Studying the Sikh Diaspora: First-Year University Experience of Punjabi Sikh Students

Sandhu, Jaswinder S.; Nayar, Kamala Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/17448720802075421

“…Bullying can affect a person both mentally and physically and causes immense stress. Sandhu and Nayar (2008) state that bullying is one, "of the pertinent socio-cultural issues that South Asian students can experience while pursuing higher education" (p. 38). These authors also quote Abbas to emphasize resiliency and strength of South Asian immigrant children.…”

Section: Harpreet Continued Further When Asked What Disempowered Hermentioning

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What Empowers or Disempowers Sikh Women after Migrating to Ontario, Canada?

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2022

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Sikh women are known for their valour and bravery in India. But many negative stereotypes are attached to their identity in Canada. They are often labelled as submissive and docile. This research has focused on empowering and disempowering factors experienced by Sikh women in Ontario, Canada. There is a substantial amount of literature on South Asian women’s experiences but there is a lack of literature, particularly focusing on Sikh women’s empowerment. In this study in person interviews were conducted with three Sikh women who were between the ages of 30-40 years and have immigrated to Canada from Punjab, India and have lived in Ontario for five years or more. Qualitative research was conducted using a narrative methodology. Recruitment emails were used to select study participants. The goal of this research is to add to existing social work literature. Findings will aid settlement agencies in understanding the needs of Sikh women, after they migrate to Canada and what challenges are faced by them. This, in turn, will help settlement workers to provide culturally competent support to Sikh women. This study will also help challenge some of the negative myths about Sikh women.

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“…Bullying can affect a person both mentally and physically and causes immense stress. Sandhu and Nayar (2008) state that bullying is one, "of the pertinent socio-cultural issues that South Asian students can experience while pursuing higher education" (p. 38). These authors also quote Abbas to emphasize resiliency and strength of South Asian immigrant children.…”

Section: Harpreet Continued Further When Asked What Disempowered Hermentioning

confidence: 99%

What Empowers or Disempowers Sikh Women after Migrating to Ontario, Canada?

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2022

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Sikh women are known for their valour and bravery in India. But many negative stereotypes are attached to their identity in Canada. They are often labelled as submissive and docile. This research has focused on empowering and disempowering factors experienced by Sikh women in Ontario, Canada. There is a substantial amount of literature on South Asian women’s experiences but there is a lack of literature, particularly focusing on Sikh women’s empowerment. In this study in person interviews were conducted with three Sikh women who were between the ages of 30-40 years and have immigrated to Canada from Punjab, India and have lived in Ontario for five years or more. Qualitative research was conducted using a narrative methodology. Recruitment emails were used to select study participants. The goal of this research is to add to existing social work literature. Findings will aid settlement agencies in understanding the needs of Sikh women, after they migrate to Canada and what challenges are faced by them. This, in turn, will help settlement workers to provide culturally competent support to Sikh women. This study will also help challenge some of the negative myths about Sikh women.

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“…The result was that South Asian migration increased exponentially and diversified in terms of region, religion, and class. The changes in immigration policies resulted in the migration of more educated, white-collar professionals from India who experienced difficulty in having their foreign credentials recognized in Canada and were pushed into blue-collar occupations (Sandhu & Nayar, 2008).…”

Section: South Asian Canadians: Historical Contextmentioning

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“…This period led to tension between those who embraced greater orthodoxy to counteract the perception of religious threat and those who did not (Judge, 2003). A cultural incongruence emerged between the collective values espoused in the home and the individualistic values presented in school and between an oral wisdom orientation and an analytic system of knowledge acquisition as more Sikh children began to enter the school system (Sandhu & Nayar, 2008).…”

Section: South Asian Canadians: Historical Contextmentioning

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Experiences of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh ancestry in the British Columbia school system

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Punjabi Sikhs migrating to Canada form a disproportionately large population of the migrants from South Asia. There has been limited research or current literature on the schooling experiences of the second-generation children of these migrants despite the large numbers of this group migrating to Canada. The effects of minority status within the K-12 British Columbia school system regarding school experiences of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh descent are presented throughout this research process. The investigation focused on the research participants’ perceived school experiences and whether there were differences based on the school type’s demographic composition of responders. I categorized these school types into three: small minority population, large minority population, and large majority population. I hypothesized that schools with large majority populations would have greater perceived satisfaction with school experiences. I found that I could further analyze by subscale and total scale groupings, based on my original correlational analysis. I found differences on school experiences (SE) and home experiences (HE) subscales based on school type, school type being differentiated by schools with a minority population, a large minority population, or a large majority population of the responder demographic of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh descent. I found that responders from small minority population schools and large minority population schools showed a statistically significant difference in responses than responders from large majority population schools.

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Studying the Sikh Diaspora: First-Year University Experience of Punjabi Sikh Students

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What Empowers or Disempowers Sikh Women after Migrating to Ontario, Canada?

What Empowers or Disempowers Sikh Women after Migrating to Ontario, Canada?

What Empowers or Disempowers Sikh Women after Migrating to Ontario, Canada?

Experiences of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh ancestry in the British Columbia school system

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