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This report presents findings from the evaluation of the Pride in Practice project, a partnership between Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) and Centre for Sexuality (C4S). The project, which took place from February 2025 to March 31, 2026, was made possible by one year funding from the Calgary Foundation. The...
This year’s annual CCIS Cultural Brokering Program (CCBP) evaluation focused on better understanding and documenting CCIS’ model of Cultural Brokering. This was in response to CCIS’ recent scaling of their broker model and noticing increasing community interest in broker or broker-like solutions to system change. The f...
This report presents a summary of interim findings from CCIS’ Youth Cultural Brokerage Program (YCBP) – a partnership with Calgary’s Youth Probation Office, funded by the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Services, Government of Alberta. The program was designed to ensure that immigrant youth and their fami...
Key findings: 1) Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with six participants reveals that West African women define domestic violence as extreme, life-threatening incidents, with most non-physical violence under-recognized. 2) Culturally influenced coping strategies and informal support services commonly pref...
Future research / gaps identified: Need for systems navigation support for and facilitated pathways into mental health supports. Key findings: Mental health workshops are effective in Generating community dialogue Increasing awareness of mental health and available supports / resources Reducing the stigma...
Community organizations: n/a Key populations: newcomer serving organizations in Calgary and beyond Key recommendations: Leaders of newcomer serving organizations should: 1) Enhance their funding models to be more adequate, predictable and sustainable 2) Encourage collective impact frameworks 3) Implement a more fl...
Key populations: immigrant women from the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) Open access: No Location: Edmonton, AB Key findings: Themes included: 1) Limited knowledge about breast health, cancer risk, and screening services in Canada. 2) Barriers to maintaining breast health and to screening included: l...
Future research / gaps identified: Continue conducting studies on the sociocultural influences on immigrants’ oral health to better understand its complexities and potential areas of intervention. Open access: Yes Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: 1st generation immigrant parents Key fin...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: Ukrainian refugees from the 2022 crisis and onwards Open access: Yes Key findings: 1) Alberta will allow the permanent unilateral exchange of Ukraine Class B (passenger vehicles) and BE (passenger vehicles with a trailer)...
Key populations: 2SLGBTQ+ refugees who now live in Edmonton Location: Edmonton, AB Open access: Yes Community organizations: Rainbow Refuge (part of the Edmonton Newcomer Centre) Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) The Rainbow Refuge program, which provi...
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