Dr. Wenona Giles is a professor of Anthropology and Faculty Research Associate at the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University. She received a diploma from L'université d'Aix-Marseille in 1970 and a bachelors degree from the University of Santa Clara in 1971. She earned a degree in education from the University of British Columbia and completed her academic studies in anthropology, achieving a master’s degree in 1980 and a doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1987.
Giles is an author and contributing editor of several books on gender, migration, and refugees. Her titles include: Maid in the Market: Women’s Paid Domestic Labour (Halifax: Fernwood Press, 1994); Portuguese Women in Toronto: Gender, Immigration, and Nationalism (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002); and Refugees in Extended Exile: Living on the Edge (Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2016). Giles’ research in the 1980s and 1990s focused on the experiences of Portuguese migrant women working in London, England, and Toronto, Canada. Since the late 1990s and 2000s, Giles’ research projects focused on the impact of conflict in regions such as Sri Lanka and the Balkans, the intersection between gender and forced migration, and the issue of higher education opportunities for long-term refugees and displaced people.
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Fonds consists of research material created and collected by Wenona Giles as part of her anthropological studies of Portuguese migrant women in London, United Kingdom, and Toronto, Canada. Fonds includes, field notes, interview transcripts, questionnaires, reports and other collected research material.
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Several files are restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of index cards, typed and handwritten, on which Wenona Giles transposed her field notes from interviewing Portuguese migrants (primarily women) living in London, England. The notes are organized by topic, (i.e. children, church, immigration, religion, politics, and unions).
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of index cards, typed and handwritten, on which Wenona Giles transposed her field notes from interviewing Portuguese migrants (primarily women) living in London, England. The notes are organized by topic, (i.e. children, church, immigration, religion, politics, and unions).
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of index cards, typed and handwritten, on which Wenona Giles transposed her field notes from interviewing Portuguese migrants (primarily women) living in London, England. The notes are organized by topic, (i.e. children, church, immigration, religion, politics, and unions).
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of computer disks containing transcripts of interviews conducted by Wenona Giles on Portuguese migrant women, and some men, living in Toronto, Canada.
Contents of computer disks have been migrated onto the York University Libraries server.
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of a notebook of field notes from interviewing Portuguese migrants (primarily women) living in London, England.
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of a notebook of field notes from interviewing Portuguese migrants (primarily women) living in London, England.
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of typewritten notes on which Wenona Giles transposed her field notes from interviewing Portuguese migrants (primarily women) living in London, England. The notes are organized by name.
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of typewritten notes on which Wenona Giles transposed her field notes from interviewing Portuguese migrants (primarily women) living in London, England. The notes are organized by name.
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of photocopied pages from the Portuguese-language newspaper, "Luta Comum : boletim dos trabalhadores Portugueses em Inglaterra" [Common Struggle: Bulletin of Portuguese workers in England].
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File consists of information collected by Wenona Giles on Portuguese migrant households in London, England, for her anthropological study.
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of photographs showing the interior and exterior of a home on Ladbroke Grove, West London.
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File consists of questionnaires distributed by Wenona Giles for her anthropological study of Portuguese migrants living in London, England.
File is restricted to protect third party privacy. Access may be granted to researchers following a York University ethical review process and completion of a Researcher Agreement.
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File consists of: the work schedule and description of job duties of a domestic assistant at Hammersmith Hospital; a paper titled, "Linguistic Minority Children in British Schools," presented by Marilyn Martin-Jones of the University of London, at Freie Universitat Berlin, 4 January 1982; an annual report for the North Kensington Law Centre, 1982; a strike announcement from the General Municipal Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union, undated; and handwritten notes on demographics of the Portuguese community in London.
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File consists of a digital copy of the papers presented during the plenary sessions and workshops of a conference titled, "Among Others: Encounters and Conflicts in Europe and Mediterranean Societies, held by Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée in Marseille, 26-30 April.
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File consists of a masters thesis submitted by Maria Margarida Aguiar of the Department of Education, University of Toronto.
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File consists of an issue of the journal, Collection Études et Recherces, titled, "Les jeunes d'origine immigrée: rapports damiliaux et les transitions de vie -- le cas des jeunes chiliens, grecs, portugais, salvadoriens, et vietnamiens."
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File consists of a masters thesis submitted by Lucia Beatriz Barros Grosner of the Department of Anthropology, the University of Western Ontario.
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File consists of a bibliography of theses and dissertations on Portuguese topics published in Canada and the United States between 1861 and 1983
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File consists of a report by the Canadian Consultative Council on Multiculturalism (CCCM) Committee on Immigrant Women, submitted to the Executive of the CCCM.
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File consists of a report on the proceedings of a colloquium held in Toronto, 20-21 November.
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File consists of Anti-report no. 27, issued by the Counter Information Services/Liz Dronfield and Paul Soto, titled "Hardship Hotel."
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File consists of the needs assesment report, "Portuguese Canadians From Sea to Sea: Profile, Issues, and Concerns of the Luso-Canadian Community," written by Fernando Nunes for the Portuguese-Canadian National Congress.
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File consists of a copy of COSTI-IIAS Immigrant Services' working paper on "Immigrant Women - Education, Training, Employment."
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File consists of material of the Portuguese Interagency Network, including: a submission to Toronto City Council by Ana Costa and Esmeralda Carvalho, 26 June 1997; a deputation to the Municipality of Metro Toronto regarding proposed funding cuts to the Metro Multicultural Grants Program, 13 February 1995; a submission to the Standing Committee on the Administration of Justice regarding employment equity in Ontario and Bill 79, 27 August 1993; meeting minutes and correspondence from the PIN Adult Education/Retraining Committee; a presentation by Ana Costa delivered to the Toronto Hospital's Cross-Cultural Speaker Series, 13 October 1993; a PIN resource list; and a conference report on the Portuguese Canadian National Youth Conference, "It's Time to Inherit the Future, 23-25 May 1997.
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File consists of a report from the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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File consists of the results of a survey conducted by the Metropolitan Separate School Board.
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File consists of a needs assessment report on Portuguese Speaking Older Women in Metropolitan Toronto, prepared by Odete Nascimento of the Portuguese Social Service Centre.
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File consists of a report by Access Alliance and the Multicultural Community Health Centre.
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File consists of index cards containing information relevant to Wenona Giles' research and anthropological studies in London, England. The cards include: bibliographies, organized by topic; contact information of colleagues and associations in London, Toronto, and Lisbon; and a list of possible field sites for research.