Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration, 2018
This chapter reports findings from a systematic review of 183 scholarly articles published in the... more This chapter reports findings from a systematic review of 183 scholarly articles published in the English language on the environmental change-international migration nexus spanning the period from 1989–2015. We organized the articles into five main categories: (1) empirical research, (2) theoretical/conceptual frameworks, (3) legal papers, (4) policy papers, and (5) literature reviews. In addition to descriptive statistics regarding disciplinary affiliations, world regions, and types of environmental factors examined, we review the main debates and emerging issues among articles within each category, as well as discussions among scholars about appropriate institutional frameworks and policy responses. We observe a growing plurality of approaches and perspectives, which is contributing to increasingly complex and enriched understandings of the linkages between environment and migration. We also note a growing number of securitization discourses on migration and environmental change, a move toward depoliticization of discussions about climate change-related migration, and increasing calls for practical policy responses; given such trends, a key challenge scholars face is how to reconcile these increasingly divergent scholarly perspectives so as to enable the generation of progressive policy responses in practice. Key words: international environmental migration, systematic literature review, environmental migration research, depoliticization of climate-induced migration, migration policy
Les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire (CFSM) du Canada ont opéré une transformati... more Les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire (CFSM) du Canada ont opéré une transformation sociétale remarquable au début des années 2000 : elles sont devenues des communautés d’accueil d’immigrants d’expression française et francophiles. Mais qu’en est-il de leur cohésion sociale dans le contexte de la diversité ethnoraciale ? Cet article explore les apories de la cohésion sociale dans quatre CFSM à travers le pays (Colombie-Britannique, Manitoba, Ontario et Nouveau-Brunswick). Il se base, d’une part, sur des tendances lourdes de la recherche en sciences sociales portant sur la cohésion sociale et, d’autre part, sur des données qualitatives issues de groupes de discussion. Nos résultats confirment un fait mis en évidence par la sociologie durkheimienne : l’atteinte d’une cohésion sociale par les CFSM semble devoir passer par un processus de destruction créatrice générateur de collectivités contractuelles, qui sont aptes à intégrer pleinement des immigrants francophones tra...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Following resettlement in high-income countries, many immigrants and refugees experience barriers... more Following resettlement in high-income countries, many immigrants and refugees experience barriers to accessing primary healthcare. Local non-medical settlement organizations, such as the Local Immigration Partnerships in Canada, that support immigrant integration, may also support access to mental health and healthcare services for immigrant populations. This scoping review aims to identify and map the types and characteristics of approaches and interventions that immigrant settlement organizations undertake to support access to primary healthcare for clients. We systematically searched MEDLINE, Social Services s, CINAHL, and PsycInfo databases from 1 May 2013 to 31 May 2021 and mapped research findings using the Social-Ecological Model. The search identified 3299 citations; 10 studies met all inclusion criteria. Results suggest these organizations support access to primary healthcare services, often at the individual, relationship and community level, by collaborating with health s...
This paper aims to advance understanding of the role ethnic and multicultural media can play in c... more This paper aims to advance understanding of the role ethnic and multicultural media can play in connecting municipal governments and Ethnocultural and Immigrant Communities (EICs). Using an innovative mixed-methods approach and methodological triangulation, we compare the access to and use of multicultural media among four EICs—the Chinese, Latin American, Somali, and South Asian—in Ottawa, Canada. Our cross-comparative study yields three main findings: 1) members of participating communities proactively and strategically use a variety of sources to access information about local services; 2) noteworthy differences exist in the access to and use of different types of media both across and within the four EICs, due to demographic and cultural differences; and 3) participants shared challenges and opportunities that multicultural media afford to better connect municipal government and EICs. The paper's findings make important empirical contributions to the literature on the integr...
