Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis documents an oral history of the New Canadians Centre, the only immigrant-serving organization in Peterborough, Ontario. This case study builds on scholarship that critically examines immigrant settlement work in Canada. Drawing on interviews and archival research, and employing the analytical concept of home, I investigate how differently-located actors have practiced home… more Full Text: MAKING HOME AND MAKING WELCOME: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE NEW CANADIANS CENTRE AND IMMIGRATION TO PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO FROM 1979 TO 1997 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …