Why Indigenous Understanding Belongs at the Centre of Newcomer Integration
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Understanding Belonging in Community Integration
Belonging is a foundational part of successful community integration. While settlement work often focuses on housing, employment, language, and access to services, long-term integration also depends on whether people feel connected, valued, safe, and able to participate in community life. This resource explores belonging as a public health, settlement, and community development issue, drawing from Canadian research, settlement evidence, and practice-informed community experience.
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Welcome to Canada: Newcomer Settlement Resources
The Welcome to Canada: Multilingual resources for newcomers resources from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada…
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Understanding Belonging in Community Integration
Belonging is a foundational part of successful community integration. While settlement work often focuses on housing, employment, language, and access to services, long-term integration also depends on whether people feel connected, valued, safe, and able to participate in community life. This resource explores belonging as a public health, settlement, and community development issue, drawing from Canadian research, settlement evidence, and practice-informed community experience.
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Supporting Black LGBTQ Newcomers
The Anti-Oppressive Practice Toolkit from The 519 is a downloadable resource designed to help service providers, organizations, and frontline workers create more equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive programs and policies for Black 2SLGBTQ+ newcomers and other equity-deserving clients. It was co-created with community members through consultations and workshops to address systemic barriers related to racism, […]
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Welcome to Canada: Newcomer Settlement Resources
The Welcome to Canada: Multilingual resources for newcomers resources from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada offers practical, easy-to-use information for people who are new to Canada or planning to arrive soon. It organizes settlement guidance into key life areas, with downloadable PDF guides available in multiple languages (including English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Dari, and Haitian […]
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