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LABOUR MARKET CHALLENGES OF BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN COQUITLAM, BC — A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
Raj Khadka
UBC (PhD Student)/
Finding Our Voices, ISS of BC
Presented At Canada and Refugee Resettlement: Research and Innovation for the 21st Century” National Conference, June 20 - 22, 2012 in Richmond, BC
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BHUTANESE REFUGEES Losthampa Bhutanese Of Nepali Origin Stripped of their citizenship rights and
expelled from Bhutan in early 1990s Refugees camps in Nepal for about two
decades Third country resettlement, Canada 2009
(5000)
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EMPLOYMENT STATUS & L.M. CHALLENGES
Total Population
Adults Work Force
Employed Full Time
Employed Part Time
P. W. Disability
Seniors
206 148 104 12 14 11 11
Employment Status Data Source: Finding Out Voice, ISS of BC (2012,May)
Challenges : All-too-familiar barriers Low Human Capital Low level of Language ability Lack of Canadian Experience& LM knowledge Few and New (weak social capital) Health :Physical and psychological Soft skills & transportation Mismatch between the economy of Source & receiving country
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THEORY OF HABITUS AND CAPITAL FRAMEWORK OF PIERRE BOURDIEU
Habitus and capitals (economic, social & social)
Indigenous economy ( agriculture, Nonwage labor, reciprocity, labour relatioinships)
LM in Canada: Capitalistic labour market (wage labour, human capital)
Acquisition of new temporal habitus (rule of games/LM) and economic logic of Canadian labour Market
LM Outcome= Volume +Composition +Trajectory
Conclusion