Cultural Diversity Header

 

Immigrant Youth in Canada
A research report from the Canadian Council on Social Development © 2000

Acknowledgements

Project Staff

Jean Lock Kunz and Louise Hanvey, Project Directors/Writers

Ellen Adelberg, Senior Editor

Holly Nason, Research Assistant

Peter Smith, Research Associate

Nancy Colborne Perkins, Production Coordinator

Arlette Sinquin, Translator

 

Advisors

Paul Anisef, York University

Canadian Ethnocultural Council

Mary McNamara, Ottawa-Carleton Health Department

Michael Birmingham, Carlington Community Health Centre

The Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) gratefully acknowledges funding for this research and report provided by the Childhood and Youth Division of Health Canada, the Multiculturalism Program at Canadian Heritage, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and the National Crime Prevention Centre.

The CCSD also wishes to acknowledge the important contribution made to this project by EKOS Research Associates Inc. in conducting the focus group research. In addition, we would like to thank Patrick Beauchamp of Ekos Research Associates for writing the focus group report and Sharmila Biswas, author of The Gap, which first appeared in WOMAN magazine. The CCSD also thanks Jane Corville-Smith of Health Canada and Martha Justus of Citizenship and Immigration Canada for their support of this project.

Table of Contents

  • List of Figures
  • Highlights
  • Foreword: The Gap
  • Introduction
  • Arriving in Canada
    • Where do immigrant youth come from and where do they settle?
    • Most immigrant children and youth cannot speak English or French when they arrive
    • Immigrant children and youth are more likely to live in lower-income households
  • Lifestyle Patterns of Immigrant Youth
    • Social supports and spirituality
    • Recent immigrant youth are less likely to use tobacco or alcohol
    • Immigrant youth are less likely to combine work and school
  • In Their Own Words
    • General perceptions of Canada
    • Integration
      • What’s a Canadian?
      • It’s tougher on my parents
      • We’re always terrorists in the movies
      • If you forget your roots, you forget who you are
    • Racism
    • At school
    • Services
  • Do Community Services Respond to the Needs of New Immigrants?
    • Difficulties in accessing social services
    • Most agencies have made efforts to facilitate access
    • Specific initiatives to serve immigrants
    • Staff development
    • Listening to clients
    • Challenges in meeting the needs of recent immigrants
    • Strategies to address the unmet needs
    • Lack of resources
  • Conclusion
  • Endnotes
  • Appendix 1

 

[Cultural Diversity] [CCSD Home Page] [Page d'accueil] [Email] [CCSD Publications]