Published May 27, 2024 | Version 1

Responsiveness to newcomer migrants' needs during the COVID-19 pandemic: A participatory multiple case study in Ontario and Quebec, Canada

  • 1. Université de Montréal
  • 2. Institut Universitaire SHERPA
  • 3. ROR icon École Nationale d'Administration Publique
  • 4. ROR icon University of Toronto

Description

Refugees, asylum seekers, and non-status migrants experience precarious living and working conditions that disproportionately exposed them to COVID-19. In the two most populous Canadian provinces (Québec and Ontario), to reduce their vulnerability factors, the public and community sectors engaged in joint coordination efforts called intersectoral collaboration. This collaboration ensured care provisioning in times of crisis (e.g., psychosocial support, food security assistance).

→ Our REAC! participatory project looked at these intersectoral initiatives.

REAC! aimed to understand to what extent these initiatives were responsive to the needs and expectations of migrant service users. In the present poster, we report on findings from the perspectives of refugees, asylum seekers and non-status migrants.

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Cites
Journal article: 10.1186/s12961-023-00991-x (DOI)

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Project Grant - PA: Pandemic and Health Emergencies Research PUU177961

Dates

Accepted
2024-09

References

  • Badji, M. S., et al . (2023). Les effets de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur l'intervention collective visant la mobilisation et le développement des communautés à Sherbrooke. Revue Organisations & territoires, 32(2), 97-117.
  • Gautier, L., et al. (2023). Learning from intersectoral initiatives to respond to the needs of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants without status in the context of COVID-19 in Quebec and Ontario: a qualitative multiple case study protocol. Health Research Policy and Systems, 21(1), 59.
  • Schinazi, J., et al. (2022). The CoVivre Program: Community Development and Empowerment to address the Inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Greater Montréal Area, Canada. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 00221678221124654.