{"id":2483,"date":"2019-12-12T17:13:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/criw\/?page_id=2483"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:48:44","slug":"academic-abstract-becoming-canadian-immigrant-narratives-of-professional-attainment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/criw\/our-research\/academic-abstract-becoming-canadian-immigrant-narratives-of-professional-attainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Abstract &#8211; Becoming Canadian: Immigrant Narratives of Professional Attainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Academic Abstract &#8211; Becoming Canadian: Immigrant Narratives of Professional Attainment\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"becoming-canadian-immigrant-narratives-of-professional-attainment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Becoming Canadian: Immigrant Narratives of Professional Attainment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academic Abstract: <\/strong>We investigate how economic immigrants in Canada negotiate their identity in the process of \u201cbecoming Canadian\u201d through an analysis of public texts. Drawing on the master narrative framework, we examine the interplay between individual and societal narratives as immigrants grapple with the tension between notions of \u201cdesirable\u201d immigrants as those that are well integrated professionally and the reality of facing career related barriers. Among those whose success stories align with the master narrative of professional attainment there was little questioning of this expectation, thereby allowing it to remain invisible. Among those who had not (yet) achieved work related success in the receiving country, they tended to engage alternative narratives elaborating on the antecedents, outcomes, and barriers to labor market participation. Despite the countering nature of these alternative narratives, they strengthen the societal expectation of professional success as a key pathway to inclusion, thereby reinforcing the rigidity of this narrative. We contribute to literature on the social construction of national identity by examining the process of becoming national and the role of labor market participation in immigrants\u2019 perceptions of inclusion in their new society. Our study highlights the importance of including immigrants\u2019 voices in the construction of a more inclusive society, which may aid in breaking down exclusionary narratives of national identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Inclusion, National identity, Identity work, Markers of inclusion, Immigrants, Master narratives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"related-links\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Authors:<br>\n<\/strong>Ursula E. Moffitt, <a href=\"https:\/\/sprott.carleton.ca\/profile\/luciara-nardon\/\">Luciara Nardon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sprott.carleton.ca\/profile\/vivi-hui-zhang\/\">Hui Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming Canadian: Immigrant Narratives of Professional Attainment Academic Abstract: We investigate how economic immigrants in Canada negotiate their identity in the process of \u201cbecoming Canadian\u201d through an analysis of public texts. 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