This article describes a research project that investigated whether language barriers play a part in immigrant women's health decreasing when they move to Canada. The findings are then represented in the form of an ethnodrama entitled "ESL-Speaking Immigrant Women's Disillusions: Voices of Health Care in Canada." I suggest that the play is catalytic because it encourages target audiences to empathize with the silenced voices of ESL-speaking immigrant women who live in Canada. I then conclude with a reflection about the potential that the genre of ethnodrama has for social change through its reflexive and critical nature.

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Communication Barriers social change human communication disorder middle aged Stress, Psychological mental stress social support ethnology Humans Canada Acculturation Socioeconomic Factors female socioeconomics verbal communication self concept cultural factor Narration women's health Article adult migration Emigration and Immigration attitude to health Health Services Accessibility health care delivery