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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...
Future research / gaps identified: Key populations: LGBTQ+ newcomers in Edmonton Key recommendations: n/a Community organizations: Edmonton Newcomer Centre Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) The Edmonton Newcomer Centre’s Rainbow Refuge program provides settlement, housing, mental health and c...
Gaps identified Lack of consideration for gender-specific support services Community organizations Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association (CAIWA) Key recommendations Policymakers need to pay closer attention to differences between settlement locations and how they impact the different gender groups; Transpor...
Location Calgary, Alberta Community organizations Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic Key recommendations An interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) should be strongly considered as the screening method for refugees arriving in low-incidence settings if resources are available. Key populations Refugees Gaps identified L...
Key recommendations More research is needed Key findings How recent Syrian refugees navigated the settlement and integration process and what services: The refugees’ main points of contact were varied, for instance, settlement workers for GARs and private sponsors for PSRs. Friends and families also helped them i...
Community organizations Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E) in Red Deer, AB Catholic Social Services Immigration and Settlement United Way Central Alberta Red Deer & District Family and Community Support Services Lifelong Learning Council of Red Deer Future research / gaps identified Implement and...
Open access: No Open-access – No Location Alberta Key recommendations Provide more vocational (work and volunteering) opportunities for autistic children, reduce appointment wait times, and focus support on the whole family instead of only the child. Provide autistic children who had experienced war with ini...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline Newcomers Key populations LGBTQ+ newcomers in Alberta Community organizations Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) Key findings: Edmonton and Calgary have gained the status of being friendly cities for LGBTQ+ newcomer...
Location Calgary, Edmonton, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, and Lethbridge, Alberta Community organizations Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) providers in each city Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? A majority of survey participants had been in Canada between 8-1...
Community organizations: Literacy, English and Academic Development (LEAD) Program at the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) Future research / gaps identified: Interviews and discussions were conducted in English only. Results cannot be generalized to refugee youth in Alberta as a whole. Integration timeli...