Document Type
Voices and Perspectives
English Abstract
I left Grenada in December of 1980 to visit Canada. Like many other Caribbean immigrants, when I first came up to Canada I was shocked by the cold and unsure of what my life would look like. Forty years later, I look back at the life I’ve built in Canada and see how my community experiences led me to be a community leader.
This is my story, but it is the story of many others as well. I reflect here on the role of women as leaders, the difficult conditions for immigrants, the history of domestic work, and on housing as a human right. I hope my story will explain what policies and actions I have seen that actually help support families, and how we can learn from this for the future.
Citation Information
Thomas, Bernadette.
"Becoming and Building Community in Toronto: 1980 to Present."
Journal of Law and Social Policy
31.
(2019): 124-131.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/0829-3929.1368
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/jlsp/vol31/iss1/6