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TEAM SYRIA: THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Promoting Language, Literacy And Well-Being Of Syrian Refugee Children Through Summer Camps

Microassaults: A Preliminary Examination Of Racism As Experienced By Refugee Youth Living In St. John’s And Hamilton

Refugee Children And Families In The Canadian Context

Mental Health Counselling For Refugee Youth: Issues And Good Practices

Public Perceptions on Radicalization to Violence & Resilience in Canada

Rest of Canada on Constitutional Change and Pride in Country: 50 Years after De Gaulle

Canada 1967 and 2017

The Lucky and Unlucky SevenLongest Serving Prime Ministers of Canada

Tracking Interregional Mobility Among Recently Arrived Refugees In Canada

Challenges And Policy Implications In Finding Housing For Refugee Newcomers: Learning From The Syrian Resettlement Operation

Is There A Terrorist Threat To Canada From Syrian Refugees?

Supporting Refugee Women: Barriers And Opportunities In Language And Settlement Programs, Policies And Research

“Sending Our Petitions To God”: Nigerian Immigrant Healthcare Worker Settlement, Gender And The Role Of Religious Networks

Towards The Development Of A Responsive English Language Program For Refugee Women And Families

Tracing Gendered Practices In Social Media Use Among Syrian Refugee Youth In Ottawa, Canada

In The Shadow Of Preferred Immigrants: Accompanying Partners Of International Students

Beyond Tokenism: Translating Canada’s Commitment To Gender-Based Analysis + Into The Development Of Immigration Programs And Practices That Are Responsive To The Needs Of Marginalized Migrant Live-In Caregivers

Supporting Educational Learning and Training for Low Literacy Immigrant Women: A Partnership Approach Between the Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association and Bow Valley College

Immigrant and refugee women with limited or interrupted education face a range of challenges to full participation and integration into Canadian society, including longer times to learn Canada’s official languages and barriers to employment. This necessitates a broad array of immigrant bridging programs that immigrant and refugee women can avail and that are customized and tailored to their specific needs. The Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) in partnership with the Bow Valley College (BVC) developed one such program to assist low literacy women transition to the Canadian workplace as Child Development Assistants in the child care field. This article presents the model upon which this program is based and outlines key aspects that led to average employability rate of 93 % among its clients.

Our Immigration Saga: Canada @150

I Hear it but I don’t see it: assessing Prejudice and its manifestation in Quebec

Canadian Views of Americans and their President

Employment Pathways For Refugees: An Approach For Overcoming Barriers For Government-Assisted Refugees In Ontario

“Can I Help You?” Taking Seriously Consumer Racial Profiling In Ontario's Retail Sector