Noorin Pattni
DARE Project: Contemporary Transnational Formations: Exploring Integration and Identity Among Second-Generation Ethiopian Youth in Canada
Program(s) of Study: International Development Studies and Psychology
Project Supervisor: Mary Goitom
This research project fills a current gap in understanding what it means to be ‘African’, ‘Black’ and/or neither ‘Black African’ for second generation youth in Canada as well as how they develop and embody their racial identity and in what ways this challenges conventional understandings of what it means to be ‘African’, ‘Black’ and/or neither ‘Black African’.
Project Description:
This research will help to answer questions regarding how second-generation Ethiopians in Toronto, Canada negotiate and participate in transnational behaviors (i.e. connections to Ethiopia and Canada) and how this informs their process of racial identification, living in hybridity (of both cultures), and well-being (resilience). Specifically, this study is assessing how racial identity making happens and how this can enhance our understanding on the well-being and integration experiences of second-generation Ethiopian youth in Toronto.The Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (DARE) - Undergraduate enables our students to meaningfully engage in research projects supervised by LA&PS faculty members. Find out more about DARE.