A place-based approach to understanding immigrant retention and integration in Canadian and American non-traditional gateway cities: A scoping literature review

ZC Zhuang - Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2023 - Springer
As globalization and migration have intensified, the need for integrating immigrants has
become vital. Considering the similar but distinct policy and political contexts between …

Labour market integration of newcomers to Canada: The perspectives of newcomers in a smaller urban centre

N Ghadi, C Gyan, D Kikulwe, C Massing… - International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In Canada, newcomers are often faced with many challenges when integrating into the
labour market. This study examined the labour market integration experiences of …

Does community size matter in the settlement process? The experience of Syrian refugees in Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada

S Agrawal, P Sangapala - Journal of International Migration and …, 2021 - Springer
The article documents refugee experience in the first year of their settlement in a small city in
Canada and then explores whether the size of the community matters in the settlement …

Vulnerable, inequitable, and precarious: Impacts of COVID-19 on newcomers, immigrants, and migrant workers in rural Canada

L Helps, R Silvius, R Gibson - Journal of Rural and …, 2021 - journals.brandonu.ca
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed crucial flaws in Canada's immigration systems. While
the majority of newcomers to Canada reside in urban centres, a substantial minority work …

Can Canada become home without a house? The intersectional challenges to housing and settlement among refugees

MK Bachour - Housing Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Service providers' crucial roles in securing housing for refugees in Canada is a
topic scantly addressed in the broader literature. A focus on frontline workers in the housing …

“It's cold here:” Lessons learned from the welcome perceived by newcomers to Brandon, Manitoba

M Lam - Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Rural immigration is increasing, but still underrepresented in the literature. What does it
mean to welcome well in places without large ethnocultural communities and the diverse …

[PDF][PDF] Online communications and service delivery in Canada's settlement sector: the state of affairs

S Monteiro, N Pillai, M Kianpour - 2023 - km4s.ca
Past studies on technology-use in Canada's settlement sector during the COVID-19
pandemic have provided varying results on the usage and effectiveness of online platforms …

'We just fly by the seat of our pants sometimes here': Understanding the Provision of Settlement and Integration Supports in Rural Saskatchewan

M Kelly - Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2024 - muse.jhu.edu
Historically, immigration has been an urban phenomenon in Canada. Over the last two
decades, however, more and more immigrants have begun to settle in smaller cities and …

Friendly Manitoba? A Brandon case study on welcoming newcomers outside the big city

MA Lam - 2021 - mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca
Rural immigration in Canada is increasing, but still underrepresented. While regionalization
strategies designed to entice newcomers to settle in rural areas expand, it is necessary to …

Establishing the psychometric properties of constructs from the conceptual 'Settlement Services Literacy'framework and their relationship with migrants' acculturative …

AMN Renzaho, MJ Polonsky, A Ferdous, A Yusuf… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Effective migration often requires supports for new arrivals, referred to as
settlement services. Settlement services literacy (SSL) is key to ensuring new migrants have …