Exploring the Practices of Refugee Settlement Practitioners in Toronto: An Institutional Ethnography. Issue 4 (2nd October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Parada, Henry; Limón Bravo, Fabiola; Loewen, Rebecca; El-Lahib, Yahya
• Is Part Of: Journal of immigrant & refugee studies. Volume 19:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 422
• Page End: 435
• Publication Date: 2021-10-02
• Subjects: Settlement institution -- practitioners -- funding constraints -- institutional ethnography -- ruling relations; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Refugees -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Social work with immigrants -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.8753097305
• DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2020.1824053
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1556-2948

Abstract

Abstract: Using Institutional Ethnography as a method of inquiry, this study explores the institutional ruling relations that regulate refugees' settlement process in Toronto from the standpoint view of practitioners. The research team conducted 13 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with practitioners and "mapped out" their everyday living experiences. The institutional map serves to illuminate how governance structures shape the professional practices of practitioners, which shape the settlement experience of refugees. The findings indicate that practitioners strategize to meet refugees' needs and engage in work outside of the system due to funding constraints.