Integration Research
Total projects funded
New projects funded in 2020
Partners engaged
Students trained
Funds disbursed ($ CAD)
Integration Research
Integration projects explore the interlocking factors that influence the social integration of refugee children and youth, including background, family dynamics, and institutional, social, and organizational experiences. This research cluster considers refugee youths’ perspectives on their integration by including their opinions and involving them as researchers, and examines community resources that support refugee integration. This research helps us understand the diversity of integration experiences, challenges and barriers, and resources and supports that help. In 2020, CYRRC funded two projects: One explores the needs of long-term newcomer clients at a service provider organization in Edmonton and how to facilitate their independence; the other looks at reception, retainment, and integration capacity for French-speaking immigrants in the Atlantic provinces.
Supports and barriers to language, literacy, and school attainment of refugee children and youth
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3B Ives “How recreational summer camps can help refugee children integrate” (2019)
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3D Garcea “Refugee youth reflect on ‘becoming Canadian’” (2019)
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