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A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Accessing and Participating in Healthcare of Syrian Women who Arrived in Canada as Refugees
DownloadFall 2022
Gaps in healthcare exist for newcomers, with many experiencing poor quality healthcare compared to the general population. Immigrant and refugee women are particularly disadvantaged and often experience unmet health needs. Despite this, there is a lack of research inquiring into the experiences...
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A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Syrian Refugee Families with Children Living with Disabilities
DownloadSpring 2022
Children with disabilities are among the most at-risk groups for marginalization due to compounded disadvantages from the intersection of risk factors such as refugee status and disability status. Despite this high risk, there is no systematic data collected on this group and scant literature on...
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Bridging the gap: Educational cultural brokers supporting the mental health of refugee youth
DownloadFall 2010
Refugee youth are identified as a high risk group due to the likelihood of exposure to trauma (UNICEF, 1996) and frequent reports of anxiety, depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD)(Ellis, MacDonald, Lincoln, & Cabral, 2008). However they tend to underutilize mental health...
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Guide to Program StimuLER: A community based program to support development of languages spoken by children who are refugees and immigrants
Download2020-03-01
Jaber, Manar, Pesco, Diane, Meziane, R. Sabah, MacLeod, Andrea A.N.
StimuLER is a program that aims to support children who are refugees in the acquisition of their first language and the learning of their second language, be it English or French (the name, StimuLER, reflects the French verb "to stimulate" and integrates a French acronym for the language of...
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Social, Emotional, and Academic Adjustment of Newcomer Syrian Refugee Children Within the School Context
DownloadFall 2018
The conflict in Syria has now reached its seventh year (UNHCR, 2018b) and has been the greatest producer of refugees internationally (United Nations, n.d.). Given the state of this crisis, 52, 720 Syrian refugees were admitted to Canada between November 2015 and March 2018 (Immigration, Refugees...