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Les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire (CFSM) du Canada ont opéré une transformation sociétale remarquable au début des années 2000 : elles sont devenues des communautés d’accueil d’immigrants d’expression française et francophiles. Mais qu’en est-il de leur cohésion sociale dans le contexte de la diversité ethnoraciale ? Cet article explore les apories de la cohésion sociale dans quatre CFSM à travers le pays (Colombie-Britannique, Manitoba, Ontario et Nouveau-Brunswick). Il se base, d’une part, sur des tendances lourdes de la recherche en sciences sociales portant sur la cohésion sociale et, d’autre part, sur des données qualitatives issues de groupes de discussion. Nos résultats confirment un fait mis en évidence par la sociologie durkheimienne : l’atteinte d’une cohésion sociale par les CFSM semble devoir passer par un processus de destruction créatrice générateur de collectivités contractuelles, qui sont aptes à intégrer pleinement des immigrants francophones transnationaux qui ne partagent pas nécessairement les ambitions de faire société de leur communauté d’accueil., Francophone minority communities (FMCs) in Canada underwent a remarkable social transformation at the beginning of the 2000s: they became host communities to French-speaking immigrants. But how did this shape social cohesion with respect to ethnoracial diversity? This article explores the aporias of social cohesion within four FMCs across the country (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick). Our argument is drawn, on the one hand, from debates in the social sciences literature about social cohesion, and on the other hand, from qualitative focus group data. Our results confirm a fact supported by Durkheimian sociology: achieving social cohesion within FMCs appears to have to undergo a process of creative destruction generating a collective contract that is able to integrate fully Francophone transnational immigrants who do not necessarily share the social ambitions of their host community.

Le Quebec a accueilli un nombre important de refugies syriens depuis 2015. Ces derniers ont ete reinstalles grâce au parrainage de l’Etat et du secteur prive, deux types de parrainage comportant des modes d’accompagnement qui leur sont propres. Alors que les refugies parraines par le secteur prive rejoignent leur parrain la ou ils resident, ceux parraines par l’Etat sont largement reinstalles hors des grands centres en vertu d’une politique de regionalisation de l’immigration. Nous etudions le cas d’une ville de taille petite, Gatineau, en mettant en lumiere le role du contexte local dans les experiences d’etablissement des refugies parraines par l’Etat et le secteur prive en lien avec l’apprentissage de la langue et l’integration en emploi.

While the “situatedness” of occupation in the context of migration has been explored using various approaches, there remains a need for a holistic and dynamic understanding of the concept of space and the spatiality of occupation. Adopting Lefebvre’s theory of the production of space and taking a transactional approach to occupation, we examined the role of immigrants’ occupational engagement in the production of Francophone minority community spaces in Metro Vancouver, Canada. We completed a critical ethnography and focus on findings from participant observations and in-depth and go-along interviews with French-speaking immigrants. Findings shed light on the influence of immigrants’ occupational engagement on the production of minority spaces. To study the spatiality of occupation comprehensively, we need to move beyond an examination of the immediate environment to address other components of the production of space as well as the interrelation of spaces through occupation.

The interaction of occupation and space has long been studied in occupational science. Increasingly, occupational scientists take a transactional approach to examine the spatial nature of occupatio...

How do refugee youth use social media and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)? Is ICT use relevant to refugee health and well-being? We conducted a systematic scoping review to identify current social media use behaviors. We examined impacts of social media and information sharing applications on health, well-being, inclusion, and integration of refugees into host countries. Review findings reveal that refugee youth commonly use ICTs for social networking, presentation of self, health information consumption, and political rights. Studies suggest that uptake of social media through personal mobile devices, such as smartphones, positively enhanced interactions of newly arrived refugees. Our review identifies policy opportunities to enable social media to facilitate delivery of resettlement and health information, to foster integration for refugees, and to improve their health.

Following resettlement in high-income countries, many immigrants and refugees experience barriers to accessing primary healthcare. Local non-medical settlement organizations, such as the Local Immigration Partnerships in Canada, that support immigrant integration, may also support access to mental health and healthcare services for immigrant populations. This scoping review aims to identify and map the types and characteristics of approaches and interventions that immigrant settlement organizations undertake to support access to primary healthcare for clients. We systematically searched MEDLINE, Social Services Abstracts, CINAHL, and PsycInfo databases from 1 May 2013 to 31 May 2021 and mapped research findings using the Social-Ecological Model. The search identified 3299 citations; 10 studies met all inclusion criteria. Results suggest these organizations support access to primary healthcare services, often at the individual, relationship and community level, by collaborating with health sector partners in the community, connecting clients to health services and service providers, advocating for immigrant health, providing educational programming, and initiating community development/mobilization and advocacy activities. Further research is needed to better understand the impact of local non-medical immigrant settlement organizations involved in health care planning and service delivery on reducing barriers to access in order for primary care services to reach marginalized, high-need immigrant populations.

Media provide essential information that can help migrants settle, build local community, and maintain transnational linkages. In this study, we extend the existing literature by undertaking a unique comparative project examining the role of both diasporic and mainstream media – including print (newspapers) and broadcast (TV and radio) – in meeting the information needs of four ethnocultural and immigrant communities in Ottawa, Canada. Our analysis of survey findings shows significant variations across the four communities in their consumption of print and broadcast diasporic and mainstream media based on immigration category, time spent in Canada, and level of official language (English and French) proficiency. Adopting a uses and gratifications theoretical lens, we argue that participants embrace a more holistic approach to media use, which affords them benefits from both kinds of media resources by creating in-between spaces for participation in host societies and transnational communities.