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Staying Put? The Settlement Experiences of Iranian Immigrants in Halifax

dc.contributor.authorPorter, Wallace J.
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Sociology & Social Anthropologyen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalReceiveden_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerDr. Jean-Sébastien Guyen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Howard Ramosen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Howard Ramosen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Elizabeth Fittingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-23T12:52:41Z
dc.date.available2010-09-23T12:52:41Z
dc.date.defence2010-08-23
dc.date.issued2010-09-23
dc.description.abstractBetween 2005 and 2009, Iran became one of the most significant immigrant sending source countries to Nova Scotia. My thesis examines the settlement experiences of Iranian immigrants in Halifax to determine whether they plan on staying in the province. I engage literature on multiculturalism and transnationality as a theoretical framework to explore what influences newcomers in developing a sense of belonging to Canada. By conducting interviews with Iranian immigrants, I found that social network sites are an important tool for integrating and facilitating political organization and transnational activism. Other findings suggest that lack of employment opportunities and dismissal of foreign experience are the main reasons for out-migration.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/13093
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectImmigration, multiculturalism, transnationalism, Iraniansen_US
dc.titleStaying Put? The Settlement Experiences of Iranian Immigrants in Halifaxen_US

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