Atlantic SPOs Data Workshop, 2022Go to: Workshop RecordingsSummaryOn October 7th, 2022, CYRRC partnered with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) and the Atlantic Region Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (ARAISA) to host a workshop aimed at building the capacity of Service Provider Organizations (SPOs) to access and use data from the Longitudinal Immigration [...]
Mental Health and Help-Seeking among Refugee Children and Families in Hamilton, OntarioResearchers: Amanda Sim1, Kathy Georgiades1, Afreen Ahmad1, Lina Hammad1, Sara Omar1, Rula Karam1, Yasmine Shalaby1, Rashed Afif2, Marion Trent-Kratz3, Eve Puffer4, Aroub Soubh5, Becky Katz6, Colina Maxwell6, Sarah Wayland7Affiliation: Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University1, Wesley Urban Ministries2, Children’s Services and Neighbourhood Development, City of [...]
Western SPOs Data Workshop, 2021 Go to: Workshop Recordings, FAQs Summary On June 22nd and 24th, 2021, CYRRC partnered with Western SPO umbrellas – AAISA, AMSSA, MANSO, and SAISIA to host workshops on refugee mobility and retention rates and economic outcomes. The objective of these workshops was to build the capacity of Service Provider Organizations [...]
Participatory Visual Methodologies in Mental Health Promotion Research with Refugee Youth who have Experiences of Gender-based Violence: A Scoping ReviewResearchers: Dillion Browne1, Busra Yalcinoz-Ucan1, Laura Zilney2, Claudia Mitchell3, Prof. Carla Rice4, Prof. Hande Eslen-Ziya5, Dr. Jean de Dieu Basabose1, Tim Ireland6, Agnes Zientarska-Kayko6Affiliations: Whole Family Laboratory, University of Waterloo1, Hope 24/72, McGill University3, University of [...]
Mobilizing Innovative Models in Early Childhood Education and Care for Newcomer Families and ChildrenResearchers: Jessie-Lee McIsaac1, Nahal Fakhari1, Milena Pimentel1, Nickolas Hickens1, Heather Podanovitch1, Emma Coughlan1, Nabiha Atallah1, Gina Moynan2, Tayitu Sebsibie2Affiliation: Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre (ECCRC) Mount Saint Vincent University1, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)2Research Partner: ISANSKeywords: Early learning, child care, [...]
Implementing Research on the Impact of Social Isolation on Refugee Children and Youth: Their Resilience and Coping MechanismsResearchers: Akm Alamgir1, 2, Christopher Kyriakides2, Andrew Johnson3, Abeshu Gemechu2Affiliations: Access Alliance1, York University2, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)3Research Partner: Access Alliance, CAMHKeywords: refugee children, refugee youth, social isolation, COVID-19, lockdown, mental health, wellbeing, resilience, coping [...]
Promoting Home Languages to Foster Preschoolers’ Sense of Identity and WellbeingResearchers: Andrea MacLeod1, Catrine Demers1, Diane Pesco2, Rabia Sabah Meziane3, Yvonne Chiu4, Naheed Mukhi4, Negin Yousefi1Affiliations: University of Alberta1, Multicultural Health Brokers4Research Partner: Multicultural Health BrokersKeywords: Multilingual, refugee, children, parent, minoritized language, well-being, identity, preschool, language intervention, mixed methodsJump to: Methodology, FindingsSummaryOverview: This study implemented a dual-language [...]
Enhancing Cultural Literacy to Improve Refugee Mental Health Services: An Innovative Educational Initiative for Supporting Culturally Appropriate Service Provision in the Waterloo RegionResearchers: Jean de Dieu Basabose1, Dillion Browne1Affiliations: University of Waterloo1Research Partner: Community Healthcare Kitchener-Waterloo Refugee HealthKeywords: Refugees, newcomers, cultural literacy, mental health service providers, culturally appropriate services, intervention, e-learning, Waterloo Region, community-based research, [...]
Support for Refugee Families in Waterloo Region in Managing Conflict and Addressing Domestic Violence: Towards an Interculturally Integrated Approach to Family Conflict ManagementResearchers: Jean de Dieu Basabose1, Dillion Browne1Affiliations: University of Waterloo1Keywords: Refugee families, domestic violence, family conflict, culturally integrated approach, Waterloo Region, intervention, qualitative methodologyJump to: Full infographic, Methodology, Findings, RecommendationsSummaryOverview: This study sought [...]
Experiences of Refugee Youth and Families in Hard-to-Survey AreasResearchers: Howard Ramos1, Steffen Pötzschke2, Débora Maehler2, Hongshu Wang1, Matthew Arkinstall1, Yin Fan2Affiliation: Western University2, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Science2Keywords: Social media, refugees, youth and families, small cities, social and cultural integration, settlement, quantitative methodologyJump to: Methodology, FindingsSummaryOverview: This study explored refugee settlement and integration in [...]
