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Community organizations Universities located in two different Canadian provinces Key recommendations NA Location NA Key findings The paper explores how international students make decisions about staying in Canada post-graduation. The meaning of “staying” was defined by students in a multitude of ways: “staying...
Community organizations NA Gaps identified NA Key recommendations NA Key findings Opportunity for employment in Canada and permanent residence is a key motivation for family sponsorship of their children’s undergraduate education in Canada. There is little interest expressed by the students and their parents abou...
Community organizations Windsor YMCA Location Windsor, Ontario Key recommendations NA Key findings Discrimination negatively impacts students’ ability to adapt to and deal with the educational stressors of a new environment. When students experience discrimination, their options are to fight, fawn, or flee—that i...
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...
Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? Females: The length of stay in Canada ranged from eleven months to one year. Children: The length of stay in Canada ranged from five months to one year. Open-access – Yes https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jcie/index.p...
Community organizations AAISA Location Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key recommenations Increasing intergovernmental communication and lateral dialogue on policy changes; long-term labour market assessments are recommended to support the provi...
Key populations Immigrant social workers (female and male) Gaps identified Lack of research that addresses gender-based experiences of immigrant social workers Key recommendations Remove barriers to social workers’ professional and personal adaptation in the following areas: “language, employment, housing, daycare,...
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