Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Most research on refugee resettlement occurs in large urban centres, and the experiences of refugees resettled in small urban centres are yet to be fully explored.Using field observation and in-depth interviews, this study explored how resettling in a small urban centre (St.John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) influences refugees' sense of wellbeing.The study examines the contextual factors that support or detract from resettled refugees' sense of wellbeing.The results demonstrate that aspects of the built environment, natural environment, demographics, and history of Newfoundland and Labrador provided both supports and challenges to refugees.In fact, participants often experienced supports and challenges that arose from the same aspects of the context.Additionally, participants experienced acts of microaggression that challenge their sense of wellbeing and belonging in St. John's.In response, they used acts of everyday resistance to cope, assert their place in St. John's, and achieve a sense of wellbeing.which spanned the academic and the personal.Thank you, Shree, for your endless encouragement.I also wish to thank the other two members of my supervisory committee: I am deeply grateful to Dr. Fern Brunger for pushing me into the arena of group work, academic writing, and theoretical thinking.I am also grateful to Dr. Diana Gustafson
Author: Rowan El‐Bialy
Language: English
Topic: Migration, Health and Trauma
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2248932284