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Future research / gaps identified: 1) Examine specific demographic details such as length of arrival, migrant status, and level of education within larger sample sizes. 2) Conduct a similar study in rural or small urban areas to analyze different experiences compared to the urban-metropolitan city used in this study...
Future research / gaps identified: not stated Key populations: resettled refugees employed in meatpacking facilities in rural Alberta Community organizations: ActionDignity Integration timeline: resettled refugees and their journey to either PR or citizenship Key findings: 1) Resettled refugees were led to empl...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) “I love Croatia, but Croatia never truly loved me,” said Radojcic, a 2SLGBTQIA+ Croatian immigrant who now lives in Calgary. 2) She describes how a Croatian referendum to change a constitutional marriage back to only being bet...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Location: Canada (otherwise unspecified) Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: Key barriers to coming out to immigrant families is differences in culture, laws, religion, and generational beliefs in the home country vs. Canada. 3...
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...
Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) Trans Day of Remembrance is vital to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to commemorate Black trans people who have passed, and increase awareness of the inequities trans people and Black trans people continue to face. 2) Black trans people experience significant inequities, la...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Expand this research to include experiences of Albertan LGBTQ refugees outside of just Calgary and Edmonton. Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: LGBTQ refugees who now live in Calgary or Edmonton Key findings: LGBTQ refugees do not...
Community organizations: n/a Key findings: Immigrant and racialized women are over-represented among health care aids in long term care. COVID-19 has exacerbated preexisting economic and social exclusion of immigrant health care aides employed in long term care. Addressing intersectional inequalities experien...
Community organizations: Black Communities Working Group on Wellbeing & Safety Future research / gaps identified: 1) Interview members of the African Francophone immigrant communities, not just stakeholders 2) Explore the strengths and weaknesses of the communities in addressing these challenges Integration timelin...
Open access: Yes Future research / gaps identified: This study focuses on legal immigrants who are highly educated, and findings may not be relevant to undocumented workers and/or immigrants with varying levels of education. Key recommendations: Create stronger penalties as well as incentives that make employers...