Canada receives about 250,000 immigrants and refugees per year. According to statistic Canada, the annual number of landed immigrants in Canada has fluctuated considerably over the last 150 years (statistic Canada 2017). Canada has been shaped greatly by immigration in the society and culture mostly because the country has a small population of citizens which cannot meet its labor requirement and immigration serves as a solution. There are three categories of immigrants; the family class which consists of those closely related, independent immigrants who are admitted on the basis of skill capital and labor market requirements and lastly, refugees; people who have been forced to flee their country because of persecution, war,
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According to Immigrant Mental Health: A Public Health Issue, Whitley and Green studied psychosocial experience of immigrant Black women in Montreal and reported three notable stressors emerged from, financial adversity, racism, and absent fathers (Usha George, Mary S. Thomson, Ferzan Chaze, and Sepali Guruge, 2015). The Onion peeling theory provides a rich source of complex ideas for exploring client's inner lives, emphasizing insight and change. Most of these stressors have psychological effects which can be analyzed by the Onion peeling …show more content…
(Carleton University, social work, lecture 4, 2018). In this case, Immigrants and refugees fall under the research area of practice, under the immigrant, newcomer or refugee population. In this area of specialization, it is a role of a professional social worker to help immigrants and refugees resolve problems that affect their day-to-day lives which can be within as difficult period in their personal, family and work life. Immigrants and Refugees work hand in hand with the social welfare programs especially those who have children. "The child benefit program is a federal and provincial government program that provides an estimate of $533.33 per month for upbringing a child" (statistic Canada, 2016). The amount depends upon the income earned by the parent in the last
According to Immigrant Mental Health: A Public Health Issue, Whitley and Green studied psychosocial experience of immigrant Black women in Montreal and reported three notable stressors emerged from, financial adversity, racism, and absent fathers (Usha George, Mary S. Thomson, Ferzan Chaze, and Sepali Guruge, 2015). The Onion peeling theory provides a rich source of complex ideas for exploring client's inner lives, emphasizing insight and change. Most of these stressors have psychological effects which can be analyzed by the Onion peeling …show more content…
(Carleton University, social work, lecture 4, 2018). In this case, Immigrants and refugees fall under the research area of practice, under the immigrant, newcomer or refugee population. In this area of specialization, it is a role of a professional social worker to help immigrants and refugees resolve problems that affect their day-to-day lives which can be within as difficult period in their personal, family and work life. Immigrants and Refugees work hand in hand with the social welfare programs especially those who have children. "The child benefit program is a federal and provincial government program that provides an estimate of $533.33 per month for upbringing a child" (statistic Canada, 2016). The amount depends upon the income earned by the parent in the last