Usha George
Biographic Data
| ID | 235008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Usha George |
| GIVEN NAMES | Usha |
| FAMILY NAME | George |
| SIGNATURE | GEORGE U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7587-0487 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Physical Health of Older Canadians: Do Intersections Between Immigrant and Refugee Status, Racialized Status, and Socioeconomic Position Matter
It is unclear whether racial or nativity health disparities exist among older Canadians and what social and economic disadvantages may contribute to these differences. Secondary analysis of data collected from respondents aged 55 and older in the Canadian General Social Survey 27 was performed. The outcome variable was self-reported physical health. Compared to racialized immigrants, white immigrant and Canadian-born respondents had approximately…
Migration and Social Work
Improving Immigrant Populations’ Access to Mental Health Services in Canada: A Review of Barriers and Recommendations
Discrimination at Work: Comparing the Experiences of Foreign-trained and Locally-trained Engineers in Canada
Cet article présente un compte-rendu des résultats d'une étude sur la discrimination que les ingénieurs formés à l'international subissent au Canada. Trois cents de ces derniers et deux cents diplômés au Canada ont participé à une enquête pour identifier la relation entre la race, la compétence linguistique et le lieu de formation d'une part, et l'accès à l'emploi dans le génie d'autre part. En plus d'évaluer les cas où les candidats ont trouvé u…
Collective Trauma as a Personal/Social Concern for Persons within Marginalized Communities
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction: A Study of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
Credential Assessment of Internationally Trained Professionals: How Effective is the Process for the Purpose of Securing Employment
This research note discusses the findings of a mixed method study with 309 internationally trained engineers in Canada on their experiences in relation to the credential assessment process. The findings suggest that internationally trained engineers are not likely to be fully aware of the processes related to credential recognition and licensing prior to arrival in the country, and might be approaching multiple institutions or bodies to get their…
Health Decline Among Recent Immigrants to Canada: Findings From a Nationally-representative Longitudinal Survey
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work: The Job Search Strategies of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
“Tell Me What I Need to Know”: South Asian Women, Social Capital and Settlement
Social Capital and Employment: South Asian Women’s Experiences
This article reports the findings of in-depth interviews with 50 South Asian newcomer women in Toronto regarding the role of social capital in obtaining employment. Two kinds of social capital emerged from the data: preexisting social capital and self-created social capital. Preexisting informal and formal social capital facilitated the newcomers’ settlement by providing information, orientation, resources, or actual employment. Self-created soci…
Mexican Migration to Canada: Case Study Report
This article, based on a study of a small number of Mexican newcomers to Canada, highlights the intersections of macro policy environment and individual intentions and actions. The findings confirm the observations of previous studies about the challenges faced by newcomers to Canada and how the lack of access to information and support services can hamper settlement process
Understanding Context and Culture in the Parenting Approaches of Immigrant South Asian Mothers
This qualitative study of the parenting approaches of immigrant South Asian Canadian mothers found that character formation and identity formation were the mothers' key goals of parenting. Internalized cultural values, beliefs, and norms and external factors related to their social context and environment, such as collectivism, dual socialization, and environmental stress, guided the mothers' approaches to parenting. Social service providers need…
Exploring Citizenship in Contemporary Community Work Practice
The notion of citizenship as a triangular relationship between civil, political and social rights has received a great deal of attention by social scientists. However, the exploration of the relevance of the notion for community practice is relatively new. Interviews with a non. random sample of community workers in southern Ontario, Canada, explored the meaning of citizenship to the practitioners. The findings suggest that satisfaction of basic …
Critical Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling Research: Case Example of an Ongoing Project
Cross-cultural counseling practice is characterized by a proliferation of opinions without empirical substantiation. Most research in this area is based on survey or analog studies that do not address practice issues in terms of outcome or actual clinical process. The authors examine issues in cross-cultural counseling and research, using illustrations from an ongoing study.El consejo intercultural se caracteriza por medio de la generación de opi…
A needs-based model for settlement service delivery for newcomers to Canada
Older Immigrant Tamil Women and Their Doctors: Attitudes Toward Breast Cancer Screening
Influences on Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors in Tamil Immigrant Women 50 Years Old and Over
Results are discussed with a view to developing culture-appropriate educational campaigns
Newcomers to Canada from Former Yugoslavia: Settlement issues
A study of newcomers from Former Yugoslavia to Ontario, Canada, describes the settlement and adaptation challenges they face, the biggest of which are related to language, employment and cultural change. The author discusses the policy and practice implications of the findings, concluding that a comprehensive settlement policy should be devised that is sensitive to the varied needs of newcomers, and holistic settlement services should be offered …
Responding to diversity in organizational life: The case of a Faculty of Social Work
Increasing diversity of populations in many countries places demands on institutional structures to be responsive to the needs of minority communities. Universities, and especially schools of social work, are expected to be open to these new challenges of diversity. It is argued that inclusiveness should be integrated into the overall strategic responses of institutions. This paper describes the attempts by a Faculty of Social Work to become more…
