"As a Minority…": Exploring 1.5 and 2nd generation Asian-Canadian Immigrant Women's Experiences Navigating Higher Education Institutions' Commodification of Diversity


Julia Dhillon, University of British Columbia

Universities continuously perform commitments to foster diversity as a capitalist accumulation strategy. But, there appears to be a lack of literature on how individuals navigate higher education institutions’ commodification of diversity. My research fills this gap by exploring how six 1.5 and 2nd-generation Asian-Canadian immigrant women responded to The Peter A. Allard School of Law’s diversity question through a content analysis of their written responses and corresponding semi-structured interviews. In expanding existing knowledge of the mechanisms of diversity discourse within the context of higher education institutions, my research may offer insight into how universities can better foster diversity.

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