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(Mis)Givings in a Prairie City? Identity and Belonging of Filipina (Im)Migrants in Lethbridge, Alberta

Abstract
Migration is an experience of the self, a personal journey for those who leave their places of origin. The movement from one place to another carries with it material and subjective meanings. Mobility also implies change, transformation or seeming difference in its social interactions with another culture or a different social system. These changes undeniably affect one’s notion of identity and belonging. This chapter uses a feminist approach in examining selected personal case studies of Filipina immigrants in Lethbridge, a small city in southern Alberta. This chapter demonstrates how gender roles, labour migration and identity construction are interconnected. A concluding section deals with the prospect of whether these Filipina immigrants will stay or leave the city, emphasizing the best the city has to offer or not.
Authors: Glenda Tibe Bonifacio,Glenda Tibe Bonifacio,Julie L. Drolet Publication Date: 1/1/2017

Publication Type: Book Section

URL:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40424-0_5
Notes

Location

Lethbridge, Alberta

Community organizations

NA

Key populations

Filipino immigrants and migrants

 

Key findings

Filipina immigrant and migrant women find spaces of belonging in Lethbridge through affordable housing and community connections as well as employment; they consider leaving Lethbridge for other opportunities in other cities in Alberta and Canada so don’t necessarily have a permanent attachment to Lethbridge

 

Integration timeline

At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?

Open-access – No

Key recommendations

None identified

 

Gaps identified

None identified


DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40424-0_5
Collections discrimination-and-belonging , employment , resettlement-integration , social-services

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