Carlos Teixeira
Biographic Data
| ID | 3672959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carlos Teixeira |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carlos |
| FAMILY NAME | Teixeira |
| SIGNATURE | TEIXEIRA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7586-1911 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 192 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Settling in Vancouver’s Changing Suburbs: A Case Study of Iranian Immigrants’ Experiences in Surrey, Burnaby, and Coquitlam
Immigration is crucial to Canada’s population and economic growth targets and has increasingly occurred in suburbs, leading to social, cultural, economic, and physical changes. We explored the racial and ethnocultural dimensions of these changes, with a focus on Iranian immigrants. Questionnaire data revealed that most respondents were in core housing need, at risk of homelessness and lacked information; had unmet needs related to language and fa…
Reformas constitucionais em Angola e poder local (2010-2021)
Com a Lei da Reforma Constitucional Angolana de 2021 (Lei n. 18, de 13 de agosto de 2021, com publicação em Diário da República, I Série, com o número 154) foram alterados 30 artigos da Constituição da República de Angola de 2010, os quais passaram a ter nova redação, adequando-os ao atual contexto do país, bem como ajustando algumas matérias que não estavam suficientemente tratadas, assim como inseridas algumas matérias que se encontravam ausent…
Building Little Saigon: Refugee urbanism in American cities and suburbs , by Erica Allen-Kim
Les études doctorales en design: Les Défis Administratifs
Doctoral Education in Design: The Administrative Challenges
Gender and pathways to housing: In search of affordable and safe rental housing in a mid-sized Canadian city (Kelowna, B.C)
Housing is not merely a commodity but a fundamental human right and crucial for a good quality of life. In Kelowna, B.C., a city known for its high housing costs, women encounter significant obstacles in securing affordable rental housing. This study involving 25 women renting in Kelowna sheds light on their preferences, concerns, and strategies for navigating this challenging housing market. The research highlights that women prioritize rental u…
Settling in a Mid-sized City in the Interior of British Columbia: A Case Study of Recent Immigrants' Housing Experiences in Kelowna (Central Okanagan Valley)
In the past, immigrants and refugees tended to overlook small and mid-sized cities in Canada, but this has changed since the beginning of the 21th century, and the mid-sized city of Kelowna has gradually emerged as a popular destination for newcomers from all over the world. Housing is critical to the resettlement and integration of all immigrants. Recent immigrants, especially renters, face challenges in their settlement and housing experiences,…
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Studying Portuguese Ethnic Media in Montreal: Autosiociobiographie,' Sibling Relations, Brotherly Love and 'Emotional Episodes' in Research
How does the dynamic of sibling relations affect researching and dissemination of research findings? How can we best capture the unfolding of this dimension in researching? We discuss these questions via the description of a community event where the siblings were directly implicated and an 'emotional episode' arose leading to humor in one sense but also stress on the other as the younger sibling struggled to intervene and interrupt his older bro…
Ethno-cultural Organizations in Changing Social Landscapes: A Case Study of Portuguese Organizations in Toronto
Toronto has historically been an important destination for immigrants, who have settled in diverse and often well-delineated urban neighborhoods, often establishing their own ethno-cultural organizations. This study explores the structure and functioning of Portuguese community organizations and their role in facilitating cultural preservation and adaptation among immigrants and their descendants. Questionnaire surveys revealed that Portuguese or…
Refugees and religious institutions in a mid‐size Canadian city
Canada is a leading refugee‐settlement nation with a highly developed private refugee sponsorship programme involving many community and religious institutions. This study explored how religious institutions affect refugee settlement in Kelowna, a mid‐size city in British Columbia. Kelowna has had a significant increase in refugee sponsorship since the 2015 Syrian crisis, and most private sponsorship has involved churches and the local mosque, in…
Tensions in diversity: Spaces for collective life in Los Angeles , by Felicity Hwee-Hwa Chan
Tensions in diversity: Spaces for collective life in Los Angeles, by Felicity Hwee-Hwa Chan." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Anticipation for Grand Challenges: An Ethnographic Study of Future-Making Practices in a Technology Company
Visions that highlight new technological capabilities often depict frictionless futures in which data, information, resources flow seamlessly. These visions suggest that our most pressing challenges could be solved with technological fixes. However, some challenges cannot be solved by technology alone. In recent years, grand challenges have gained attention in industry and academia, with organizations pledging to address large-scale, complex, and…
Forever struggle: Activism, identity, & survival in Boston’s Chinatown, 1880–2018 , by Michael Liu
Boston’s history has been defined by successive waves of immigration, which have played a key role in shaping the city’s rich and complex urban cultural mosaic. Throughout the last 150 years, Bosto
Instituições do poder local no Brasil e em Angola
Este artigo busca estudar as instituições angolanas de Poder Local, comparando-as com o que se tem a respeito do Poder Local no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro. O Poder Local está explícito na Constituição angolana de 2010, e implícito no texto constitucional brasileiro, quando eleva o Município a ente federativo e estabelece formas participativas de exercício do poder político em âmbito local. Porém, não basta apenas o reconhecimento formal do P…
Settlement and housing experiences of recent Mexican immigrants in vancouver suburbs
Fostering immigrant settlement and housing in small cities: Voices of settlement practitioners and service providers in British Columbia, Canada
International migration is a feature of contemporary society. Because the impacts of international migration and immigration are experienced locally, there is a need to better understand how settlement and integration activities can be tailored to the local context. While many immigrants have settled in metropolitan areas, there is need to better understand how immigrants settle in small cities outside large urban areas. A study was undertaken in…
Navigating ethnicity: Segregation, placemaking and difference , by David H. Kaplan
Settlement and housing experiences of recent immigrants in small- and mid-sized cities in the interior of British Columbia (Canada)
The new Bostonians: How immigrants have transformed the metro region since the 1960s , by Marilynn S. Johnson
Like many other U.S. “gateway cities,” Boston has also been a major destination for large numbers of international migrants. Both “old” and “new” immigrants, particularly those who arrived since th
Multicultural cities: Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles , by Mohammad Abdul Qadeer
Both the United States and Canada are important immigrant-receiving countries. Their long histories of accommodating multiracial and multiethnic populations have led to their inclusion in lists of
The Housing and Economic Experiences of Immigrants in U.S. and Canadian Cities
The Housing and Economic Experiences of Immigrants in U.S. and Canadian Cities is a collection of essays examining how recent immigrants have fared in getting access to jobs and housing in urban centres across the continent
L iving on the “edge of the suburbs” of Vancouver: A case study of the housing experiences and coping strategies of recent immigrants in Surrey and Richmond
This study examines the housing experiences and coping strategies of low‐income recent immigrants in Richmond and Surrey, two fast‐growing outer suburbs of Vancouver where the immigrant population has increased rapidly in the last two decades and where there is a limited supply of affordable rental housing, including public and social housing. The study draws on data from seven focus groups with 88 recent immigrant renters and interviews with 15 …
Finding a Home of Their Own: Immigrant Housing Experiences in Central Okanagan, British Columbia, and Policy Recommendations for Change
The Impact of Gentrification on Ethnic Neighbourhoods in Toronto: A Case Study of Little Portugal
Despite extensive literature on the nature and impact of gentrification, there has been little consideration of the effects of gentrification on ethnic neighbourhoods. This study evaluates the negative and positive effects of gentrification on the Portuguese in west central Toronto. Details concerning the settlement patterns of the Portuguese, the characteristics of Portuguese residents and patterns of gentrification in inner-city Toronto were ob…
Controle da Convencionalidade das Leis pelo Poder Judiciário
Barriers and outcomes in the housing searches of new immigrants and refugees: A case study of “Black” Africans in Toronto’s rental market
The Role of Ethnic Real Estate Agents in the Residential Relocation Process: A Case Study of Portuguese Homebuyers in Suburban Toronto
This paper examines the search behavior of a sample of Portuguese and Canadian-born homebuyers in suburban Toronto, Canada. Attention is focused on the extent to which Portuguese homebuyers rely upon real estate agents from the same ethnic background and how this source can influence the homebuyer's housing search and ultimate choice of a residence. Data were obtained from a questionnaire survey that was administered to a sample of 110 Portuguese…
The Impact of Gentrification on Ethnic Neighbourhoods in Toronto: A Case Study of Little Portugal
Despite extensive literature on the nature and impact of gentrification, there has been little consideration of the effects of gentrification on ethnic neighbourhoods. This study evaluates the negative and positive effects of gentrification on the Portuguese in west central Toronto. Details concerning the settlement patterns of the Portuguese, the characteristics of Portuguese residents and patterns of gentrification in inner-city Toronto were ob…
