23: First Wave of Caribbean Immigration to Canada

<p>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. &nbsp;What was their immigration experience like? &nbsp;What challenges did they face? Listen and find out.</p> <p>Instagram: QandRpod</p> <p>Email: QueensandRebelspod@gmail.com</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>-&nbsp;Lawson, Erica. “The Gendered Working Lives of Seven Jamaican Women in Canada: A Story about ‘Here’ and ‘There’ in a Transnational Economy.”&nbsp;<em>Feminist Formations</em>, vol. 25, no. 1, 2013, pp. 138–156.</p> <p>-&nbsp;Gooden, Amoaba. “Community Organizing by African Caribbean People in Toronto, Ontario.”&nbsp;<em>Journal of Black Studies</em>, vol. 38, no. 3, 2008, pp. 413–426.</p> <p>-&nbsp;Iacovetta, Franca, and Marlene Epp.&nbsp;<em>Sisters or Strangers?: Immigrant, Ethnic and Racialized Women in Canadian History</em>. University of Toronto Press, 2016.</p> <p>-&nbsp;Canada, Parks. “West Indian Domestic Scheme (1955–1967).”&nbsp;<em>Canada.ca</em>, Government of Canada, 31 July 2020, <a href="http://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/07/west-indian-domestic-scheme-19551967.html" target="_blank">www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2020/07/west-indian-domestic-scheme-19551967.html</a>.</p> <p>-&nbsp;-&nbsp;Hébert, Paul. “Immigration Policy, the West Indies, and Canadian Black Activism in the 1960s.”&nbsp;<em>AAIHS</em>, 25 Aug. 2016, <a href="http://www.aaihs.org/immigration-policy-the-west-indies-and-canadian-black-activism-in-the-1960s/" target="_blank">www.aaihs.org/immigration-policy-the-west-indies-and-canadian-black-activism-in-the-1960s/</a>.</p> <p>-&nbsp;NewsAmericas, et al. “Caribbean News, Latin America News.”&nbsp;<em>Caribbean and Latin America Daily News</em>, 27 Apr. 2016, <a href="http://www.newsamericasnow.com/10-fast-facts-about-caribbean-immigrants-in-canada/" target="_blank">www.newsamericasnow.com/10-fast-facts-about-caribbean-immigrants-in-canada/</a>.</p>