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Walk a Mile: The Immigrant Experience in Canada - Episode 4 - Employment - DVD ONF/NFB


Catalogue Number:  NFB534291
Producer:  National Film Board Of Canada
Producers:  Dan Moscrip
Directors:  Dan Moscrip
Producing Agencies:  Knowledge Network (Burnaby)
Subject:  Canadian Social Issues, Diversity, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, Fiction, Social Studies, Sociology
Language:  English
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  1999
Running Time:  27:00
Closed Captions:  Yes


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This final segment looks at the challenges newcomers face finding employment. The problem of having credentials recognized in a new country is explored. Immigrants with job training and skills cannot always work in their field of expertise since Canadian professional associations may not recognize their qualifications.

An added difficulty surrounding employment arises from traditional gender roles where the man is expected to be the bread winner. Newcomers may have to adjust to new roles that disrupt family life. The problem posed by lack of job experience in Canada is also addressed.

Walk a Mile: The Immigrant Experience in Canada is a 4-part series that reveals the challenges faced by immigrants who leave all they know to make a new home in Canada. The aim of this series, as the title suggests, is for viewers to walk that symbolic mile in the others' shoes and to more readily show understanding and tolerance of the immigrant experience in Canada.


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