Niva Shrestha’s recent major research paper entitled “Understanding Challenges of Nepali Immigrants to Enroll their Children in Recreational Activities in Guelph, Ontario” is now available online! You can read the full report by clicking here. You can also read the summary of the research here. A brief description of Shrestha’s research is listed below:

“Sports is universal language that has been practiced in every culture and tradition since ancient times. Immigrant children face psychological issues due to language, unfamiliar environment, new culture, and new people. In settlement process of immigrants in a host country, immigrant children and their transition are overlooked. This research investigates role of recreational activities in Nepali immigrant children living in Guelph towards their inclusion and socialization in the community. In-depth interviews were used to understand their perception on recreational activities, explore available subsidy and financial programs to access recreational activities and understand immigrants’ knowledge on available subsidy and financial programs to access recreational activities. This study concluded there needs to be more work done to publicize available subsidy and financial programs to access recreational activities.”

Take a read of the summary and full report:

Summary: Understanding Challenges of Nepali Immigrants to Enroll their Children in Recreational Activities in Guelph, Ontario (2020, N.Shrestha)

Full Report: Understanding Challenges of Nepali Immigrants to Enroll their Children in Recreational Activities in Guelph, Ontario (2020, N.Shrestha)