“The findings are based on a two week rolling average of groups identifying as visible minority, conducted by Leger in partnership with the Association for Canadian Studies with a total sample for the two weeks exceeding 3700 Canadians, 18 years of age or older and collected via an online panel between March 27 and March…
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Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) | Association d’études canadiennes (AEC) ACS-Metropolis & World Education Services (WES) – Mariam Assefa Fund Published online August 12, 2021 | Publié en ligne le 12 août 2021 Background | Contexte “The newcomer and SPO surveys were conducted between May and June of 2021 and include responses from 1,017 participants in total. The objective of these surveys was…
Read More...The Brandon University Centre for Aboriginal and Rural Education Studies (BUCARES) is established in 2008, and its role is to promote and facilitate research activities that are of interest to rural, northern, and Indigenous communities, school divisions, and related organizations. The “Real Change” film project was part of a research project in Manitoba, by Michelle…
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In consultation with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and various LINC- provider institutions in Western Canada, NorQuest College conducted a study to identify the challenges and impacts of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) of LINC classes during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Surveys were developed with the aim of examining students’ and instructors’ experiences with online/remote delivery…
Read More...This free e-book looks at relationship violence within the context of COVID-19. It also specifically focuses on violence in Indigenous communities, refugee/immigrant communities, LGBQT2S1A+ relationships, post-secondary institutions and the workplace.
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ABSTRACT In 2017, Canada resettled 1,215 Yazidis (IRCC personal communication) refugees who have experienced extreme violence, torture, and displacement at rates that astonished the international community. Early reports from settlement agencies in Canada reveal that the high degree of trauma Yazidis have experienced has made their resettlement and integration very difficult. Almost all the Yazidis…
Read More...“Fostering Safe Spaces for Dialogue and Relationship-Building Between Newcomers and Indigenous Peoples” report, by the Immigration Partnership Winnipeg (IPW), has been launched. The main recommendation is to provide an orientation tool kit that contains information about Indigenous history and culture, and treaties, while facilitating discussions about stereotypes, telling positive stories about Indigenous communities and listing…
Read More...The Migration 2030 conference took place on February 20 and 21, 2020. The conference launched Ryerson’s Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration into a critical conversation on the outlook for migration for the next decade. Over the two days, participants examined the challenges and concerns surrounding the governance of migration in Canada…
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In 2018, PeaceGeeks received funding from IRCC to develop a vision and action plan for exploring how technology and innovation can best facilitate settlement outcomes for supporting newcomers. The intent is to provide a strategy for a brighter future for the sector that prioritizes empowering newcomers to be agents in their own settlement journey and…
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This is a Master thesis project by Jonathan Worae on international students’ experiences and challenges during their studies at the University of Manitoba. This thesis is submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies of The University of Manitoba in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology and Criminology…
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