Community organizations
NA
Location
Alberta
Key recommendations
Need for systemic changes to immigration policy to address the transition from TFW status to living without status in Canada
Need to address the issue of human trafficking for the purposes of labour in Canada
Creating better avenues for recourse...
Key populations
NA
Gaps identified
NA
Key findings
Immigration is an important source of labour force growth.
Two programs, the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), have seen an increase in both the number and proportion of immigrants admitted in recent years, and the evidence t...
Key findings
African immigrants engage in a variety of parenting practices that include those informed by their cultural background as well as ‘new’ approaches, adopted in Canada. The authors describe three approaches to parenting/child discipline: corporal (i.e. spanking and pinching, and more severe practices as kick...
Community organizations
NA
Location
Alberta
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
NA
Key populations
Temporary foreign workers; Service providers
Key findings
Temporary Foreign Workers experience barriers in accessing mental health services; mental health challe...
Key findings
Young African immigrants (~15 years old, some are younger) often enter the labour market because of their precarious economic status. While working, they also have to manage their time attending school. In some cases, such as the one seen in small town Alberta of Brooks, these worker-students come from oth...