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"Life is Really Hard Here": The Living Conditions and Needs of Filipino Elderlies in the Greater Toronto Area

31 Aug 2013

"This two-year, mixed-method research study focuses on the living conditions and needs of Filipino elderlies in the Greater Toronto Area, one of the fastest growing elderly minority groups in the most racially diverse region of the country. It draws from a community-university partnership that is committed to joint decision-making, equitable distribution of expertise and labour, and public knowledge mobilization through mass-oriented dissemination of research findings"--page 2.
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Authors

Coloma, Roland Sintos, Villanueva, Frank, Pino, Fritz Luther

Pages
35
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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