Community organizations: n/a
Integration timeline: not defined
Key findings:
1) Around 50% of employment service providers acknowledged that visible minority immigrants face barriers while integrating into the labour market, including racial microaggressions in their jobs.
2) Programs tailored to the needs of raci...
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...
Key populations: Syrian refugees who now live in Edmonton, AB
Key recommendations: Assess current interventions that target the needs identified in this study, and create new initiatives to better respond to these needs.
Community organizations: Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative
Future research / gaps iden...
Open access: No
Location: Alberta broadly (not otherwise specified)
Community organizations: n/a
Future research / gaps identified:
1) Evaluate and modify labour and economic policies in Alberta that affect undocumented migrants, such that these health disparities are decreased.
2) Assess different models of heal...
Community organizations: n/a
Key findings:
Immigrant and racialized women are over-represented among health care aids in long term care.
COVID-19 has exacerbated preexisting economic and social exclusion of immigrant health care aides employed in long term care.
Addressing intersectional inequalities experien...
Community organizations: n/a
Future research / gaps identified:
Future research: Continue to analyze healthcare access and health disparities between Albertans born inside or outside of Canada as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gaps: The survey only collected data from a snapshot in time, and the survey result...
Community organizations: N/A
Future research / gaps identified:
Future research should enhance these findings by specifically focusing on:
1) Mental healthcare barriers and facilitators for immigrant patients
2) Why immigrant patients delay seeking care
3) Exploring various subgroups within the immigrant population...
Future research / gaps identified:
This initial survey was only carried out by IFSSA with their clients. IFSSA hopes to expand this research to the overall social services sector in Edmonton who serve the Muslim community.
Integration timeline: not defined
Key populations: the Islamic community in Edmonton
Commun...