building community collaborations and capacities for settlement support for highly skilled ...
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Buildingcommunitycollabora1onsandcapaci1esforse6lementsupportforhighlyskilled
Filipina/oimmigrants(FilipinoProfessionalsFindingWorkinCanadaProject)
ByMonicaAnneBatacMarch11,2016
THEPROBLEM
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“Inthecontextofglobalcompe==onforskilledlabour,Canadamayexperienceserioussocialandeconomicconsequencesasaresultoftheunderemployment...ofitshighlyeducatedimmigrants.”(Georgeetal.2012,p.422)
deprofessionalized
(Kellyetal.2009,2012)
Highlyskilledimmigrantsarekeentoaccessemploymentservices,yetthisgroupreportsthattheydonotobtainthetypeofhelp
andsupportrequiredfortheirjobsearchneeds.(Cukieretal.,2010)
(Cukieretal.,2010)
FilipinosinCanadaarewelleducatedbutdeprofessionalized.(Kellyetal.2009,2012)
Addressdeprofessionaliza1onontheground|community-basedinterven1ons
RESEARCHQUESTIONS
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deprofessionalized
(Kellyetal.2009,2012)
(Cukieretal.,2010)
WhatiscurrentlybeingdonetosupporttheemploymentsupportneedsofhighlyskilledFilipina/oworkers?
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Whatservicedeliverygapsexist,asiden=fiedbyseUlementandemploymentsupportstaffandhighlyskilledFilipina/oworkers?Whatarethepoten=alopportuni=esfordevelopingimprovedemploymentsupportservicesforhighlyskilledFilipina/oworkers?
RESEARCHPROCESS/METHODOLOGY Community-basedresearch+par=cipatoryac=onresearch(PAR)IndigenousFilipinoresearchmethods,indigenousresearchframeworkswithaFilipinoCanadiancommunity(FilipinoPsychology/SikolohiyangPilipino)pagdalaw-dalaw|informalvisitspagtatanong-tanong|askingques=onthroughinformal,responsivechatpakikipagkuwentuhan|storytellingpakikiramdam|sensi=vitytopar=cipantsandcontexts
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Mindfulofhiya,orshame
RESEARCHPROCESS/METHODOLOGY
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RESEARCHOUTCOMESFocusgroups/InterviewswithFilipinonewcomersInterviewswithseUlementandemploymentsupportstaffInterviewswithKMC’sstaffandboardofdirectorsMee=ngwithFilipinosocio-professionalassocia=onsUncoveringagency’spastinnova=ons• CARECentreforInterna=onallyEducatedNurses• Supportprogramforinterna=onallytrainednurses,withCoali=onofVisible
MinorityWomen
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DATACOLLECTION|Ongoingun=lmid-MayDIRECTKNOWLEDGEMOBILIZATION|Buildingcommunitycollabora=ons&agencycapaci=es• Filipinosocio-professionalassocia=ons• NetworkofFilipinoseUlement/employmentstaffacrossTorontoandCanada
PRESENTATIONSPast|MetropolisConference(March2015)Upcoming|CanadianAssocia=onforSocialWorkEduca=on(CASWE,June2015)S1lltoplan|Communityoutreach
FUTURERESEARCH|Con=nuingtheworkduringPhDstudies• Follow-upstudy:Filipinosocio-professionalassocia=ons(PINs)(seeking2ndroundofRBC
funding)
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