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Panelist Hetty ter Haar |
Robert A. Kenedy, Department of Sociology, York University, Toronto Diana Reis, Department of Sociology, University of Ottawa This
study explores identity and resettlement issues among Angolan Lusophone(Portuguese
speaking) women of colour in Toronto. It chronicles the various methodological
realities of interviewing 11 women in Portuguese and English. The
variables that were explored include identity, resettlement, gender,
race, religiosity, and other related aspects. Participants identified
the process of immigration and settlement as the “voyage of
their lives” and reported having to confront a variety of issues
in the mainstream Canadian and Portuguese-Canadian communities of
Toronto, Canada. Racism was particularly noteworthy for these women
who were coping with many other challenges of resettlement. Generally,
these women felt they experienced different treatment then other
Lusophone women and coped with resettlement and identity issues in
unique ways that melded their Angolan and newly acquired Canadian
identities.
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