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Community organizations Calgary Catholic Immigration Society Pathways to Prosperity Integration timeline Newcomers (not defined) Key findings 67% of interviewed clients were able to return to their family home 100% of interviewed clients reported the program reduced family violence in their home All...
Location Alberta Key populations Temporary foreign workers Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key recommendations Policy solutions that address precarious status of low-skilled TFWs Gaps identified Few pathways to permanent res...
Key populations Clients of the program Key recommendations 1. Continue to provide specialized supports for culturally diverse families with Children’s Services involvement and family violence concerns. 2. Continue to offer support to victims and perpetrators of family violence with FV Specialists dedicated to both. 3...
Key population Key recommendations CCIS working with partners’ websites to increase translated content for patients Set up mitigation strategies for last minute cancellations, when requiring translation services Key findings All respondents indicated that the program met expectations, in terms of learning t...
Gaps identified Short time period of evaluation, longitudinal studies would be effective Low sample (10 clients for interviews and surveys combined), data is preliminary Key recommendations Maintain the brief therapy sessions for refugee clients, and provide resources for further sessions if required Find...
Gaps identified Not enough focus on resilience of newcomers Key recommendations More funding to community associations that help with integration processes. Enhancing informal support channels, particularly community networks that serve newcomers. Key findings To study participants, success constitutes a multi-dime...
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...
Key recommendations Early mental health promotion with recent immigrant parents is critical for supporting immigrant children’s wellbeing in a new country Key findings African immigrant parents struggle with the tension of holding traditional cultural views of wellness in an environment where structures and services...
Key recommendations The implication of the findings of this research is that low/zero literacy among Yazidi refugees hinders their ability to learn English language in Canada. Hence, the authors make the recommendation that Yazidi refugees with low literacy should be provided with training in their local language of ‘K...
Community organizations NA Gaps identified NA Key recommendations NA Key findings Refugees maintained ties both in their home-country and Canada. Although the trauma associated with Sudan’s Civil War continued to haunt the participants, they insisted on creating ties in their sending country. We found that engagi...