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Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Collaborating with Imams and mosques can be an effective way to increase health knowledge, identify avenues for cancer screening promotion, and encourage cancer prevention in their communities. Local Imams were highly supportive of incorporating health messagin...
Gaps identified Lack of consideration for gender-specific support services Community organizations Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association (CAIWA) Key recommendations Policymakers need to pay closer attention to differences between settlement locations and how they impact the different gender groups; Transpor...
Future research / gaps identified: This initial survey was only carried out by IFSSA with their clients. IFSSA hopes to expand this research to the overall social services sector in Edmonton who serve the Muslim community. Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: the Islamic community in Edmonton Commun...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Those who were in Canada for greater than 10 years and less than 10 years. Key populations Muslim immigrant seniors Key findings Muslim immigrants experience racist, sexi...
Gaps identified Most studies on immigrant experiences focus on challenges and immigrants’ sense of exclusion rather than their resilience Key recommendations NA Key findings The youth pointed to African ethnic community associations and religious groups as sites and means of inclusion because they provide 1) spaces...
Gaps identified Not enough focus on resilience of newcomers Key recommendations More funding to community associations that help with integration processes. Enhancing informal support channels, particularly community networks that serve newcomers. Key findings To study participants, success constitutes a multi-dime...
Open-access – Yes https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330801706_Sense_of_community_belonging_among_immigrants_perspective_of_immigrant_service_providers Key recommendations A multiprong approach is needed to foster different avenues of community belonging for immigrants; mainstream organizations should take a pr...
Future research / gaps identified: Expand this research to include Muslim seniors in long-term care and designated supportive living situations (as this current study only focused on those living in the community). Key findings: Muslim seniors in this study defined healthy aging as being financially independent, st...
Key populations Syrian refigees Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Medicine Hat, Alberta; Red Deer, Alberta Key recommendations Strengthen social connections among refugees to find employment; access resources and express identity; address systemic issues around racism and discrimina...
Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Red Deer, Alberta; Brooks, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Service providers at major SPOs in Alberta Key findings Since the 1970s, religiously affiliated settlement agencies have undergone significant transformations; agencies have emerged with a negot...