Why Not Me? Women Immigrants and Unemployment in New Brunswick
Why Not Me? Women Immigrants and Unemployment in New Brunswick
Author(s): Judith Doyle, Nicola Mooney, Jane KuSubject(s): Gender Studies, Labor relations, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: immigration; gender; employment; skilled workers; Canada
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the experience of women immigrants and refugees in New Brunswick, Canada. In focus groups, employment, or rather the lack of employment, was a central concern for the women. Many were skilled immigrants who urgently wished to be working in their field of expertise and felt disappointed with Canadian immigration processes and settlement in New Brunswick. Their emphasis on employment contrasted with their classification as dependent spouses by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and as refugees.
Journal: Migration Letters
- Issue Year: 3/2006
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 161-169
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English