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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...
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 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...
Location Edomonton, Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Open-access – Yes https://journals.uregina.ca/ineducation/article/view/418 Key popuations Internationally educated teachers Key findings The purpose of this article is to describe the Universit...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Expand research to include Arab immigrants in different locations and of different age groups Integration timeline: newcomers not defined Open access: No Key findings: 1) Increased leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) was associated with i) high...
Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key populations Temporary foreign workers Gaps identified OHS is a complaint-driven system that is often not accessible/available to precarious worke...
Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key findings Private spronsorship effective for bringing refugees to Canada; All refugees, including PSRs face settlement challenges especially around employment and language learning; PSRs face similar challenges to GARs and...
Key recommendations (1) Increase in affordable non-market housing by provincial and municipal levels of government; (2) Putting in place a rent supplement program so the refugees can afford private renal market housing; (3) Federal government waiving transportation and medical loans, so it doesn’t compromise their hous...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Need for additional funding and supports for models of immigrant settlement that are holistic and culturally informed, such as the cultural brokering model; Empowering community members in early stages of resettlement so they can navigate integration on their own when th...
Location: Edmonton, AB Key findings: 1) Much heterogeneity exists within the newcomer population, thus ECELC can benefit from engaging a multiplicity of newcomers and those who work closely with newcomers. 2) Some of the realities for newcomer families mirror the realities for other families in Edmonton when it comes...