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Community organizations NA Location Alberta Key recommendations Need for systemic changes to immigration policy to address the transition from TFW status to living without status in Canada Need to address the issue of human trafficking for the purposes of labour in Canada Creating better avenues for recourse...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations NA Open-access – No Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Gaps identified Lack of culturally congruent care for immigrant populations seeking mental health care, and lack of culturally competent interpreter...
Location: Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations Policy makers and service providers must demonstrate awareness of culturally diverse approaches to financial management in order to develop a better understanding of how older immigrants make their financial decisions and practices Key findings Immigration and migratio...
Gaps identified Most studies on immigrant experiences focus on challenges and immigrants’ sense of exclusion rather than their resilience Key recommendations NA Key findings The youth pointed to African ethnic community associations and religious groups as sites and means of inclusion because they provide 1) spaces...
Integration timeline: refugees waiting for their IRB hearing, and those with official refugee status during integration and acculturation into Alberta Key findings: n/a Key populations: Refugees and refugee claimants in Alberta Key recommendations: Update the Alberta Labour and Immigration strategic framework (...
Location Fort McMurray, Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key populations Live-in caregivers Open-access – Yes https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/41bae783-88f6-4844-857c-dc0026f0f889/view/7e03de55-9c7b-4b08-bbdb-dbb5aa1ac4e9/Jackson_Emma_N_20190...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Three Filipino migrants with either no status or with compromised paperwork to support their status (see p. 1) Key findings The migrants with no or irregular migration status engaged in various strategies to survive while they were going through un...
Gaps identified NA Key findings Broad capitalist ideologies affect the conditions of labour that TFWs experience The demands of ‘work’ can contradict the requirements of ‘home’, and threaten workers’ abilities to maintain important social relationships and articulate aspects of their cultural identities Alberta...
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...
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...