Connecting Through Care: Navigating Systemic Challenges and Exploring Immigrant Identities in Ethnocultural Care in Canada
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Care, whether paid or unpaid, is a form of work that demands a genuine connection with people. This ‘connective labour’ aspect of care is the core of people’s notion of quality of care and inevitably impacts one’s feelings and satisfaction, sometimes positively and sometimes negatively. This also affects a worker’s sense of belonging and commitment to the community, which is more profound than the ’emotional labour’ discussed in care work theory.
This talk will provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of ethnocultural care in Toronto, Canada, its complexity, and the challenges of sustaining it. The study will also explore the profound impact of care work on workers’ identities and sense of self, with a particular emphasis on the experience of marginalized immigrant women in global society.
Izumi Niki is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, and a Registered Social Worker. She has extensive experience working as a care worker in Canada and Japan; in Toronto, she has dedicated years to providing care in ethnocultural long-term care homes.