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The Sport for Settlement program was delivered by Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) in Calgary from March 2023 to August 2025. The purpose of the Sport Canada-funded pilot was to test how free, culturally responsive sport programs, offered early in the settlement journey of refugee youth (14-24 years old), co...
Community organizations: CUPS (Calgary Urban Project Society) Future research / gaps identified: Continue research on using behavioral neuroscience frameworks and reciprocal parent-child interactions to facilitate children’s learning. Key findings: 1) For all children, PPVT-III scores increased the most betwe...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Design, implement and evaluate culturally-appropriate parenting interventions for African immigrant parents that address cultural clashes Integration timeline: Key findings: 1) Conflicting cultural norms and values between Africa and Canada, particul...
Community organizations: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) Future research / gaps identified: Evaluate long-term effects of the program. Integration timeline: mean of 1.19 months since arrival in Canada Key findings: 1) Positive changes, particularly for those who participated frequently, included impro...
Future research / gaps identified: Social desirability bias may have affected what participants said in the focus groups. Integration timeline: less than 5 years since arrival in Canada Key findings: 5 major barriers for newcomer parents accessing routine-childhood vaccinations (RCVs) for their children: lack of...
Key findings Key populations Newcomer and refugee youth in Calgary Key recommendations Location Calgary Alberta Open access: Yes Community organizations WinSport Future research/gaps identified Integration timeline Newcomers in general
Key populations: racialized refugee and newcomer youth who now reside in Calgary Key recommendations: Dismantling dogmatic ideas is a key part of anti-racist work, where processes of re-learning and change are needed to truly engage newcomer youth in these discussions. Open access: Yes Community organizations:...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Explore the experiences of Muslim youth from different age groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, and geographic locations in Canada Conduct quantitative studies to provide statistical data to support the findings of this study Identify the impact of a...
Key recommendations: The results also indicate that programs such as IPLAY can have important and positive impacts on youth participants, and how future programming may be able to adapt to further support the growing demographic of newcomer youth. Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: 1) WinSport 2) CCIS...
Key populations: newcomer students in Albertan high schools Community organizations: Calgary Board of Education’s Global Learning Services Future research / gaps identified: Develop, implement and evaluate interventions to help newcomer high school students make friends with local students. Integration timeline:...
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