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Future research / gaps identified: Investigate how communities are individually managing applicants to the Rural Renewal and Rural Entrepreneur streams, and identifying promising practices that communities and government could review. Integration timeline: not defined Locations: Rural Alberta Brooks Hanna...
Key recommendations Increase legislation in Alberta for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to ensure safety in the Prairie region, such as changing conditions to make the work permit applicable to more than one job in the same sector, and work permits for spouses of TFWs Create a monitoring program through funding fr...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: Front-line staff identified 6 key priorities to improve their experience in the Language Training program: a) stability of employment, b) professional development opportunities, c) general workplace culture, d) atmosphere and s...
Community organizations: AAISA Future research / gaps identified: Future research should focus on: The impact of settlement system development on the economic and social outcomes of newcomers in small communities. The role of municipal leadership and political will in the development of effective settlement syste...
Key findings Frontline staff are generally very interested in their work helping newcomers, and are generally very gracious to be able to help Around half of participants indicated they are happy with their compensation for working, but some participants indicated that they have to look for new employment due to i...
Key populations NA Open-access – Yes https://aaisa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Alberta-Settlement-and-Integration-Sector-Survey-2021-EN.pdf Key recommendations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Community organizations 43 agencies Location NA Key...
Integration timeline: not defined Key recommendations: 1) AAISA members should: i) notice where evolving community needs are, ii) increase networking, iii) facilitate trust and community between other small centres, and iv) ensure each centre has a shared understanding of the zone of collaborations graph before worki...
Key recommendations: Foster dialogue, relationship building and connection between different immigrant serving agencies and service providers in Alberta. Develop informational resources such as a directory of services for all immigrant serving agencies in Alberta. Standardize referral tools and processes by provi...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline Newcomers Key populations LGBTQ+ newcomers in Alberta Community organizations Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) Key findings: Edmonton and Calgary have gained the status of being friendly cities for LGBTQ+ newcomer...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: More accessible and culturally appropriate settlement services are needed across Alberta. More training and support for service providers is needed to better serve newcomers. More targeted services for under-served clients, such as refugees, LGBTQ+ newcomers,...