E-book
Racialized migrant women in Canada [electronic resource] : essays on health, violence and equity / edited by Vijay Agnew.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442689848 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 electronic text (viii, 329 p.) : ill., digital file.
- Publisher: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, c2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The complicity of the state in the intimate abuse of immigrant women / Janet E. Mosher -- Violence in immigrant families in Halifax / Barbara Cottrell, Evangelia Tastsoglou, Carmen Celina Moncayo -- Gender, migration, and health / Arlene S. Bierman, Farah Ahmad, Farah N. Mawani -- Policy (in)action : policy-making, health, and migrant women / Denise L. Spitzer -- Review of health and policy research on older immigrants / Ito Peng, Margot Lettner -- Exploring social capital among women in the context of migration : engendering the public policy debate / Bilkis Vissandjée, Alisha Apale, Saskia Wieringa -- Immigrant women and earnings inequality in Canada / Monica Boyd, Jessica Yiu -- Migrant Muslim women's interests and the case of 'shari'a' tribunals in Ontario / Annie Bunting, Shadi Mokhtari -- Haitian-Canadians' experiences of racism in Quebec : a postcolonial feminist perspective / Louise Racine -- Challenging gendered and ethno-racial assumptions in organizing for housing rights / Jill Hanley. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by Canada Commons. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Minority women > Social conditions. > Canada Women immigrants > Social conditions. > Canada Canada > Race relations. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
