The Research Process

The following section describes how the data was gathered for this study. As will become apparent, the methodology is designed to capture the multiple dimensions of the research question and the nuances and multiplicity of voices of our research participants, community advisory stakeholders and interdisciplinary research team.  The different methodological instruments and layers of the research design, combined with the sensitive nature of the research matter, along with the intensive community participation help to explain why the research results may present themselves in a less than integrated manner. While the different levels of analysis and range of voices at play certainly complicate the findings, they also ultimately add a more grounded, nuanced and profound understanding of the implications of recent shifts in security, immigration and citizenship for women and men in Atlantic Canada.