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Nasim Haque, Nazilla Khanlou, Stephanie R. Montesanti and Brenda Roche

Exploring The Link Between Neighbourhood And Newcomer Immigrant Health: A Qualitative Study

Neighbourhood And Newcomer Immigrant Health

This qualitative research study was conducted in St. James Town. It examined both “place-based” characteristics of 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. Focus groups and individual interviews were used with three ethno-racial immigrant populations: Tamil, Filipino, and Chinese (Mandarin speaking). We compared their experiences with those of Canadian-born residents in the neighbourhood.

Exploring the Link Between Neighbourhood and Newcomer Immigrant Health

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.