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Community organizations: Alberta: Brooks & Country Immigration Services (BCIS); Calgary Catholic Immigration Society: Calgary, Medicine Hat, Banff (CCIS); Jasper Employment and Education Center; Kneehill Adult Learning; YMCA of Nothern AB Saskatchewan: Battlefords Immigration Resource Centre (BIRC); Regina Open Doo...
Community organizations: New Canadian Health Centre (NCHC) Future research / gaps identified: Continue exploring the healthcare experiences of Afghan refugee women in order to build evidence-based interventions and policies. Open access: Yes Location: Edmonton, AB Key populations: Afghan refugee women living in...
Key findings: 1) The overarching theme of the interviews was “The necessity of finding ways to survive in the face of intersecting challenges.” 2) The subtheme “struggles in Canada” discussed structural barriers to economic success, compounded discrimination across intersectional identities, and the b...
Future research / gaps identified: This is an exploratory study, thus much research is still required on this topic. Key populations: Refugees and immigrants who now live in Calgary, AB Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: 1) Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) 2) Alberta International Medical...
Open access: Yes Integration timeline: first-generation Key findings: 1) Barriers before accessing PHC were: 1) long wait time for an appointment with physicians, 2) limited knowledge of own health- and services-related issues, 3) limited service availability hours, 4) cultural differences in health practices, and...
Future research / gaps identified: 1) Explore perspectives of Chinese fathers, particularly as traditional gender norms are shifting to increase male involvement in parenting. 2) Examine how these parenting dynamics evolve in split families (e.g. mother and children immigrate to Canada, father is still in China). 3) As...
Location: Calgary, AB Open access: Yes Community organizations: 1) Habitus Consulting Collective 2) Alberta International Medical Graduates Association (AIMGA) 3) Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic Future research / gaps identified: Findings are not generalizable as it is qualitative study. Furthermore, the majority of...
Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) Edmonton had record breaking population growth in 2023, including 47,100 newcomers (13,700 more newcomers than in 2022). 2) The city had an estimated 5.2% job increase in 2023 (a record high of 851,100 jobs, which is 42,400 higher than in 2022). 3) Edmonton’s unemplo...
Open access: Yes Location: Calgary, AB Integration timeline: not defined Community organizations: n/a Key recommendations: Inform the development of interventions through visual method results, which can better represent older refugees’ views and lived experiences of migration-related challenges. Future...
Key findings: 1) Transitions to supportive living were mainly done when publicly-funded home care services were maxed out, and the health of the senior was declining. 2) Family members experienced shame and guilt when transitioning their elderly to supportive living. 3) Mainstream supportive living facilities often did...
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