Knowledge Mobilization for Settlement

Articles, webinar recordings, thoughts, research summaries, and good ideas in settlement and inclusion.
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Most Recent Blog Posts

Woman sitting in front of laptop looking confused with hands thrown into the air, with text overlaid on image that reads The IRCC CFP is actually here, are you ready?
The IRCC CFP is actually here, are you ready?
Posted on: November 20, 2023
You probably already know that IRCC has launched their national Call for Proposals. My advice is to start diving in now, and to quickly look at the upcoming IRCC information webinar sessions, because they start this week. There are some significant changes this year, so be sure to read the How to use the funding guidelines page.
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WES Weekly Roundup November 16, 2023
By: WES
Posted on: November 16, 2023
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Gaza evacuees in Canada will need mental-health, housing supports: refugee council, Ontario to ban employers from requiring Canadian work experience in job postings, Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Ontario and its Major Cities.
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2023 Settlement Outcomes Report
Posted on: November 10, 2023
Following the first Settlement Outcomes Highlights Report published in 2021, this report represents the second publication by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that provides a high-level analysis and summary of the newcomer settlement experience for clients of IRCC’s Settlement Program.
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Most Recent Publications

South Asian man and woman sitting together looking at smartphone, with text overlaid on image that reads The Digital Leisure Divide and the Forcibly Displaced - Part 1: Desk Research (2022)
The Digital Leisure Divide and the Forcibly Displaced - Part 1: Desk Research (2022)
Posted on: November 7, 2023
In this report authors document the evidence on digital leisure in the forced displacement context, highlighting issues unique to it. They outline the main uses and potential benefits of digital leisure in refugee contexts.
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The Digital Leisure Divide and the Forcibly Displaced - Part 2: Field Research (2023)
Posted on: November 7, 2023
In this report authors document the evidence on digital leisure in the forced displacement context, highlighting issues unique to that context. This report is a continuation of the desk review, and provides evidence from fieldwork carried out in two refugee shelters in the city of Boa Vista, Brazil – Rondon III and September 13 – at the end of 2021. The report focuses on the main uses and potential benefits of digital leisure in refugee contexts.
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Standards for Technology in Social Work Practice (2017)
Posted on: November 7, 2023
Standards for Technology in Social Work Practice was issued to address the intersections of professional social work practice and technology. While a U.S. document, it is very applicable to the Canadian context, including the work Immigrant and Refugee-serving organizations do.
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Most Recent Good Ideas in Settlement & Inclusion

Shared Digital Guides - nonprofits share how they use digital tools to run their services and operations
Practitioners:
Posted on: November 7, 2023
Shared Digital Guides is a Catalyst initiative, contributed by CAST in the UK. Organizations share guides to how they use digital tools to run their services and operations. Even better, you can to copy, replicate, and learn from what they've done.
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Serving international students almost seamlessly in a sector that's typically told not to
Practitioners:
Posted on: August 1, 2023
International Student Connect provides International Students with an authoritative information source along with connections in their community where they can get needed help and support. That alone makes it useful. But it is its first steps towards seamless information delivery in our sector that makes it very promising.
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Evaluating your hybrid services, there's a toolkit for that
Posted on: May 29, 2023
The YMCA of the National Capital Region’s project, Wired: Evaluating Settlement Online (WESO), is a research-based program that addresses the challenges/barriers that service providers and newcomer clients face in delivering/using remote and hybrid services. The project is uncovering evidence-based practices that Settlement Service Provider Organizations (SPOs) find promising in delivering remote/hybrid services and engaging clients, creating a toolkit/framework and resources for SPOs to evaluate the effectiveness of your service delivery and adapt your models accordingly to improve services, and creating a network of knowledge and promising practice sharing.
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