New immigrant settlement in a mid‐sized city: A case study of housing barriers and coping strategies in Kelowna, British Columbia
The successful integration of immigrants into a new society is based on their attainment of several basic needs, including access to adequate, suitable and affordable housing. While this has long been a concern in Canadian cities, such as Vancouver, Toronto, and Montréal, it is also increasingly an issue in growing mid‐sized cities such as Kelowna, in the interior of British Columbia. While Kelowna's real estate market is one of the most expensiv…
Introduction: Immigrants and transnational experiences in world cities
L iving on the “edge of the suburbs” of Vancouver: A case study of the housing experiences and coping strategies of recent immigrants in Surrey and Richmond
This study examines the housing experiences and coping strategies of low‐income recent immigrants in Richmond and Surrey, two fast‐growing outer suburbs of Vancouver where the immigrant population has increased rapidly in the last two decades and where there is a limited supply of affordable rental housing, including public and social housing. The study draws on data from seven focus groups with 88 recent immigrant renters and interviews with 15 …
Residential Experiences and the Culture of Suburbanization: A Case Study of Portuguese Homebuyers in Mississauga
This paper examines the housing experiences of immigrants to Canada through a survey of first-generation Portuguese homebuyers in Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto. The survey focused on the push/pull factors leading to their decision to live in the suburbs, their housing search strategies, and their use of services in Mississauga and in the initial area of Portuguese immigrant settlement in downtown Toronto. This study uses data from a questionna…
Community Resources and Opportunities in Ethnic Economies: A Case Study of Portuguese and Black Entrepreneurs in Toronto
Relatively few attempts have been made by geographers in Canada to study the structure and development of ethnic entrepreneurship among immigrant groups, and particularly among visible minorities. The purpose of this study is to examine the behaviour, strategies and barriers faced by owners of ethnic businesses in order to evaluate how race and ethnicity impact upon entrepreneurship. In particular, the study aims at investigating whether intergro…
Cultural Resources and Ethnic Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Portuguese Real Estate Industry in Toronto
The Portuguese community in Toronto is to a large degree a self‐sufficient one. Over the last four decades, they have constructed a thriving, complex community, setting up organizations, businesses and communication‐information services in their own language. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Portuguese real estate industry in Toronto. The study will be focused on community resources such as networks of kinship/friendship and community …
Fostering immigrant settlement and housing in small cities: Voices of settlement practitioners and service providers in British Columbia, Canada
International migration is a feature of contemporary society. Because the impacts of international migration and immigration are experienced locally, there is a need to better understand how settlement and integration activities can be tailored to the local context. While many immigrants have settled in metropolitan areas, there is need to better understand how immigrants settle in small cities outside large urban areas. A study was undertaken in…
Settlement and housing experiences of recent immigrants in small- and mid-sized cities in the interior of British Columbia (Canada)
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in North American Cities
The U.S. and Canada are countries that have been shaped and defined by immigration. In recent decades, however, changes in the immigration policies of both countries have resulted in more heterogeneous immigrant flows than ever before. These new waves of immigration have transformed the demography, as well as social, economic, and political structures of North American urban and suburban areas. Given the importance of immigration as an engine of …
Settlement and housing experiences of recent Mexican immigrants in vancouver suburbs
Refugees and religious institutions in a mid‐size Canadian city
Canada is a leading refugee‐settlement nation with a highly developed private refugee sponsorship programme involving many community and religious institutions. This study explored how religious institutions affect refugee settlement in Kelowna, a mid‐size city in British Columbia. Kelowna has had a significant increase in refugee sponsorship since the 2015 Syrian crisis, and most private sponsorship has involved churches and the local mosque, in…
Gender and pathways to housing: In search of affordable and safe rental housing in a mid-sized Canadian city (Kelowna, B.C)
Housing is not merely a commodity but a fundamental human right and crucial for a good quality of life. In Kelowna, B.C., a city known for its high housing costs, women encounter significant obstacles in securing affordable rental housing. This study involving 25 women renting in Kelowna sheds light on their preferences, concerns, and strategies for navigating this challenging housing market. The research highlights that women prioritize rental u…
