no Canadian experience they want...they want Canadian experience, so that...I have overcome.”
Challenges: Challenges: ChildcareChildcare
Challenges: Challenges: ChildcareChildcare
Surprised it is not Surprised it is not free / Expensivefree / Expensive
Limited access / no Limited access / no spaces availablespaces available
Waiting listWaiting list
Subsidized Subsidized childcarechildcare
““proximity of children....reconstitute proximity of children....reconstitute their career”their career”(Salaff & Greve, 2006, p.160)(Salaff & Greve, 2006, p.160)
Amandeep- Amandeep- Childcare ChallengesChildcare ChallengesAmandeep- Amandeep-
Childcare ChallengesChildcare Challenges
• “...I couldn’t find good daycare for my son, so that we decided to, I decided to stay home. So now I am here, I am studying while staying at home. I took online program...power engineering.”
Challenges: Challenges: Raising Child in New CountryRaising Child in New Country
Challenges: Challenges: Raising Child in New CountryRaising Child in New Country
DisciplineDiscipline
Parenting Parenting strategiesstrategies
Maintaining own Maintaining own cultureculture
School systemSchool system
Miriam: Miriam: Challenges Raising ChildChallenges Raising Child
in New Country in New Country
Miriam: Miriam: Challenges Raising ChildChallenges Raising Child
in New Country in New Country• “Impacts...how to deal with
kids...they didn’t get everything in Mali, the culture, the Malian culture...but here I am trying here...it is so different how we deal with kids here and there so that is one thing....
• Like...even talking with kids...looking like that...we don’t do that...but here you...kids are not suppose to do that...like those things and so that has impacts so we have to work through those things”
Challenges: Challenges: Social Social InteractionInteraction
Challenges: Challenges: Social Social InteractionInteraction
Reduction or Reduction or change in access change in access to familial to familial connections/ connections/ friendshipsfriendships
LanguageLanguage
LeisureLeisure
Angela: Angela: Challenges of Social Challenges of Social
InteractionInteraction
Angela: Angela: Challenges of Social Challenges of Social
InteractionInteraction• ....I am alone here, I have no, you know, relatives. I am just living with my partner she has her own relatives...I only have friends, so it is important that I should still have connections with my mother because first of all why I am here because I want to give them...I already give them but I want to give them more...
• Yeah, Skype is good...because every time it is just like talking with her personally and it has helped me to conquer my loneliness here because you see, I am alone here. When my partner is not around I am alone here just watching television and sometimes there are times that I cry because I am lonely...So, but once I talk with them it is a relief.
Vera:Vera:Challenges of Social Challenges of Social
Interaction Interaction
Vera:Vera:Challenges of Social Challenges of Social
Interaction Interaction • “Maybe not isolated, they feel uncomfortable because they left a lot of friends in their home country you know and they try to get use to living here...they face a lot of challenges. First of all, one of the challenges is language. Not only women, I know that family felt isolated because they can’t, how to say...conversations. They don’t have friends maybe and it is very difficult to communicate with people.”
SuccessesSuccessesSuccessesSuccessesVera: employment within first weekVera: employment within first week
Rosa: Familial support & friendsRosa: Familial support & friends
Miriam: accessing resources, subsidized Miriam: accessing resources, subsidized housing, daycare, free language training, housing, daycare, free language training, employment in francophone milieuemployment in francophone milieu
Anglea: employment grant, studying in Anglea: employment grant, studying in her fieldher field
Amandeep: financial stability, home Amandeep: financial stability, home ownership, country of residenceownership, country of residence
Employment Employment RecommendationsRecommendations
Employment Employment RecommendationsRecommendations
Credential recognition; clear info, Credential recognition; clear info, guidance, continued supportguidance, continued support
Essential skills training, e-PortfolioEssential skills training, e-Portfolio
How-to job search; informational How-to job search; informational interviewsinterviews
Interview skill development; behavioural, Interview skill development; behavioural, SAR, prompt sheetsSAR, prompt sheets
Social networking; LinkedIn, FacebookSocial networking; LinkedIn, Facebook
Follow-up strategies; thank-you lettersFollow-up strategies; thank-you letters
Employment Employment Recommendations contd.Recommendations contd.
Employment Employment Recommendations contd.Recommendations contd.Resume; chronological, T-style, photo, Resume; chronological, T-style, photo, lengthlength
Cover letter, referencesCover letter, references
Retraining in their fieldRetraining in their field
Volunteer coordination; why, arrange Volunteer coordination; why, arrange placementplacement
Survival job-purposeSurvival job-purpose
Soft skill training; working in diverse Soft skill training; working in diverse groups, conflict resolution, workplace groups, conflict resolution, workplace culture & idiomsculture & idioms
Childcare Childcare RecommendationsRecommendations
Childcare Childcare RecommendationsRecommendations
Assistance with Assistance with accessing accessing childcarechildcare
Info regarding Info regarding subsidized/alternatsubsidized/alternative optionsive options
Support system Support system (familial)(familial)
Leisure (whole Leisure (whole family)family)
Recommendations: Raising Recommendations: Raising Children in New CultureChildren in New Culture
Recommendations: Raising Recommendations: Raising Children in New CultureChildren in New Culture
DisciplineDiscipline
Parenting infoParenting info
Activities for bothActivities for both
School system School system (report cards, (report cards, homework, casual homework, casual approach, concept approach, concept of time)of time)
Recommendations:Recommendations: Aid Aid With Isolation/Social With Isolation/Social
InteractionInteraction
Recommendations:Recommendations: Aid Aid With Isolation/Social With Isolation/Social
InteractionInteraction
Welcome packageWelcome package
SpeakersSpeakers
Cultural groupsCultural groups
OutingsOutings
Continued supportContinued support
Angela’s Advice for Angela’s Advice for Other WomenOther Women
Angela’s Advice for Angela’s Advice for Other WomenOther Women
• I think they should...especially those...professional ones...they should attend a government program upon arrival it is important..... because it will help them to find a better job and it will also help them to market themselves because the resume here is not the same as the resume in our country. The Philippine resume is so detailed and it takes you three or four pages if you submit that resume in Canada the employer will not read that. They should learn how to prepare a good resume so that the employer will notice. That is the thing that I learned...attending a government program before you find a job because a government program might help you. They might not give you a job but they might help you to find a job.”
SummarySummarySummarySummaryCanadian Immigration Canadian Immigration
Randean’s Immigration Randean’s Immigration HistoryHistory
Rationale & MethodologyRationale & Methodology
Research QuestionsResearch Questions
Case StudiesCase Studies
Specific ChallengesSpecific Challenges
EmploymentEmployment
Childcare/ SchoolingChildcare/ Schooling
Social InteractionSocial Interaction
Successes & Successes & RecommendationsRecommendations
Conclusion & QuestionsConclusion & Questions
Making Every Connection Matter
Contact InfoContact InfoContact InfoContact Info
Randean KopytkoRandean Kopytko
http://ca.linkedin.com/randean-kopytko
[email protected]@yahoo.ca
““Making Every Making Every Connection Matter”Connection Matter”