2. Advocating funding for newcomers in Canada to provide more
resources for smooth transition.
3. Canada is a multicultural country. People are coming from
different cultural backgrounds with different values, beliefs, and
identities. Language Barriers Settlement Education Social/Emotional
stress Employment Financial burdens Health Childcare Unrealistic
expectations
4. Interview with newcomers agency: Malvern Family Resource
Centre Interview with newcomers agency: AfghanWomens Organization
Survey : Survey Monkey Hard copies In person Online Research
5. As a group we visited the Newcomers centre in Malvern to try
and get an understanding of the supports available and how they go
about making these services known. Not all the support services are
offered right at there center's. They direct Newcomers to different
locations where they can get the specific support/supports they
need.
6. Funding is a HUGE issue Language barriers Education:They are
part of theTDSB so for children they at this centre directly help
parents enroll them in schools. Some resources people feel
embarrassed to access.
7. We also visited the Afghan Womens Organization and
continually tried to get more information to the support our
advocate topic. Basically, the organization works to help new
coming women in Canada.They also provide link classes which is for
both for men and women.They have two branches one in Mississauga
and another in Scarborough.
8. They faced some issues while providing services for
newcomers such as Lack of funding, government cut down their 40%
cost from last year.Therefore, they could not hire more teachers
from different language backgrounds. They need more volunteer
workers to help newcomers for link classes. They also feel that
most of the newcomers do not know about their services, and they
are trying to do some outreach, which is never enough.
9. Survey monkey for ECE students Survey in hard copies at
Centennial College students 10 questions in the survey 50 students
participated in the survey
10. Complex health insurance eligibility and entitlement rules
Limited pre-arrival health care Limited Language and literacy
skills Lack of familiarity with the Canadian healthcare system
Precarious finances Factors related to gender and culture
11. Concluding our researches, the followings are the main
barriers for newcomers in Canada: Language skills Not enough
Funding Lack of Resources Invalidation of education backgrounds
Lack of Employment opportunity
12. Since we had done so much research about the issues and
stresses that newcomers are facing, it is time to take action! We
believe all together, we can make a change! Help raising up
awareness, fight for funding and resources! Picture Resources:
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13. Poster and Pamphlet Face book Letter to International
Service Fundraising Petition Volunteer Picture Resources:
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14. People come and go, rush to work or school like we all do.
Not everyone really has time to stay and learn about the missions
of our advocate. We considered the difficulty of raising up the
awareness in a limited amount of time. Therefore, we decided to use
posters to catch peoples attentions as we post them up in the
campus and public areas.
15. Although posters may not contain all the information or
research, it can help catching peoples attention while they do not
have time or patience to read a large amount of text.
16. We hope that using posters can help to attract audiences
and get interested in our advocate.
17. To effectively bring our message to the audiences, first
thing we need to do is educate the public in a simplistic but
straight forward method. Delivering pamphlets is always a
convenient and direct way to send out our messages.
18. All of which aims to help people understand, raise up
awareness of our topic and convince others to take part in the
advocate. Also, provide information of agencies to people are
seeking for help.
19. Living in the multimedia society, it is common for us to
get information online. Facebook is large online social media which
has more than one billion users all over the world. It spreads out
messages quickly and people getting information fast.
20. Our Facebook Page has 164 followers which include people
from different countries. We have posted all the information from
the Statement to Action Plans to increase their awareness to
support newcomers We wish to use this common online social
community to spread the information out and encourage people to
take an action to support newcomers.
21. What is petition? A formal written request, typically one
signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a
particular cause. Make a petition to prove a point. When people
sign it, that's saying that they agree with what you say.
22. Petition is a legal instrument (form) Especially a
respectful or humble request Request, that is addressed to a person
or group of persons in authority or power
23. Why fundraising? Obviously, the answer to this question
would be money. Many people may think; newcomers must come with
money. Even if they are not rich, surely they wont be too poor.
However, it is not necessary! In facts, people come to this country
with different backgrounds, experiences and identities. Some of
them may carry burdens more than we can ever imagine.To survive,
they need funding from organizations and the government. Picture
Resources:
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24. YMCA newcomers settlement program provides a variety of
comprehensive and wide ranging services to newcomers who need help.
Therefore, we contacted the supervisor of the department and see if
we can hold big sale to help gather donation. There we go!
25. The big sale went well as we successfully gathered $150
during almost two hours of fundraising!
26. We prepared a comment board for people to put their
opinions, feelings and experiences about newcomers.
27. It was a great and unforgettable experience!Although the
donation wasnt a big amount of money but we wish that can help
raise up publics attention of newcomers issues.
28. H International students find it difficult to access to the
services and consultation at the campus.The following are some of
the issues: Limited information/ resources Long waiting lines Lack
of staff Work permit application To fight for more resources, we
wrote a letter to the international department.
29. Our final action plan We contacted AfghanWomens
Organization to see if there was any volunteer position we can help
with We were arranged to help delivering pamphlets and flyers. All
of which aimed to help raise up the awareness of issues that
newcomers are facing.
30. The following organizations are aimed to help newcomers
settle down in Canada Picture Resources
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31. East MetroYouth Service 1200 Markham Road, Suite 200
Scarborough, Ontario M1H 3C3 Tel: 416-438-3697 Fax: 416-438-7424
Email: [email protected] Website: www.emys.on.ca East MetroYouth
Services was founded on 1974, it is an organization that combines
adolescent mental health and addictions centres and is qualified by
the Childrens Mental Health Ontario to serve young people and their
families in EastToronto. The main interest of the organization is
to enhance all youths well- being through providing services to
help youth and young adults to engage in reaching their personal
best, improving their mental health, advancing cooperation with
families and communities. Picture Resources
http://www.fyple.ca/imgca/7171115/Newcomer-Centre-of-Peel-logo-129658095965170000
32. NewcomerCentre of Peel (NCP) 165 Dundas Street West, Suite
116 Mississauga, Ontario, L5B2N6, Canada Phone: (905) 306-0577
(905) 306-1275 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.ncpeel.ca/
NewcomerCentre of Peel (NCP) is an association with understanding
and expertise that assists all newcomer families that are settling
in Canada. It functions with the funding from Citizenship &
Immigration Canada and commits to maintain service quality as its
mission is to provide newcomers in Canada confidential professional
advising and referral in order to advance their well-being and
improve their welfare. Picture Resources
http://www.fyple.ca/imgca/7171115/Newcomer-Centre-of-Peel-logo-129658095965170000
33. Malvern Family Resource Centre is a multi-service social
service agency providing a variety of programs and services to
residents in the Malvern and Rouge River riding located in
North-east Scarborough. Picture Resource
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34. YMCA is a one-stop shop for newcomers to Canada, which
provide newcomer services across Canada to meet their different
needs. For example settlement worker and education information,
youth service and essential government documents, language and
education, etc Picture Resources
http://www.canary-district.com/Images/ymca-canada-logo.jpg
35. AWO's Mandate is to provide settlement services to all
newcomers, with a special focus on women, their families, refugees
and people who have experienced war and persecution. Its Mission is
to improve newcomers' quality of life, to help them live in dignity
and reach their full potential, and to prompt social and economic
inclusion so that they may be contributing members of society.
AfghanWomens Organization Scarborough 2555 Eglinton Ave. East, #211
Toronto, ON M1K 5J1 Tel: (416) 266-1777 Fax: (416) 266-8145Websit:
http://www.afghanwomen.org/
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