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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bajwa, Jaswant Kaur
• Couto, Sidonia
• Kidd, Sean
• Markoulakis, Roula
• Abai, Mulugeta
• McKenzie, Kwame

Titel

Refugees, Higher Education, and Informational Barriers

Ist Teil von

• Refuge (Toronto. English edition), 2017-09, Vol.33 (2), p.56-65

Ort / Verlag

Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The purpose of the qualitative study was to explore the experiences, needs, barriers, and expectations of survivors of torture and/or war, interested in entering post-secondary education in Canada. We conducted 38 interviews with participants from the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT), 10 interviews with CCVT staff, and 1 focus group with 3 participants, which followed a semi-structured interview guide, and were analyzed using a constant comparative method. Survivors of torture and/or war report experiencing informational barriers to navigating educational pathways, accessing professional supports, evaluating credentials, financing education, navigating immigration systems, using online resources, delaying their educational progress, and contributing to mental health distress.