Immigrants In Canada

Canada is one of the immigrated countries by Filipinos for it 's generous career opportunities, better salary, and superior life options. Being an immigrant myself, I am exposed to the challenges and benefits of being an immigrant in Canada. It is all well and good until you find yourself needing some help, but not knowing where, when, and how to access professional mental health services. Although Canada provides a basic universal healthcare nationwide, professional mental health services seems to be inaccessible more so for certain populations, including immigrants. There are a lot more challenges and hindrances when you are an immigrant, a foreigner to a completely new country, when it comes to thinking about your mental health well being. Being exposed to so many stressors and anxieties, it is not a secret that immigrants face a lot of mental health issues that may sometimes be neglected because of other priorities, such as finding a good-paying job and permanent shelter, and are more prioritized than their mental health well being. In the present existing literature, immigrants are known to gravely underutilize and …show more content…
Although the research done by Campbell et al. (2014) was a success, I fear that for this research study, it will be too sensitive to answer if asked what type of immigrant the participant is. My worry that the participants will not be comfortable enough to disclose sensitive information, like their previous reasons for accessing mental health services, will further aggravate if asked for their immigration status and feel as if this study is an invasion of their private space. The main focus of this study is to ensure that the participants are comfortable enough to disclose information, and that the interviewers have earned the participants’ trust enough that the data will be as close to the truth as