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Community organizations: n/a Key populations: Black immigrant employees who now live in Calgary Key recommendations: Address diversity and related issues to a greater extent in the workplace. Shift the knowledge and focus on diversity as it exists in conjunction with equality. Facilitate all sides to see dive...
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...
Community organizations Edmonton Immigrant Services Association (EISA) Key findings Transitioning to virtual services during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted inequities in access and knowledge of technology Cancelling direct services led to increased demand EISA supported 5689 clients in 2020-2021 EISA&#...
Key populations Staff, Committee members, and project participants of “Welcoming Claresholm” Settlement, Integration, and Language Project (SILP) Key recommendations Continue the project Key findings The Welcoming Claresholm Settlement, Integration, and Language Project (SILP) made significant progress toward and c...
Key populations: Syrian refugees who now live in Edmonton, AB Integration timeline: arrival in Canada in 2015 up to the first half of 2017 Open access: Yes Location: Edmonton, AB Key recommendations: Use the findings from this thesis to improve social bridging supports for refugees. Future research / gaps ide...
Key findings There is a need for cultural brokerage and language acquisition for newcomers Living in a new country/culture resulted in difficulties surrounding integration and identity, especially under situations of stress Learning English led to more ease in integration, and not understanding English led to dif...
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...
Community organizations: 6 unidentified Intro to Sport programs for newcomers to Canada Future research / gaps identified: Examine how intersectoral community partnerships form and develop to support/not support sport programs for newcomers. Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: Sport participation ba...
Future research / gaps identified: There is need to develop a strategy for enhancing equity in research with newcomers, built around 3 main pillars: Access, Ethics, and Capacity Building. Key recommendations: Develop online database to share literature reviews Identify community/sector priorities for data Cr...
Open access: No Open-access – No Location Alberta Key recommendations Provide more vocational (work and volunteering) opportunities for autistic children, reduce appointment wait times, and focus support on the whole family instead of only the child. Provide autistic children who had experienced w...
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