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IRMHP/CAMH: Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Course
Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2021 02:17 PM
The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Course, funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), offers evidence-based information, tools and resources for service providers to provide mental health care and support to both immigrants and refugees arriving in Canada. The online course offers an overview on the social determinants of health and its impact on mental health, the role of migration trajectories and highlights the specific needs of sub populations.
The course is designed...
IRMHP/CAMH: Toolkit to support the mental health of immigrants and refugees
Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 03:35 PM
The toolkit is designed to provide a snapshot of essential information, tools, resources and examples of promising practices that can be integrated into the daily work of settlement, social, and health service providers across Canada, with the aim of building the capacity to better support the mental health unique needs of immigrants and refugees.
The toolkit provides a repository of evidence-based research; information on key models of care and frameworks; and an outline of components that are pertinent...
Holiday Season's Greetings from the N4 team
Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021 05:22 PM
As 2021 comes to a close, we are celebrating many exciting milestones at N4! These achievements were possible thanks to the dedication of many people.
- 800+ N4 members
- 32 webinars and PD trainings
- 250+ e-Learning trainings
- 120+ partner organizations
- 1,000+ English / French resources
- Mobile app (launching soon!)
Here are a few additional program highlights we’re proud of:
- Launch of our simplified and searchable database
- Completion of the N4...
IRCC: Minister Fraser welcomes home Afghan refugees arriving today
Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021 10:10 AM
As a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which is a major contributor to international peace and security, Canada is taking a lead role in ensuring that NATO is able to resettle all its Afghan staff who were evacuated. As part of the commitment to welcome Afghan refugees, the government is resettling up to 472 NATO-identified locally engaged staff and their family members.
Today, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, extended...
IRCC: First charter flight of privately sponsored Afghan refugees arrives in Canada
Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021 10:01 AM
As Canada welcomes Afghan refugees, private sponsors across the country are stepping up. A significant number of Afghan nationals will be arriving as privately sponsored refugees, sponsored by individuals, groups and communities across Canada.
The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today announced the arrival of the first charter flight of privately sponsored Afghan refugees. The group of approximately 250 landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport Thursday...
The Community of Practice (CoP) Working Groups would like to hear from you
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2021 03:42 PM
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The N4 Community of Practice (CoP) has formed two working groups to address system-level barriers which impact equitable access and experiences in health and social services for newcomers to Canada: The Access to Interpretation Services Working Group’s goal is to establish a national best practice guidance document which can be leveraged to ensure a consistent approach across Canada. The Afghan Refugee Resettlement Working Group is curating existing resources to form a toolkit to... |
Professional Development Series: Trauma-Informed Care Series
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2021 02:45 PM
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Trauma-Informed Care and application to clients This session introduces participants to the topics of trauma and Trauma-Informed Care, the relationship between stress and trauma, as well as the prevalence and neurobiological experience of trauma in the brain. It gives participants an opportunity to reflect on existing strategies available in their respective organizations as well as strategies which they may want to consider in the future. |
IRCC: There’s a new regulator of immigration and citizenship consultants. What does this mean?
Posted on Friday, December 10, 2021 04:52 PM
Backgrounder
On November 23, 2021, the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants officially opened.
What changed?
The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants is now the official regulator of immigration and citizenship consultants across Canada. This means that if you’re paying or planning to pay for services by an immigration or citizenship consultant, they must be licensed under the College.
The College is an arm’s-length organization from the Government of Canada,...
IRMHP/CAMH: COSTI’s Newcomer Wellness Program
Posted on Friday, December 10, 2021 04:09 PM
QUICK FACTS
AUDIENCE Settlement, social and health services providers
POPULATION OF INTEREST The Yazidi community and all immigrant and refugee populations
LOCATION Greater Toronto Area
THE NEED In November 2018, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration identified that the experience of persecution, genocide and sexual violence have left many Yazidi women and children with severe posttraumatic stress disorder. Additionally,...
What Is Normal, What Is Disability? Trusted Resources and Advice
Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2021 01:45 PM
Can your beliefs and attitudes affect how you perceive disability and persons with disabilities?
Trusted resources and advice to help you explore how our thinking about disability and persons with disabilities can either serve to include or exclude them from society:
N4 Webinar
What is Normal, What is Disability?
Speaker: Dr. Monique Lanoix, Associate Professor, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, ON
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