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Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Explore the experiences of Muslim youth from different age groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, and geographic locations in Canada Conduct quantitative studies to provide statistical data to support the findings of this study Identify the impact of a...
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: Multicultural Health Brokers (MCHB) Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key populations: Syrian refugee families who now live in Edmonton, AB Open access: No Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: The Syrian refugee families have been living through various forms of tran...
Community organizations: Black Communities Working Group on Wellbeing & Safety Future research / gaps identified: 1) Interview members of the African Francophone immigrant communities, not just stakeholders 2) Explore the strengths and weaknesses of the communities in addressing these challenges Integration tim...
Integration timeline First two years Key populations Africans West Africans first generation immigrants Gaps identified Inclusion of translators in future studies in order to gain more participation A longitudinal study pertaining to this topic Inclusion of LGBTQ relationships in order to gain more...
Open-access – Yes http://viet-studies.net/kinhte/PhoInCanada_April19.pdf Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Vietnamese restaurants Key findings Vietnamese restaurant owners use both English and Vietnamese languages in their websites, menus, and shop signs. The author argues...
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...
Location Alberta Community organizations NA Key populations Chinese immigrant youth in schools Key recommendations Teaching practice needs to be decolonised to emphasizing valuing indigenous forms of knowledge, including the knowledge of immigrant students Key findings Chinese immigrant youth face discrimination b...
Key recommendations There is a need for culturally and religiously sensitive approaches to teaching; Curricula should be more inclusive and bias removed Key findings Teachers lack awareness about the needs of Muslim and immigrant children; There is a lack of cultural sensitivity in schools; there are ‘good̵...
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