Community organizations: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS)
Future research / gaps identified:
Evaluate long-term effects of the program.
Integration timeline: mean of 1.19 months since arrival in Canada
Key findings:
1) Positive changes, particularly for those who participated frequently, included impro...
Integration timeline
Open access: No
Community organizations: CCIS Centre for Refugee Resilience
Future research/gaps identified
More research to understand long-term impact of therapy services on refugee youth and families
More research to understand unique needs of different refugee populations and how to...
Community organizations:
Calgary Board of Education (CBE)
Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth (CBFY)
Future research / gaps identified:
Implement and expand the research findings from this study into participatory-action research to examine lived experiences; and policy recommendations and changes.
Integratio...
Key findings:
The Youth Therapy Program is providing essential and impactful support for newcomer children/youth and families impacted by trauma.
The program is effective in responding to the changing conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program is successful in helping children heal from trauma and a...
Community organizations
Windsor YMCA
Location
Windsor, Ontario
Key recommendations
NA
Key findings
Discrimination negatively impacts students’ ability to adapt to and deal with the educational stressors of a new environment. When students experience discrimination, their options are to fight, fawn, or flee—that i...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a
Integration timeline: not defined
Key findings:
1) The founder shared that “For many refugee students I spoke to, they weren’t excelling academically and didn’t have time to volunteer, which is often criteria used for selection on most scholarship funds, because they’re just s...
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 consisted o...
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...
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 Edmonton
9...
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...
