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Mobilizing Knowledge on Newcomers Symposium 2023

October 6, 2023

The Newcomer Research Network hosted the Mobilizing Knowledge on Newcomers Symposium on October 6, 2023, facilitating exchange of knowledge among newcomer serving sectors in Canada.

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About the symposium

This October 6th, the Newcomer Research Network (NRN) at the University of Calgary organized a one-day symposium highlighting community-engaged research and innovative service delivery with newcomers. This offered an opportunity to exchange knowledge among newcomer serving sectors in Canada. The symposium featured a keynote presentation, oral presentations from community members, newcomer service providers, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders, and workshops to explore future research collaboration and engagement. Students and community scholars shared their work during the poster session.

The presentations focused on the following four themes:

  • Resettlement and integration
  • Social and health care
  • Education
  • Grassroots community engagement

Venue:

The Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre

1316 33 Street NE

Calgary, AB

 

Program and Abstract Book is available now!

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Oral Presentations

  1. Spreading the Words: Promote multiculturalism through innovative community engagement activities
  2. Voices and Images of Migration
  3. Place-Based Trauma and Recovery: Navigating Emotional Landscapes Amidst Sudden Environmental Shifts
  4. Racialized Communities, Equity and Precision Medicine in Canada
  5. Development of Professional Relationships in RISE for Health and Wellness
  6. Developing a Toolkit for Hybrid Instruction for Adult Newcomer Literacy Learners: A Participatory Research Approach
  7. Community Connectors as Channel to Equitable Integration
  8. The Journeys of Immigrant Seniors
  9. Digital literacy for South Asian seniors: Experience of working with Bangladeshi community
  10. (Re)Imagining Inclusion: Community-based art project to create an environment for immigrant artists
  11. Community Centered Approaches to Inclusive Public Safety Design
  12. Exploring a mixed format approach to RISE for Health and Wellness for Immigrant and Refugee High School Students
  13. Creating better physical activity opportunities for newcomer children and youth: Overview of activities to strengthen Community-Academic Partnerships
  14. Healthcare Navigation in Alberta: How can we employ International Medical Graduates to improve healthcare access and utilization
  15. Supporting Newcomers Beyond Settlement: A BIPOC-led Strategy
  16. Using Data for Strategic Partner Outreach in the Newcomer Serving Sector
  17. Belongingness of Newcomers Through Community Engagements: A Racialized Woman’s Experiences
  18. Models of COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery for Refugees
  19. Patient Engagement: How it can help immigrant women navigate their healthcare in Canada.
  20. Empowering seniors for quality life (ESQ)
  21. Mindfulness for Social Recovery and Wellbeing of Immigrant Women
  22. Professional Immigrants: Confronting Multiple Barriers to Canadian Employment Opportunities
  23. Grassroots Community Engagement: ActionDignity’s Platform Strategy
  24. Ethics of disabled refugees
  25. Building Capacity for Community Engagement in the Research Ethics Process
  26. Introducing "The Seeker": Bridging Service and Information Gaps for Professional Immigrants
  27. Community Belonging: Challenges and Opportunities for Newcomers
  28. Mapping Experiences of (Un)Safety Amongst LGBTQ+ Newcomers
  29. Establishing a Standardized Process for Obtaining Research Consent at a Sectoral Level
  30. The Construction of Refugees in the Canadian News Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Poster presentations

  1. Understanding Ethnic Differences in the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Among Immigrants in Canada: A Scoping Review
  2. Caregiving practices of older persons in Africa: a scoping review for transformative social work practice.
  3. My Voices Heard: Participatory Action Research to Community Engagement of the Immigrant Seniors
  4. Adapting Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography for Different Newcomer Groups
  5. The Influence of the Neighbourhood Built Environment on Leisure and Transportation Physical Activity among Canadian-born, and Recent and Established Immigrants to Canada: A Cross-sectional Study
  6. Perceived Barriers and Unmet Primary Healthcare Access Needs of Iranian Immigrant Women in Canada
  7. Collaborative Priority Setting for Enhancing Primary Health Care Access among the Nepalese Community in Canada
  8. Navigating the Alberta Health Care System: Pamphlets for Newcomers
  9. Patient-reported primary health care experiences in Canada: the challenges faced by Nepalese immigrant men
  10. Equitable Access Challenges for Primary Healthcare Faced by Egyptian Immigrant Women in Canada
  11. Grassroots Community Engagement: A Collaborative Approach for Mitigating Senior Isolation in Bangladeshi Community in Edmonton
  12. Delay in Accessing Primary Health Care and its impacts among Nepalese Immigrants population in Canada
  13. Contributions to Community Health and Wellness: An Exploratory Study on International Medical Graduates Pursuing Alternate Careers
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