There has been considerable interest in how to promote emotional health and wellness among specific refugee groups such as children and youth or 2SLGBTQ+ populations.
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Youth and children
Addressing Child Violence in Migration: Socio-Ecological Strategies for Service Providers Zeina Ismail-Allouche, Director of Partnerships and Program Development, Canadian Practitioners Network for the Prevention of Extremist Violence
Multilingual Language Program for Children - Your Language is a Superpower
Andrea MacLeod, Vice Dean & Associate Dean Research, and Professor, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorder, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta
Experiences and Impacts of Family Violence: The Journeys of Racialized Immigrant Youth
Dr. Purnima George, Archana Medhekar, Dr. Bethany Osborne, Dr. Ferzana Chaze
Implementation research on impact of family loss and separation on refugee youth
Dr. Akm Alamgi, Manager, Quality and Accountability Systems; and Scientist, Research and Evaluation Department of Access Alliance
Rethinking how schools might better include the parents of recently-arrived refugee children and youth
Dr. Jerome Cranston, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
Supporting newcomer children's wellbeing through creativity and play
Vanessa Currie, Executive Director of the International Institute for Child Rights and Development, Dr. Kathleen Manion, Associate Professor at Royal Roads University, and Laura Wright, Professional Practitioner and Research Consultant
Use of the emergency department as a first point of contact for mental health care by immigrant youth in Canada
Dr. Natasha Saunders, Clinician-Investigator, Division of Pediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children
Innovation in Child Welfare: Introducing the Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence
Liz Okai and Danielle Ungara, Team Leaders, Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence
Being a refugee and victim of domestic violence: Towards an intersectional understanding of the duality of the experience of violence
Ghayda Hassan, PhD, psychologist and professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Vulnerable sector settlement services: Best practices promoting resilience with Syrian refugee children & youth
Kathryn Khan, B.Ed., manager of Child and Youth Settlement and Fadi Hamdan, BSc., youth outreach coordinator; both of the YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
Helping Syrian refugee children cope: Providing psycho-educational support
Ghayda Hassan, PhD, psychologist and professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Gender
Identifying and addressing economic abuse
Lauren Parcher, Registered Social Worker, and Nichola Williams, Human Resources & Project Manager | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader
Building resilience: Supporting refugee men's mental health
Vince Pietropaolo, General Manager of Family and Mental Health Services, COSTI
A Gender-Based Violence Settlement Sector Strategy - Working Together Across Canada
Erin Whitmore, Executive Director, Ending Violence Association (EVA) of Canada; Kathryn Bates-Khan, Project Manager, Gender-Based Violence Project, YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth; Valérie Auger-Voyer, Strategic Engagement Coordinator EVA Canada; Nina Condo, Executive Director, Elmwood Community Resource Centre; Maria Alvarado, Counselor, Elmwood Community Resource Centre; Margarita Pintin-Perez, Senior Coordinator, End Gender-Based Violence, OCASI
"Together Apart" - Bridging the Gaps
Amy Deschamps, Manager of Transitional Housing, YWCA Hamilton and Renee Hall, VAW Counsellor, YWCA Hamilton
Newcomer young men: Tips for engagement in social and recreational programming
Burke Brokenshire, Child and Youth Programs Coordinator (Acting), Association for New Canadians
Every Woman Matters!
Notisha Massaquoi, Executive Director, Women's Health in Women's Hands
2SLGBTQ+
Holding the Bowl: Best Practices for 2SLGBTQI+ Support Groups
Robin McGeough (he/him), Gender Equity and Sexual Diversity Coordinator, Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria
Syrian transgender refugees: Introduction to factors affecting wellness
Vince Pietropaolo, MA, General Manager, Mental Health Services Program, COSTI Immigrant Services
Specific issues
The mental health of Black immigrants and refugees and strategies for supporting these clients
Donna Alexander, MSW, RSW, Social Worker (specialization in addiction and mental health), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Mental health of immigrants and the utilization of mental health services: the Canadian evidence.
Dr. Haozhen Zhang, Senior Advisor, Policy Research Division, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada
Anti-racist and anti-oppression approaches when working with immigrants and refugees
Stefanie Cali (Education Specialist, Office of Health Equity, Center for Addiction and Mental Health) and Leo Edwards PhD, RSW (Senior Diversity and Equity Consultant, CAMH)
War in Ukraine. Exploring Mental Health Supports for Ukrainian Displaced People coming to Canada, and Service Providers
Dr. Yuliya Knyahnytska, MD, PhD Clinician-Scientist and Staff Psychiatrist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
Supporting the mental health and resettlement of Afghan refugees
Hamidullah Akbari, Registered Psychotherapist, New Beginnings Clinic, CAMH, and Asma Sleihat, Registered Clinical Social Worker, New Beginnings Clinic, CAMH
Survivors of Daesh genocide: The physical and mental health conditions of resettled Yazidi refugees and implications for best practice
Nour Hassan, BHSc (Hons), Research Assistant with Refugee Health YYC Research Program at the University of Calgary's O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Working with newcomer seniors and their mental health issues
Baldev Mutta, Founder and CEO of Punjabi Community Health Services
Studying migration with an occupational science lens
with Atieh Razavi Yekta and Anne-Cécile Delaisse, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia
Supporting the mental health of refugee claimants
with Jill Edgington Kirby, Program Manager, Centre for Refugee Resilience, CCIS and Sherri Shergill, MA, CCC, Clinical Supervisor for the Centre for Refugee Resilience
Reducing health care barriers for uninsured clients without OHIP
Rebecca Cheff, Researcher, Wellesley Institute, September 30th, 2020. (Hosted in partnership with HEIA).
Myth Busting the Interim Federal Health Program
Kathryn Jarrett-Ekholm, Director of Health Program Integrity and Control, IRCC and Michael Mackinnon, Senior Director of Migration Health Policy and Partnerships, IRCC
Shame and Aberoo: Understanding mental health stigma in the Middle Eastern community
Poran Poregbal, MA, RSW, RCC, group therapist, Cross Cultural Clinic, Vancouver General Hospital
Supporting Armenian Syrian refugees: Unique needs and challenges
Jeanette Gevikoglu, BA, LLM, board member, and Maida Icliates, BSc, founder, Armenian Family
Strategies to support the settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees with disabilities
Yahya El-Lahib, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
Refugees with mental illness: IRB guidelines for the refugee determination process
Preeti Adhopia, MA, Board Member, Immigration & Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada
