Community-based Research

The Environmental Scan and Systems Mapping project is a research project that employs a qualitative approach to data collection for a systematic online scan of organizations' websites and yielded on service provider organizations

The ReNEW Partnership for Best Practices was a joint project between TIES and four settlement service agencies in Western Canada. Its goal was to identify ways emotional wellness services can better support immigrants as they face the stresses of resettlement.

The Immigrant Access Counselling (IAC) Project provided an online live chat service that connected clients with a settlement counsellor. The service was available from March 2019 to August 2020.

The Foundations in Agricultural-based Industries for Refugees and Migrants (FARM) Impact Study evaluated the role of the FARM program in the economic and social integration of newcomers and the experiences of their employers.

The Child Language Brokering (CLB) aimed to develop tools for learning with strategies to mitigate the stress and anxiety imposed on youths and maximizing the positive impacts of CLB.

The Calgary Newcomers Collaborative (CNC) COVID-19 Response was a partnership between Calgary settlement organizations that provided culturally competent emergency relief in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Empowering Communities Together Anti-Racism Initiative by the Calgary Newcomers Collaborative (CNC) explores the experiences of racism in Calgary particularly amidst the rising numbers of hate crimes in the COVID-19 pandemic context.

The Voices in the Art (VIA) project will explore newcomer LGBTQIA2S+ youth’s social lives, cultural practices, the complexity of their experiences regarding gender-based violence, and their intersecting identities.

The Remote and Online Services for Professional Immigrants (ROSPI) project explores methods that can increase and improve access to settlement programs through the development of online and mobile service delivery platforms.

Longitudinal Examination of Newcomer-Serving Social Enterprises (LENS) is a research study that focuses on ESEs or WISEs and the impact they have on newcomer and BIPOC populations in overcoming socioeconomic barriers.

The Newcomer Introduction to Classes Online (NICO) research project was a national needs survey aimed to identify barriers to effective online learning among immigrants.

Hybrid Education for Literacy Learners Optimization (HELLO) is a study that examines the existing modes of hybrid instruction for Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada Literacy students and tests sustainable hybrid modes for Literacy and lower-level clients.