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No One Is Illegal – Vancouver » Blog Archive » Border Rights for Refugees: A multilingual guide

Source: No One Is Illegal – Vancouver » Blog Archive » Border Rights for Refugees: A multilingual guide Thousands of refugees are crossing the Canada-U.S. border, many fleeing escalated sociopolitical, white supremacist, misogynist violence and I.C.E raids in the U.S. In the first two months of this year, approximately 2000 refugee claims were filed at land ports […]

Digital Humanitarianism: How Tech Entrepreneurs Are Supporting Refugee Integration | migrationpolicy.org

Tech communities in Europe and North America have been spurred into action by the refugee crisis, developing apps and other tools that can be used along the journey, immediately upon arrival, and for longer-term integration into the host society. This report maps several types of emerging tools and considers how policymakers responsible for refugee integration […]

Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre and Bell Let’s Talk

[:en]https://youtu.be/_ABbhYivL4o The Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre (www.multiculturalmentalhealth.ca) provides information and tools for clinicians in many languages including Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish and Farsi. Culturally sensitive care is important as different cultures have different attitudes toward mental health. The support from Bell Let’s Talk allows the MMHRC to increase accessibility to mental health care and information […]

Bell Let’s Talk donation to increase mental health information for multicultural communities

The Montreal Neurological Institute has received a $250,000 donation from Bell's Let's Talk campaign to provide online mental health resources for multicultural communities. The donation will fund a three-year project to expand language options and content in Mandarin, Farsi, Arabic and other languages. Dr. Laurence Kirmayer discusses the importance of providing mental health information in [...]

MHCC Report: Supporting the Mental Health of Refugees to Canada

[:en] Supporting the Mental Health of Refugees to Canada outlines the MHCC’s work on immigrant and refugee mental health to date, summarizes current evidence and promising practices for refugee mental health, and advances recommendations for how the MHCC can support the arrival and integration of Syrian refugees to Canada. [:]

Culture, context and mental health of Somali refugees

[:en] A primer for staff working in mental health and psychosocial support programme This review provides information about the sociocultural background and contextual aspects of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of the Somali population. It is primarily written for humanitarian staff involved in providing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) to Somali people who have been […]

Woori Maum: Korean Canadian Mental Health Association

Woori Maum Toronto is a Korean Canadian community organization based in Toronto, Ontario. Our aim is to reduce mental illness stigma and to enhance mental health and wellbeing. Source: Information — Woori Maum We have adapted the Fred Victor (prev. CRCT) booklet, Navigating Mental Health Services in Toronto: A Guide for Newcomer Communities, to specifically address […]

Catalyst – October 2016 – Case for Diversity Paints Opportunity for Service Improvement | Mental Health Commission of Canada

Source: Catalyst – October 2016 – Case for Diversity Paints Opportunity for Service Improvement | Mental Health Commission of Canada MHCC Backs Research in Case for Diversity with an Investment in Refugee Mental Health They say timing is everything. This is certainly true in the case of prescient policy work undertaken by the Mental Health […]