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CoP - Community of Practice

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Online forum for CoP members to engage with each other

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List of CoP groups created for each CoP project

CoP Groups
Resource Toolkit
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List of upcoming events for members of all CoP projects

CoP Calendar

 

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.

Download the CoP Guidebook*

* Sign-in required. Not an N4 member yet? Sign up now, it's quick, easy and free!

 

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.

Afghan Toolkit Ukrainian Toolkit Download: Position Paper

 

CoP Steering Committee

 

Chairs

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.

Doug Olthof
Doug Olthof

PhD
Co-Lead
National LIP Secretariat

Tim Holland
Tim Holland

MD CCFP(EM), Medical Director
Newcomer Health Clinic
Nova Scotia

Committee Members

Aleks Dughman-Manzur
Aleks Dughman-Manzur

Programming Director and Co-lead
Rainbow Refugee
Vancouver, BC

Jill Ritchie
Jill Ritchie

Program Lead
Healthcare Excellence Canada

Allana Carlyle
Allana Carlyle

Manager
Language Access
Shared Health

Ian Culbert
Ian Culbert

Executive Director
Canadian Public Health Association
Ottawa, ON

Laïla Demirdache
Laïla Demirdache

Staff Lawyer
Community Legal Services of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Lori Wilkinson
Lori Wilkinson

PhD, Professor
Department of Sociology and Criminology
University of Manitoba, MB

Rachel Talavlikar
Rachel Talavlikar

MD, CCFP, cTropMed, Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, Medical Director - East Calgary Family Care Clinic, Clinical Assistant Professor - University of Calgary

Nazanin Moghadami
Nazanin Moghadami

In-Canada Support Manager
Rainbow Refugee Society
Vancouver, BC

Vanessa Redditt
Vanessa Redditt

MD CCFP, Family Physician
Crossroads Clinic, Women's College Hospital
Clinical Lecturer, University of Toronto

Wenche Gausdal
Wenche Gausdal

Director of Programs, Settlement,
Community Integration & Support Services
ISANS - Halifax, NS

Jill Sangha
Jill Sangha

Director, Inclusion & Social Accountability
London Health Science Centre 

Shelly D'Mello
Shelly D'Mello

Executive Director
Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto

Rama Musharbash-Kovacsi
Rama Musharbash-Kovacsi

Community Ambassador
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board (WECDSB)

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

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

 

 Members
NameJob TitleOrganizationLocation
Rachel Talavlikar [co-lead] Physician Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic Calgary, AB

Ahmad Majid [co-lead]

Executive Director SAISIA SK
Annalee Coakley [co-lead] Physician Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic Calgary, AB
Jean McRae Chief Executive Officer Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) Victoria, BC
Meb Rashid MD, Medical Director Crossroads Clinic Toronto, ON
Doug Olthof Ph.D, Co-Lead National LIP Secretariat Jasper, AB
Grace Egan Director, Language Services and Digital Strategies Access Alliance Toronto, ON
Laura Callaghan Pediatric Nurse Practitioner- Mental Health & Addictions IWK Health Centre Halifax, NS
Gabriel Fabreau

Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine; O'Brien Institute for Public Health; University of Calgary / Co-Director, Refugee Health YYC

Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic Calgary, AB
Dr. Seterah Ghahari Associate Professor Queens University Kingston, ON
Esther Ajiboye Manager, Content Specialist Refugee 613 Ottawa, ON
Debbie Rachis Lawyer HIV and AID Legal Clinic Ontario Toronto, ON
Gillian Aitken, Jack Jedwab, Miriam Taylor Projects Coordinator & Assistant to the President Association for Canadian Studies and Metropolis Institute Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto 
Yusra Qadir Director - Innovations, Advocacy and Multicultural HIPPY Mothers Matter Centre Vancouver, BC
Caroline Guimond Special Advisor ACES-Metropolis Institute Ottawa, ON
Samantha Burdett CLIP Coordinator -  Calgary Local Immigration Partnership City of Calgary Calgary, AB
Lori Wilkenson

PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology

University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
Ateka Yaghoubi Nurse Practitioner Student and Lived Experience Halifax Infirmary Hospital Halifax, NS
 Access to Interpretation Position Paper Working Group

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.

View Position Paper

 

 Members
NameJob TitleOrganizationLocation
Tim Holland [co-lead] Physician Newcomer Health Clinic, Nova Scotia Halifax, NS

Allana Carlyle [co-lead]

Manager, Language Access & Equity Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Winnipeg, MB
Teresa Burke Director of Language Support MANSO - Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations Manitoba
Rama Musharbash-Kovacsi Community Ambassador

Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board / Student of the N4 and Saint-Paul University Online Program

Windsor, ON
Carolyn Beukeboom Nurse Practitioner Centre for Family Medicine - Refugee Health Clinic Kitchener, ON
Christina Ugge Bilingual Program Coordinator Client Support Services National Coordination, YMCA GTA Toronto, ON
Emily Mooney Project Lead, Community Knowledge Program Wellesley Institute Toronto, ON
Meghan Beatty Manager, Community Connections Quinte Immigration Services Belleville, ON
Jill Ritchie

Project Coordinator Health Policy

Healthcare Excellence Canada Canada
Gracie Li

Coordinator, Language Access

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Winnipeg, MB
Fatemeh Yousef Zadeh Health & Wellness Team Lead Calgary Catholic Immigration Society Calgary, AB
Leo Edwards, PhD, RSW Manager, CAMH Interpretation Services CAMH - The Centre for Addictions and Mental Health Canada
Vanessa Reddit

MD, Family Physician / Clinical Lecturer, University of Toronto

Crossroads Clinic, Women's College Hospital / University of Toronto

Toronto, ON
Maria D’Souza Project Assistant London Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership Project London, ON
Nesma El Shazly Policy Analyst and Research Associate University of Calgary Calgary, AB
Morgane Dunot Bilingual Program Coordinator Local Immigration Partnership, County of Simcoe LIP Simcoe, ON
Nancy Clark

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human and Social Development / School of Nursing

University of Victoria Victoria, BC
Jill Sangha

Health Equity and Inclusion Specialist

London Health Sciences Centre London, ON

 

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

 

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