Career Development Practice in Canada by Shepard Blythe C.;Mani Priya S.;

Author:Shepard, Blythe C.;Mani, Priya S.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Careers/General
Publisher: CERIC
Published: 2013-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

A review of relevant literature (Gray & Elliott, 2001) reveals that refugees do not always find their own ethnic community to be a source of support. Writers such as Wahlbeck (1998) and Steen (1993) point to the need for strong ethnic communities as a source of support for resettled refugees, particularly in terms of integrating into society and finding employment. However, refugees are often unable to establish strong and united ethnic communities in their new country, because old political allegiances continue to influence and divide refugee communities. McSpadden and Moussa (1993) identified such political divisions as barriers to building a strong community in the case of Ethiopian/Eritrean refugees.

Although focused on the needs of refugees to New Zealand, Gray and Elliott (2001) drew widely from international literature and found that the needs of refugees settling in New Zealand often paralleled those of refugees taking up residence in other countries, including Canada. It is probably safe to say that, in dealing with the many needs of refugees, care must be taken to determine whether a newcomer’s integration challenges have to do only with the Canadian culture, or whether the existing ethnic culture is creating its own barriers to successful resettlement.

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