Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
8-2022
Keywords
international students, acclimatisation, safety climate, Feminist theory
Abstract
This thesis examines the perceptions of female Punjab, India international students' safer acclimatisation to the new culture and systems at a Southern Ontario College. It uses their recommendations to create a safer future. Adapting to a new culture significantly negatively impacts students' ability to focus on learning in the classroom. While orientation is provided for the adjustment to the learning, the acclimatisation to a new culture and external systems is neglected. The legal system, banking, transportation, housing, and health care require attention for the students' safer adjustment outside the classroom. A conceptual framework was developed from the literature. Safety climate and Feminist theory are the to focus and guide the research. A mixed-methods approach of quantitative and qualitative methods is utilised. The data sources included 17 online survey responses and 11 one-to-one telephone interviews. The findings suggest that housing was the most considerable safety concern. The safety ranking was followed by safely navigating banking and employment, adjusting to the Canadian laws and consequences of the law, transportation, and health care. An emerging factor included trust and mistreatment by others from their community. The students' perception was that previous generations of their community, who immigrated to Canada, lacked awareness of Punjab society's current and progressive nature in Punjab. It is recommended that students have pre-arrival and post-arrival orientations in the presence of influential and trusted community leaders
Faculty
Pilon School of Business
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Copyright
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Original Publication Citation
Stevens, C. (2022). Female Punjab International Students' Perceptions of Safer Acclimatisation to a Southern Ontario, Canada College: A Mixed Methods Study [Unpublished Phd Thesis]. University of Liverpool .
SOURCE Citation
Stevens, Connie, "Female Punjab International Students' Perceptions of Safer Acclimatisation to a Southern Ontario, Canada College: A Mixed Methods Study" (2022). Publications and Scholarship. 35.
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