The thesis deals with the topic of organisation and identity of Slovenian immigrants in Toronto. The work is based on a biographical-narrative methodological approach that, through individual immigrant stories, presents an emigration issue from the point of view of the immigrants themselves, while at the same time providing an authentic insight into certain social challenges affecting emigrants and their descendants. The narrators highlighted various topics concerning their lives in the immigrant community, from the importance of organising in clubs, participating in various events and in various music, dance, and sports groups, the role of the church, the Slovenian language and tradition, the importance of media and social networks, cooperation and relationship with the homeland, and the importance of intergenerational cooperation. We supported the latter themes with existing literature and field findings. The current organisational forms of the Slovenian community are crucial to its preservation in the future, as they influence how individuals' identities, in this case belonging to Slovenian culture, are formed and change. This poses challenges for the Slovene community, primarily in creating better intergenerational communication and reshaping certain ways of working in the community to attract young people for more active participation while preserving Slovene culture as such, which in Toronto is interwoven with the Canadian way of life.
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