Exploring the Intercultural Communication Experiences of Pakistani Immigrants in Canada

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to investigate the experiences of Pakistani immigrants on intercultural communication in engaging with the people of different cultures and languages for their pursuit of livelihood. The purposive sampling was followed in the selection of participants living in Mississauga, Vancouver and Toronto in Canada. The researcher conducted semi structured interviews of the eight participants of different age groups. The group of experts validated the collected data. This study is of qualitative approach, and the data was analyzed through the thematic analysis paradigm laid by Braun & Clark (2006).  They had more personalized and nearer communication exchanges with greater politeness as they identified numerous barriers and bottlenecks to the way of developing the relational accommodation and space in Canadian culture.   They also had some undesirable communication experiences of having free contact and access to public services. This study stands to be different one from the viewpoint of Pakistani immigrants.  Effective means of intercultural communication involve a procedure of personal upbringing and self-reflection. It needs more self-awareness and assurance both on public and personal level for eradiating the undesirability among relationships of different cultures assembled at the same place as in Canada by being person-entered and public-centered intercultural communication.