Alisha Dayaram

Alisha Dayaram

A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman with medium brown skin, long dark hair, and a wide, friendly smile, looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a black halter-neck top and large silver hoop earrings, with a blurred light-colored background.

Hi, I am a fourth-year international student from Bangkok who chose to investigate how racial discrimination is dealt with in Toronto. As an immigrant myself, I feel anxious about my future, despite my skills, due to the bias favoring Canadian-born applicants. I believe this is a pressing issue in today’s society, with more immigrants arriving and less employment occurring. Especially since Canada is considered a ‘multicultural’ country, there is still an overwhelming amount of discrimination against immigrants within workplaces, beginning right from the hiring process. I am excited to present my research, as the process was very endearing and informative. I truly hope it will contribute to promoting a need for an open working culture and increases acceptance of diversity.

Research

This research study is aimed to understand the cognitive phenomenon of discrimination experienced amongst immigrants during the employment process. This research paper will be dissecting the phenomenon of discrimination, how it is presented, its effects and ways of coping, through the stories of Canadian immigrants.

A yellow and purple infographic titled 'Finding the essence of racial discrimination' with the statistic '32.2% of workplace discrimination stems from race'. Five diverse cartoon individuals are depicted with speech bubbles sharing their experiences: one woman practices a 'white accent', another questions condescension, a man feels cheated by a white candidate, a woman in a hijab works 'five times harder', and a Black woman feels like a 'quota hire'. Each experience is linked to an emotion like 'validation', 'attacked', 'cynical', 'paranoia', and 'self doubt'. Below, five purple and orange boxes define types of racial discrimination: stereotyping, prejudice, racial profiling, condescending behaviour, and racist comments. The footer reads: 'Change the mentality, learn the difference.'
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Project Tags

race, discrimination, socio-political
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