Parcours de vie, subjectivité et facteurs de la réussite chez les femmes professionnelles immigrantes d'origine maghrébine à Montréal
In Quebec, the Maghrebi population is the largest immigrant community. As a result of a selective immigration process that prioritizes qualified, competent, and French-speaking profiles, Maghrebi women and men who settle in Quebec are highly educated. However, the province does not make the most of this skilled immigration as the Maghrebi population faces significant social and professional challenges. Indeed, several studies expose the various obstacles Maghrebi immigrants, particularly women, face as they encounter Quebec’s labor market. This research focuses on Maghrebi women in Montreal who consider themselves successful. Could this perspective enable us to understand and explain the failure of other immigrant women? How do the experiences of those who consider themselves successful differ from the others? To answer these questions, this analysis focuses on the factors involved in women’s migratory paths and how they contributed to their success. Also, this research develops a case study around thirteen Maghrebi women’s subjective perceptions of success. Starting from their country of departure to their settlement in Montreal, the study documents these women’s migratory paths through their life stories. Helped by family and social networks, as well as personal agency and other factors, success arises from family-work balance, professional aspirations, entrepreneurship, peace of mind and flourishes in honor of the parents and the racialized women who preceded them.
immigration Maghrebi women socio-professional integration success factors subjectivity agency social networks life courses