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Future research / gaps identified: not stated Key findings: 1) Football (soccer) as a common habitus between home and Canada. 2) Gender norms, roles and gendered football experiences while playing on a co-ed team in Edmonton. 3) Football league’s intentions of having a minimum amount of female players on the field at...
Community organizations: WinSport Key populations: newcomers to Canada participating in an introduction to winter sport program at WinSport in Calgary Key recommendations: Alter the WNP and other newcomer introductory sport programs to intentionally focus on building social connections Avoid the pitfall of thes...
Community organizations: Edmonton Community Foundation Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: African creatives in Alberta, particularly those whose art is through Afrobeats music and/or dance Key recommendations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: The director and his production company, Media...
Open-access – Yes Location Chestermere Alberta Key recommendations Collaborate with service groups for newcomers More education surrounding mental health and cultural sensitivity in healthcare Increase education on DEI elements, and on racism Key populations Newcomers Key findings Though serv...
Key populations: Syrian refugees who now live in Edmonton, AB Integration timeline: arrival in Canada in 2015 up to the first half of 2017 Open access: Yes Location: Edmonton, AB Key recommendations: Use the findings from this thesis to improve social bridging supports for refugees. Future research / gaps ide...
Community organizations NA Gaps identified NA Key recommendations NA Key findings Upon arrival, all newcomers meet their immediate physical or core needs, which are similar between both groups of newcomers (foreign nationals and new-to-town individuals): language, housing, and employment. New-to-town individuals...
Location Calgary, Edmonton, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, and Lethbridge, Alberta Community organizations Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) providers in each city Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? A majority of survey participants had been in Canada between 8-1...
Community organizations NA Gaps identified NA Key recommendations NA Key findings Refugees maintained ties both in their home-country and Canada. Although the trauma associated with Sudan’s Civil War continued to haunt the participants, they insisted on creating ties in their sending country. We found that engagi...
Gaps identified Most studies on immigrant experiences focus on challenges and immigrants’ sense of exclusion rather than their resilience Key recommendations NA Key findings The youth pointed to African ethnic community associations and religious groups as sites and means of inclusion because they provide 1) spaces...
Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Females: The length of stay in Canada ranged from eleven months to one year. Children: The length of stay in Canada ranged from five months to one year. Open-access – Yes https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jcie/index.php/JCI...