The new Bostonians: How immigrants have transformed the metro region since the 1960s , by Marilynn S. Johnson
Like many other U.S. “gateway cities,” Boston has also been a major destination for large numbers of international migrants. Both “old” and “new” immigrants, particularly those who arrived since th
The Role of Ethnic Real Estate Agents in the Residential Relocation Process: A Case Study of Portuguese Homebuyers in Suburban Toronto
This paper examines the search behavior of a sample of Portuguese and Canadian-born homebuyers in suburban Toronto, Canada. Attention is focused on the extent to which Portuguese homebuyers rely upon real estate agents from the same ethnic background and how this source can influence the homebuyer's housing search and ultimate choice of a residence. Data were obtained from a questionnaire survey that was administered to a sample of 110 Portuguese…
Sociologia das Migracoes
Cultural Resources and Ethnic Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Portuguese Real Estate Industry in Toronto
The Portuguese community in Toronto is to a large degree a self‐sufficient one. Over the last four decades, they have constructed a thriving, complex community, setting up organizations, businesses and communication‐information services in their own language. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Portuguese real estate industry in Toronto. The study will be focused on community resources such as networks of kinship/friendship and community …
Inside Ethnic Families: Three Generations of Portuguese-Canadians
Noivo examines how the intersection of migration and family projects affect kin ties, analyses the multiple burdens generated by migration, class, gender, generation, and minority status, and discusses the interplay between family and economic life. Although forced to cope with marital and intergenerational tensions and conflicts, these families demonstrate impressive coping mechanisms, ingenious economic strategies, and psychopolitics aimed at f…
The Portuguese in Canada: From the sea to the city
Even though the Portuguese are relatively new to Canada, they have made major contributions to the cultural mosaic of the country. Containing many new essays, this second edition of The Portuguese in Canada updates the work that filled a gap in the scholarly literature of multiculturalism in Canada. The contributors come from a variety of disciplines ? anthropology, geography, history, literature, linguistics, sociology, and urban planning ? and …
Community Resources and Opportunities in Ethnic Economies: A Case Study of Portuguese and Black Entrepreneurs in Toronto
Relatively few attempts have been made by geographers in Canada to study the structure and development of ethnic entrepreneurship among immigrant groups, and particularly among visible minorities. The purpose of this study is to examine the behaviour, strategies and barriers faced by owners of ethnic businesses in order to evaluate how race and ethnicity impact upon entrepreneurship. In particular, the study aims at investigating whether intergro…
Polish and Somali Entrepreneurship and the Building of Ethnic Economies in Toronto
Polonais et Somaliens à Toronto : la construction d'économies ethniques. Les immigrants polonais et somaliens sont bien différents. Les Polonais sont un groupe d'immigrants plus ancien, peu visible bien qu'installé dans des quartiers spécifiques où il a su bâtir des institutions communautaires ; par contre, les Somaliens, groupe d'arrivée récente, sort nettement moins nombreux et n'ont pas encore bâti de structures institutionnelles spécifiques. …
Portuguese Women in Toronto: Gender, Immigration and Nationalism
Book Review| January 01 2003 Portuguese Women in Toronto: Gender, Immigration and Nationalism Portuguese Women in Toronto: Gender, Immigration and Nationalism, Wenona Giles. Carlos Teixeira Carlos Teixeira Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2003) 22 (2): 88–90. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501286 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citati…
A Comparative Study of Portuguese Homebuyers’ Suburbanization in the Toronto and Montreal Areas
Cet article examine l’accès à la propriété, la suburbanisation et la reségrégation des immigrants portugais dans les aires métropolitaines de Toronto et Montréal (villes de banlieue Mississauga et Laval). Les Portugais ont un groupe solidement installé à Toronto et Montréal depuis les années 1950, avec des niveaux élevés d’accès a la propriété et une forte tendance à la suburbanisation. Les Portugais présentent aussi un degré remarquablement élev…
Introduction: Immigrants and transnational experiences in world cities
Residential Experiences and the Culture of Suburbanization: A Case Study of Portuguese Homebuyers in Mississauga
This paper examines the housing experiences of immigrants to Canada through a survey of first-generation Portuguese homebuyers in Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto. The survey focused on the push/pull factors leading to their decision to live in the suburbs, their housing search strategies, and their use of services in Mississauga and in the initial area of Portuguese immigrant settlement in downtown Toronto. This study uses data from a questionna…
