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Future research / gaps identified: not stated Key findings: 1) Football (soccer) as a common habitus between home and Canada. 2) Gender norms, roles and gendered football experiences while playing on a co-ed team in Edmonton. 3) Football league’s intentions of having a minimum amount of female players on the fi...
Future research / gaps identified: Future research questions proposed by the author include: 1) What role do intermediaries play in bringing together local food producers and ethnic food processors? 2) What role might public food procurement for culturally diverse residents (in schools, hospitals, correctional facili...
Open access: No Key recommendations: Diversify the mental health service workforce. Increase the availability and quality of mental health services in Black-dominated neighbourhoods. Embed anti-racist practices and intercultural competencies in mental health service delivery. Key populations: Black youth i...
Location Calgary Edmonton Alberta Key recommendations More information regarding settlement agencies, such as who can qualify for settlement services, as well as verification of legitimacy Increase centralization of services in one location, and condense services into a pamphlet/booklet and assign these...
Community organizations: 6 unidentified Intro to Sport programs for newcomers to Canada Future research / gaps identified: Examine how intersectoral community partnerships form and develop to support/not support sport programs for newcomers. Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: Sport participation ba...
Location: Edmonton, AB Key findings: 1) Much heterogeneity exists within the newcomer population, thus ECELC can benefit from engaging a multiplicity of newcomers and those who work closely with newcomers. 2) Some of the realities for newcomer families mirror the realities for other families in Edmonton when it comes...
Community organizations: CommunityWise Resource Centre Future research / gaps identified: n/a Integration timeline: n/a Key recommendations: Organizations should complete this initial self assessment, and then complete the more comprehensive assessments of organizational racism linked in this document. Open acc...
Community organizations: Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF) Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Edmonton’s newcomer population is on the rise- from 2005 to 2015, the number of newcomers increased by 178.2%. Statistics and information on the followi...
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