| 2019 - 2020 |
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This year marks the birth of N4; the National Newcomer Navigation Network, a pan-Canadian network designed to foster and promote connections between all those who provide navigational assistance to newcomers in the health and social services. Ultimately, we want to create a network to support seamless, consistent and equitable experiences for all newcomers, regardless of which Canadian city they first call home. The idea was born out of the challenges we faced when attempting to provide the best possible experience to the many Syrian refugees we served starting in later 2015. Unable to locate a platform to connect and learn from peers, we often found ourselves feeling as though we were “reinventing a wheel” which probably existed elsewhere but we just couldn’t find it... [ Continue reading ]
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| 2020 - 2021 |
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This past year will forever be in our minds and hearts as that of the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racism. Our collective desire to solve the health inequities and discrimination faced by newcomers challenged N4 and its members to amend services while simultaneously problem solve how to breakdown the heightened systemic barriers as the world moved to digitally based service models. N4 was honoured to support its members by tailoring its content to support this work: whether it was highlighting and curating partners resources and informational tools, bringing forward speakers with innovative practices, or relaying the latest disaggregated data for... [ Continue reading ]
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