402
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Unpacking Immigrant Youth Career Development in Canada

ORCID Icon &

References

  • Agyekum, B. (2016). Labour market perceptions and experiences among Ghanaian–Canadian second-generation youths in the Greater Toronto Area. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 70(2), 112–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2015.1126635
  • Al Ariss, A., & Crowley‐Henry, M. (2013). Self‐initiated expatriation and migration in the management literature: Present theorizations and future research directions. Career Development International, 18(1), 78–96. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620431311305962
  • Arthur, N., & McMahon, M. (Eds.). (2018). Contemporary theories of career development: International perspectives. Routledge.
  • Bandura, A. (1977). Social learning theory. Prentice-Hall.
  • Becker, G. (1993). Human capital: a theoretical and empirical analysis, whit special reference to education. National Bureau of Economic Research.
  • Bhuyan, R., Jeyapal, D., Ku, J., Sakamoto, I., & Chou, E. (2017). Branding ‘Canadian experience’ in immigration policy: Nation building in a neoliberal era. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 18(1), 47–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-015-0467-4
  • Blau, P. M., & Duncan, O. D. (1967). The American occupational structure. Wiley.
  • Bonacich, E. (1972). A theory of ethnic antagonism: The split labour market. American Sociological Review, 37(5), 547–559. https://doi.org/10.2307/2093450
  • Collins, T., & Magnan, M. O. (2018). Post-secondary pathways among second-generation immigrant youth of Haitian origin in Quebec. Canadian Journal of Education/Revue Canadienne de L’éducation, 41(2), 413–440.
  • Dietz, J., Joshi, C., Esses, V. M., Hamilton, L. K., & Gabarrot, F. (2015). The skill paradox: Explaining and reducing employment discrimination against skilled immigrants. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(10), 1318–1334. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.990398
  • Francis, J., & Yan, M.-C. (2016). Bridging the gaps: Access to formal support services among young African immigrants and refugees in Metro Vancouver. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 48(1), 77–100. https://doi.org/10.1353/ces.2016.0010
  • Gallucci, A. (2016). A phenomenological investigation of newcomer youths’ experiences of integration into high school and transition to post-secondary education in Canada. [Master’s Thesis]. University of Calgary.
  • Guo, S. (2013). The changing face of work and learning in the context of immigration: The Canadian experience. Journal of Education and Work, 26(2), 162–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2011.630657
  • Hamilton, E. R., Patler, C., & Savinar, R. (2021). Transition into liminal legality: DACA’s mixed impacts on education and employment among young adult immigrants in California. Social Problems, 68(3), 675–695.
  • Holland, J. L. (1985). Making vocational choices: a theory of vocational personalities and work environments. Prentice-Hall.
  • Kang, Z., Kim, H., & Trusty, J. (2017). Constructivist and social constructionist career counselling: A Delphi study. The Career Development Quarterly, 65(1), 72–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12081
  • Lauer, S., Wilkinson, L., Chung, Y. M., Sin, R., & Tsang, T. K. (2012). Immigrant youth and employment: Lessons learned from the analysis of LSIC and 82 lived stories. International Migration and Integration, 13(1), 1–19.
  • Law, B. (1981). Community interaction: A ‘mid-range’ focus for theories of career development in young adults. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 9(2), 142–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069888108258210
  • Leong, F. T., & Tang, M. (2016). Career barriers for Chinese immigrants in the United States. The Career Development Quarterly, 64(3), 259–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12059
  • McMahon, M., & Arthur, N. (2018). Career development theory: Origins and history. In Contemporary theories of career development (pp. 3–19). Routledge.
  • Nichols, L., Ha, B., & Tyyskä, V. (2020). Canadian immigrant youth and the education-employment nexus. Canadian Journal of Family and Youth/Le Journal Canadien de Famille et de la Jeunesse, 12(1), 178–199.
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2015). Helping immigrant students to succeed at school––and beyond. Final Report. https://www.oecd.org/education/Helping-immigrant-students-to-succeed-at-school-and-beyond.pdf
  • Parsons, F. (1909). Choosing a vocation. Houghton Mifflin.
  • Pendakur, K., & Pendakur, P. (2016). Which child immigrants face earnings disparity? Age-at-immigration, ethnic minority status and labour market attainments in Canada. International Migration, 54(5), 43–58.
  • Perreira, K. M., Harris, K. M., & Lee, D. (2007). Immigrant youth in the labour market. Work and Occupations, 34(1), 5–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888406295394
  • Poon, O. (2014). “The land of opportunity doesn’t apply to everyone”: The immigrant experience, race, and Asian American career choices. Journal of College Student Development, 55(6), 499–514.
  • Sandelowski, M. (2000). Whatever happened to qualitative description? Research in Nursing & Health, 23(4), 334–340. https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-240X(200008)23:4<334::AID-NUR9>3.0.CO;2-G
  • Sidani, Y. M., & Itani, H. (2017). Willing to integrate: Perceptions of Muslim Immigrants in Canada. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1), 16703–16704. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.212
  • Shalileh, H. (2017). Labour Market Transition: Barriers and Supports for First Generation Immigrant and Refugee Youth (Doctoral dissertation, Carleton University).
  • Sheilds, J., & Lujan, O. (2018). Immigrant youth in Canada: A literature review of migrant youth settlement and service issues. Knowledge Synthesis Report, A Ceris project, funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
  • Selimos, E. D., & Daniel, Y. (2017). The role of schools in shaping the settlement experiences of newcomer immigrant and refugee youth. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 8(2), 90–109.
  • Rasouli, M., Dyke, L., & Mantler, J. (2008). The Role of Language and Career Management Self-efficacy in the Career Adjustment of Immigrant Women. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations, 8(5).
  • Statistics Canada. (2018). Canada Youth Unemployment Rate. Retrieved January 15, 2019, from TRADINGECONOMICS.com.
  • Statistics Canada. (2021). Table 17-10-0014-01 Estimates of the components of international migration, by age and sex, annual. https://doi.org/10.25318/1710001401-eng
  • Super. (1957). The psychology of careers. Harper and Row.
  • Taylor, A., & Krahn, H. (2013). Living through our children: Exploring the education and career ‘choices’ of racialized immigrant youth in Canada. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(8), 1000–1021.
  • Walker‐Donnelly, K., Scott, D. A., & Cawthon, T. W. (2019). Introduction: overview and application of career development theories. New Directions for Student Services, 2019(166), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ss.20303
  • Wilson-Forsberg, S., Masakure, O., Shizha, E., Lafrenière, G., & Mfoafo-M’Carthy, M. (2020). Disrupting an imposed racial identity or performing the model minority? The pursuit of postsecondary education by young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario, Canada. Race Ethnicity and Education, 23(5), 693–711.
  • Wilkinson, L., Yan, M. C., Tsang, A. K. T., Sin, R., & Lauer, S. (2013). School to work transition of newcomer youth in Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 44(3), 29–44. https://doi.org/10.1353/ces.2013.0000
  • Yan, M., Lauer, S., & Chan, S. (2012). Double Jeopardy: An exploratory study of youth from immigrant families entering the job market. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 10(1), 96–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2012.646506
  • Zaami, M., & Madibbo, A. (2021). “You don’t sound black” African immigrant youth experiences of discrimination in the labour market in Calgary. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 83, 128–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.06.003
  • Zaami, M. (2012). Experiences of socio-spatial exclusion among Ghanaian immigrant youth in Toronto: A case study of the Jane-Finch neighbourhood. [Master’s Thesis]. University of Toronto. 604. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/604

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.