For many immigrants, grandparents play a unique role in offsetting the financial burden of childcare
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Tag: Ethnic Women as Active Participants
Diversifying Canada’s Literature
Language barriers, migration trauma, cultural discrepancies and family responsibilities; women authors of diaspora are defying the odds, breaking through different obstacles to have their voices heard.
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Adapting to a New Country
Across Ontario, women are making adjustments to ensure they are in a position to succeed in a new land.
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Barriers Stop Women from Reaching Full Potential
Data shows there are former engineers, doctors and architects working as cab drivers, and are seemingly already falling through the cracks in today’s job market
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Getting Ahead: Taking the First Career Steps
Back when I was a settlement worker, many of my newcomer clients would enter the job market in positions of non-skilled labour. Ranging from forklift…
View More Getting Ahead: Taking the First Career Steps‘We Need to Talk About Gendered Islamophobia’
One in every five Canadian women is born outside of the country. However, despite diverse ethnic backgrounds, many communities face discriminatory hurdles others may never…
View More ‘We Need to Talk About Gendered Islamophobia’Ontario’s Caregivers: Double the Work, Half the Benefits
Cindy Leung drops off her husband, Chuck, to a day program at a Scarborough, Ontario long-term care facility. Waving to social worker, Benny Choi from…
View More Ontario’s Caregivers: Double the Work, Half the BenefitsCommanding Respect in a Classroom
Immigration is reshaping Ontario’s classrooms, changing the demographics of both students and teachers. The latest statistics indicate that one in 10 new teachers hired in…
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Lost in the Wasteland of Survival Jobs
The rhythmic sound of embroidering machines surround Mariam Said Mobinullah as she expertly navigates her way around a sea of powerful equipment. She reaches for…
View More Lost in the Wasteland of Survival JobsUnderstanding the Roots of Abuse
One woman is murdered in Canada every six days, according to the Canadian Women’s Foundation. This statistic belies what’s been happening in the Greater Toronto Area…
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