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Key recommendations Increase legislation in Alberta for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to ensure safety in the Prairie region, such as changing conditions to make the work permit applicable to more than one job in the same sector, and work permits for spouses of TFWs Create a monitoring program through funding fr...
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...
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:...
Community organizations: WinSport Future research / gaps identified: Determine how external social inequities (e.g. healthcare, education, settlement services, social services) intersect with barriers to newcomer sport participation. Key populations: Newcomers to Calgary participating in introductory winter sport...
Open-access – Yes Pdf Key populations community partners and staff of BCIS/FCIS/ RVIS/WCIS; newcomers living in Southern Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key recommendations Continue to provide services and supports for newcomers in rural Sout...
Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Information is provided in the following categories: 1) Settlement services 2) Healthcare 3) Getting a driver’s license 4) Finding a job 5) Credentials and qualifications 6) Education 7) Childcare 8) Banking Key populations: Ukrainian refugees and newcomers to A...
Community organizations Universities located in two different Canadian provinces Key recommendations NA Location NA Key findings The paper explores how international students make decisions about staying in Canada post-graduation. The meaning of “staying” was defined by students in a multitude of ways: “staying...
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...
Community organizations: AAISA Future research / gaps identified: Future research should focus on: The impact of settlement system development on the economic and social outcomes of newcomers in small communities. The role of municipal leadership and political will in the development of effective settlement syste...
Open-access – Yes Location Chestermere Alberta Key recommendations Collaborate with service groups for newcomers More education surrounding mental health and cultural sensitivity in healthcare Increase education on DEI elements, and on racism Key populations Newcomers Key findings Though serv...