Community organizations
Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration (POEA)
Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)
Gaps identified
NA
Key recommendations
Developing more gender-neutral pre-arrival services to provide a better integrative approach for inclusion in Canada, where both males and females are given...
Key recommendations
Maintain a blended form of service delivery, offering both online and in-person options for clients
Use ongoing feedback to determine impacts of each type of service delivery
Key findings
Compared to before restrictions, 11% more clients used online therapy delivery.
76% of clients neede...
Open-access – Yes
Pdf
Key populations
community partners and staff of BCIS/FCIS/ RVIS/WCIS; newcomers living in Southern Alberta
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
NA
Key recommendations
Continue to provide services and supports for newcomers in rural Sout...
Community organizations
NA
Location
Alberta
Key recommendations
Need for systemic changes to immigration policy to address the transition from TFW status to living without status in Canada
Need to address the issue of human trafficking for the purposes of labour in Canada
Creating better avenues for recourse...
Open-access – Yes
Location
Chestermere
Alberta
Key recommendations
Collaborate with service groups for newcomers
More education surrounding mental health and cultural sensitivity in healthcare
Increase education on DEI elements, and on racism
Key populations
Newcomers
Key findings
Though serv...
Open-access – Yes
Location
Hanna
Alberta
Key recommendations
Start conversations about diversity and inclusion
Conduct education campaigns about newcomers, in order to spread awareness
Create a community ambassador program for newcomers
Key populations
Newcomers
Key findings
There is a “welco...
Key populations
NA
Open-access – Yes
https://aaisa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Alberta-Settlement-and-Integration-Sector-Survey-2021-EN.pdf
Key recommendations
NA
Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
Community organizations
43 agencies
Location
NA
Key...
Gaps identified
Lack of consideration for gender-specific support services
Community organizations
Central Alberta Immigrant Women’s Association (CAIWA)
Key recommendations
Policymakers need to pay closer attention to differences between settlement locations and how they impact the different gender groups;
Transpor...
Key populations
Staff, Committee members, and project participants of “Welcoming Claresholm” Settlement, Integration, and Language Project (SILP)
Key recommendations
Continue the project
Key findings
The Welcoming Claresholm Settlement, Integration, and Language Project (SILP) made significant progress toward and c...
Key findings
Gender intersects across migration, religion, and cultural practices to revictimize SA women
Professionals and SA community members silence women and perpetuate abuse
Domestic violence is not always between intimate partner relationship; sometimes it is between extended family, or in-laws. The perpet...