Why Not Me? Women Immigrants and Unemployment in New Brunswick

Authors

  • Judith Doyle Dept. of Sociology, Mount Allison University, Sackville
  • Nicola Mooney Dept. of Anthropology, Mount Allison University
  • Jane Ku Dept. of Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v3i2.67

Keywords:

immigration, gender, employment, skilled workers, Canada

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.

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Doyle, J., Mooney, N., & Ku, J. (2006). Why Not Me? Women Immigrants and Unemployment in New Brunswick. Migration Letters, 3(2), 161–169. https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v3i2.67

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