The ways that categories of immigration are drawn and standards of successful citizenship are measured in Canadian society influence the ways that people script themselves to appear as worthy immigrant applicants and potential Canadian citizens. For immigrant hopefuls, scripting oneself using the language of immigration and positioning oneself as a deserving and desirable immigrant is crucial for gaining mobility and passage into Canadian society. In my thesis, I explore the literature surrounding processes and concepts like borders, mobility, good citizenship, the ???white standard???, and racialization that serve as foundations and outcomes of scripting ???good??? immigrants and ???successful??? citizenship. I embed the experiences of my informants within an analysis of this literature as well as the processes of immigration outlined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). I find that scripting immigrant categories and citizenship can result in immigrants enacting only a limited Canadianness. Immigrant categories involve restrictive policies that can result in exploitation. I also offer that immigrants may live a double-consciousness through their transnationalism and constituting of ???back home???. The larger hope for this project is to provide an understanding of the processes of scripting that work to make exclusive the right to be Canadian so that the vulnerability and suffering caused by the existence of hierarchies of citizenship can be tackled as a public issue and make for a more inclusive and equitable Canada.

Orientadora: Sandra Cristina de Oliveira / Coorientador: Leonardo de Barros Pinto / Resumo: O crédito rural é considerado um dos principais instrumentos de política agrícola, pois favorece o desenvolvimento econômico e social do agricultor familiar. E, neste contexto, estão incluídos os produtores rurais assentados. Reconhecendo a importância deste segmento, o Governo Federal lançou uma linha de crédito com várias modalidades, o Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF), que foi criado em 1996 e vem sendo ajustado ao longo do tempo para se adequar aos cenários atuais. Existem critérios para acessar o PRONAF e, além disso, as instituições financeiras estão mais exigentes na concessão do crédito, visando minimizar os riscos de inadimplência. Portanto, conhecer os fatores associados às restrições de acesso ao crédito rural para tais produtores é muito relevante. Assim, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo geral avaliar os fatores que levam os produtores rurais assentados no município de Mirandópolis-SP a terem anotações restritivas que os impedem de acessar crédito rural. Realizou-se um levantamento de informações por meio de aplicação de formulário, com uma amostra estratificada proporcional de 80 famílias assentadas nos Assentamentos Primavera II, São Lucas e Florestan Fernandes, e os dados coletados foram analisados utilizando estatística descritiva e modelagem de regressão logística. Como principais resultados encontrou-se produtores com uma faixa etária mais avançada, baixa escolaridade, composição familiar pequena, problemas para acessa... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Rural credit is considered one of the main instruments of agricultural policy, because it supports the economic and social development of the family farmer. In this context, settled farmers can be included. Recognizing the importance of this segment, the Federal Government launched a credit line with several modalities, the National Program for Family Agriculture Strengthening (PRONAF), which was created in 1996 and has been adjusted over time to suit current scenarios. There are criteria for accessing PRONAF and, in addition, financial institutions have been more demanding for granting credit, in order to minimize the risk of default. Therefore, knowing the factors associated with the restrictions of access to rural credit for those farmers is very relevant. Thus, the general aim of this work is to evaluate the factors that have led rural farmers settled in the municipality of Mirandópolis-SP to have restrictive annotations that prevent them from accessing rural credit. An information survey was performed through form application, with a proportional stratified sample 80 families settled in the Primavera II, São Lucas and Florestan Fernandes Settlements, and the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression modeling. The main results were producers with an older age, low education, small family composition, problems accessing credit due to restrictive annotations. PRONAF is one of the most accessed credits. Regarding the opinion of the pro... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Objective Restrictive eating behaviors occur across ages, but little is known about symptoms of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), especially in adults. This study sought to examine the prevalence of symptoms of ARFID in the adult population, providing a psychometric evaluation of the Eating Disorders in Youth-Questionnaire (EDY-Q) and population norms. Method In a representative survey of the German population, N = 2,424 adults (1,297 women, 1,127 men; age 49.5 ± 17.5 years) were assessed with the EDY-Q and measures of eating disorder and general psychopathology for divergent validation. Results The point prevalence of self-reported symptoms of ARFID amounted to 0.8% (20/2,424), with 0.8% of women (10/1,297) and 0.9% of men (10/1,127) being affected. Adults with symptoms of ARFID were significantly more likely to have underweight or normal weight, were more likely to report restrictive behaviors and lower levels of eating disorder psychopathology and binge eating than noneating-disordered controls and adults with symptoms of an eating disorder, but did not significantly differ in levels of compensatory behaviors, or depression and anxiety. The EDY-Q revealed favorable item statistics, heterogeneity, and satisfactory construct validity, including factorial, discriminant, and divergent validity. Weight-status specific norms were provided. Discussion Both women and men from the population reported symptoms of ARFID with an anthropometric and psychopathological profile similar to that seen in youth with symptoms of ARFID, however, with lower prevalence estimates, and distinctive from that in other eating disorders. Interview-based assessment of this symptomatology is required to confirm the prevalence of ARFID diagnosis.