Carleton University and Université de Montreal are conducting a research project entitled “Bordering Old Age, Bordering Care: Comparing Welfare State Approaches”.
INVITATION
Bordering Old Age, Bordering Care: Comparing Welfare State Approaches
Subject: Invitation to participate in a research project on immigration policy and immigrant experience
Dear Friends,
Dr Susan Braedley at Carleton University and Dr. Karine Côté Boucher at Université de Montreal are working on a research project that examines care and immigration policy in the lives of immigrants. I am writing to invite you to participate in this research due to your knowledge and experience in this area.
This SSHRC funded international study, entitled “Bordering Old Age, Bordering Care: Comparing Welfare State Approaches”, aims to contribute to understanding how shifts in immigration policy interact with changing ideas about ageing populations, family responsibility and care, as well as labour shortages. Interviews with key informants like yourself, family members and long-term care workers, will be held in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Norway, so that we gather a range of information and perspectives.
Our interview would involve one 60-90-minute interview to take place in a mutually convenient location, or via telephone, zoom, depending on your preference. With your consent, interviews will be audio-recorded.
This project involves minimal professional and emotional risks, but we will take care to protect your identity. We will keep all responses anonymous. Further, you have the right to request that certain responses not be included in the final project.
You will have the right to end your participation in the study at any time, for any reason, up until three months after your interview. If you choose to withdraw, all the information you have provided will be destroyed.
All research data, including audio-recordings before transcription and any notes will be encrypted on external hard drives. Research data will only be accessible by the researchers.
After the study is completed, with your consent, your de-identified data will be retained for future research use after review by an ethics review board.
If you are willing to participate in this research project, or have any questions, please respond to this email at susan.braedley@carleton.ca.
Sincerely,
Dr. Susan Braedley, School of Social Work, Carleton University
The ethics protocol for this project was reviewed by the Carleton University Research Ethics Board, as well as the Bureau de la conduite responsible en recherche de l’Université de Montréal, which provided clearance for this project.
Carleton REB Protocol #: 110831 Expires: June 30, 2024