Immigration, Integration and Welcoming Communities: Neighbourhood-based Initiative to Facilitate the Integration of Newcomers in Calgary

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shibao Guo ◽  
Yan Guo
Keyword(s):  
Welcoming Communities

Creating welcoming communities for LGBTQ migrants: Living room-style chats for service providers

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 244-249
Author(s):  
Sylvia Acevedo ◽  
Oscar Rivera ◽  
Miriam Potocky ◽  
Mitra Naseh ◽  
Edward J. Alessi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Welcoming Communities

scholarly journals Gay Stuff and Guy Stuff: The Construction of Sexual Identities in Sidebars on Reddit

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Boka En ◽  
Michael En ◽  
David Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Male Gaze ◽  
Sexual Identities ◽  
What Is Said ◽  
Welcoming Communities

The online community reddit seems to offer countless opportunities for the expression ofsexual identities in specific groups called ‘subreddits’ – from those who playtheir part in the ‘maledom sexology’ to others who ‘celebrate’ ‘femboys’ or‘girls with glasses’ to ‘gay bros’ doing ‘guy stuff’, and ‘actual lesbians’escaping the ‘male gaze’. The short descriptions that sidebars in these subredditsoffer may appear to serve simply as a welcome to those whose identities theyclaim to represent. However, it is these very representations that co-producethe identities of those who could be included in them. Based on analyses ofsidebars displayed in subreddits, we explore which aspects of identity are seen– and thereby made – to be markers of personal and collective sexualidentities. By taking a closer look at what is said – and what is not – aboutboth those who create content and those who are seen as this content, we seekto elucidate how sidebars in subreddits serve to include and/or excludespecific behaviours in/from the normative visions of socially negotiated sexualidentities. Based on these identity re-presentations and their potentialeffects on the experience of reddit users, we examine how the unlimitedopportunities for the construction of one’s (sexual) identity that the Internetappears to offer turn out to be restricted by hegemonic as well as othernormative prescriptions of seemingly open and welcoming communities.

scholarly journals Foreign Immigrants in Depopulated Rural Areas: Local Social Services and the Construction of Welcoming Communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Sampedro ◽  
Luis Camarero
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Local Social Services ◽  
Welcoming Communities

Many rural areas in Spain suffer an acute problem of depopulation. In recent years the arrival of foreign immigrant workers has contributed to alleviating the situation. The social services in rural areas play a fundamental role in the reception of these new residents, and in attending to their needs. These immigrants find themselves in a very vulnerable situation. Added to the needs of any family group with very limited resources are the terms of being a foreigner in an environment in which the coethnic support networks are very scarce. The capacity of both rural councils and local social services to promote the social integration of the immigrants is very limited due to the lack of resources, and to the difficulties associated with the provision of social services in depopulated rural areas. Through in-depth interviews, carried out in a mountainous depopulated region in northern Spain, we analyse the discourses of mayors, social workers and members of civil organizations. The conclusions suggest that the construction of welcoming communities requires reinforcing the community dimension of social work in rural areas, and from an ecological perspective that enhances social participation and coordination among the social actors. Specifically directed initiatives are needed by means of cooperation among the different levels of government and between public and private actors.

Creating welcoming communities for LGBTQ migrants: Living room-style chats for service providers

2021 ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
Sylvia Acevedo ◽  
Oscar Rivera ◽  
Miriam Potocky ◽  
Mitra Naseh ◽  
Edward J. Alessi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Welcoming Communities

scholarly journals Challenges to welcoming people with mental illnesses into faith communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 217 (5) ◽  
pp. 595-596
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Corrigan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Welcoming Communities

SummaryFaith communities are important to the psychiatric care of people with mental illness. I distinguish the effects of two principles of becoming welcoming communities: compassion, in which the community accommodates members with mental illnesses so they are fully included, and dignity, which rests on the essential worth of everyone.

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