Building community: Connecting refugee and Canadian families.

Costigan, Catherine L.; Taknint, Joelle T.; Mudryk, Elijah; Qudayri, Bushra Al

doi:10.1037/cdp0000428

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“…For instructors who are interested but not fully ready to adopt this course, the materials and activities from this course can still be well-integrated into other existing courses (e.g., social psychology, child development). If resources allowed, adopting the community-engaged method could transforms the learning experience, providing practical skills for students to work with marginalized and vulnerable populations, which are essential skills for future interdisciplinary psychological scholars and practitioners (Costigan et al, 2022).…”

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“…CEL also has the potential to effectively enhance students’ understanding of migrants’ experiences and reinforce students’ appreciation for education and career readiness (Costigan et al, 2022; Wickline et al, 2021). Research shows that service learning is positively linked to students’ interest, engagement, program attitudes, empathy, and intercultural competence (Cadenas et al, 2022; Celio et al, 2011; Compare & Albanesi, 2023; Crone, 2023).…”

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Course design for the psychology of migration: Intradisciplinary and experiential approach.

Lou

2023

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology

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Section: Teaching Approach and Learning Activitiesmentioning

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Course design for the psychology of migration: Intradisciplinary and experiential approach.

Lou

2023

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology

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“…When questions concerning the development of future educational interventions were asked, several participants suggested “having different people from different countries, cultural beliefs, and languages [relay this information to the immigrants].” Participants were so passionate about this aspect of service delivery they said “I want to go back to my country and gather the people and educate them” (P.5.1) and “I would volunteer [to educate them] and I know it would do a lot for the community” (P.3.1). Based on this feedback, program developers might consider recruiting immigrants who have been through the testing program to help in future initiatives, which is consistent with participatory action models that deliver human services by those with lived experience [ 91 , 92 ]. Another small but crucial consideration participants were concerned with was the translation of educational materials into various languages.…”

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Tuberculosis related barriers and facilitators among immigrants in Atlantic Canada: A qualitative study

Shamputa

Law

Kelly

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and affects approximately one-quarter of the world’s population. Immigrant populations in Canada are disproportionately affected by TB. Canada’s immigration medical examinations include screening for active TB but not latent TB infection (LTBI). In LTBI, the bacterium remains dormant within the host but can reactivate and cause disease. Once active, TB can be transmitted to close contacts sharing confined spaces leading to the possibility of outbreaks in the broader community. This study aimed to 1) assess the current TB knowledge, perceived risk, and risk behaviors of immigrants in Atlantic Canada as well as 2) identify barriers and facilitators to testing and treatment of TB among this population. Three focus group discussions were conducted with a total of 14 non-Canadian born residents of New Brunswick aged 19 years and older. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Four themes were identified from the data relating to barriers to testing and treatment of LTBI: 1) Need for education, 2) stigma, 3) fear of testing, treatment, and healthcare system, and 4) complacency. Results included reasons individuals would not receive TB testing, treatment, or seek help, as well as facilitators to testing and treatment. These findings may inform the implemention of an LTBI screening program in Atlantic Canada and more broadly across the country.

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“…For me, ‘specially” (Recorded conversation, February 2021). These words show another value of the Conversation Circles, which was a replication of how relationships form organically (Costigan et al, 2022). The establishment of friendships was not a stated outcome by the facilitator of Conversation Circles.…”

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“This Is My School Too!”: Working with Newcomer Parents to Create a Familycentric School Landscape

Chen¹,

Pushor²

2023

The Reading Teacher

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ur comprehensive program of research focused on the systematic engagement of parents in their children's teaching and learning. While effective teachers, instruction, and curricula are crucial, research demonstrates that the dominant influence on students' achievement and success in school is factors outside of school (Altonji & Mansfield, 2011;Kraft, 2017;Nye et al., 2004). Desforges and Abouchaar (2003) stated that the impact of parent engagement for primary students is much bigger than differences associated with the quality of schools. Our research questions were, thus, as follows: (1) How does the authentic and meaningful engagement of parents and family members in their children's education and schooling enhance academic achievement and other educational outcomes for students, while simultaneously addressing learning and social outcomes for parents and families? (2) What partnerships, school, staff, and community development strategies, and schooling policy and practice changes are needed to develop a successful prototype to systematically engage parents in teaching and learning?Edgeview School 1 , the school in Western Canada in which the research was conducted, is a Prekindergarten to Grade 8 school of approximately 230 students, one third of whom are majority Canadian, one third who are newcomer students, and one third who are Indigenous. The neighborhood profile provided by the city depicts the community as a lower socioeconomic community with adult literacy rates that are lower than the city's average and with challenges of unemployment and underemployment.The focus of this paper is solely on one stream of the research in which we attended to the engagement of parents and family members who were refugees or immigrants, new to Canada and the Canadian school system, and for whom English was an additional language. Interested in addressing the unique learning and social needs of these particular parents and family members, we sought new ways to give newcomer parents who are often marginalized on school landscapes a place and a voice. As affirmed by the National Centre for Families Learning (2014), "engaging more than one generation in learning together positively impacts the entire family and, in turn, the larger community" (p. 1). When parents are engaged in schools in ways that address their learning needs, employment levels, and knowledge as parents, as well as their children's learning and well-being, both school and home contexts are strengthened (Brown, 2007;Hong, 2011). Potential is created to have a much greater and long-lasting impact on students' educational outcomes as well as to achieve positive effects for parents and families. MethodologyThe methodology we used in this research is narrative inquiry. In narrative inquiry, lived experience is honored as a source of valuable insight and knowledge through the study of human lives (Clandinin, 2013). In documenting, VIEWPOINT

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Building community: Connecting refugee and Canadian families.

Cited by 10 publications

References 47 publications

Course design for the psychology of migration: Intradisciplinary and experiential approach.

Course design for the psychology of migration: Intradisciplinary and experiential approach.

Tuberculosis related barriers and facilitators among immigrants in Atlantic Canada: A qualitative study

“This Is My School Too!”: Working with Newcomer Parents to Create a Familycentric School Landscape

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