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CYRRC is committed to sharing research findings in a variety of formats to appeal to academic and non-academic audiences. Below, you can access products from all our completed research projects. This page is updated continually so please check back periodically for updates. Wherever possible, we provide four products for each project. Each type of product provides a different level of detail:

Research reports –provides the greatest level of detail about the research background, methodology, findings & recommendations

Executive summary –summarizes key findings, methodology and recommendations of the research into 2-3 pages

Infographics –distills key findings the research into a one-page visual depiction, and include key recommendations

Publications – links to publications associated with the research (where available)

Project TitleLead ResearcherPartnerResearch ReportExecutive Summary InfographicPublicationCluster
COVID-19 and Refugee Families in Montreal: Strategies for Reaching Hard-to-reach Populations in Health EmergenciesNicole IvesMontreal City MissionCOVID-19
Communicating Through COVID-19: Experiences of Multilingual Families with Refugees ExperienceAndrea MacLeodMulticultural Health Brokers, EdmontonN/ACOVID-19
Newcomer Refugee and Immigrant Youth’s Experience with COVID-19Reza NakhaieYMCA of Western OntarioN/A2022a,
2022b
COVID-19
Weathering the Storm: How African Families with Refugee Backgrounds Coped with Online Schooling during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 PandemicStacey Wilson-ForsbergAdventure 4 Change (A4C)N/AN/ACOVID-19
Language and Literacy Development of Syrian Refugee Children and Arabic-Speaking Immigrant Children: A ComparisonXi (Becky) ChenN/A2022Language & Learning
Refugee youth and interrupted schooling: Economic and social implicationsSusan M BrighamImmigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)N/AN/ASocio-Economic
Pathways of Youth with Refugee Experience in Nova ScotiaIfeyinwa MbakoguImmigrant Services Association of Nova ScotiaN/AN/ASocio Economic
Family Contexts of Migrant Children: Language and Other Socioeconomic InequalitiesMonica BoydN/AN/AN/ALanguage & Learning
Mobilizing Innovative Models in Early Childhood Education and Care for Newcomer Families and ChildrenJessie-Lee McIsaacImmigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)N/ALanguage & Learning
School-Work Transition Barriers for Newcomer YouthErika GobleAlberta Somali Community CentreN/AN/ASocio-economic
Immigrant and Refugee Settlement in Canada: Trends in Federal FundingDominique ClémentAlberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AISSA)

N/A
Socio-economic
'Ethnocultural Communities’ Role in Supporting Newcomers to WinnipegRay Silvius

Immigration Partnership Winnipeg,

N/A
Socio-economic
The Impacts of Literacy and Numeracy on Earnings: Do Admission Categories Matter?Richard E. MuellerCalgary Catholic Immigration Society

N/A
Socio-economic
Refugee Youth in Western Canadian Cities: Perception of, Identification with, and Affinity to CanadaJoseph GarceaUniversity of Saskatchewan

N/AIntegration
Youth Newcomers' Educational ResistanceReza NakhaieYMCA, Western Ontario

N/ASocio-economic
Exploring belonging: Experiences of refugee children and families in a Montreal recreational setting

Nicole Ives

Montreal City Mission

N/AIntegration
A Retrospective Look: The Social and Economic Integration of the Vietnamese Refugee Youth and the Second Generation in Contemporary Canada

Monica Boyd

N/AN/A

2020Socio-economic
A Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Syrian Refugee Children with Interrupted Schooling: Targeting Math Vocabulary and Associated Number Sense Skills

Esther Geva

N/A

N/ALanguage & Learning
The Effect of a Dual-language Stimulation Program for Refugee Children

Andrea MacLeod

N/AN/A

2020a, 2020bLanguage & Learning
Supported Transitions: Effective Educational Approaches for Older Refugee Youth with Interrupted Schooling

Ray Silvius

Newcomer Education Coalition (NEC), Immigration Partnership Winnipeg (IPW), Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations (MANSO), and Community Engaged Research on Immigration Network

N/ALanguage & Learning
Specific Needs in Literacy and Language Learning of Syrian Refugee Children in Germany and Canada

Becky Xi Chen

N/AN/A2020Language & Learning
Successes and Challenges of Children who are Syrian Refugees: Language, Literacy, and Well-being

Johanne Paradis

NorQuest CollegeN/A

2020a, 2020b, 2017
Language & Learning
Refugee Reception and Perception in Germany and Canada

Elke Winter

N/AN/A

2018Integration
Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Refugee Newcomer Families in Waterloo Region

Dillon Browne

Sanctuary Refugee Health CentreN/A

2020a, 2020b, 2020c

Wellbeing
Safe Spaces: Youth with Refugee Experience and Their Parents Harnessing Resilience

Susan Brigham

Syrian Canadian Foundation
N/A

N/AWellbeing

Akm Alamgir 

Access Alliance, OCASI, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT), Across Boundaries, FCJ Refugee CentreN/A

2020
2021a
2021b

Wellbeing

An Exploration of Integration Journeys and Well-being:
A YPAR Project with Syrian Refugee Youth

Abe Oudshoorn

MRCSSI
N/A

2021Integration

Flash Forward Photovoice

Dr. April Mandrona

Syrian Canadian Foundation
2021

N/AArts-based Research
Syrian Refugee Children’s Representations of their Memories of Syria, a Transition Country, and Early Days in Canada

Mehrunnisa Ali

N/A
N/A

2020Arts-based Research
Mental Health and Help-Seeking among Refugee Children and Families in Hamilton, Ontario

Amanda Sim

Wesley Urban Ministries, Centre3 for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton Immigration and Partnership Council, and Children’s Services and Neighbourhood Development, City of HamiltonN/A

2023a,
2023b

Wellbeing
Well-Being and Learning: Processes of Resilience in Refugee Children

Jennifer Jenkins

N/AN/A

2022

Wellbeing

The Labour Market Vulnerabilities of Refugees in Canada: Impacts of Entry Programs

Dr. Monica Boyd

N/A
N/A

N/ASocio-economic

Analysis of LINC Students’ Career Goals Pathways

Lisa Rochman

NorQuest College
N/A

N/ASocio-economic

Developing Skills, Building Relationships: The Social and Employment Outcomes of ISANS’ Immigrant Youth Employability Program

Catherine Bryan

ISANS2019

N/ASocio-economic