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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...
Community organizations NA Gaps identified Syrian refugee children have a hard time adapting to Canadian school environments upon arrival to Canada Key recommendations More research is needed about long-term effects of forced migration of Syrians Relevant training for teachers to better understand the needs of refu...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Recent Chinese migrants (less than 3 years) Key findings Perceptions of smoking in Canada differs by gender; Chinese migrants recognize that widespread smoking bans in Canada make it difficult to smoke in Canada, but believe it is tolerated in perm...
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,...
Key recommendations Addressing the issues which decrease the effectiveness of screening and prevention programs would improve results and consequently increase the cost-effectiveness of the program Key findings The success of a TB screening program lies in the ability to provide chemoprophylaxis for those individuals...
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