Mirrored Social Representations of Canadian Caseworkers with Migratory Paths Intervening with Refugees in the Host Country.

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2021
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Abstract
In 2015, the resettlement of 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada placed a strain on social services. Caseworkers employed in these agencies often come from similar migratory trajectories to those of the refugees. This experiential proximity requires an understanding of the subjective perspectives that caseworkers with migratory paths have of refugees in the context of their professional practice. We analyzed fifteen individual interviews with Canadian caseworkers and conducted field observations of resettlement activities in the Ottawa-Gatineau region using inductive reasoning inspired by grounded theory. Adopting a sociogenetic approach to social representation theory, this qualitative study illustrates how the social representation of refugees among foreign-born caseworkers is highly informed by their migratory past experience, as well as by the social identity and social context from which that representation was socio-generated. Our analysis reveals the of the caseworkers as a fruitful concept for understanding the identity-otherness dynamics in the encounter between the (refugee) and the .
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Authors Negura, Lilian;Buhay, Corinna;de Rosa, Annamaria Silvana;
Journal International journal of environmental research and public health
Year 2021
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refugees social identity social representation caseworkers mirrored social representations

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