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Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement
Download 2.13 MB 103 pages The culmination of a 5-year study based on interviews with recently arrived former refugees finds that securing good housing is…
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Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement – Report Summary
This is The summary report of a research project that began in 2015, the primary intention of which was to chart the housing trajectories of…
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Resettling Refugees’ Social Housing Stories
Download 684.19 KB16 pages This paper is a companion piece to the report, Making Social Housing Friendly for Resettling Refugees. The intention with the present…
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Making Social Housing Friendly for Resettling Refugees
Download 871.6 KB 32 pages This work is an extension of a longer-term project that began in 2015, in which we partnered with Welcome Place,…
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The Unique Social Housing needs of Resettling Refugees
War and persecution force refugees to leave behind all that they know to embark on new and challenging experiences of resettlement. In Winnipeg, they meet…
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Refugee Claimants Require Temporary and Permanent Supports in Manitoba
We in Manitoba find ourselves in need of a serious discussion about how to coordinate services, including lodging, for the refugee claimants who are continuing…
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What Does it Take to House a Syrian Refugee?
Supporting Refugee Housing and Resettlement Beyond the Syrian Refugee Crisis Download 1 MB32 pages In this work we demonstrate the specific constellation of events, initiatives,…
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Towards a Family-Friendly Immigration System
Refugees and Family Reunification Recently, the Federal Liberal Government announced immigration targets for 2017. The total target for all immigrant classes remained stable at 300,000,…
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Fast Facts: Lessons from Syrian refugee resettlement in Winnipeg
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct 11, 2016 As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, so do Canada’s — and Manitoba’s — obligations toward…
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UNSPUN: Supporting Refugee Resettlement Beyond the Syrian Rufugee Crisis
The Syrian refugee crisis has attracted unprecedented political attention and, arguably, corresponding political will in Canada. In November 2015, the Province of Manitoba publicly stated…
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Fast Facts: A welcoming home for refugees – removing the stigma and increasing the support
Refugees across Canada are facing a structural housing crisis. Stagnant shelter allowances for the Government Assisted Refugees eligible to receive them, a federal retreat from…
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Connecting Aborignal people to ‘good’ jobs
Manitoba has among the highest Aboriginal populations in Canada and it is growing at a faster rate than the non-Aboriginal population. Fifteen percent of Manitoban’s…
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