Are you working in the field of newcomer navigation – whether it is health, settlement, education, employment, or other newcomer-serving disciplines? Have you identified or observed gaps or disparities in newcomer services/care? If so, then please share your ideas and resources with us.
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The Community of Practice (CoP) structure includes time-limited working groups that produce evidence-based, outcome-driven, and impact-focused deliverables to address the root causes of inequities for newcomers in accessing health, social, and settlement services.
We are grateful to our CoP Steering Committee members who bring their diverse perspectives and expertise to ensure our CoP working groups have the supports they need to be successful in their work.
The CoP Steering Committee meets quarterly to review the progress of the working groups and provide advice on their structure, methodology, and knowledge translation strategy so that their energy and work may inform and influence policies and practices.
PhD
Co-Lead
National LIP Secretariat
MD CCFP(EM), Medical Director
Newcomer Health Clinic
Nova Scotia
Committee Members
Programming Director and Co-lead
Rainbow Refugee
Vancouver, BC
Program Lead
Healthcare Excellence Canada
Manager
Language Access
Shared Health
Executive Director
Canadian Public Health Association
Ottawa, ON
Staff Lawyer
Community Legal Services of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
PhD, Professor
Department of Sociology and Criminology
University of Manitoba, MB
MD, CCFP, cTropMed, Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, Medical Director - East Calgary Family Care Clinic, Clinical Assistant Professor - University of Calgary
In-Canada Support Manager
Rainbow Refugee Society
Vancouver, BC
MD CCFP, Family Physician
Crossroads Clinic, Women's College Hospital
Clinical Lecturer, University of Toronto
Director of Programs, Settlement,
Community Integration & Support Services
ISANS - Halifax, NS
Director, Inclusion & Social Accountability
London Health Science Centre
Executive Director
Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto
CoP Working Groups
The Community of Practice (CoP) structure includes time-limited working groups with the goal of producing evidence-based, outcome-driven, and impact-focused deliverables to address the root causes of inequities for newcomers in accessing health, social, and settlement services.
| Afghan Resettlement Toolkit Working Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This working group met monthly from November 2021 to March 2022, with the goal of curating a resource toolkit to support professionals working with Afghan newcomers to Canada as they navigate health and social services. View Afghan Resettlement Toolkit
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| Access to Interpretation Position Paper Working Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This working group met monthly from November 2021 to March 2022 and drafted a position paper on interpretation, in order to call for an interpretation approach which can be implemented nationally to ensure equitable access and experiences with health and social services.
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As a member of N4, your access to the CoP is completely free and offers numerous benefits including:
- The support and assistance of the N4 CoP Project Manager and the Research Coordinator.
- A detailed guide book to the N4 CoP.
- Access to data to help inform/identify gaps at the local, provincial, federal levels.
- Newcomer-centric resources and e-learning materials.
- Research project development and guidance.
- Collaborative opportunities across different sectors: health, settlement, social services, academia and others.
- Support of the N4 Network collective.
- Access to the N4 Network membership and platform.
- Quality improvement initiatives around newcomer navigation.
In the CoP, we think together, solve together, innovate together!
In the CoP, you are not alone, you have the support and assistance of the CoP Project Manager to help guide you and your colleagues in your efforts/projects.
Learn more about the CoP