Social Exclusion and Health
communities with common bond
a group experiencing social exclusion with lots of refugees in one place or building, common language, common experiences, but it's causing them more problems because they are excluding themselves from the broader community -- even though the goal of this is to help, it is excluding them further
1970s
post European centred immigration policies ended in
50-70%
% labour force growth over the recent period
33% : 67%
% ratio of people who are Canadian born compared to immigrants
four aspects of social exclusion
1. systemic forms of discrimination based on civil society through legal sanction or other institutional mechanisms. 2. Failure to provide the needs of particular groups (i.e. income security, housing, language services) i.e. not having a translator 3. Denial of social production - opportunity to contribute to society's activities (i.e. social and cultural) 4. Exclusion to normal forms of livelihood and economy (i.e. unequal access to normal forms of income and social inequality)
Restructuring of the Canadian economy and social restructuring
Barriers and economic inequity growth Increase in powerlessness and loss of voice Unable to put these issues on anyone's agenda All despite the fact that recent immigrants come with greater levels of education than Canadian born counterparts
immigrant mothers
How they access healthcare information is different from Canadian born women (i.e. vaccines) Role in primary care may be the only source of care social isolation - they are having trouble to maneuver through our environment without losing their culture
Interim federal health program
Significant cuts made to refugee health care in 2012 by Conservatives - successfully sued, Liberals promise to reverse cutes
Social exclusion and neighbourhoods
Where one lives can sustain or intensify social exclusion
racialized immigrants
a lot of todays immigrants are coming from the south or third world this is causing more
denial of social production
aspect of social exclusion that is not having the opportunity to contribute to society's activities i.e. social and cultural
failure to provide needs
aspect of social exclusion that is the failure to provide the needs of particular groups i.e. income security, housing, language services -- not having a translator
exclusion to normal forms of livelihood and economy
aspect of social exclusion that is unequal access to normal forms of income and social inequality anything where they aren't given equal opportunity to contribute to work, people might change their names, hiring processes are the same with gender
refugee claimant (asylum seekers)
common migrants in war conditions, people come her to be safer
refugee migrants
government assisted and refugee claimants
systemic forms of discrimination
discrimination based on civil society through legal sanction or other institutional mechanisms i.e. post 9/11 and racial profiling
categories of migrants
economic, family class, refugees
economic migrants
entrepreneurs, and skilled laboured/professionals
twice
how much more likely is poverty for racialized immigrants?
Barriers and economic inequity growth
immigrants are coming here to work but their degrees may not transfer over effectively
social exclusion can be experience by
individuals, communities and geographical communities
the inability to fully engage due to structural inequalities
limited access to social, economic, political and cultural resources oppression based related to race, immigrant status isolation within and from key societal institutions may lead to health implications, informal economies and community violence
increase in powerlessness and loss of voice
people may not be able to contribute adequately to Canadian society as they may for instance not speak the language
skilled labour/professional migrants
people who are skilled professionals in things like engineers, or other technological based positions
250 000+
number of new immigrants and refugees coming to Canada
75-80%
over the past several decades radicalized immigrants have comprised (%)
government assisted migrants
promise of the government to bring in a certain amount of resources, but other models, so churches or foundations with provide living, and food for the refugees to help them live there
racialized immigrant experience
racialized income gap, and unemployment poverty (2x as likely) neighbourhood racial segregation disproportionate contact with Canadian Judicial System higher health risks
higher
risk of health issues for racialized immigrants is
unable to put these issues on anyone's agenda
since there is so much going on the issues that immigrants face are not being addressed
racialized group
social construct of racial categories on certain groups on the basis of superficial attributes i.e. skin colour, hair texture, clothing
process or an outcome
social exclusion can either be a
family class migrants
sponsored to join -- they have family here in Canada so they come to Canada and live with those people until they get on their feet
health immigrant effect
start off health, then something changes? after a period of time, good health status declines, mainly due to lifestyle changes; a lack of understanding of our health care system, access and quality of interactions. affects both men and women, but women are at a higher risk it is important people are able to adapt
shorter
the immigration factor period for European immigrants was...
social exclusion
the structures and processes of inequality among groups in society. Over time, structure access to critical resources that determine the quality of membership in society. This eventually produces unequal outcomes.
community health centres
these are commonly located in areas of high immigrant concentration to allow for outreach to the community, to talk to the leaders and the community; their goal is to help
entrepreneur migrants
they want to build their business, build their economy
net population growth
we rely on refugees and immigrants for
Public
what sector is the wage gap smaller for immigrants?
immigration factor for europeans
when european immigrants moved here they were on the same economic footing as Canadians
third world/global south
where do most immigrants come from today?