Future research / gaps identified: Ideas under consideration to include in the Year 3 report included the private sponsorship system, migrants with precarious status and building upon policy implications and actions from Year 1 and Year 2 reports.
Integration timeline: not defined
Location: Edmonton, AB
Community...
Community organizations:
ActionDignity
Habitus Consulting Collective
Future research / gaps identified:
Conduct a comprehensive review of City policies and practices to identify systemic barriers to equity and inclusion.
Collect disaggregated data on the experiences of Indigenous, Black, and diverse racial...
Key populations: racialized refugee and newcomer youth who now reside in Calgary
Key recommendations: Dismantling dogmatic ideas is a key part of anti-racist work, where processes of re-learning and change are needed to truly engage newcomer youth in these discussions.
Open access: Yes
Community organizations:...
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...
Gaps identified
The sample of immigrants was too small to analyze the data specifically for each race or ethnicity, as such, larger samples with more representation of specific groups is suggested for further research.
Additionally, different recruitment strategies should be used to include more participants, rath...
Community organizations: n/a
Future research / gaps identified:
Increase community engagement in future vaccination efforts, especially when addressing marginalized communities
Integration timeline: newcomers not defined
Key findings
The community-engaged COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinic for migrant communities...
Community organizations: n/a
Future research / gaps identified:
This data is cross-sectional (taken only at one time point)- continue studies that track participants over time.
Integration timeline: not defined
Key findings:
17.21% of survey participants had limited health literacy.
40.15% who had marginal h...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a
Integration timeline: not defined
Key findings:
Key populations: newcomers who now live in Edmonton, AB
Community organizations:
Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN)
Key recommendations:
Expand services to meet the changing needs of newcomers and refugee...
Community organizations: Edmonton Community Foundation
Integration timeline: not defined
Key populations: African creatives in Alberta, particularly those whose art is through Afrobeats music and/or dance
Key recommendations: n/a
Future research / gaps identified: The director and his production company, Media...
Community organizations: n/a
Future research / gaps identified:
Study limitations included:
Qualitative findings from one part of Alberta may not necessarily be generalizable to African immigrant communities in other areas.
Parent perspectives were explored, but not those of the youth and children themselves.
E...