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Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: Less than 10 years since arrival Key recommendations: To facilitate health social connections for newcomers, policies, organizations, private companies and individual neighbourhoods should work together to forge a sense of familiarity and reduce feelings of margina...
Community organizations: Red Deer Local Immigration Partnership Key findings: 1) The survey revealed a prevalence of Islamophobia in Red Deer, highlighting the need for further research on the experiences of the Muslim community. 2) The report emphasized the costs of complacency towards racism, both within visible mi...
Gaps identified Lack of consideration for gender-specific support services Community organizations Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association (CAIWA) Key recommendations Policymakers need to pay closer attention to differences between settlement locations and how they impact the different gender groups; Transpor...
Community organizations Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E) in Red Deer, AB Catholic Social Services Immigration and Settlement United Way Central Alberta Red Deer & District Family and Community Support Services Lifelong Learning Council of Red Deer Future research / gaps identified Implement...
Location Calgary, Edmonton, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, and Lethbridge, Alberta Community organizations Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) providers in each city Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? A majority of survey participants had been in Canada between 8-1...
Key recommendations NA Gaps identified Immigrant women experience challenges when seeking employment in Canada Key findings Immigrant women rely on family, ethnic, and religious networks as a “survival” resource at the initial stage of their settlement and seeking employment. But it doesn’t always help them to achi...
Key populations Syrian refigees Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Medicine Hat, Alberta; Red Deer, Alberta Key recommendations Strengthen social connections among refugees to find employment; access resources and express identity; address systemic issues around racism and discrimina...
Key findings Two main findings that underline why foreign worker are not inclined to return to their home countries. First, the economic hardships that pushed them to migrate in the first place remain significant in their home countries. Given this, they do not want to return to the same economic hardships they used to...
Key recommendations NA Gaps identified Compared to Brookes , Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Red Deer, the refugees in Calgary have the loWest attendance rate. Moreover, Calgary has the highest percentage of employed services used by the refugees for the purpose of finding work. Key findings This study assesses the serv...
Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Red Deer, Alberta; Brooks, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Service providers at major SPOs in Alberta Key findings Since the 1970s, religiously affiliated settlement agencies have undergone significant transformations; agencies have emerged with a negot...
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