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The small, landlocked country of Laos has followed a challenging path towards freedom. The conflict of the Vietnam War led to massive exodus of Laotian refugees. The paper will explore Amartya Sen's concept of freedoms and Martha Nussbaum's central human capabilities as applied to Laotian refugees in Canada. A discussion of Laotians' understanding of freedom, challenges of resettlement, and effective processes in adjustment to western culture will be presented. This dialogue is critical in developing policies and programs to address conflicts faced by refugees as they strive to increase their quality of life.

Federal efforts to assist Cuban and Indochinese refugees in securing employment in the U.S., 1960-85. Some emphasis on efforts by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to resettle a large contingent of Hmong, a hilltribe people from Laos.

This study adds to the research literature on ethnic diversity in families by providing information on traditional and present-day household task performance of Vietnamese and Laotian families. There were differences by ethnicity, but not by gender, among the respondents in patterns of household task performance traditionally and now. Traditional patterns apparently involved considerable sharing of tasks rather than—as is often assumed—such tasks being primarily performed by the wife. Comparisons of present-day with traditional patterns showed a change toward additional sharing and two patterns that suggest lack of consensus or a transition in role performance. Male Chinese-Vietnamese with lower English abilities, older Lao, and older ethnic Vietnamese who have lower English abilities and higher educational levels tended to say that more of the tasks are now done by others (not the wife) in the household.

Considers whether national immigration is possible, preferable, or can be successful without assimilation; based on the 1991 Census of Canada, and a study of Lao immigrants in Ontario, 1979-90.