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      Cultural Competency and Well Being in the Global Gathering Place

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      Date
      2019-04-11
      Author
      Evans, Marissa Lana 1993-
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Cultural competency is increasingly embraced in the provision of social and health services to newcomers to Canada. Cultural competency is a fluid process along a continuum which is present at any organization or institution which provides services to clientele with diverse backgrounds. This thesis presents the results of a three-month ethnographic project conducted in partnership with the Global Gathering Place (GGP) in Saskatoon. This research found that having access to services that accommodate newcomers’ unique cultural backgrounds enhances well being and facilitates adjustment to a new home. This is largely accomplished through developing networks, minimizing isolation, and encouraging connections between newcomers and their community. This research was conducted from the theoretical standpoint of the anthropology of the good, which seeks to examine positivity and emerged as a resistance to dark anthropology, or a focus on suffering and the harsh dimensions of life. Well being is facilitated through several factors such as interpersonal connection, spirituality, and the ability to live “the good life.” The good life is a concept intertwined with well being and one cannot occur without the other. Though both well being and the good life are subjective notions, participants shared similarities when conceptualizing both. This research finds that the GGP is a highly culturally competent organization and as a result, the clientele of the GGP experience high rates of well being. Further study into the role of cultural competency in newcomer well being is therefore recommended.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Archaeology and Anthropology
      Program
      Anthropology
      Supervisor
      Downe, Pamela
      Committee
      Lawson, Karen; Khanenko-Friesen, Natalia; Wotherspoon, Terry; Lieverse, Angela
      Copyright Date
      June 2019
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/11956
      Subject
      cultural competency
      well being
      immigration
      newcomers
      the good life
      global gathering place
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