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Gaps identified NA Open-access – Yes http://habituscollective.ca/3d-flip-book/family-violence-broker-and-apartment-1310/ Location Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations Continue the program Key populations Family Violence Brokers Key findings From the period January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020, the Family...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Need for additional funding and supports for models of immigrant settlement that are holistic and culturally informed, such as the cultural brokering model; Empowering community members in early stages of resettlement so they can navigate integration on their own when th...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key findings Using RAISED between Cultures model in education and settlement support: Reveal culture Acknowledge pre-migration experiences Identify post-migration systemic barriers Support family and community strengths Establish connections between environments Determine child...
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...
Key populations Syrian refugees Location Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Social worker have an important role to play in refugee resettlement Key findings Explores the experiences of one refugee sponsor group composed of social work faculty, argues that social worker have an important role...
Open-access – Yes https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12134-015-0454-9.pdf Location Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations Supporting the needs of immigrant men through cultural and age-sensitive programs, as they experience a crisis of masculinity after migration; develop pre-migration courses that...
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