The experiences of immigrant entrepreneurs in a medium-sized Canadian city: The case of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada,The Canadian Geographer

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The experiences of immigrant entrepreneurs in a medium-sized Canadian city: The case of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The Canadian Geographer ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 , DOI: 10.1111/cag.12627
Nelson Graham ₁ , Yolande Pottie‐Sherman ₁

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There is growing interest in the dynamics of immigrant entrepreneurship in non-traditional immigrant gateway cities in Canada. Encouraging immigrant businesses is a particularly pressing imperative for Atlantic Canada's small and medium-sized cities, which struggle with aging labour markets, youth out-migration, and difficulty attracting and retaining newcomers. Recent research on immigrant entrepreneurship highlights the geography of entrepreneurial benefits and challenges across Canadian cities. Our study contributes to this field by examining the experiences of immigrant entrepreneurs on the “edge”—working in Canada's easternmost city, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Our findings are based on 28 interviews conducted with immigrant entrepreneurs and key informants in St. John's. As a remote, peripheral city within Canada with a small immigrant population and an economy intimately tied to booms and busts in global oil markets, we found that St. John's presents a distinct set of challenges for immigrant entrepreneurs. Yet, a recent rush to encourage a start-up ecosystem—through a university-based incubator program and new provincial nominee streams—is also creating new opportunities for self-employment and shifting the terrain of support towards white-collar businesses. Ultimately, this study highlights the variegated experiences of a diverse set of immigrant entrepreneurs in St. John's.

中文翻译：

加拿大中等城市移民企业家的经历：以加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多圣约翰市为例

人们对加拿大非传统移民门户城市的移民创业动态越来越感兴趣。鼓励移民企业对于加拿大大西洋地区的中小型城市来说尤为紧迫，这些城市正面临劳动力市场老龄化、青年外流以及难以吸引和留住新移民的问题。最近关于移民创业的研究突出了加拿大城市创业收益和挑战的地理分布。我们的研究通过考察处于“边缘”——在加拿大最东端的城市圣约翰、纽芬兰和拉布拉多工作的移民企业家的经历，为这一领域做出了贡献。我们的调查结果基于对圣约翰的移民企业家和主要知情人进行的 28 次访谈。作为遥控器，作为加拿大的外围城市，移民人口很少，经济与全球石油市场的繁荣和萧条密切相关，我们发现圣约翰对移民企业家提出了一系列独特的挑战。然而，最近通过基于大学的孵化器计划和新的省级提名流来鼓励初创生态系统的热潮也在为自雇人士创造新的机会，并将支持领域转向白领企业。最终，这项研究突出了圣约翰斯不同类型的移民企业家的各种经历。最近通过以大学为基础的孵化器计划和新的省级提名流来鼓励初创生态系统的热潮也在为个体经营创造新的机会，并将支持领域转向白领企业。最终，这项研究突出了圣约翰斯不同类型的移民企业家的各种经历。最近通过以大学为基础的孵化器计划和新的省级提名流来鼓励初创生态系统的热潮也在为个体经营创造新的机会，并将支持领域转向白领企业。最终，这项研究突出了圣约翰斯不同类型的移民企业家的各种经历。

更新日期：2020-06-01

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