摘要：This article explores the resilience and coping mechanisms used by urban
immigrant women to mediate gender, migration, socioeconomic conditions, locality
and health. A purposive sample of eleven women who had recently immigrated to
Canada was interviewed. Despite added stress, guilt and frustration of migration
the women demonstrated agency and resiliency, enabling them to develop effective
coping strategies. Life in the inner city was described as convenient upon first
arrival, however, the inner city neighbourhood did not constitute a community
for any of the women. Strong network-building skills enabled them to reach
beyond the inner city and identify other coping strategies. While services for
immigrants tend to be located centrally, in this case the inner city was
generally considered a transient place for recent immigrant women and their
families.
