COVID-19 and digital humanitarian action - Trends, risks and the path forward (2021)
Published on: August 20, 2021
The goal of this report is to look at how the Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation (M4H) portfolio shifted or maintained services in humanitarian contexts using mobile technology, and how MNOs engaged in this process. It also explores current trends in digital humanitarian programming.
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The Role of Information in the Settlement Experiences of Refugee Students (2016)
Published on: August 20, 2021
This exploratory pilot study is the beginning of a project to evaluate, designe and reconfigure information sources and how they are delivered to facilitate essential information practices that aid the settlement process.
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Sharpening our public health lens: advancing im/migrant health equity during COVID-19 and beyond (2021)
Published on: August 20, 2021
Differential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought deeply rooted inequities to the forefront, where increasing evidence has shown that racialized immigrant and migrant (im/migrant) populations face a disproportionate burden of COVID-19. This commentary aims to highlight the need for public health and clinical training, research, and policy to thoughtfully prioritize im/migrant health equity during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Make or Break - How middle managers and executives can build immigrant-inclusive teams (2021)
Published on: August 20, 2021
This study looks at how executives can support middle management to be more inclusive – and what middle managers can do to pave the way for immigrant success in their teams.
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Improving refugee integration through data-driven algorithmic assignment (2018)
Published on: August 20, 2021
The authors developed a flexible data-driven algorithm that assigns refugees across resettlement locations to improve integration outcomes.The algorithm uses a combination of supervised machine learning and optimal matching to discover and leverage synergies between refugee characteristics and resettlement sites.
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Supporting Canada’s COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery Through Robust Immigration Policy and Programs (2021)
Published on: August 20, 2021
The importance of immigration for Canada will continue to grow and be an integral component of the country’s post-COVID-19 recovery. To succeed, it is essential to take stock, to re-evaluate Canada’s immigration and integration policies and programs, and to expand Canada’s global leadership in this area.
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Why Migrants Stay in Small and Mid-Sized Canadian Cities: Towards a New Analytical Framework Using a Life Course Approach (2020)
Published on: August 20, 2021
This paper proposes an analytical framework to study immobility that centres migrants’ lived experiences and aspirations, using a life-course approach. The author argues that, asking why migrants stay, as opposed to why they leave, allows migration researchers to better understand the nuanced ways in which migrants form decisions to move to, stay in, build their lives in specific cities over time, in destination countries.
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Teaching in COVID-19 Times: Challenges, innovations, solutions, and opportunities (2021)
Published on: August 20, 2021
Based on research presented at the TESL Ontario Conference in November 2020, the authors examine here the challenges, innovations, solutions, and opportunities in education that have grown out of the sudden disruption and constraints due to COVID-19.
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Newcomer Navigation from Coast to Coast - Pan-Canadian Needs Assessment (2020)
Published on: August 20, 2021
The National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) is a national network for the diversity of professionals who assist newcomers in navigating the complex Canadian health and social services system. To inform the development of its N4 Platform and online certificate program in newcomer navigation with Saint-Paul University, N4 undertook a pan-Canadian needs assessment of both sectors.
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