Race, Gender, and Class: Interlocking Oppressions in the Lives of South Asian Women in Canada
This report of a study of 47 South Asian women who were recent immigrants to Canada reveals that these women face many challenges in settling in the new country and barriers to the receipt of social services. The findings emphasize the need to understand these women's experiences within the framework of the intersecting diver sities of race, gender, and class and to develop culturally and linguis tically sensitive social work policies and practic…
Understanding Context and Culture in the Parenting Approaches of Immigrant South Asian Mothers
This qualitative study of the parenting approaches of immigrant South Asian Canadian mothers found that character formation and identity formation were the mothers' key goals of parenting. Internalized cultural values, beliefs, and norms and external factors related to their social context and environment, such as collectivism, dual socialization, and environmental stress, guided the mothers' approaches to parenting. Social service providers need…
Race, Gender, and Class: Interlocking Oppressions in the Lives of South Asian Women in Canada
This report of a study of 47 South Asian women who were recent immigrants to Canada reveals that these women face many challenges in settling in the new country and barriers to the receipt of social services. The findings emphasize the need to understand these women's experiences within the framework of the intersecting diver sities of race, gender, and class and to develop culturally and linguis tically sensitive social work policies and practic…
Health Decline Among Recent Immigrants to Canada: Findings From a Nationally-representative Longitudinal Survey
Social Capital and Employment: South Asian Women’s Experiences
This article reports the findings of in-depth interviews with 50 South Asian newcomer women in Toronto regarding the role of social capital in obtaining employment. Two kinds of social capital emerged from the data: preexisting social capital and self-created social capital. Preexisting informal and formal social capital facilitated the newcomers’ settlement by providing information, orientation, resources, or actual employment. Self-created soci…
A needs-based model for settlement service delivery for newcomers to Canada
Discrimination at Work: Comparing the Experiences of Foreign-trained and Locally-trained Engineers in Canada
Cet article présente un compte-rendu des résultats d'une étude sur la discrimination que les ingénieurs formés à l'international subissent au Canada. Trois cents de ces derniers et deux cents diplômés au Canada ont participé à une enquête pour identifier la relation entre la race, la compétence linguistique et le lieu de formation d'une part, et l'accès à l'emploi dans le génie d'autre part. En plus d'évaluer les cas où les candidats ont trouvé u…
Newcomers to Canada from Former Yugoslavia: Settlement issues
A study of newcomers from Former Yugoslavia to Ontario, Canada, describes the settlement and adaptation challenges they face, the biggest of which are related to language, employment and cultural change. The author discusses the policy and practice implications of the findings, concluding that a comprehensive settlement policy should be devised that is sensitive to the varied needs of newcomers, and holistic settlement services should be offered …
Critical Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling Research: Case Example of an Ongoing Project
Cross-cultural counseling practice is characterized by a proliferation of opinions without empirical substantiation. Most research in this area is based on survey or analog studies that do not address practice issues in terms of outcome or actual clinical process. The authors examine issues in cross-cultural counseling and research, using illustrations from an ongoing study.El consejo intercultural se caracteriza por medio de la generación de opi…
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction: A Study of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
Influences on Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors in Tamil Immigrant Women 50 Years Old and Over
Results are discussed with a view to developing culture-appropriate educational campaigns
Credential Assessment of Internationally Trained Professionals: How Effective is the Process for the Purpose of Securing Employment
This research note discusses the findings of a mixed method study with 309 internationally trained engineers in Canada on their experiences in relation to the credential assessment process. The findings suggest that internationally trained engineers are not likely to be fully aware of the processes related to credential recognition and licensing prior to arrival in the country, and might be approaching multiple institutions or bodies to get their…
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work: The Job Search Strategies of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
Exploring Citizenship in Contemporary Community Work Practice
The notion of citizenship as a triangular relationship between civil, political and social rights has received a great deal of attention by social scientists. However, the exploration of the relevance of the notion for community practice is relatively new. Interviews with a non. random sample of community workers in southern Ontario, Canada, explored the meaning of citizenship to the practitioners. The findings suggest that satisfaction of basic …
Responding to diversity in organizational life: The case of a Faculty of Social Work
Increasing diversity of populations in many countries places demands on institutional structures to be responsive to the needs of minority communities. Universities, and especially schools of social work, are expected to be open to these new challenges of diversity. It is argued that inclusiveness should be integrated into the overall strategic responses of institutions. This paper describes the attempts by a Faculty of Social Work to become more…
Race, Gender, and Class: Interlocking Oppressions in the Lives of South Asian Women in Canada
This report of a study of 47 South Asian women who were recent immigrants to Canada reveals that these women face many challenges in settling in the new country and barriers to the receipt of social services. The findings emphasize the need to understand these women's experiences within the framework of the intersecting diver sities of race, gender, and class and to develop culturally and linguis tically sensitive social work policies and practic…
Newcomers to Canada from Former Yugoslavia: Settlement issues
A study of newcomers from Former Yugoslavia to Ontario, Canada, describes the settlement and adaptation challenges they face, the biggest of which are related to language, employment and cultural change. The author discusses the policy and practice implications of the findings, concluding that a comprehensive settlement policy should be devised that is sensitive to the varied needs of newcomers, and holistic settlement services should be offered …
Older Immigrant Tamil Women and Their Doctors: Attitudes Toward Breast Cancer Screening
Influences on Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors in Tamil Immigrant Women 50 Years Old and Over
Results are discussed with a view to developing culture-appropriate educational campaigns
A needs-based model for settlement service delivery for newcomers to Canada
Understanding Context and Culture in the Parenting Approaches of Immigrant South Asian Mothers
This qualitative study of the parenting approaches of immigrant South Asian Canadian mothers found that character formation and identity formation were the mothers' key goals of parenting. Internalized cultural values, beliefs, and norms and external factors related to their social context and environment, such as collectivism, dual socialization, and environmental stress, guided the mothers' approaches to parenting. Social service providers need…
Exploring Citizenship in Contemporary Community Work Practice
The notion of citizenship as a triangular relationship between civil, political and social rights has received a great deal of attention by social scientists. However, the exploration of the relevance of the notion for community practice is relatively new. Interviews with a non. random sample of community workers in southern Ontario, Canada, explored the meaning of citizenship to the practitioners. The findings suggest that satisfaction of basic …
Critical Issues in Cross-Cultural Counseling Research: Case Example of an Ongoing Project
Cross-cultural counseling practice is characterized by a proliferation of opinions without empirical substantiation. Most research in this area is based on survey or analog studies that do not address practice issues in terms of outcome or actual clinical process. The authors examine issues in cross-cultural counseling and research, using illustrations from an ongoing study.El consejo intercultural se caracteriza por medio de la generación de opi…
Mexican Migration to Canada: Case Study Report
This article, based on a study of a small number of Mexican newcomers to Canada, highlights the intersections of macro policy environment and individual intentions and actions. The findings confirm the observations of previous studies about the challenges faced by newcomers to Canada and how the lack of access to information and support services can hamper settlement process
“Tell Me What I Need to Know”: South Asian Women, Social Capital and Settlement
Social Capital and Employment: South Asian Women’s Experiences
This article reports the findings of in-depth interviews with 50 South Asian newcomer women in Toronto regarding the role of social capital in obtaining employment. Two kinds of social capital emerged from the data: preexisting social capital and self-created social capital. Preexisting informal and formal social capital facilitated the newcomers’ settlement by providing information, orientation, resources, or actual employment. Self-created soci…
Health Decline Among Recent Immigrants to Canada: Findings From a Nationally-representative Longitudinal Survey
Looking for Work But Nothing Seems to Work: The Job Search Strategies of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
Underemployment and Life Satisfaction: A Study of Internationally Trained Engineers in Canada
This article emerges from a mixed-method study that explored the relationship between underemployment faced by internationally trained engineers and their satisfaction with life in Canada. A survey was conducted with 309 internationally trained engineers. A significantly greater proportion of survey respondents without a job in an engineering field reported being dissatisfied with life in Canada (36% vs. 22%, p < .01); and reported not having pla…
Credential Assessment of Internationally Trained Professionals: How Effective is the Process for the Purpose of Securing Employment
This research note discusses the findings of a mixed method study with 309 internationally trained engineers in Canada on their experiences in relation to the credential assessment process. The findings suggest that internationally trained engineers are not likely to be fully aware of the processes related to credential recognition and licensing prior to arrival in the country, and might be approaching multiple institutions or bodies to get their…
Collective Trauma as a Personal/Social Concern for Persons within Marginalized Communities
Discrimination at Work: Comparing the Experiences of Foreign-trained and Locally-trained Engineers in Canada
Cet article présente un compte-rendu des résultats d'une étude sur la discrimination que les ingénieurs formés à l'international subissent au Canada. Trois cents de ces derniers et deux cents diplômés au Canada ont participé à une enquête pour identifier la relation entre la race, la compétence linguistique et le lieu de formation d'une part, et l'accès à l'emploi dans le génie d'autre part. En plus d'évaluer les cas où les candidats ont trouvé u…
Migration and Social Work
Improving Immigrant Populations’ Access to Mental Health Services in Canada: A Review of Barriers and Recommendations
Physical Health of Older Canadians: Do Intersections Between Immigrant and Refugee Status, Racialized Status, and Socioeconomic Position Matter
It is unclear whether racial or nativity health disparities exist among older Canadians and what social and economic disadvantages may contribute to these differences. Secondary analysis of data collected from respondents aged 55 and older in the Canadian General Social Survey 27 was performed. The outcome variable was self-reported physical health. Compared to racialized immigrants, white immigrant and Canadian-born respondents had approximately…
Sociology (17 works) · Political science (13 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Immigration (8 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Law (6 works)