FAMILY TIES OF OLDER CARIBBEAN MIGRANTS: PATTERNS OF AGENCY AND OBLIGATION - Migrants actively engaged in

Final CAG Poster (35 x 46 in) FAMILY TIES OF OLDER CARIBBEAN MIGRANTS: PATTERNS OF AGENCY AND OBLIGATION Shanika Donalds, PhD (shanika@ualberta.ca) and Norah Keating, PhD Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta INTRODUCTION Family relationships are seen as a key component in ensuring a good old age. [...] Migrants actively engaged in In a country of migrants, we know relatively little about the family ties of those who grow older in a new country. [...] Over time, there was the (re)negotiation of and reshaping of ‘Family does not mean blood for me. [...] I can’t choose my siblings because they came, and Participants’ willingness to engage in they’re there, but I can choose my friends, and when I choose my network (re)building reflects a level of resilience and the importance of having friends, I choose the friends who are supportive, and we support a unit that one can identify and connect each other, and I call them my tribe, you know, because the. [...] Perceived loneliness and the role of cultural andintergenerational belonging: The case of Portuguese first-generation Canada’s migrants is required to immigrants in Luxembourg.