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On: Nov. 2, 2011 Voices of Multicultural Youth: Impact of Neighbourhood on health and well-being

Youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. Their healthy growth and development is of collective interest to our society. On third of the 242,000 newcomers arriving each year to Canada are youth. Young people face very different challenges than those of their parents. This study was carried out in St. James Town, using photovoice to explore how the youth’s health and well-being are affected by this neighbourhood. This study is based on the social determinants of health approach which recognizes that both individual and structural factors affect a person’s health and well-being.

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On: Apr. 7, 2011 Tackling inequity through a photovoice project on the social determinants of health

The Wellesley Institue’s Dr. Nasim Haque has just released a paper with Global Health Promotion on the St. James Town Photovoice project. Read the abstract below. The St. James Town initiative is the largest ongoing project currently at the Wellesley Institute. It focuses on the health of newcomers to Canada who reside in St. James Town. You can read more about it at www.sjtinitiative.com. Read the rest of this entry »

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On: Jul. 13, 2010 New Report & Policy Briefs from SJT Initiative – Neighbourhood and Newcomer Immigrant Health

This descriptive qualitative study examined both the “place-based” characteristics of St. James Town (SJT) and individual-level factors, including newcomer immigrants’ perceptions of the neighbourhood, their social relations, and their access to health and social services in the neighbourhood.  The study focused on ethno-racial newcomer immigrant populations: Tamil, Filipino, and Chinese (Mandarin speaking) and compared their experiences with those of Canadian-born residents in the neighbourhood.  The study also interviewed health and social service providers in SJT and the surrounding area. Read the rest of this entry »

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On: Apr. 26, 2010 Older women’s perceptions of and responses to abuse and neglect in the post-migration context

They are a minority within a minority and their very invisibility heightens their vulnerability to exploitation.  Older immigrant women are not a group one would normally think of being victims of abuse or neglect, and not much Canadian research exists on these women’s experiences in a post-migration context.  But new research, by Drs Sepali Guruge and Parvathy Kanthasamy on the experiences of older Tamil women, provides critical insight into these women’s experiences of – and their responses to – abuse and neglect.  The authors examine how factors at the individual, community and societal levels have shaped these women’s experiences. Key opportunities for prevention and intervention both within and across new communities are discussed.

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On: Nov. 20, 2009 New Report – Integration of Concept Mapping & Photovoice: Understanding immigrant perceptions of neighbourhood influences on health

To date, community-based researchers have used a range of participatory research methodologies such as photovoice and concept mapping to explore the relationships between neighbourhood characteristics (physical, social, environmental, and economic) and health and wellbeing. However, the use of multiple participatory methodologies to fully involve disadvantaged populations in the process of collecting, organizing, consolidating and interpreting data in meaningful ways has received much less attention. Read the rest of this entry »

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On: Nov. 18, 2009 Community Voices: Research Release and Photo Exposition

On Tuesday, November 17, the Wellesley Institute’s signature research project,  the St James Town Initiative, presented our latest in unique community based research methodology to a crowd of over 100 people at Ryerson University.  Read the rest of this entry »

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On: Dec. 25, 2008 Tackling Inequity through a Community Based Initiative on the Social Determinants of Health

The first research report work of The Wellesley Institute’s St. James Town Initiative: Neighbourhood and Health, Tackling Inequity through a Community Based Initiative on the Social Determinants of Health. This Photo Voice project demonstrates that Read the rest of this entry »