Educational needs and barriers for African refugee students in Manitoba

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 915-940

  Kanu, Yatta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Educational barriers; Refugee student support programs; Social integration and educational success; War affected African refugee students educational needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849131162     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. African Communities of Manitoba, Inc. (2006, January). The African communities' perspectives on gang and drug-related violence in Manitoba. Report on the Forum hosted by ACOMI.
2. Asali, Z. (2003, March). Of liberty, security, and the human spirit. Paper presented at the conference sponsored by the Institute on Race and Justice [Confronting racial profiling in the 21st century: New challenges and implications for racial justice], Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
3. Berry, J. W., Poortinga, Y. H., Segall, M. H., & Dasen, P. R. (2003). Cross-cultural psychology: Research and applications (2nd. ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
4. Biles, J., Tolley, E., & Zamprelli, J. (2006). Immigration and diversity in Canadian cities: Something to talk about [Special issue], Canadian Journal of Urban Research. 25(Summer 2006 Suppl.), i-vii.
5. Brofenbrenner, U. (Ed.). (2005). Making human beings human: Bioecological perspectives on human development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
6. Hamilton, R., & Moore, D. (Eds.). (2004). Educational interventions for refugee children: Theoretical perspectives and implementing best practice. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
7. Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. (2004). Educational research: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed approaches (2nd ed.). Toronto: Pearson Education, Inc.
8. Lincoln, Y., & Guba, E. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
9. MacKay, T., & Tavares, T. (2005). Building hope: Appropriate programming for adolescent and young adult newcomers of war-affected backgrounds and Manitoba schools: A preliminary report for consultation and discussion. Retrieved August 18, 2008, from http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/kl2/cur/diversity/eal/ building-hope.pdf
10. Manitoba Labour and Immigration. (2006). Homepage. Retrieved August 18, 2008, from http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/
11. McBrien, J. L. (2005). Discrimination and academic motivation in adolescent refugee girls. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
12. O'Connor, C., Lewis, A., & Mueller, J. (2007). Researching "Black" educational experiences and outcomes: Theoretical and methodological considerations. Educational Researcher, 36(9), 541-552.
13. Portes, A., & Rumbaut, R. G. (1990). Immigrant America: A portrait. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
14. Portes, A., & Rumbaut, R. G. (2001). Legacies: The story of the immigrant second generation. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
15. Portes, A., & Stepick, A. (1993). City on the edge: The transformation of Miami. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
16. Portes, A., & Zhou, M. (1993). The new second generation: Segmented assimilation and its variants. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 530, 74-96.
17. Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration (PCE-RII), and Population Research Laboratory. (2001). An evaluation of Northern Alberta's experience with Kosovar Refugees (A study prepared for Citizenship and Immigration Canada). Retrieved August 18, 2008, from http://pcerii.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/KosovarStudy/Lesson s.pdf
18. Rutter, J. (2003). Supporting refugee children in 21st century Britain: A compendium of essential information (New rev. ed.). Stoke on Trent, UK: Trentham Books.
19. Rutter, J. (2006). Refugee children in the UK. Maidenhead, Berkshire, England: Open University Press.
20. Rutter, M. (1999). Resilience concepts and findings: Implications for family therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 21(2), 119-144.
21. Stodolsky, S., & Grossman, P. (2000). Changing students, changing teaching. Teachers College Record, 102(1), 125-172.
22. Thomas, W., & Collier, V. (1997). School effectiveness for language minority students. Retrieved August 18, 2008, from http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/resource/effectiveness/thomas-collier97.pdf