A study of newcomer Latin American and Black Caribbean parents in Ontario schools found many parents felt excluded from processes surrounding assessments for their child’s learning needs.
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Canada is counting on immigrants to drive economic growth. Smaller urban communities can help take pressure off Canada’s most heavily populated regions by attracting and retaining newcomers.
Addressing the housing issue by adopting a human right framework put Canada on an accelerated path to meet newcomer families’ housing needs.
Newcomers need settlement services to learn about life in Canada. Settlement agencies need to use online channels and communicate existing online services to help newcomers before they arrive.
The difference in responses to tragedies reflects how immigrants are valued by their potential benefit to Canadian society, but this is not the only way to think about their worth as human beings.
Immigrants and other newcomers to Canada are worried about maintaining their relationships and staying afloat, and need government consideration and support.
How to support students from diverse backgrounds to appreciate the inherent value of engaging one another in close friendships remains a question for educators.
Many Canadians have volunteered to help newcomers adjust to society. This board game was developed to help these volunteers understand what it feels like to enter a new country and build a new life.
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Doctoral Researcher, Specialist in Immigration, Integration, and Language Learning, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Sociology, University of New Brunswick
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Associate Professor and Director of Research in Chinese Mental Health, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor, Social Work, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Geography and Environmental studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Geography, McMaster University
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Senior Research Associate, CERC Migration Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
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PhD Candidate, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University
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Research Associate, Department of History, University of New Brunswick
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Associate Professor, The Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University
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Assistant Professor, Global Health, Department of Medicine, McMaster University
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Associate Vice-President, Global Health, McMaster University
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Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Social Work and the Immigration and Settlement (ISS) Graduate Program and Graduate Program Director, Toronto Metropolitan University
