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: n/a
Key recommendations:
Expand the gardening space and create new community gardens for more newcomers.
Alter policies that allocate most of the produce to the food bank, such that the newcomer gardeners themselves can take home more of their harvest.
Provide formal recognition for vol...
Key findings
Key populations
Newcomer and refugee youth in Calgary
Key recommendations
Location
Calgary
Alberta
Open access: Yes
Community organizations
WinSport
Future research/gaps identified
Integration timeline
Newcomers in general
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...
Community organizations:
1) William Lutsky Family YMCA
2) Crystal Kids Youth Centre
3) Metro Athletics Edmonton
4) Mother Margaret Mary High School
5) True Blue Swim School
6) Edmonton Youth Basketball Association
7) Kate Chegwin School
8) Mill Woods Recreation Centre
Future research / gaps identified: Qualitative d...
Future research / gaps identified:
Expand studies on the relationship between pain and physical activity for this population
Integration timeline: first generation immigrants (not otherwise defined)
Key findings:
Pain was a strong barrier to participating in physical activity
The acculturation process can affec...
Community organizations: n/a
Future research / gaps identified:
Expand research to include Arab immigrants in different locations and of different age groups
Integration timeline: newcomers not defined
Open access: No
Key findings:
1) Increased leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) was associated with i) high...
