{"product_id":"social-resilience-and-the-urban-migrant-experience-paperback","title":"Social Resilience and the Urban Migrant Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie Preston\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTara Bedard\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Canada takes stock of its immigration programs, the factors that promote successful settlement have taken centre stage - for researchers, service providers, policymakers, and for the migrants themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Resilience and the Urban Migrant Experience\u003c\/i\u003e explores the conditions and supports that help international migrants thrive, not just survive. Focusing on resilience, chapters examine how immigration status and family dynamics shape migrants' agency and their responses to the inevitable challenges of building new lives. They draw attention to the issues created by societal constructs, while highlighting the resources from social institutions of all types: governmental, professional, educational, and faith-based. Emphasizing the experiences of structurally oppressed migrant groups, contributors note the varied ways that capitalism, as well as class, gender, and race, can contribute to inequality in settlement practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDirected at a wide audience of community and government practitioners, policy experts, academics, and civil society activists, \u003ci\u003eSocial Resilience and the Urban Migrant Experience\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates both the impediments to newcomer integration and the ability of newcomers to engage successfully in adaption and resistance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Preston (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Valerie Preston is professor emerita and senior scholar in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Shields (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Shields is professor emeritus in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTara Bedard (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tara Bedard is executive director at the Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48396985008377,"sku":"9780228026075","price":61.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/oZjWh8Pwfe9780228026075.webp?v=1778662333","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/social-resilience-and-the-urban-migrant-experience-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}