From Haiti to Canada: The Migration That Binds

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dc.contributor.advisorHyndman, Jennifer M.
dc.contributor.authorTherien, Mark Andre James
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:31:35Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:31:35Z
dc.date.copyright2022-08-09
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:31:34Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis study explores Haitian migration to Canada, the networks tying the two countries together, and the statecraft managing this movement during the decade beginning in 2010. The work investigates transnational spaces as a principal feature of contemporary Haitian migration and contends that Haitian cultural identity and solidarity within these spaces become decisive factors around why many Haitians choose to come to Canada. The concept of a diasporic lakou is highlighted as a transnational space of collectivist solidarity that provides a new and culturally inflected approach to future Haitian migration and migrant transnationalism research. Ideas of slow harm and ontological security are also integrated into this relational theoretical framework. Based on interviews in two Canadian provinces with people of Haitian backgrounds, empirical findings point to the intensifying impoverishment and insecurity generated by natural disasters and political instability in Haiti. Changing government provisions, agreements, and regulations on Haitian migration are also traced to deepen the analysis.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40700
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subject.keywordsHaitian migration
dc.subject.keywordsHaitian immigration
dc.subject.keywordsMigrant transnationalism
dc.subject.keywordsSlow harm
dc.subject.keywordsOntological security
dc.subject.keywordsHaitian migration to Canada
dc.subject.keywordsDiaspora
dc.subject.keywordsHaitian diaspora
dc.subject.keywordsHaitian-Canadian diaspora
dc.subject.keywords2010 Haitian earthquake
dc.subject.keywordsAsylum seekers
dc.subject.keywordsRefugees
dc.subject.keywordsImmigrants
dc.subject.keywordsMigrants
dc.titleFrom Haiti to Canada: The Migration That Binds
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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