Research Library

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Pathways to success: A narrative inquiry into the settlement and integration experiences of refugees from Ethiopia in Canada

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...

Forced migration, resettlement, and sport: Lessons from the Kabul-Edmonton soccer team

Future research / gaps identified: not stated Key findings: 1) Football (soccer) as a common habitus between home and Canada. 2) Gender norms, roles and gendered football experiences while playing on a co-ed team in Edmonton. 3) Football league’s intentions of having a minimum amount of female players on the field at...

Employment barriers for racialized immigrants: A review of economic and social integration support and gaps in Edmonton, Alberta

Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) Around 50% of employment service providers acknowledged that visible minority immigrants face barriers while integrating into the labour market, including racial microaggressions in their jobs. 2) Programs tailored to the needs of raci...

Pre-arrival Services for Filipinos in Alberta: Bridging Gaps in Immigrant Services – Pathways to Prosperity: Canada

Community organizations Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration (POEA) Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Gaps identified NA Key recommendations Developing more gender-neutral pre-arrival services to provide a better integrative approach for inclusion in Canada, where both males and females are given...

Syrian refugees in Canada: A qualitative report of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial adaptation

Key populations: Syrian refugees who now live in Edmonton, AB Key recommendations: Assess current interventions that target the needs identified in this study, and create new initiatives to better respond to these needs. Community organizations: Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative Future research / gaps iden...

It’s just about having fun? Interrogating the lived experiences of newcomers to Canada in introductory winter sport programmes

Community organizations: WinSport Key populations: newcomers to Canada participating in an introduction to winter sport program at WinSport in Calgary Key recommendations: Alter the WNP and other newcomer introductory sport programs to intentionally focus on building social connections Avoid the pitfall of thes...

Black (and foreign) in the ivory: Exploring the sociopolitical integration of Black international students in Alberta, Canada

Future research / gaps identified: 1) Popular approaches to studying international students are rarely attuned to intra-group variation based on race and ethnicity. 2) This study is among the first to foreground such analyses in Canadian research on international students. More research of this kind is needed. Key fi...

Afrobeats on the Prairies

Community organizations: Edmonton Community Foundation Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: African creatives in Alberta, particularly those whose art is through Afrobeats music and/or dance Key recommendations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: The director and his production company, Media...

Social integration experiences of young newcomers in Canadian high schools and the importance of friendship

Key populations: newcomer students in Albertan high schools Community organizations: Calgary Board of Education’s Global Learning Services Future research / gaps identified: Develop, implement and evaluate interventions to help newcomer high school students make friends with local students. Integration timeline:...