Activity:

THE EFFECTS OF INSTITUTIONAL POWER ON THE IMMIGRATION TRAJECTORIES AND INSERTION PROCESS OF PERUVIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN MONTREAL

Type: Seminar

Thursday, November 10, 2005 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM

Goals :
To sensitize community and social workers to the difficulties encountered by Peruvian immigrant women in their insertion process.

Target group:
Community and social workers from institutions working with an immigrant clientele.

Contents :
Every person who leaves his or her country of origin to settle elsewhere is confronted by various forms of power exerted by host society institutions (the state, professional corporations, employers). In this seminar, we will attempt to identify the forms of power exerted on immigrants and to analyze its impact on their insertion process in different spheres of society (work, health, education). The lived experiences of Peruvian women residing in Montreal, particularly at important stages of their lifes, will illustrate this problem.

Resource person :
Celia Rojas-Viger, Ph.D., Anthropology

Cost : $15

Location : Intercultural Institute of Montreal, 4917 St. Urbain (corner St. Joseph), Montreal, H2T 2W1

Registration information : 514 288-7229, info@iim.qc.ca