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Future research / gaps identified: Explore how success and agency are defined similarly/differently in other newcomer groups, and how success and agency interact with each other in different cultural contexts. Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) All of the participants attributed their agency as the...
Key recommendations Maintain a blended form of service delivery, offering both online and in-person options for clients Use ongoing feedback to determine impacts of each type of service delivery Key findings Compared to before restrictions, 11% more clients used online therapy delivery. 76% of clients neede...
Community organizations NA Gaps identified NA Key recommendations NA Key findings Refugees maintained ties both in their home-country and Canada. Although the trauma associated with Sudan’s Civil War continued to haunt the participants, they insisted on creating ties in their sending country. We found that engagi...
Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key findings Private spronsorship effective for bringing refugees to Canada; All refugees, including PSRs face settlement challenges especially around employment and language learning; PSRs face similar challenges to GARs and...
Community organizations University of Alberta Location Edomonton, Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key populations Service providers Gaps identified There are three reasons why clients are put on the waiting list for receiving certain services: (...
Key findings Refugees tend to live in the far north part of Calgary, some small portions in the Southwest, and a large concentration in the Forest Lawn/Northeast part of Calgary because housing is more affordable there Single refugees are likely to face housing affordability issues far more than their counterparts...
Location Alberta Key populations Service providers at SPOs (Service Providing Organizations) in Alberta Key findings Barriers to access and use of mental health services include: language barriers, cultural interpretations of mental health, stigam around mental illness, fear of negative repercussions of living with...
Key populations Syrian refigees Location Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Medicine Hat, Alberta; Red Deer, Alberta Key recommendations Strengthen social connections among refugees to find employment; access resources and express identity; address systemic issues around racism and discrimina...
Key findings Private spronsorship is effective for bringing refugees to Canada All three refugees programs (government-assisted refugees (GARs), privately-sponsored refugees (PSRs), and the blended refugee program (BVORs)) were largely successful in bringing in Syrian refugees to safe places in Canada. PSRs seemed to b...
Key populations Immigrant children Location Winnipeg, Mannitoba Key recommendations Raising awareness of the importance of oral health among newcomers and service providers caring for them. Oral health promotion activities must be tailored to each group of newcomers to ensure they are culturally appropriate and eff...
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