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    Needs of Refugee Children in Canada: What can Roma Refugee Families Tell Us?
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2011
    In:  Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 42, No. 4 ( 2011-07-01), p. 599-613
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    In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 42, No. 4 ( 2011-07-01), p. 599-613
    Abstract: Little attention has been paid to the needs of refugee children in Canada. The last decade has seen increasing numbers of Roma refugees settling in southern Ontario, and this qualitative study explored the needs of Roma refugee children in the education, health and social services sectors. We interviewed or conducted focus groups with 24 Roma and 62 service providers from those sectors. Participants indicated that Roma children had high needs for service in all these sectors, but that families were often unable or unwilling to access services effectively. Specifically, children needed schooling for language acquisition and for the development of social relationships; absenteeism was a concern. Income assistance was needed by Roma and other newly-arriving families. Continuity and quality of health care was an issue. In all sectors, barriers were related to language, culture and the unique history of the Roma people. This paper contextualizes study findings by briefly summarizing Roma historical and current experience in Europe; this experience is critical to an understanding of the difficulties that Roma encounter with institutional systems.
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    ISSN: 0047-2328 , 1929-9850
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.42.4.599
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    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2011
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    Refugee Welfare Councils as Spaces of Local Citizenship Production: The Case of Adjumani District, Uganda
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2022
    In:  Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Vol. 22, No. 1 ( 2022-03-01), p. 33-52
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    In: Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 22, No. 1 ( 2022-03-01), p. 33-52
    Abstract: Recent literature on refugees’ agency has shed light on refugees’ capacity to claim political subjectivity and to creatively engage with their condition of vulnerability. Drawing on this literature, this article shows how refugees manage to reinvent spaces of participation created from the top down in refugee settlements, turning them from invited spaces to something more akin to invented spaces of participation. It does so through the analysis of Refugee Welfare Councils, local governance institutions created by the Ugandan government and UNHCR in refugee settlements, and drawing on field research conducted in April–June 2018 in Adjumani District, Uganda. The article argues that Refugee Welfare Councils (RWCs) are turned into invented spaces of participation, through which refugees undertake actions that produce a form of local citizenship based on claiming rights to food and services, the reorganization of society through the emergence of new leadership structures, and the production of new forms of identity and belonging. These all contribute to the emergence of a new imagined community which is based on geographical proximity and on the shared experience of exile, distancing itself from prevalent traditional forms of identification and belonging in South Sudanese society.
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    ISSN: 1044-2057 , 1911-1568
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.22.1.2022.11.29
    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Trade Publisher Archives: Repositories of Monolingualism? Race, Language, and Rejected Refugee Manuscripts in the Age of Total War
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2017
    In:  Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies Vol. 53, No. 3 ( 2017-09), p. 275-296
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    In: Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 53, No. 3 ( 2017-09), p. 275-296
    Abstract: In recent years, monolingualism has become an object of renewed scholarly scrutiny. Divergent as they may be, accounts of its entrenchment typically concur that trade publishers, especially their Anglophone variety, have acted as catalysts in the process. This article questions the assumption by zooming in on the case of an established Boston-based house, Houghton Mifflin, during World War II, i.e. the time when paper rationing and apprehensions about language loyalty did not bode well for the large numbers of literary submissions from American minorities and the many fresh-off-the-boat European refugees. Can Houghton Mifflin’s wartime archive—in particular, the so-called editorial blanks (papers recording the receipt of each manuscript, reader reviews, and the verdict)—count as a substantive repository of monolingualism at this critical point in history? More broadly, what can this archive’s World War II-era content tell us about the interdependencies between language, race, and trade publishing?
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    ISSN: 0037-1939 , 1911-026X
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/seminar.53.3.06
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    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2017
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 2136496-5
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    The Prevalence of Physical and Mental Health Conditions Among Fathers of Refugee Background: A Systematic Review
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2022
    In:  Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 53, No. 3 ( 2022-10-01), p. 404-425
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    In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 53, No. 3 ( 2022-10-01), p. 404-425
    Abstract: There is growing recognition of the critical role that refugee fathers have in helping their children and families adjust to starting life in a new country, and the contribution of their mental and physical health to settlement and family health outcomes. The aims of this systematic review were to summarize and critically appraise the quality of research reporting on estimates of mental and physical health conditions among refugee fathers. Electronic databases were systematically searched to identify peer-reviewed studies reporting on the mental and/or physical health of refugee fathers of children aged 0–18 years, who had settled in a host country. Study details and estimates of mental and/or physical health conditions were extracted, and a critical appraisal of study quality conducted. Ten studies reporting estimates of post-traumatic stress (2–86%) and general psychological distress, anxiety, depression, stress and prolonged grief (25–50%) were identified. Only one study reported on physical health. Study quality and variability in recruitment, samples, data collection methods and outcomes across studies made it difficult to estimate the overall prevalence of mental and physical health difficulties. Despite marked heterogeneity across studies, this review highlights that mental health difficulties among refugee fathers are common, identifying them as a specific cohort of socially and culturally diverse fathers at risk of poor health. The findings underscore the need for health and social policy and service delivery specifically focussed on promoting the mental health of refugee fathers and their families.
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    ISSN: 0047-2328 , 1929-9850
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.53.3.060
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    MN 1000
    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Kinship in Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement: A Review of the U.S. Experience
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 1988
    In:  Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 19, No. 1 ( 1988-03-01), p. 1-16
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    In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 19, No. 1 ( 1988-03-01), p. 1-16
    Abstract: Over the period from 1975 to 1985, approximately one half million refugees from Vietnam were resettled in the United States. Their experience has generated a large and eclectic body of research. This article reviews one aspect of that research: the ways in which kinship changes and continues across the exodus experience, and the way it affects refugee adaptation to the United States. Specifically, the paper describes: (1) the structure of Vietnamese kinship; (2) the changes and continuities in family structure across the migration experience; (3) the interaction of kinship with refugee economic adjustment; and (4) some of the ways in which kinship conditions non-economic aspects of adjustment. Concluding remarks consider the current status of this body of research and the potential it has within the broader context of immigrant adaptation.
