Deep Care in Resettlement Organizations: How the work of anti-racism becomes invisibilized through hegemonic mandates

• In Event: 30825 - Immigrant Political Participation

Abstract

In this paper, we show how the work of anti-racism, undertaken by front-line facilitator and staff members at immigrant serving organizations in Canada, as they serve newcomer racialized youth is often invisibilized owing to top-down institutional mandates that are ambiguous and restrict resources. We conducted critical discourse analysis of organizational materials and focus group discussions with facilitator and managerial staff member to understand how they negotiate with race, racism and anti-racism in resettlement work. Our work has implications for understanding how we can ground resettlement organizational work in North America in theoretical perspectives from Global South that amplify the care work of marginalized communities in the face of statist top-down and hegemonic violence.

Authors

• Megha Sanyal, University of Calgary

• Pallavi Banerjee, University of Calgary

• Sepideh Borzoo, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Santanu Dutta, University of Calgary

• Chetna Khandelwal, University of Calgary

• Riann Lognon, University of Calgary