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration, 2018
This chapter reports findings from a systematic review of 183 scholarly articles published in the... more This chapter reports findings from a systematic review of 183 scholarly articles published in the English language on the environmental change-international migration nexus spanning the period from 1989–2015. We organized the articles into five main categories: (1) empirical research, (2) theoretical/conceptual frameworks, (3) legal papers, (4) policy papers, and (5) literature reviews. In addition to descriptive statistics regarding disciplinary affiliations, world regions, and types of environmental factors examined, we review the main debates and emerging issues among articles within each category, as well as discussions among scholars about appropriate institutional frameworks and policy responses. We observe a growing plurality of approaches and perspectives, which is contributing to increasingly complex and enriched understandings of the linkages between environment and migration. We also note a growing number of securitization discourses on migration and environmental change, a move toward depoliticization of discussions about climate change-related migration, and increasing calls for practical policy responses; given such trends, a key challenge scholars face is how to reconcile these increasingly divergent scholarly perspectives so as to enable the generation of progressive policy responses in practice. Key words: international environmental migration, systematic literature review, environmental migration research, depoliticization of climate-induced migration, migration policy
Les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire (CFSM) du Canada ont opéré une transformati... more Les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire (CFSM) du Canada ont opéré une transformation sociétale remarquable au début des années 2000 : elles sont devenues des communautés d’accueil d’immigrants d’expression française et francophiles. Mais qu’en est-il de leur cohésion sociale dans le contexte de la diversité ethnoraciale ? Cet article explore les apories de la cohésion sociale dans quatre CFSM à travers le pays (Colombie-Britannique, Manitoba, Ontario et Nouveau-Brunswick). Il se base, d’une part, sur des tendances lourdes de la recherche en sciences sociales portant sur la cohésion sociale et, d’autre part, sur des données qualitatives issues de groupes de discussion. Nos résultats confirment un fait mis en évidence par la sociologie durkheimienne : l’atteinte d’une cohésion sociale par les CFSM semble devoir passer par un processus de destruction créatrice générateur de collectivités contractuelles, qui sont aptes à intégrer pleinement des immigrants francophones tra...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Following resettlement in high-income countries, many immigrants and refugees experience barriers... more Following resettlement in high-income countries, many immigrants and refugees experience barriers to accessing primary healthcare. Local non-medical settlement organizations, such as the Local Immigration Partnerships in Canada, that support immigrant integration, may also support access to mental health and healthcare services for immigrant populations. This scoping review aims to identify and map the types and characteristics of approaches and interventions that immigrant settlement organizations undertake to support access to primary healthcare for clients. We systematically searched MEDLINE, Social Services s, CINAHL, and PsycInfo databases from 1 May 2013 to 31 May 2021 and mapped research findings using the Social-Ecological Model. The search identified 3299 citations; 10 studies met all inclusion criteria. Results suggest these organizations support access to primary healthcare services, often at the individual, relationship and community level, by collaborating with health s...
This paper aims to advance understanding of the role ethnic and multicultural media can play in c... more This paper aims to advance understanding of the role ethnic and multicultural media can play in connecting municipal governments and Ethnocultural and Immigrant Communities (EICs). Using an innovative mixed-methods approach and methodological triangulation, we compare the access to and use of multicultural media among four EICs—the Chinese, Latin American, Somali, and South Asian—in Ottawa, Canada. Our cross-comparative study yields three main findings: 1) members of participating communities proactively and strategically use a variety of sources to access information about local services; 2) noteworthy differences exist in the access to and use of different types of media both across and within the four EICs, due to demographic and cultural differences; and 3) participants shared challenges and opportunities that multicultural media afford to better connect municipal government and EICs. The paper's findings make important empirical contributions to the literature on the integr...
La région d’Ottawa-Gatineau a quelque chose d’unique. Traversée par la frontière provinciale qui ... more La région d’Ottawa-Gatineau a quelque chose d’unique. Traversée par la frontière provinciale qui a la plus forte charge symbolique au pays, elle se caractérise par une dynamique particulière. De part et d’autre de la frontière, les populations, les cultures et les pratiques sont différentes. D’aucuns investissent la région d’une mission particulière : contribuer à limiter les risques de dislocation du Canada en favorisant une territorialité transfrontalière des individus et des groupes pour devenir ainsi le creuset d’une nouvelle identité canadienne. Les populations minoritaires sont plus vulnérables et davantage susceptibles de mettre en place des stratégies particulières pour tirer profit des occasions qu’offre la frontière. Cet ouvrage, rédigé par quatre géographes de l’Université d’Ottawa, jette un éclairage nouveau sur les effets intrinsèquement ambigus et contradictoires de la frontière dans la région de la capitale nationale.
Cette étude examine la participation sociale des immigrants d’expression française (IEF) (dont le... more Cette étude examine la participation sociale des immigrants d’expression française (IEF) (dont les immigrants économiques, de la catégorie de réunification familiale et des réfugiés) dans trois sites communautaires différents – un centre communautaire, une association immigrante et une église chrétienne multiculturelle – à Ottawa, une communauté francophone en situation minoritaire (CFSM) désignée en Ontario. Nos trois principaux objectifs étaient d'examiner de façon critique: (1) pourquoi les IEF participent dans différents sites communautaires et les facteurs qui façonnent leur participation; (2) l’agentivité des IEF dans ces processus, leurs motivations et leurs attentes, ainsi que le rôle que joue leur participation dans les sites communautaires pour leur intégration à long terme, en tenant compte de l’intersectionnalité de marqueurs identitaires tels que la catégorie d'immigration, la langue, l'ethnicité et la race, le genre et la classe sociale; et (3) le rôle du contexte structurel dans l'élaboration de la participation des immigrants francophones, y compris le contexte socio-historique et géographique d'Ottawa et le contexte institutionnel des trois sites communautaires sélectionnés (par exemple, les discours, les programmes, les pratiques), y compris leur ouverture à l'inclusion et à la représentativité de la diversité de la communauté.
