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Key recommendations: The results also indicate that programs such as IPLAY can have important and positive impacts on youth participants, and how future programming may be able to adapt to further support the growing demographic of newcomer youth. Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: 1) WinSport 2) CCIS...
Community organizations: n/a Future research/gaps identified Future research should focus on intersectional and overlapping barriers to financial wellbeing (e.g. race, gender, sexuality) Integration timeline Newcomers (not defined) Key findings Need for increased education on the Canadian financial syst...
Future research / gaps identified: Implement and evaluate the The City of Calgary Anti-Racism Strategic Plan 2023-2027. Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: The City of Calgary and other governmental, organizational, public safety, etc. leaders and institutions Open access: Yes Community organizat...
Key findings: The City of Calgary is committed to removing systemic racism through education, engagement, collaboration, and policy changes. Intersectionality and adopting an anti-colonial lens are key considerations in addressing systemic racism. The framework aims to create anti-racist safe spaces and processes...
Integration timeline: newcomers not defined Key findings: Themes from community engagements include: Lived and living experiences of hate and racial harassment in public spaces and City properties Racially inequitable processes and procedures in reporting hate crimes and incidents Systemic barriers to accessing...
Integration timeline: newcomers not defined Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Five themes with related strategic actions, outcomes, and performance measures to address systemic racism: Integrate racial equity accountability from the inside out Provide anti-racis...
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: The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) Calgary Local Immigration Partnership (CLIP) Future research / gaps identified: Increase understanding of how relationships, funding and service priorities are utilized in and between organizations in the sector. Integration timeline: newcomers...
Community organizations: n/a Future research/gaps identified The mental health of Filipino immigrant men in Canada is largely understudied as a whole Key recommendations: Increase the understanding of service providers on Filipino (mis)understandings of mental health and mental illness Develop anti-stigma i...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Work with communities to co-identify solutions to the barriers found in this study. Integration timeline: newcomers not defined Key findings Barriers to primary health care access included: Long wait times, unavailability of practitioners, and long...
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