Crossing Worlds, Claiming Belonging: Asian Diasporas, Migration, and Justice in the Americas
Crossing Worlds, Claiming Belonging: Asian Diasporas, Migration, and Justice in the Americas

Crossing Worlds, Claiming Belonging: Asian Diasporas, Migration, and Justice in the Americas

Editors: Rose Ann Torres & Alison Lam

Table of Contents

Introduction

Page 1-9

Rose Ann Torres & Alison Lam


Chapter One: Navigating Dual Heritage: Identity Formation and Cultural Adaptation of Chinese Jamaicans in the Caribbean and North America

Page 10-42

Lisa Roach



Chapter Two: Muslim Immigrant Integration in Canada: Challenges and Possibilities

Page 43-57

Anila Zainub


Chapter Three: Fighting the Asian Docility Myth: Finding My Own Voice in the Academy

Page 58-73

Jasmine Pham


Chapter Four: Yearning for Wholeness: Asian 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences of intersectional marginalization as a gateway for systemic change

Page 74-88

Avi Kuttner



Chapter Five: Displaced/Displacing: Theorizing Tamil-Canadian Settler Colonialism

Page 89-104

Vanessa Vigneswaramoorthy


Chapter Six: Equality or Equity? Understanding Immigrant Student Needs in Canadian Higher Education

Page 105-121

Alison D’Cruz


Chapter Seven: Influences of Social Media on Adolescents’ ideas of Physical Appearance Research with Children and Young People

Page 122-140

Shaoyuan Zhang


Chapter Eight: Peace, Security, and Employment: A South Asian’s Perspective of Life in Canada in the Post-Pandemic World

Page 141-150

Sarah Alam


Chapter Nine: Immigrants’ Well-being in Canada: Navigating Acculturation and Racism in the Post-Pandemic Era

Page 151-166

Mi Hee Park, Sumi Lee, Kyung Nam Kim, Yob Ha


Chapter Ten: Reconceptualizing Victimhood and Resiliency: Transnational Narratives of Filipinas in Canada

Page 167-187

Rose Ann Torres & Dionisio Nyaga