Unpacking Immigrant Youth Career Development in Canada
Aliya K. Gulnur O.
2024Routledge
Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
2024#22Issue 3599 - 613 pp.
This paper uses data from interviews with immigrant youth in Ottawa, Canada, to explore early career-development and employment transition experiences of the youth. Framed by the Community-Interaction Theory of Career Development, the study explores the kind of influences and influencers, which shape career decisions and early on-the-job experiences of young immigrants. Thematic analysis of the qualitative data from face-to-face interviews reveals that some of the key influences on immigrants come from parents, siblings, and members of the ethnic community, in particular from teachers and peers from Sunday language schools, which create a unique climate encouraging students to pursue higher education.
career development , immigrant integration , immigrant youth , refugee youth , transition to employment
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Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Center for Research on Inclusion at Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nazarbayev University
Center for Research on Inclusion at Work
University of Ottawa
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