BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Centre for Migration Studies//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://migration.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Centre for Migration Studies - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211107T0521Z-1636262504.9978-EO-16503-42@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T013920Z CREATED:20221123T215224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221205T175507Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221205T130000 SUMMARY: (In-Person) What Does It Mean To Be An “Immigrant” Entrepreneur in Racialized Societies: An Exploratory Study of How Racism Influences Immigr ant Entrepreneurship: Yijia Zhang DESCRIPTION: [ Bio ] Yijia Zhang is a PhD candidate at the Department of So ciology of the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is a student fello w at the Centre for Migration Studies and the Institute of Asian Research. Her research examines the intersection of migration\, race/ethnicity\, work \, and platform. In her MA program\, Yijia studied the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
[ Bio ]
Yijia Zhang is a PhD candidate at the Department of Soci ology of the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is a student fellow at the Centre for Migration Studies and the Institute of Asian Research. He r research examines the intersection of migration\, race/ethnicity\, work\, and platform. In her MA program\, Yijia studied the Chinese-language ride- hailing in the Pre-Uber Vancouver. Part of that work has been published in WeChat and the Chinese Diaspora: Digital Transnationalism in the Era of China's Rise(https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/978 1003154754/wechat-chinese-diaspora-wanning-sun-haiqing-yu). Inspired by the sociological debates on the integrative potentials of ethnic economy\, Yijia's dissertation explores the work and entrepreneurial practices aroun d platform-based ethnic businesses\, focusing on Chinese immigrants and int ernational students in Vancouver\, Canada.
[ About the Grad Student Power Hour ]
The meaning of Immigrant entrepren eurship seems straightforward. Yet why is it important to create a separate concept for entrepreneurship? Is the immigration status variable related t o opportunities\, or structural constrains\, for entrepreneurial activities ? Does being an immigrant matter for entrepreneurship? The modern nation st ates are societies structured on the basis of the antagonism between groups \, whose differences are often reified as racial or ethnic. Immigrants\, wh en coming from countries located at a lower rung of the global racial/ethni c hierarchy\, face various forms of discrimination\, ranging from encounter s of racist attack to complete exclusions from the mainstream society in th e host country. This presentation is a preliminary effort to break down the ways that racism influences immigrant entrepreneurship: How reactions to v arious kinds of racism lead to the emergence\, expansion and development of immigrant enterprise\; and how racism limits the short-term and long-term growth of immigrant entrepreneurial activities.
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