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Our project explores the lived experiences of immigrant older adults. It studies the impact of immigration on aging within the context of听life history narratives and photos. We interviewed 19 older adult immigrants who were born in听various countries around the world and听who are currently living in British Columbia and Quebec, about their life histories and experiences of aging.听All of our participants took pictures of their daily lives to showcase their experiences and what is meaningful to them. Themes included housing and transportation, precarious employment, the impact of past trauma, family and care, community engagement and resilience. A "photovoice" exhibit showcasing the stories and photos of our participants was held simultaneously in Montreal and Vancouver听on May 11 & 12, 2017 and was a resounding success with over 100 people attending in each location! In 2018-2020, we organized 10 outreach forums in Montreal, Quebec City, Calgary and Vancouver which brought together key stakeholders including those from seniors鈥� organizations, immigrant-serving organizations, service provider agencies, public sector health services and government decision-makers to develop recommendations and new partnerships in order to promote intersectoral exchange and improve services and supports to older adult immigrants, their families and communities. Please go to to view our reports, policy briefs and webinars emerging from our work.听
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We are pleased to present an online Catalogue of photos and stories that appeared in our Photo Exhibit on the Lived Experiences of Immigrant Seniors: A Narrative-Photovoice Project this past May 11 and 12, 2017. A link to the English Catalogue听can be found here.听To view our reports, policy briefs and webinars please go to 听
Our participants'听stories, perspectives and photos contributed to a successful project and supported an enriched understanding of the contributions that immigrant seniors make to society and the challenges they face in accessing supports and services throughout their lives.听
Please keep in touch with us!
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Nous vous remercions de votre int茅r锚t !
Notre projet a pour objectif d鈥檈xplorer les exp茅riences v茅cues par des immigrants 芒g茅s, et d鈥櫭﹖udier l鈥檌mpact du processus migratoire sur le vieillissement 脿 travers des photos et des histoires de vie qui nous ont 茅t茅 racont茅s. Nous avons interview茅 19 personnes 芒g茅es immigrantes, originaires de diff茅rents pays autours du monde et vivant pr茅sentement en Colombie-Britannique ou au Qu茅bec au sujet de leur parcours de vie et de leurs exp茅riences li茅es au vieillissement. Les th猫mes principaux 茅taient : le logement et le transport ; la pr茅carit茅 d鈥檈mploi ; l鈥檌mpact des traumatismes du pass茅 ; la famille et le soutien ; et l鈥檈ngagement communautaire et la r茅silience. Une exposition 芦 photovoice 禄 qui pr茅sentait les histoires et les photos des participants a eu lieu simultan茅ment 脿 Montr茅al et Vancouver les 11 et 12 mai 2017. Plus de 100 personnes dans chaque ville ont assist茅s 脿 l鈥檈xposition qui a 茅t茅 un grand succ猫s !
Nous sommes heureux de vous pr茅senter un catalogue en ligne des photos et des histoires qui ont 茅t茅 pr茅sent茅 lors de l鈥檈xposition du projet 芦 Les exp茅riences de personnes 芒g茅es immigrantes ; une 茅tude narrative 鈥� photovoix 禄 les 11 et 12 mai 2017. Vous trouverez ici un lien pour le catalogue fran莽ais. Entre 2018 et 2020, nous avons organise 10 forums de discussion avec听les partenaires intersectorielles pour developper les recommendations afin d鈥檃meliorer les services, programmes et politiques.听Pour consulter听nos rapports de politique et les rapports des evenements de transfert de connaissances: 听
Les histoires de nos participants, leurs perspective et leurs photos ont grandement contribu茅 au succ猫s de ce projet et ont contribu茅 脿 approfondir notre compr茅hension de la contribution des personnes 芒g茅es immigrantes 脿 la soci茅t茅 et aussi des d茅fis auxquels ils font face lorsqu鈥檌ls ont besoin de support ou de services au cours de leur vie.
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Restez en contact avec nous pour suivre notre projet !
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Investigators: Shari Brotman, Sharon Koehn, Ilyan Ferrer
Research Team:
- Quebec: Kaylee Sohng, Shimmon Hutchinson, Alexandra Lang, Nina Hermes, Nauveen Dubash, Syeda Buhkari, Pascual Delgado, Jassie Badion, Denis Dube, Sarah Kaye Corado, Marjorie A. Rabiau
- British Columbia: Neville Li, Melissa Badger, Latifah Jawansheer, Maria Sanhueza, Eun Jung Oh, Anita Nieveras-Aguirre
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- Quebec:听Caroline Bouchard (Le R茅seau FADOQ),听Syeda Bukhari (diversity consultant),听Pascual Delgado (Alliance des communaut茅s culturelles pour l鈥櫭ゞalit茅 dans la sant茅 et services sociaux),听Cecilia Diocson (National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada),听Christine Kabayiza (Appui Montreal),听Emmanuel Sayo (National Alliance听of Philippine Women in Canada)
- British Columbia:听James Broesch (Population Health, Vancouver Coastal Health),听Mhairi Campbell (West End Seniors鈥� Network),听Clemencia Gomez (South Granville Seniors),听Joanna Habdank (Coordinator of Community Outreach Program, MOSAIC),听Krista James (Canadian Centre for Elder Law),听Anthony Kupferschmidt (WESN & City of Vancouver Seniors鈥� Advisory Council),听Kahir Lalji (Better at Home Project, United Way),听Shabnam Sadeqi (Afghan seniors鈥� coordinator-Immigrant Services Society of BC)
This project was funded by an Insight Development Grant and a Connections grant awarded by the Social Sciences听and Humanities Research Council.
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