Given the growing multi-cultural diversity in Canadian society, this project continues to explore the variation in the CE experience, as informed by cultural difference. In addition to exploring the lived experience of Mandarin-speaking Chinese CEs via qualitative in-depth interviews, photo-voice was used to explore the experience of Phillipino and Iranian CEs living in Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe.Given the growing multi-cultural diversity in Canadian society, this project continues to explore the variation in the CE experience, as informed by cultural difference. In addition to exploring the lived experience of Mandarin-speaking Chinese CEs via qualitative in-depth interviews, photo-voice was used to explore the experience of Phillipino and Iranian CEs living in Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe.
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Ilagan, C., Williams, A., Sethi, B., & Maynard, K. (2021). Capturing the impacts of balancing caregiving and employment: A photovoice study of Filipino-Canadian transnational working carers. International Journal of Care and Caring, 5(2), 335-363. Click here to access full article.
Akari, Z., & Williams, A. (2021). Understanding women’s unpaid work and domestic work: Using photovoice to capture immigrant carer-employee experiences in Southern Ontario, Canada. In A. Williams & I. Luginaah (Eds.), Geography, Health and Sustainability: Gender Matters Globally (Ch. 7). Routledge. (Restricted Access).
Lyeo, J. S., & Williams, A. (2021). Caught in the middle: A thematic analysis of the experiences of Korean-Canadian caregiver-employees in the greater Toronto and Hamilton area. BMC Public Health, 21(1728). Click here to access full article.
Sethi, B., Williams, A., Desjardins, E., Hanzhuang, Z., & Shen, E. (2017). Family conflict and future concerns: Opportunities for social workers to better support Chinese immigrant caregiver-employees. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. Click here to access full article.
Sethi, B., Williams, A., Hanzhuang, Z., Shen, E., & Ireson, R. (2017). Father is the sky. Mother is the earth: The influence of filial piety in the caregiving experiences of Mandarin-speaking Chinese caregiver-employees in Southern Ontario, Canada. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 14(2), 53-62. Click here to access full article.
Akbari, Z., & Williams, A. (2017). Understanding the spatial & temporal tensions of Iranian immigrant worker-carers in Canada: Implications for housing design. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Akbari, Z., & Williams, A. (2017). Understanding the spatial & temporal tensions of Iranian immigrant worker-carers in Canada: Implications for housing design. Paper presented at the School of Geography and Earth Sciences (SGES) Research Day Symposium, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Akbari, Z., & Williams, A. (2017). Understanding the spatial & temporal tensions of Iranian immigrant worker-carers in Canada: Implications for housing design. Paper presented at the Future of Aging Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Zhu, S., Shen, E., Sethi, B., Ireson, R., & Williams, A. (2016). Immigrant/refugee employees and caregiving: A case study of Mandarin speaking child caregiver-employees in Southern Ontario. Paper presented at Building Healthy Communities: Big Ideas, Better Cities, February 10th, 2016, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.