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Location Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations NA Open-access – No Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Gaps identified Lack of culturally congruent care for immigrant populations seeking mental health care, and lack of culturally competent inter...
Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: had been in Canada for 3 – 5 years Key findings: 1) Resilience was defined by refugee youth as consisting of doing well and feeling well as they resettled in Canada. 2) Positive adaptation to Canadian society was grounded in negotiating belonging, which consi...
Community organizations NA Key recommendations (a) deploying child protective measures that are culturally tailored to African immigrant families (b) building community resilience by tapping into the communal cultures of the group to develop culturally relevant family-to-family support networks and mentorship program...
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: CCIS Integration timeline: The first 2 years of their resettlement in Canada. Open access: Yes Future research / gaps identified: Compare the efforts that key parties (e.g. refugees, resettlement workers, Family Hosts) make based on their gender and age to allow for a more nuanced unders...
Community organizations: 1) REACH Edmonton 2) Alliance Jeunesse-Famille de l’Alberta Society (AJFAS) 3) BUCACY (Building Capacity among Children and Youth) 4) Boys and Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters (BGCBigs) 5) Eastglen ELL Metro 6) Welcome Centre for Immigrants 7) BGCBigs / Nyarkeni 8) Bridging Minds Edmo...
Location Southern Alberta Key recommendations Routine parasite screening should be included as part of standard HIV care in non-endemic areas (i.e. Canada) Key populations HIV positive individuals born outside of Canada (immigrants and refugees) Key findings Positive Schistosoma and Strongyloides serology was co...
Community organizations: Literacy, English and Academic Development (LEAD) Program at the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) Future research / gaps identified: Interviews and discussions were conducted in English only. Results cannot be generalized to refugee youth in Alberta as a whole. Integration timeli...
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...
Key recommendations The implication of the findings of this research is that low/zero literacy among Yazidi refugees hinders their ability to learn English language in Canada. Hence, the authors make the recommendation that Yazidi refugees with low literacy should be provided with training in their local language of &#...
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