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Future research / gaps identified: This is an exploratory study, thus much research is still required on this topic. Key populations: Refugees and immigrants who now live in Calgary, AB Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: 1) Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) 2) Alberta International Medical...
Community organizations: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) Future research / gaps identified: Evaluate long-term effects of the program. Integration timeline: mean of 1.19 months since arrival in Canada Key findings: 1) Positive changes, particularly for those who participated frequently, included impro...
Community organizations: CCIS (Calgary Catholic Immigration Society) Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: newcomers in Calgary Key findings: 1) CCIS remains driven by community partnerships, volunteerism, and charitable donations 2) Calgary responded to globa...
Community organizations: Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) Future research / gaps identified: not stated Integration timeline: not defined Open access: Yes Key findings: 1) CCIS celebrated 40 years of service to newcomers in Southern Alberta, growing from a small volunteer group to one of Canada’s lar...
Key recommendations: The results also indicate that programs such as IPLAY can have important and positive impacts on youth participants, and how future programming may be able to adapt to further support the growing demographic of newcomer youth. Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: 1) WinSport 2) CCIS...
Future research / gaps identified: There is need to develop a strategy for enhancing equity in research with newcomers, built around 3 main pillars: Access, Ethics, and Capacity Building. Key recommendations: Develop online database to share literature reviews Identify community/sector priorities for data Cr...
Community organizations: CCIS Integration timeline: The first 2 years of their resettlement in Canada. Open access: Yes Future research / gaps identified: Compare the efforts that key parties (e.g. refugees, resettlement workers, Family Hosts) make based on their gender and age to allow for a more nuanced unders...