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Social Science Emigration & Immigration

Getting Used to the Quiet

Immigrant Adolescents' Journey to Belonging in New Brunswick, Canada

by (author) Stacey Wilson-Forsberg

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2012
Category
Emigration & Immigration
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773540002
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773539990
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773586789
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $95.00

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At a time when Canadian governments are encouraging the dispersion of immigrants throughout the provinces in an attempt to reduce clustering in large metropolitan areas, studies of immigration outside urban centres are rare - and studies of immigrant youth even rarer.

In Getting Used to the Quiet, Stacey Wilson-Forsberg looks at the integration experiences of immigrant adolescents in one small city and one rural town in New Brunswick's St John River Valley where the youths find no earlier immigrant communities with shared cultural backgrounds. Emphasizing themes including social capital, social networks, and citizen engagement, Wilson-Forsberg highlights the teens' gradual involvement in their new communities as they confront the challenges of dealing with an unfamiliar environment, learning a new language, and reaching out to their New Brunswick-born peers. In-depth interviews with over thirty teens give readers new insights into the integration process. Focusing on a crucial and underexplored area of immigration studies, Getting Used to the Quiet is a valuable resource for understanding the ways in which newcomers join unfamiliar communities and how the communities, in turn, respond to their presence.

About the author

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg is assistant professor of Human Rights and Human Diversity at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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