Barriers and outcomes in the housing searches of new immigrants and refugees: A case study of “Black” Africans in Toronto’s rental market
New immigrant settlement in a mid‐sized city: A case study of housing barriers and coping strategies in Kelowna, British Columbia
The successful integration of immigrants into a new society is based on their attainment of several basic needs, including access to adequate, suitable and affordable housing. While this has long been a concern in Canadian cities, such as Vancouver, Toronto, and Montréal, it is also increasingly an issue in growing mid‐sized cities such as Kelowna, in the interior of British Columbia. While Kelowna's real estate market is one of the most expensiv…
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in North American Cities
The U.S. and Canada are countries that have been shaped and defined by immigration. In recent decades, however, changes in the immigration policies of both countries have resulted in more heterogeneous immigrant flows than ever before. These new waves of immigration have transformed the demography, as well as social, economic, and political structures of North American urban and suburban areas. Given the importance of immigration as an engine of …
Finding a Home of Their Own: Immigrant Housing Experiences in Central Okanagan, British Columbia, and Policy Recommendations for Change
The Impact of Gentrification on Ethnic Neighbourhoods in Toronto: A Case Study of Little Portugal
Despite extensive literature on the nature and impact of gentrification, there has been little consideration of the effects of gentrification on ethnic neighbourhoods. This study evaluates the negative and positive effects of gentrification on the Portuguese in west central Toronto. Details concerning the settlement patterns of the Portuguese, the characteristics of Portuguese residents and patterns of gentrification in inner-city Toronto were ob…
Controle da Convencionalidade das Leis pelo Poder Judiciário
L iving on the “edge of the suburbs” of Vancouver: A case study of the housing experiences and coping strategies of recent immigrants in Surrey and Richmond
This study examines the housing experiences and coping strategies of low‐income recent immigrants in Richmond and Surrey, two fast‐growing outer suburbs of Vancouver where the immigrant population has increased rapidly in the last two decades and where there is a limited supply of affordable rental housing, including public and social housing. The study draws on data from seven focus groups with 88 recent immigrant renters and interviews with 15 …
The Housing and Economic Experiences of Immigrants in U.S. and Canadian Cities
The Housing and Economic Experiences of Immigrants in U.S. and Canadian Cities is a collection of essays examining how recent immigrants have fared in getting access to jobs and housing in urban centres across the continent
Settlement and housing experiences of recent immigrants in small- and mid-sized cities in the interior of British Columbia (Canada)
The new Bostonians: How immigrants have transformed the metro region since the 1960s , by Marilynn S. Johnson
Like many other U.S. “gateway cities,” Boston has also been a major destination for large numbers of international migrants. Both “old” and “new” immigrants, particularly those who arrived since th
Multicultural cities: Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles , by Mohammad Abdul Qadeer
Both the United States and Canada are important immigrant-receiving countries. Their long histories of accommodating multiracial and multiethnic populations have led to their inclusion in lists of
Navigating ethnicity: Segregation, placemaking and difference , by David H. Kaplan
Fostering immigrant settlement and housing in small cities: Voices of settlement practitioners and service providers in British Columbia, Canada
International migration is a feature of contemporary society. Because the impacts of international migration and immigration are experienced locally, there is a need to better understand how settlement and integration activities can be tailored to the local context. While many immigrants have settled in metropolitan areas, there is need to better understand how immigrants settle in small cities outside large urban areas. A study was undertaken in…
Instituições do poder local no Brasil e em Angola
Este artigo busca estudar as instituições angolanas de Poder Local, comparando-as com o que se tem a respeito do Poder Local no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro. O Poder Local está explícito na Constituição angolana de 2010, e implícito no texto constitucional brasileiro, quando eleva o Município a ente federativo e estabelece formas participativas de exercício do poder político em âmbito local. Porém, não basta apenas o reconhecimento formal do P…
Political science (29 works) · Sociology (24 works) · Geography (20 works) · Immigration (20 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (16 works) · Economics (15 works) · Business (14 works) · Economic growth (14 works) · Ethnic group (13 works) · Portuguese (12 works)