Strangers at the Gate: The 'Boat People's' First Ten Years in Canada

Morton Beiser

Published by University of Toronto Press 1999

Strangers at the Gate

The 'Boat People's' First Ten Years in Canada

Morton Beiser

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442680234

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Describes Beiser's ten-year study of 1,300 Boat People admitted to Canada between 1979 and 1981 and chronicles the former refugees' struggles to establish themselves in their new environment. A remarkable study with profoundly human dimensions.

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Beiser Morton :

Morton Beiser is the professor of Cultural Pluralism and Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Director of the Toronto Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface: The Costs and Benefits of Compassion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
1. Adapting in a New World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Where Did the Refugees Come From? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
3. Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada: Forced to Rely on the Kindness of Others Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
4. Migration, Resettlement, and Mental Health: Models and Measures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
5. How Much Disorder and Who Is at Risk? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
6. The Stresses of Resettlement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7. Social Support and Mental Health Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
8. Splitting Time to Handle Stress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
9. Profiles of Success Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
10. Please See Screaming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224

eBook

Published: July 20, 1999
ISBN: 9781442680234