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Open access: Yes Key populations: highly skilled economic immigrants who now live in Calgary, AB Community organization: The Alberta Gateway Project Integration timeline: not defined Future research / gaps identified: Gateway Alberta, as a knowledge hub, can be a rich data resource for future research projects....
Gaps identified NA Key recommendations NA Key populations AAISA members, service providers Key findings Funding for agencies that serve Canadian citizens and permanent residents is better compared to those that serve refugees, temporary resident, and undocumented individuals Reasons for long waiting lists: high...
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: n/a Integration timeline Newcomers (not defined) Key populations Foreign-trained physicians who are immigrants that now live in Calgary Location Calgary Alberta Future research/gaps identified: n/a Key findings Immigrant and refugee healthcare professionals face signif...
Location Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Settlement and Integration Agencies Key findings Funding for agencies that serve Canadian citizens and permanent residents is better compared to those that serve refugees, temporary resident, and undocumented individuals Reasons for long waiting lists: hig...
Location Fort McMurray, Alberta Key recommendations OHS education targeting caregivers including a clear explanation of caregiver rights; Education for employers of caregivers about OHS; Training for government OHS inspectors and frontline staff re: antiracist and human rights education; Adding caregivers to the OHS...
Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key findings Private spronsorship effective for bringing refugees to Canada; All refugees, including PSRs face settlement challenges especially around employment and language learning; PSRs face similar challenges to GARs and...
Location Alberta Key recommendations More research is needed about the topic Key populations workers (immigrant and domestic) in Alberta Key findings workers who move across the country to work seem to be at risk of the higher work-related injuries because of the nature of work they perform (i.e. oil and gas in...
Key populations NA Gaps identified NA Key findings Immigration is an important source of labour force growth. Two programs, the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), have seen an increase in both the number and proportion of immigrants admitted in recent years, and the evidence t...
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 (...
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