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Migration, 2018
The remittances provided by migrant members of households are frequently celebrated as a positive... more The remittances provided by migrant members of households are frequently celebrated as a positive force for community development and for disaster recovery. Using empirical evidence provided by Filipino migrants living in Canada regarding their remittance behaviour in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, this chapter considers the environment-migration nexus in the context of transnational linkages and the role that remittances play in reducing a household’s environmental risk, and assisting in disaster relief. We complicate the idea that migrant remittances are a panacea by highlighting inequities and burdens that can exist within transnational households and communities. A transnational framework provides a useful lens to deepen understanding of the complexities of the mobility-immobility spectrum in the context of environmental challenges. Key words: remittances, transnationalism, transnational social fields, disaster relief, risk reduction, Filipino, Typhoon Haiyan
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Migration, 2018
This chapter reports findings from a systematic review of 183 scholarly articles published in the... more This chapter reports findings from a systematic review of 183 scholarly articles published in the English language on the environmental change-international migration nexus spanning the period from 1989–2015. We organized the articles into five main categories: (1) empirical research, (2) theoretical/conceptual frameworks, (3) legal papers, (4) policy papers, and (5) literature reviews. In addition to descriptive statistics regarding disciplinary affiliations, world regions, and types of environmental factors examined, we review the main debates and emerging issues among articles within each category, as well as discussions among scholars about appropriate institutional frameworks and policy responses. We observe a growing plurality of approaches and perspectives, which is contributing to increasingly complex and enriched understandings of the linkages between environment and migration. We also note a growing number of securitization discourses on migration and environmental change, a move toward depoliticization of discussions about climate change-related migration, and increasing calls for practical policy responses; given such trends, a key challenge scholars face is how to reconcile these increasingly divergent scholarly perspectives so as to enable the generation of progressive policy responses in practice. Key words: international environmental migration, systematic literature review, environmental migration research, depoliticization of climate-induced migration, migration policy
Étude comparative examinant les expériences d'établissement et d'intégration des familles immigra... more Étude comparative examinant les expériences d'établissement et d'intégration des familles immigrantes originaires de la Chine et de l'Afrique sub-saharienne dans la ville transfrontalière d'Ottawa-Gatineau (Canada) à travers les parcours de vie.
Can you think of a space where you usually feel comfortable and safe? Alternatively, do you recal... more Can you think of a space where you usually feel comfortable and safe? Alternatively, do you recall a space where you have felt uncomfortable and excluded? Why did you feel so? We walk through spaces all the time without really thinking about how they impact our behaviour and how they may actively work to exclude other folks. All spaces, from bars and libraries to parks and neighbourhoods, are shaped by (subtle) power relations that influence our behaviours. Public spaces, for example, often exclude folks with physical disabilities because they are not wheelchair accessible. Similarly, gendered bathrooms exclude people who are gender variant. This zine explores how Indigenous students experience different spaces on a daily basis with a focus on the campus of the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. It draws on Carla’s recently published (2015) master’s research which she completed in direct collaboration with Indigenous students at the University of Ottawa. We hope to raise awareness about the impacts of colonialism in and through space, and to inspire you to take action!
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sites communautaires différents – un centre communautaire, une association immigrante et une église chrétienne multiculturelle – à Ottawa, une communauté francophone en situation minoritaire (CFSM) désignée en Ontario. Nos trois principaux objectifs étaient d'examiner de
façon critique: (1) pourquoi les IEF participent dans différents sites communautaires et les facteurs qui façonnent leur participation; (2) l’agentivité des IEF dans ces processus, leurs motivations et leurs attentes, ainsi que le rôle que joue leur participation dans les sites
communautaires pour leur intégration à long terme, en tenant compte de l’intersectionnalité de marqueurs identitaires tels que la catégorie d'immigration, la langue, l'ethnicité et la race, le genre et la classe sociale; et (3) le rôle du contexte structurel dans l'élaboration de la
participation des immigrants francophones, y compris le contexte socio-historique et géographique d'Ottawa et le contexte institutionnel des trois sites communautaires sélectionnés (par exemple, les discours, les programmes, les pratiques), y compris leur ouverture à l'inclusion
et à la représentativité de la diversité de la communauté.
Key words: remittances, transnationalism, transnational social fields, disaster relief, risk reduction, Filipino, Typhoon Haiyan
Key words: international environmental migration, systematic literature review, environmental migration research, depoliticization of climate-induced migration, migration policy
All spaces, from bars and libraries to parks and neighbourhoods, are shaped by (subtle) power relations that influence our behaviours. Public spaces, for example, often exclude folks with physical disabilities because they are not wheelchair accessible. Similarly, gendered bathrooms exclude people who are gender variant.
This zine explores how Indigenous students experience different spaces on a daily basis with a focus on the campus of the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. It draws on Carla’s recently published (2015) master’s research which she completed in direct collaboration with Indigenous students at the University of Ottawa. We hope to raise awareness about the impacts of colonialism in and through space, and to inspire you to take action!