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    ISSN: 0047-2328 , 1929-9850
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.19.1.1
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    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 1988
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    ‘Trying to Make South Africa My Home’: Integration into the Host Society and the Well-being of Refugee Families
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2015
    In:  Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 46, No. 1 ( 2015-03-01), p. 39-55
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    In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 46, No. 1 ( 2015-03-01), p. 39-55
    Abstract: During the past two decades South Africa has increasingly become a host society for many forcibly displaced families from across the sub-Saharan region. This article draws on some of the findings of a qualitative study with the aim to investigate the impact of forced migration on the daily lives of refugee women and their families as well as their experiences in trying to integrate into the host society. The research population constitutes refugees from the conflict ridden countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe who reside in the inner-city areas of Tshwane and Johannesburg. Ager and Strang’s (2008) conceptual framework, which uses indicators of integration experiences, proved useful as an analytical lens. In discussing the findings specific reference is made to (a) markers and means of integration, (b) processes of social connection, and (c) facilitators of integration. The data revealed that Zimbabwean respondents and their families were slightly better off than the Congolese and Burundian participants in terms of social connection and means to achieve integration into the South African host society.
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    ISSN: 0047-2328 , 1929-9850
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.46.1.39
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    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2015
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    “We Crossed a Lot of Borders”: Refugee Children of the Greek Civil War
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2003
    In:  Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Vol. 12, No. 2 ( 2003-09), p. 169-209
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    In: Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 12, No. 2 ( 2003-09), p. 169-209
    Abstract: The evacuation of 28,000 refugee children from villages in northern Greece by the Communist Party of Greece in 1948 was one of the most controversial chapters of the Greek Civil War, a conflict whose traumatic impact has continued to polarize modern Greek society. A bitterly contested aspect of this evacuation was the issue of whether these children were removed with or without the permission of their parents. After a difficult journey to Eastern Europe, the refugees were cared for in “children’s homes” until they were old enough to live independently. Many of them remained in Eastern Europe; some were repatriated to Greece, and some emigrated to Australia or Canada. Also in 1948, another, smaller group of children was evacuated by the Greek government to “child cities” within Greece, where they were cared for until the end of the Civil War, when most of them returned to the villages where they were born.
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    ISSN: 1044-2057 , 1911-1568
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.12.2.169
    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2003
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    Rosenfield, Maya. COMFORTING THE OCCUPATION. WORK, EDUCATION,AND POLITICALACTIVISM OF PALESTINIAN FAMILIES IN A REFUGEE CAMP
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2006
    In:  Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 37, No. 1 ( 2006-03-01), p. 147-148
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    In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 37, No. 1 ( 2006-03-01), p. 147-148
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0047-2328 , 1929-9850
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.37.1.147
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    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2006
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    Associations of Acculturation with Family and Individual Well-being in Serbian Refugee Young Adults in the United States
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2012
    In:  Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 43, No. 2 ( 2012-03-01), p. 217-236
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    In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 43, No. 2 ( 2012-03-01), p. 217-236
    Abstract: Seventy-seven ethnic Serbian refugee young adults (mean age = 23) from Bosnia and Croatia (in the former Yugoslavia) presently living in the United States completed an online survey. Young adults reported their own and their parents’ level of acculturation to both Serbian and U.S. cultures. In contrast to most prior studies, acculturation gap was operationalized taking into account the direction of youth-parent discrepancy rather than as absolute value of the difference. Serbian refugee young adults perceive themselves to be more Americanized than their parents. The more acculturated young adults are to the U.S. than their parents, the lower young adults’ reports of family and individual well-being. Unlike immigrant youth in most prior studies, Serbian refugee young adults report acculturation to their native culture at the same level as their parents. As a result, as many young adults exhibit higher Serbian acculturation than their parents as show lower Serbian acculturation than their parents. Young adult/parent Serbian acculturation discrepancy is associated with diminished family well-being when young adults have lower Serbian acculturation than their parents, but with increased family well-being when young adults’ Serbian acculturation is higher than their parents’. The finding that acculturation gap concerning native culture is differentially linked to family well-being depending on the direction of the youth-parent discrepancy contrasts with prior research, and shows the importance of operationalizing youth-parent acculturation discrepancies as a directional rather than absolute value difference.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0047-2328 , 1929-9850
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.43.2.217
    RVK:
    MN 1000
    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2012
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    Resettled Refugee Families and Their Children’s Futures: Coherence, Hope and Support
    University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) ; 2009
    In:  Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 40, No. 5 ( 2009-10-01), p. 677-697
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    In: Journal of Comparative Family Studies, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 40, No. 5 ( 2009-10-01), p. 677-697
    Abstract: This paper investigates the factors which influence the ability of resettled refugee parents to envisage their adolescents’ futures and support them in setting and achieving goals. It is based on the findings of a study of 10 refugee families from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, two to three years after they had arrived in Melbourne, Australia. Analysis of the findings draws on Antonovsky’s ‘sense of coherence’ framework to highlight the conditions which assist refugee parents to negotiate their social environment and develop realistic ambitions for their families’ futures. This framework is also used to point to ways in which refugee families might best be assisted by host communities to guide and support their children and thus overcome some of the potential intergenerational conflicts which can occur following resettlement.
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    ISSN: 0047-2328 , 1929-9850
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.40.5.677
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    Language: English
    Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
    Publication Date: 2009
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