A place to call home?: recent immigrant integration experiences in Lethbridge, Alberta

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dc.contributor.authorCabanas, Sydney M.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorHarrison, Trevor W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-26T17:19:47Z
dc.date.available2019-08-26T17:19:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThe settlement and integration of immigrants is a common policy focus for governments and researchers across the world. In Canada, its relevancy has only increased over recent decades; it is incorporated in official rhetoric and studies regularly examine the integrative experiences of newcomers. Still, most of these studies occur in the context of Canada’s largest and most diverse cities. In this thesis I examine the settlement experiences of recent landed immigrants in Lethbridge—a small Albertan city—utilizing mixed methods research. Using an adapted version of Tom Kuhlman’s (1991) conceptual framework, this study examines the socioeconomic, social, and structural aspects of integration, ultimately finding that while Lethbridge generally fosters integration as outlined by official rhetoric, there remain significant gaps between groups. Analyses especially highlight the crucial roles that community support, length of residence, and admission class play in determining settlement outcomes of recent immigrants in Lethbridge, Alberta.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5516
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0626en_US
dc.proquest.subject0628en_US
dc.proquest.subject0604en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectimmigranten_US
dc.subjectimmigrationen_US
dc.subjectintegrationen_US
dc.subjectmixed methodsen_US
dc.subjectsettlement experiencesen_US
dc.subjectsettlement outcomesen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleA place to call home?: recent immigrant integration experiences in Lethbridge, Albertaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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