Key recommendations
(1) Increase in affordable non-market housing by provincial and municipal levels of government;
(2) Putting in place a rent supplement program so the refugees can afford private renal market housing;
(3) Federal government waiving transportation and medical loans, so it doesn’t compromise their hous...
Location
NA
Community organizations
Zimbabwe Cultural Society of Alberta
Africa Centre
Catholic Social Services
Key recommendations
Need for expanded integration of language services within health systems to facilitate provision of informational, affirmational, and emotional support to refugee new parents
Future re...
Key findings
This paper explores the sense of belonging of first-generation Francophone sub-Saharan African immigrants in Alberta towards their co-ethnic communities, Canadian Francophone community, as well as the broader Canadian population. The findings show that while the Francophone sub-Saharan African immigrants w...
Location
Edmonton, Alberta
Community organizations
the Multicultural Health Brokers (MCHB) Co-operative, in Edmonton, Alberta
Key recommendations
Researchers need to first and foremost follow principles of Community-Based Participatory Research Program (CBPR) and be considerate of the cultural settings of their par...
Open-access – No
Location
Southern Alberta
Key recommendations
Provide “more comprehensive and readily available interpretive services in the healthcare sector” as well as cultural awareness programs for healthcare providers so that they understand how to reduce the risk of miscommunication.
Community organizati...
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...
Gaps identified
NA
Community organizations
NA
Key recommendations
NA
Key findings
African Francophone immigrants in Alberta develop multiple forms of belonging to many social groups, whose principal manifestation includes a collective belonging to the ethnic community of the country of origin, to the francophone...