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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 Fort Macleod, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations NA Key findings Digital documentation and analysis of the Quon Sang Lung Laundry Shop helps to fill the gaps in our understanding of Alberta’s social and cultural history Point cloud data (a dense set of three-dimensional point measurements) co...
Open-access – No Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Community partners to collaborate in order to “create the networks and pathways that lead to substantive labour market success for the majority of newcomers; Increase in social, business, and employment networking opportunities for immigran...
Gaps identified NA Community organizations NA Key recommendations Adoption of an inclusive framework that works toward recognitive justice in balancing freedom of mobility with recognition and full membership in Canada. Key findings Recent immigrants have encountered multi-faceted barriers, particularly in employ...
Gaps identified NA Key recommendations NA Key findings The findings from interviews with Chinese-Canadian youth in Alberta revolve around three themes: 1) racial discrimination and stereotypes in school – immigrants are portrayed as foreigners and competitors, rather than as Canadian citizens and contrib...
Key recommendations Counsellors need to be aware of the challenges faced by immigrant children in their new life in Canada, both inside as well as outside the school system. They need to learn about the cultural background of such children to understand the differences and potential conflicts and issues that these chil...
Community organizations NA Key recommendations NA Gaps identified No acculturation measurement for Chinese immigrants Key populations Chinese immigrants Key findings There has been a growing concern that Chinese and other minority group members in Canada have experienced different levels of difficulties during...
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