Notes
Key findings:
Services are provided in 4 main categories:
1) Settlement services (e.g. citizenship application, family sponsorship support, case management, settlement workers in schools, rainbow refuge).
2) Employment services (e.g. Newcomers Essential Skills Training [NEST] Program, Culinary Skills Training Program).
3) Language services (e.g. LINC, care for newcomer children, English for seniors)
4) Community engagement and therapeutic services (e.g. women’s network, kids and youth support, counselling, volunteer program, capacity building program).
Community organizations: Edmonton Newcomer Centre (formerly called the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers)
Future research / gaps identified: n/a
Integration timeline: not defined
Key populations: newcomers to Edmonton
