Mobilizing Knowledge on Newcomers Symposium 2019

The Mobilizing Knowledge on Newcomers Symposium brought together nearly 200 registrants from a range of sectors to share insights on challenges, best practices and plans for future collaborations. Presentations, which fell into four main categories - social care, education, healthcare, and grassroots community engagement - were incredibly insightful and thought provoking. The day's final event, a roundtable discussion, set the stage for establishing a research agenda for future knowledge engagement activities and research partnerships.

This Symposium was generously supported by the following:

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies 
• Calgary Local Immigration Partnership
• Immigrant Services Calgary 
• Newcomer Research Network at the University of Calgary

Presentations

• The NewHITES Community-Based Research Team
• Using Child Language Brokering as a Tool to Mitigate Intergenerational Discrepancy in Acculturation Within Immigrant Families in Canada: A Literature Review and Research Direction for Potential Intervention
• Perceived sense of control, power, and capacity in civic participation of aging immigrants in Edmonton, Canada
• Developing and Maintaining Engagement with Communities
• Evaluation of an English and Skills Training Program for Newcomers with Low Language and Complex Barriers
• Review of the Edmonton Police's Strategy for Engaging Emerging Communities
• The Career Transition Program for IMGs
• Undergraduate Student's Awareness of University of Calgary Community Engagement Inititatives
• Working together with newcomers to connect collaborate and contribute for shared prosperity
• Making a knowledge translation platform through the leadership of a student organization to enhance immigrant community engagement with the university