A promising practice that uses Expressive Arts to support the mental health of newcomers; An evidence snapshot that explores ways for supporting mental health of diaspora populations whose psychological ties to the homeland may be strong; A webinaron supporting children and youth survivors of torture and war in updates from the field; and project updates for the CoPand upcoming courses.
PROMISING PRACTICE
Traditional Embroidery as a Settlement Mental Health Modality
Learn how Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services incorporates Expressive Arts, through the medium of traditional embroidery, into settlement programs to support the mental health of Arabic women and other refugee groups.
Post-disaster mental health relief: Health promotion and knowledge exchange in partnership with a refugee diaspora community
Little attention has been devoted to understanding the mental health effects of far-flung disasters or to devising an appropriate public and mental health response to support affected diaspora populations whose psychological ties to the homeland may be strong. Read this article to learn how researchers and community members created a network to establish promising practices to address pressing issues.
Next month, on August 19th, tribute is paid to aid workers who provide humanitarian service. World Humanitarian Day seeks to rally support for people affected by crisis around the world. Service providers, in both the pre-migration and post-migration context, who devote their lives to helping others deserve to be celebrated. Last year, this day focused on women humanitarian workers specifically.
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The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health online course is a free, self-directed training for settlement, social and health service providers across Canada. Visit the project's website for more information.
With over 800 new members from across Canada – this is a space to establish connections and partnerships, to discuss questions about service provision and to learn from others, to exchange essential resources and information about events in their communities, and to pose questions to a panel of subject matter experts.
New resource!Building capacity to support the mental health of immigrants and refugees: A toolkit for settlement, social and health service providers
The toolkit is designed to provide a snapshot of essential information. tools, resources and examples of promising practices that can be integrated into the daily work of service providers.