Publications
Nolin, C., A. Zehtab-Martin and G. Halseth (2011) Hidden avenues of (im)migration: Experiences of mail-order brides in northern BC. Our Diverse Cities, Volume 8, Spring (British Columbia). Ottawa: Metropolis Project of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 132-141. Available online at: http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/odc_bc_2011_f.pdf
Nolin, C., K. McCallum, and A. Zehtab-Martin. (2009) Regionalization BC 2008: Regionalization and Rural Immigration in British Columbia, Working Paper Series #09-06, Metropolis British Columbia (MBC) Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity: Vancouver, BC, August, pp. 70.
McCallum, Katherine (2009) A Warm Welcome in Cold Places? Immigrant Settlement and Integration in Northern British Columbia. MA Thesis, Geography Department, University of British Columbia (Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Hiebert).
Nolin, Catherine, Katie McCallum and Anisa Zehtab-Martin (2008) Regionalization BC 2008: Regionalization and Rural Immigration in British Columbia - Project Report. Prince George, BC: University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Geography Program, May, pp. 63.
Nolin, Catherine and Katie McCallum (2007) North of 53°: Non-metropolitan diversity in northern British Columbia. Our Diverse Cities, Volume 3 (Rural Communities), pp. 145-149. Ottawa: Metropolis Project of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. [Invited contribution]
McCallum, Katherine (2009) A Warm Welcome in Cold Places? Immigrant Settlement and Integration in Northern British Columbia. MA Thesis, Geography Department, University of British Columbia (Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Hiebert).
Nolin, Catherine, Katie McCallum and Anisa Zehtab-Martin (2008) Regionalization BC 2008: Regionalization and Rural Immigration in British Columbia - Project Report. Prince George, BC: University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Geography Program, May, pp. 63.
Nolin, Catherine and Katie McCallum (2007) North of 53°: Non-metropolitan diversity in northern British Columbia. Our Diverse Cities, Volume 3 (Rural Communities), pp. 145-149. Ottawa: Metropolis Project of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. [Invited contribution]
McCallum, Katie, Catherine Nolin and Greg Halseth (2007) Learning from Unique Experiences: IMSS's Remote Urban Location in BC, SSHRC-CDI Project Report. Prince George, BC: University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Geography Program, July, pp. 35.
Catherine Nolin, Anisa Zehtab-Martin and Katie McCallum (2007) SSHRC-CDI ProjectImmigration Training Manual: Regionalization of immigration & enhancing the ‘warmth of the welcome’ in northern BC.Prince George, BC: University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Geography Program, October, pp. 67.
Nolin, Catherine (2007) Rural poverty among immigrants and refugees in British Columbia, in Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Senate of Canada, Issue No. 19 (Rural Poverty in Canada), 29-32; 38-42. [Invited testimony] .
In the News
Canadian Press (2008) UNBC to study for foreign brides, Prince George Citizen, 27 June: p.5. [PDF available]
Hendry, Aleisha (2008) Foreign bride study underway. Alaska Highway News, 26 June: p. A1. [PDF Available]
Walker, Chris [Interviewer] and Barb Aldaba-Ferguson* [guest] (2008) Foreign brides in northern BC, CBC Radio One: Daybreak North. Prince George, BC: CBCNews.ca. [Audio available soon]
- Barb is Diversity Coordinator at IMSS - our community partner with this project
Presentations
* please do not cite presentations without permission of primary author
Nolin, C., A. Zehtab-Martin and G. Halseth (2010) Hidden avenues of (im)migration: Transnational experiences of mail-order brides in northern BC. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Washington, DC, 13-17 April.
LeBourdais, C. and C. Nolin (2010) Narratives of negotiation: Exploring place and identity through transnational marriage migration in northern British Columbia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (WDCAG), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 25 March.
LeBourdais, C. and C. Nolin (2009) Marriage migration in northern British Columbia: the negotiation of place and identity among foreign brides. Presented at the 4th Annual Cascadia Critical Geographies Conference, Kelowna, BC, 24 October. [Presented by C. LeBourdais]
C. Nolin, A. Zehtab-Martin, G. Halseth & N. Hanlon (2009) Frontiers and foreign brides: Experiences of marriage and migration in northern BC. Presented in the workshop, "Foreign Brides and Family Integration from Fort St. John to Halifax, at the 11th National Metropolis Conference, Calgary, AB, 19-22 March
McCallum, Katie, Anisa Zehtab-Martin, Catherine Nolin and Greg Halseth (2008) Warm welcome in the North? Community capacity and immigrant integration in British Columbia’s northern regions. Presented in the workshop, "Western Regional Immigration Project: Attraction and Retention of Immigrants," at the 10th National Metropolis Conference, Halifax, NS, 6-8 April 2008 [Presented by K. McCallum & A. Zehtab Martin].
Zehtab-Martin, Anisa, Catherine Nolin, Greg Halseth, and Neil Hanlon (2008) ‘Services thin on the ground’: Welcome to BC’s north. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers (WDCAG), Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 6-8 March. [Presented by A. Zehtab-Martin]
Anisa Zehtab-Martin, Greg Halseth, Neil Hanlon, and Catherine Nolin (2007) Where is the ‘warmth of the welcome’ for immigrants and refugees in northern BC? Presented at the Third Annual NETHERN BC Conference, Prince George, BC, 12 December 2007 [Presented by Anisa Zehtab-Martin].
Nolin, Catherine (2004) Regionalization of immigration & settlement: Social geographies of services & social networks within northern BC communities, Invited presentation at the 3rd Annual Steelhead Seminar, UNBC Political Science Program, Hudson's Bay Lodge, Smithers, BC, 16 October.
Conference Proceedings
Zehtab-Martin, Anisa, Greg Halseth, Neil Hanlon and Catherine Nolin (2008) Where is the warmth of the welcome for immigrants and refugees in northern BC? In Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference, NETHERN-BC [New Emerging Team for Health in Rural and Northern BC], 12 December 2007, Prince George, BC. Edited by R. Raygada Watanabe, G. Halseth, and N. Hanlon, pp. 69-78.
Related Documents
Senate of Canada - Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry 2008 Beyond Freefall: Halting Rural Poverty. Ottawa, ON: Senate of Canada. [Nolin & Halseth provided invited testimony on immigration issues - this is the final report]
Zehtab-Martin, Anisa (2006) Examining immigrant settlement needs, service needs, and service provision in Brandon, Manitoba. [Unpubl. Master of Rural Development, Brandon University].