Immigration, Discrimination, and Trust: A Simply Complex Relationship
Published on: May 17, 2019
Immigration, Discrimination, and Trust: A Simply Complex Relationship
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The Competencies of Frontline Settlement Practitioners in Canada – a background research report (2018)
Published on: December 17, 2018
The objective of the report is to define the nature of front-line settlement work, the context in which it is carried out, and to review what research and work has been undertaken toward strengthening the capacity of front-line settlement practitioners.
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Smart Refugees: How Syrian Asylum Migrants Use Social Media Information in Migration Decision-Making
Published on: December 17, 2018
This article discusses social media use by asylum migrants prior to and during migration. This study is based on in-depth interviews with 54 Syrian asylum migrants who recently obtained refugee status in the Netherlands.
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‘As Important to Me as Water’: How Refugees in Rome Use Smartphones to Improve Their Well-being (2017)
Published on: November 24, 2017
This thesis investigates how refugees in Rome, Italy, use smartphones to improve their well-being and whether, according to the Capability Approach, smartphones can expand refugees’ capabilities, choices and freedoms.
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Understanding the Digital Capacity of Newcomer Settlement Organizations - research findings
Published on: May 30, 2017
This research project conducted for IRCC was designed to gain a deeper understanding of the digital capacity and needs of service provider organizations that serve newcomers in Canada and inform support recommendations for the sector.
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Supervisor and policy roles in social media use as a new technology in child welfare
Published on: April 25, 2017
This analysis examines the role of agency policy and supervision in the decision-making of child welfare workers about their work-related social media use.
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Computer use among immigrants in the workplace - how does it vary by gender, educational level, ethnicity, occupation and tenure? (2012)
Published on: February 28, 2012
In order to assess the occupational integration of immigrants, this report asks whether immigrants and the Canadian-born have equal access to jobs that incorporate high levels of occupational skill.
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“It just crept in”: The Digital Age and Implications for Social Work Practice (2012)
Published on: February 11, 2012
With cyber technology having permeated the ways in which individuals seek support for a wide range of issues, the purpose of this paper is to report on a study that examined practitioners’ experiences and views of whether and how online communication has entered their face-to-face practice and of the implication for the therapeutic work.
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Are immigrant wages affected by the source of job search information? (2010)
Published on: March 28, 2010
What are the labour market outcomes – in this case defined as average hourly wages – for currently employed immigrants, based on the source of information used to find their job?
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