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Did you know that music can play a powerful role in supporting healing, resiliency and well-being among certain newcomer populations?

This webinar will describe the role that art, specifically how the power of music and music-making has on healing, resiliency and well-being for those that have experienced trauma due to war and oppression of basic human rights.

Learning objectives

• Understand the role of music in health, healing and empowerment
• Reflect on organizational integration of arts-based approaches...

It may have faded from the headlines, but Canada’s resettlement of refugees from Afghanistan is progressing rapidly, so the team at Refugee 613 thought it was time for an update. Please note that details change quickly as new policies and processes are announced, and this is the most current situation to the best of our knowledge as of September 23rd. 

Almost all newcomers welcomed in the first wave of arrivals are Government-Assisted Refugees, which means their practical needs are being met...

Canada School of Public Service: Data Governance and Standardization Series: Diversity, Gender Responsiveness, and Disaggregated Data for a More Equal Canada

Equality and diversity are key drivers of innovation and social cohesion. The involvement of women and diverse communities in standards development can help ensure that the design and governance of technologies and standards do not perpetuate biases and inequalities.

It is with this approach in mind that the Standards Council of Canada,...

Rama Musharbash-Kovacsi is a National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) member, a student of the N4 and Saint-Paul University Online Program, and School Community Ambassador in the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board. Rama is also a former newcomer to Canada herself – originally from Jordan, Rama moved to the United States as an undergraduate student, and then came to Windsor, Ontario, as a graduate student in Kinesiology, later going on to pursue a teaching career.