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African Immigrant Child and Family Well-Being in Alberta: First Stakeholders Meeting Proceedings

Community organizations: Edmonton Immigrant Services Association and Partners for Humanity. Key findings: Identified strengths of African immigrant parents that contributed to positive child health and mental health included: Collective cultures Agility and resilience Value systems Intellectual capacity (e.g...

Unspoken Skills and Tactics: Essentials for Immigrant Professionals in Integration to Workplace Culture

Location Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Training opportunities for immigrant professionals (including fast-track and short-term programs); Increased opportunities for field training and professional mentorship; soft-skill training (workplace communication and relationships, teamwork, leadersh...

Resettling in the Canadian Prairies: A Survey of Syrian Refugees in Canada’s Prairies

Key recommendations NA Gaps identified Compared to Brookes , Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Red Deer, the refugees in Calgary have the loWest attendance rate. Moreover, Calgary has the highest percentage of employed services used by the refugees for the purpose of finding work. Key findings This study assesses the serv...

Social support needs of Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee new parents in Canada

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...

Searching for Tomorrow-South Sudanese Women Reconstructing Resilience through Photovoice

Location Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations Practitioners who work with refugees must interrogate their own pre-conceptions of resilience and how those pre-conceptions influence their expecations for refugees; Individual members of refugee communities are capable of defining their own needs; Important for refugees...

From Recognition to Knowledge Creation: Education of Refugee Youth Learners in Alberta and British Columbia

Location Alberta and BC Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Open-access – Yes https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/e3007f1d-1072-4cd3-b2d6-0a75173642b3/view/2675b055-5638-4073-8e93-76900fb5deb4/Asadi_Neda_201612_PhD.pdf Key pop...

(Mis)Givings in a Prairie City? Identity and Belonging of Filipina (Im)Migrants in Lethbridge, Alberta

Location Lethbridge, Alberta Community organizations NA Key populations Filipino immigrants and migrants   Key findings Filipina immigrant and migrant women find spaces of belonging in Lethbridge through affordable housing and community connections as well as employment; they consider leaving Lethbridge for other op...

Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program Environmental Scan – Pathways to Prosperity: Canada

Community organizations AAISA Location Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key recommenations Increasing intergovernmental communication and lateral dialogue on policy changes; long-term labour market assessments are recommended to support the provi...