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Community organizations: Brooks Composite High School Integration timeline: not defined Open access: No Future research / gaps identified: Continue joint research and advocacy around this topic Key findings: 1) The study emphasized the importance of social justice and antiracism in educational practices at vari...
Location: Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations Policy makers and service providers must demonstrate awareness of culturally diverse approaches to financial management in order to develop a better understanding of how older immigrants make their financial decisions and practices Key findings Immigration and migratio...
Location Edomonton, Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Open-access – Yes https://journals.uregina.ca/ineducation/article/view/418 Key popuations Internationally educated teachers Key findings The purpose of this article is to describe the Uni...
Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key populations Temporary foreign workers Gaps identified OHS is a complaint-driven system that is often not accessible/available to precarious worke...
Key findings African immigrants engage in a variety of parenting practices that include those informed by their cultural background as well as ‘new’ approaches, adopted in Canada. The authors describe three approaches to parenting/child discipline: corporal (i.e. spanking and pinching, and more severe pract...
Location Alberta and BC Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Open-access – Yes https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/e3007f1d-1072-4cd3-b2d6-0a75173642b3/view/2675b055-5638-4073-8e93-76900fb5deb4/Asadi_Neda_201612_PhD.pdf K...
Community organizations AAISA Location Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key recommenations Increasing intergovernmental communication and lateral dialogue on policy changes; long-term labour market assessments are recommended to support the provi...
Key recommendations More research is needed to better understand the benefits of nature activities for physical and mental well-being of different groups of people. Programs that engage curiosity and fascination with the natural world can foster connectedness with nature in general – more programs are needed. Alb...
Location North America (some of the studies reviewed are on newcomer children in Alberta) Key recommendations Educational programs for parents in their official language on good oral health practices; school-based programs for children; and provision of affordable/free dental care Key populations Published research...
Open-access – No Location Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Participants: 19 males and 17 females with an average age of 19 years old (aged between 15 and 25). Of these, 21 participants migrated with their...
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