Key populations: newcomer students in Albertan high schools
Community organizations: Calgary Board of Education’s Global Learning Services
Future research / gaps identified:
Develop, implement and evaluate interventions to help newcomer high school students make friends with local students.
Integration timeline:...
Community organizations:
Calgary Board of Education (CBE)
Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth (CBFY)
Future research / gaps identified:
Implement and expand the research findings from this study into participatory-action research to examine lived experiences; and policy recommendations and changes.
Integratio...
Community organizations:
Literacy, English and Academic Development (LEAD) Program at the Calgary Board of Education (CBE)
Future research / gaps identified:
Interviews and discussions were conducted in English only.
Results cannot be generalized to refugee youth in Alberta as a whole.
Integration timeli...
Community organizations: Calgary Board of Education (CBE)
Future research / gaps identified: n/a
Key findings:
It is importance to adopt a trauma-informed teaching practice in supporting refugee children who have experienced the traumas of war, emphasizing the infectious hope and resilience brought by these child...