'Language alludes to everything': A pilot study on front-line worker experience with newcomer integration
| Autor: | Suzanne Goopy, Katerina Palova, Alesia Au, Halley Silversides, Cesar Suva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050101 languages & linguistics
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Sense of place Identity (social science) Front line General Medicine General Chemistry Public relations Sense of belonging 0506 political science Work (electrical) Perception Agency (sociology) 050602 political science & public administration 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Thematic analysis business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Student Research. 10 |
| ISSN: | 2167-1907 |
| DOI: | 10.47611/jsr.v10i1.1137 |
| Popis: | There remains an ongoing need to address not only the post-migration experiences of newcomers settling in Calgary but also to understand how systems that serve them perceive, make sense of, and contribute to these experiences. By hearing from those who work with newcomers within the institutional settings that support newcomers, we can begin to understand some complexities of newcomer integration. The purpose of this qualitative pilot study was to explore the perceptions that front-line workers hold regarding needs and experiences of newcomers. This study involved a series of eleven semi-structured interviews with workers at an immigrant-serving language-learning agency which were analyzed using thematic coding. The findings highlight: front-line workers perception of their newcomer clients’ identity in correlation to language; the clients’ emotional burden and sense of belonging; and the challenges clients faced balancing everyday commitments. Moreover, this study explores the front-line worker’s role in cultural brokerage and promoting wellness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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