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Entrepreneurship has become a popular undertaking to reach economic stability among newcomers in Canada. Immigra nt women\, particularly those from racialized groups\, experience less econ omic security\, in general\, and in their entrepreneurial ventures\, compar ed to other immigrant groups. Her Own Boss! (HOB) is a community-based part icipatory research project that provided Racialized Newcomer Women (RNW) in Ottawa\, Metro Vancouver\, and St. Johns with weekly training sessions on entrepreneurship along with increased facilitated connections between servi ces and immigrant women\, relevant mentorship\, and other relevant support.
The methodology of this community-based participatory research proje ct has been informed by the two lenses of intersectionality and feminist co mmunity research frameworks to create a deeper understanding of the experie nces of RNW at the intersection of gender\, race\, and class.
The fin dings of this study are based on substantial data gathering from project pa rticipants across the three regions and during the two years of the HOB pro ject from 2019-to 2021. The RNW were given the chance to participate in a v ariety of qualitative research activities and discuss the challenges and ba rriers they experienced while striving to become self-employed. The finding s of this study identify seven categories of barriers to self-employment fo r RNW: financing\, skills and human capital\, social capital\, cultural and social environments\, intersecting identities\, health-related factors\, a nd COVID-19 related factors.
The findings also highlight the signific ance of the training sessions\, as well as the obstacles encountered by var ious service providers in providing support services to RNW. Based on the f indings\, this study recommends multiple ways to address barriers faced by RNW. In addition\, this study suggests strategies that Canadian governments (municipal\, provincial and federal) can employ to help local service prov iders provide adequate and supportive entrepreneurial services to RNW.
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Nasim Peikazadi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Educati
onal Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her doctoral research f
ocuses on a critical understanding of the identity negotiations of Iranian
migrants within transnational social and emotional sites. Her professional
research focuses have been on the social and economic inclusion of immigran
ts and refugees of racially marginalized communities. With an anti-racist f
eminist and decolonial perspective\, she investigates the roots of inequali
ties at the intersection of race\, gender\, ethnicity\, and the global powe
r imbalance. She works with multiple methods in qualitative research approa
ches\, including community-based and arts-informed research.
< span style="font-weight: 400\;">In Her Own Boss project\, Nasim worked as t he BC research lead and the national research lead during the second year o f the project.
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Roxana Fazli
is a newcomer to Canada. After years of working and studying in science in
Iran\, she decided to follow her passion for people and transition from a
Ph.D. Science program to a master's degree in Employment Relations at the M
emorial University of Newfoundland. Soon after arriving in Canada\, Roxana
started to lead the research activities for the “Her Own Boss” Project in
St. John’s. Prior to this\, she participated in other research projects\, i
ncluding one on "The Social image of Women in Afghanistan between 2000-2020
". Roxana is currently serving as a project manager with Women’s Economic
Council and Collective Interchange\, the NL delivery partner of “Her Own Bo
ss” project. She is working on a project titled “New World\, New Way” which
focuses on addressing systemic barriers impacting immigrant women’s succes
s in businesses and employment.
Serah
Gazali is Co-Manager of th
e Women’s Economic Council and leader of its BC operations. She has a decad
e-plus of non-profit experience focused on high-impact community economic d
evelopment and in applying a feminist intersectional lens. Serah also compl
eted an M.A. in community studies and digital justice from the Institute of
Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British
Columbia\, Vancouver\, B.C.
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About the Migration Grad Student Power Hour ]
The Centre for
Migration Studies Grad Student Power Hour provides opportunities for UBC gr
aduate students to share their research on migration beyond their home depa
rtments and network with faculty and students from across the university an
d in the broader community sector. The Power Hour will begin with 10 minute
s of networking opportunities\, followed by a 30 minute talk and 20 minutes
for discussion. Anyone is welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you
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