Are We Oppressed or Liberated or Both? A Case Study of Persian Women Medical Doctors in Ontario

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dc.contributor.advisorNakamura, Yuka
dc.contributor.authorFouladirad, Tanaz
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T21:24:55Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T21:24:55Z
dc.date.copyright2024-04-17
dc.date.issued2024-07-18
dc.date.updated2024-07-18T21:24:54Z
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology & Health Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on Persian women medical doctors and their lived experiences of immigrating to and settling in Canada, with particular focus on how they came to work as medical doctors in Ontario, and how these experiences shaped their gendered and racialized identities. Drawing on post-colonial feminist theory, this thesis entails a case study, where data were collected through (1) semi-structured interviews with Persian women medical doctors and (2) textual analysis of Canada’s Immigration and Citizenship website and documents pertaining to professional accreditation and credentialling. The findings illustrate the study participants were able to successfully immigrate to Canada via the points system because of their education, training as medical doctors, and English language skills, having been educated in English. However, upon arrival, these same resources constrained settlement. In response, the women in this study exercised their agency and resisted stereotypes of being docile, submissive, and complacent Muslim women.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42176
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectKinesiology
dc.subject.keywordsImmigration
dc.subject.keywordsPersian women
dc.subject.keywordsDoctors
dc.subject.keywordsMedicine
dc.subject.keywordsSettlement
dc.subject.keywordsResidency
dc.subject.keywordsResidency programs
dc.subject.keywordsIran
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsSocial norms
dc.subject.keywordsPost Colonial feminist theory
dc.subject.keywordsMohanty
dc.subject.keywordsOrientalism
dc.subject.keywordsSaid
dc.subject.keywordsWhite dominant culture
dc.subject.keywordsImproved quality of life
dc.subject.keywordsIslamic regime
dc.subject.keywordsGender
dc.subject.keywordsIdentity
dc.subject.keywordsStereotypes
dc.subject.keywordsDocile
dc.subject.keywordsSubmissive
dc.subject.keywordsWomanhood
dc.subject.keywordsMuslim
dc.titleAre We Oppressed or Liberated or Both? A Case Study of Persian Women Medical Doctors in Ontario
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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