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Community organizations: CUPS (Calgary Urban Project Society) Future research / gaps identified: Continue research on using behavioral neuroscience frameworks and reciprocal parent-child interactions to facilitate children’s learning. Key findings: 1) For all children, PPVT-III scores increased the most betwe...
Community organizations: Brooks Composite High School Integration timeline: not defined Open access: No Future research / gaps identified: Continue joint research and advocacy around this topic Key findings: 1) The study emphasized the importance of social justice and antiracism in educational practices at vari...
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...
Community organizations: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key populations: racialized communities in Canada Key recommendations: 1) To cultivate a socially just and inclusive anti-racism learning space, there is a need for a community-based anti-racism education...
Key findings: 1) Canadian multiculturalism was critiqued as unresponsive to the needs and interests of Black African immigrant students and not supportive of their identity reclamation. 2) African Indigenous knowledge is a significant part of the identity of Black African immigrant students and the acknowledgment and v...
Community organizations: Brooks Composite High School Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Brooks has the highest proportion of Black Canadians of any census tract in Canada, as well as a strong immigrant labour force due to their meat packing industry. Student leaders at Brooks Composite High S...
Integration timeline: more than 2 years in Canada Key populations: Colombian immigrant professionals who now live in Calgary Key recommendations: Create adult learning opportunities to increase ICC and holistic TL through interpersonal connections and learning through relationships. Open access: Yes Community o...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Motivations to be an international student at UofA were: To seek more permanent immigration to Alberta Already has some family in Edmonton Cheaper tuition than other provinces/countries Obtained a UofA entrance scholarship Key populations: international...
Future research / gaps identified: Ideas under consideration to include in the Year 3 report included the private sponsorship system, migrants with precarious status and building upon policy implications and actions from Year 1 and Year 2 reports. Integration timeline: not defined Location: Edmonton, AB Community...
Open access – No Gaps identified The relationship between race, immigrant status, and post-secondary education achievement is broadly understudied, so more research is needed to better understand these relationships. Key recommendations Further research is needed to inform evidence-based policy on reduc...
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