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Mobilizing Knowledge on Newcomers Symposium 2019
October 18, 2019
The Mobilizing Knowledge on Newcomers Symposium brought together nearly 200 registrants from a range of sectors to share insights on challenges, best practices and plans for future collaborations. Presentations, which fell into four main categories - social care, education, healthcare, and grassroots community engagement - were incredibly insightful and thought provoking. The day's final event, a roundtable discussion, set the stage for establishing a research agenda for future knowledge engagement activities and research partnerships.
This Symposium was generously supported by the following:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies
- Calgary Local Immigration Partnership
- Immigrant Services Calgary
- Newcomer Research Network at the University of Calgary
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Presentations
- The NewHITES Community-Based Research Team
- Using Child Language Brokering as a Tool to Mitigate Intergenerational Discrepancy in Acculturation Within Immigrant Families in Canada: A Literature Review and Research Direction for Potential Intervention
- Perceived sense of control, power, and capacity in civic participation of aging immigrants in Edmonton, Canada
- Developing and Maintaining Engagement with Communities
- Evaluation of an English and Skills Training Program for Newcomers with Low Language and Complex Barriers
- Review of the Edmonton Police's Strategy for Engaging Emerging Communities
- The Career Transition Program for IMGs
- Undergraduate Student's Awareness of University of Calgary Community Engagement Inititatives
- Working together with newcomers to connect collaborate and contribute for shared prosperity
- Making a knowledge translation platform through the leadership of a student organization to enhance immigrant community engagement with the university