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.
About the symposium
°Õ³ó¾±²õÌýOctober 6th,Ìý³Ù³ó±ðÌýNewcomer Research Network (NRN)Ìýat the Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà 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
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Program and Abstract Book is available now!
Oral Presentations
- Spreading the Words: Promote multiculturalism through innovative community engagement activities
- Place-Based Trauma and Recovery: Navigating Emotional Landscapes Amidst Sudden Environmental Shifts
- Racialized Communities, Equity and Precision Medicine in Canada
- Development of Professional Relationships in RISE for Health and Wellness
- Developing a Toolkit for Hybrid Instruction for Adult Newcomer Literacy Learners: A Participatory Research Approach
- Community Connectors as Channel to Equitable Integration
- The Journeys of Immigrant Seniors
- Digital literacy for South Asian seniors: Experience of working with Bangladeshi community
- (Re)Imagining Inclusion: Community-based art project to create an environment for immigrant artists
- Community Centered Approaches to Inclusive Public Safety Design
- Exploring a mixed format approach to RISE for Health and Wellness for Immigrant and Refugee High School Students
- Creating better physical activity opportunities for newcomer children and youth: Overview of activities to strengthen Community-Academic Partnerships
- Healthcare Navigation in Alberta: How can we employ International Medical Graduates to improve healthcare access and utilization
- Supporting Newcomers Beyond Settlement: A BIPOC-led Strategy
- Using Data for Strategic Partner Outreach in the Newcomer Serving Sector
- Belongingness of Newcomers Through Community Engagements: A Racialized Woman’s Experiences
- Models of COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery for Refugees
- Patient Engagement: How it can help immigrant women navigate their healthcare in Canada.
- Empowering seniors for quality life (ESQ)
- Mindfulness for Social Recovery and Wellbeing of Immigrant Women
- Professional Immigrants: Confronting Multiple Barriers to Canadian Employment Opportunities
- Grassroots Community Engagement: ActionDignity’s Platform Strategy
- Ethics of disabled refugees
- Building Capacity for Community Engagement in the Research Ethics Process
- Introducing "The Seeker": Bridging Service and Information Gaps for Professional Immigrants
- Community Belonging: Challenges and Opportunities for Newcomers
- Mapping Experiences of (Un)Safety Amongst LGBTQ+ Newcomers
- Establishing a Standardized Process for Obtaining Research Consent at a Sectoral Level
- The Construction of Refugees in the Canadian News Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Poster presentations
- Understanding Ethnic Differences in the Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Among Immigrants in Canada: A Scoping Review
- Caregiving practices of older persons in Africa: a scoping review for transformative social work practice.
- My Voices Heard: Participatory Action Research to Community Engagement of the Immigrant Seniors
- Adapting Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography for Different Newcomer Groups
- 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
- Perceived Barriers and Unmet Primary Healthcare Access Needs of Iranian Immigrant Women in Canada
- Collaborative Priority Setting for Enhancing Primary Health Care Access among the Nepalese Community in Canada
- Navigating the Alberta Health Care System: Pamphlets for Newcomers
- Patient-reported primary health care experiences in Canada: the challenges faced by Nepalese immigrant men
- Equitable Access Challenges for Primary Healthcare Faced by Egyptian Immigrant Women in Canada
- Grassroots Community Engagement: A Collaborative Approach for Mitigating Senior Isolation in Bangladeshi Community in Edmonton
- Delay in Accessing Primary Health Care and its impacts among Nepalese Immigrants population in Canada
- Contributions to Community Health and Wellness: An Exploratory Study on International Medical Graduates Pursuing Alternate Careers
