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  • Chapter 14 - ‘Now I Constantly Challenge Society by Bringing My Existence Forward’

  • from Part III - Confronting Marginalisation
  • Edited by Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Wenona Giles, York University, Toronto, Faraaz Mahomed
  • Book:
    A Better Future
    Published online:
    06 September 2020
    Print publication:
    17 September 2020, pp 317-338

  • Summary

    In Canada, lack of permanent immigration status affects migrant students’ ability to seek rights in different settings, producing unsafe conditions and increasing the possibility of deportation. One example of these settings is schooling, as youth who hold precarious immigration status are regularly excluded from higher education. This access issue is widespread and invisibilised across the country. In this chapter, we draw from interviews with migrant students who participated in an Access Project at York University in Toronto to discuss the interlocking barriers precarious status migrants experience due to their immigration status. We specifically focus on one aspect of the Access Project, a bridging course that facilitated students’ entry to higher education by discussing immigration-related content and acquainting them with university procedures. We propose that the bridging course can be understood as a counterspace, where students redefine their narratives by creating counterstories within the university that challenge anti-migrant discourse and political context in their lives.