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Active across Canada through the country’s 16 French-language health networks, the Société Santé en français (SSF) is a non-profit organization that collaborates with 12 provincial and territorial health systems to improve access to health services in French.

More than a million Canadians speak French as their first official language but live in minority communities, that is, in a province or territory where the language spoken is English. Access to quality health services in French is a serious...

The N4 Community of Practice (CoP) is made up of newcomer serving professionals across Canada who work on projects designed to close gaps and address disparities for newcomers accessing and experiencing health and social services. The CoP recently conducted a survey to gather feedback on the most pressing issues for newcomers. Based on the results of the survey, N4 is launching 2 working groups:

Access to Interpretation Services: Advocacy for universal provincial coverage of interpretation in order...

Dr. Annalee Coakley is the Co-Chair of the N4 Advisory Committee, the Physician Lead of the Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, and the Medical Director of the Calgary Refugee Health Program in Calgary, Alberta. Dr. Coakley initially became interested in medicine by reading The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett, which piqued her interest in tropical diseases. After graduating as a family physician, she further pursued this interest by attaining a Diploma of...

The N4 Data Tool is a simplified and searchable database that will help with decision-making for newcomer-serving professionals.

As an N4 member, you are able to input data around your work serving newcomers, compare your numbers with a benchmark, generate and export charts, and much more.

Submit your data today!

Did you know that music can play a powerful role in supporting healing, resiliency and well-being among certain newcomer populations?

This webinar will describe the role that art, specifically how the power of music and music-making has on healing, resiliency and well-being for those that have experienced trauma due to war and oppression of basic human rights.

Learning objectives

• Understand the role of music in health, healing and empowerment
• Reflect on organizational integration of arts-based...

It may have faded from the headlines, but Canada’s resettlement of refugees from Afghanistan is progressing rapidly, so the team at Refugee 613 thought it was time for an update. Please note that details change quickly as new policies and processes are announced, and this is the most current situation to the best of our knowledge as of September 23rd. 

Almost all newcomers welcomed in the first wave of arrivals are Government-Assisted Refugees, which means their practical needs are being met...