Queens and Rebels

23: First Wave of Caribbean Immigration to Canada


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During the first wave of the Caribbean immigration to Canada a lot of women came as nurses or as a part of the West Indian Domestic Scheme.  What was their immigration experience like?  What challenges did they face? Listen and find out.

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Sources:

- Lawson, Erica. “The Gendered Working Lives of Seven Jamaican Women in Canada: A Story about ‘Here’ and ‘There’ in a Transnational Economy.” Feminist Formations, vol. 25, no. 1, 2013, pp. 138–156.

- Gooden, Amoaba. “Community Organizing by African Caribbean People in Toronto, Ontario.” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 38, no. 3, 2008, pp. 413–426.

- Iacovetta, Franca, and Marlene Epp. Sisters or Strangers?: Immigrant, Ethnic and Racialized Women in Canadian History. University of Toronto Press, 2016.

- Canada, Parks. “West Indian Domestic Scheme (1955–1967).” Canada.ca, Government of Canada, 31 July 2020, www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/07/west-indian-domestic-scheme-19551967.html.

- - Hébert, Paul. “Immigration Policy, the West Indies, and Canadian Black Activism in the 1960s.” AAIHS, 25 Aug. 2016, www.aaihs.org/immigration-policy-the-west-indies-and-canadian-black-activism-in-the-1960s/.

- NewsAmericas, et al. “Caribbean News, Latin America News.” Caribbean and Latin America Daily News, 27 Apr. 2016, www.newsamericasnow.com/10-fast-facts-about-caribbean-immigrants-in-canada/.

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Queens and RebelsBy Marta Cholovska