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Divided Diasporas: Southern Africans in Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The protracted economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe led directly to a major increase in mixed migration flows to South Africa. Migrants were drawn from every sector of society, all education and skill levels, equal numbers of both sexes, and all ...
Caesar, Mary   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Mediation of Polygenic Asthma Risk Through Gene Expression

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
We apply published PRSs in African‐ancestry individuals and quantify the extent to which the PRS‐asthma relationship is mediated by clinical biomarkers and gene‐expression signatures of asthma. We found the best PRS to be the one derived using the largest sample size and including African‐ancestry individuals.
Rakesh Natarajan   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus and other Tamis in the Montréal diaspora

open access: yesThe South Asianist, 2018
According to a recent study published by Statistics Canada, in 2036, more than half of immigrants in Canada will be of Asian origin, and South Asians will be the group with most people. Today Tamil people represent the most important South Asian group in
Mark Bradley
doaj  

Working Towards a Globalized Minority: Regional German-Kurdish Cultural Organizations and Transnational Networks

open access: yes, 2014
German-Kurdish cultural organizations and the Kurdish Diaspora they represent offer an example of a new type of actor in defining globalization. This paper examines how such organizations act as the lynchpin in transnational networks and how such ...
Hoffman, Drew A.
core  

No. 62: Heading North: The Zimbabwean Diaspora in Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Studies of the Zimbabwean diaspora tend to focus on migrants in South Africa and the United Kingdom. This is the first major study of Zimbabwean migration to Canada.
Chikanda, Abel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Anthropology of the Hometown

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anthropological methods and theory have historically marginalized hometown research while they have privileged the study of the “Other.” This essay discusses the prevalent challenges and misconceptions surrounding research conducted in one's hometown, while advancing its legitimacy as an anthropological field site.
Dada Docot
wiley   +1 more source

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