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Using Physical and Social Activities as Opportunities for Newcomer Integration February 7, 2017 | 10:00 am 12:30 pm Technical Support Please contact Lucy Buchanan-Parker, at projects@amssa.org or 604-718-2784. Housekeeping 1. Downloading

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Using Physical and Social Activities as Opportunities for Newcomer Integration

February 7, 2017 | 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

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Technical Support

Please contact Lucy Buchanan-Parker, at projects@amssa.org or 604-718-2784.

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Housekeeping

  • 1. Downloading PowerPoint Presentations
  • 2. Accessing the Chat box
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Submitting Questions for the Q&A Session

  • Type your questions in the Chat Box
  • Tweet using #AMSSAevents
  • Email to events@amssa.org
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Join the Conversation on Twitter

  • Use #AMSSAevents to follow the

conversation on Twitter and connect with

  • ther webinar participants.
  • AMSSA can be found on Twitter

@amssabc

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What is AMSSA?

  • A provincial association of organizations

focused on immigrant settlement, integration and language, as well as diversity and inclusion.

  • Contracted by IRCC to support a broad

range of immigrant and language service providers and stakeholders in BC.

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Welcome & Overview

Farah Kotadia Acting Program Director

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Welcome & Introductions

Panelists

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Friday Games Night

Jacquie Bernier Smithers Community Services Association

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE & MULTICULTURAL SERVICES PROGRAM

SMITHERS COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION Case Study: Friday Games Night @ Municipal Campground

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English Language & Multicultural Services Program Smithers Community Services Association

Welcome to Smithers

  • Our

Community Smithers Community Services Association

  • SCSA

English Language & Multicultural Services Program

  • ELMS

Case Study: Friday Games Nights

  • Project

Development

  • Key

Elements

  • Successes
  • Challenges
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Welcome to Smithers

  • Smithers

is a small mountain town with nearly 6,000 residents.

  • The

town

  • f

Smithers is situated northwestern British Columbia directly

  • n

the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway (Route 16), approximately half way between the cities

  • f

Prince Rupert and Prince George.

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Smithers Community Services Association

SCSA

  • ffers

a wide range

  • f
  • programs. In

addition to English Language and Settlement Assistance Services accomplishments include the development and

  • peration
  • f:
  • affordable

family housing,

  • assisted-living

facilities,

  • volunteer

center,

  • foster

parenting and care giver support,

  • literacy

training,

  • public

transportation,

  • and
  • ther

social service programs. Smithers Community Services Association (SCSA) is an accredited charitable

  • rganization

with 40+ years’ experience developing and delivering programs, services and partnerships that enhance the quality

  • f

life for all members

  • f

the community.

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English Language & Multicultural Services Program

The English Language & Multicultural Services (ELMS) Program empowers newcomers to Canada to live full lives in

  • ur

community! Th The ELM ELMS Progr gram

  • ffer

ers:

  • LINC

classes and volunteer tutor matching,

  • Settlement

Assistance & Employment Services,

  • Cultural

learning activities,

  • and

weekly drop-in community groups.

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English Language & Multicultural Services Program

Clien ent D Dem emogr graphy:

  • In

the last fiscal year (April 2015 – March 2016) we assisted 75 clients (3 x more than planned!!!!)

  • Clients
  • riginated

from 24

  • countries. The

majority

  • f

clients come from:

  • Asian

Countries (42%)

  • Europe

(31%)

  • Africa

(16%)

  • North

& South America (11%)

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English Language & Multicultural Services Program

ELM ELMS S Staff & & Volu lunteer ers:

  • Program

Coordinator

  • Settlement

Support & Community Engagement Worker

  • Employment

Services Case Manager

  • English

Language Instructors

  • Volunteer

Tutors & Mentors

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English Language & Multicultural Services Program

Mai Main f funders ar are:

  • Federal

Government (Language and Settlement Services)

  • Provincial

Government (‘Top up’ funding)

  • WCG

International (Employment Services)

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Friday Games Nights – Case Study

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Friday Games Nights – Case Study

The idea to

  • rganize

weekly Game Nights during the summer months came up was we

  • bserved

the following developments in the ELMS program:

  • drastic

increase in client numbers in 2016, when Smithers welcomed 25 refugees from Syria and DRC.

  • Budget

limitations while trying to accommodate existing and new clients with identified settlement- and language learning needs.

  • Good

previous experience with Game Night activities & the Municipal Campground as a venue for Potluck Picnics.

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Friday Games Nights – Key Elements of the Project

  • Low

cost for Program (Budget restrictions)

  • Activity

that suits and speaks to all ages, cultural backgrounds, and skill levels

  • Activity

that can accommodate different group sizes (5-25 participants)

  • Integrative

activity that will connect newcomers to long time community members

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Friday Games Nights – Key Elements of the Project

  • Accessibility

and facilities

  • f

Venue

  • Continuity
  • f

project – especially during summer months when many services (schools…) take breaks

  • Activity

reflects what “Canadians” do

  • Good

activity for volunteers to participate

  • AND

IT IS FUN!!!!

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Friday Games Nights – Municipal Campground

  • Free of

charge

  • Close

to town – accessi ssible by foot, bike

  • r

car

  • Facil

ilit ities

  • ffered

include: shelter (cookhouse) in case

  • f

bad weather, washrooms, park benches and tables, fire- pits and fire wood, and a new playground.

  • Communi

nity C Conne nnection

  • n

– Day use area is frequently used by locals as well as camping guests from all

  • ver

the world.

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Friday Games Nights – Games

The simple games ensured people with all levels

  • f

English could participate. We encouraged people to bring games they would like to play and introduce. Most popular were Dominos, Cards, Scrabble, Soccer, Badminton, Frisbee, and Boccee.

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Friday Games Nights – Volunteers

Volu luntee eers rs With the support

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a 16 year

  • ld

volunteer, we could reach more children and youth. Other volunteers participated

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a drop in basis Campf pfires & & Snack cks We did not provide any food for game nights – participants brought snacks to

  • share. We

also had campfires going and enjoyed smores.

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Friday Games Nights – Challenges

  • Weather
  • Friday

Nights through July and August

  • Staff/Volunteer

Availability

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Friday Games Nights – Successes

  • Parti

tici cipa pati tion:

  • 41

clients participated in total

  • 14

clients participated in average (in addition: 21 children (0-12)/5 youth (13-18))

  • Communi

nity C Conne nnection

  • n

– a lot

  • f

interest by locals and camping guests.

  • Improvem

ement

  • f

c commun unication skills & social i inter eraction through games, also for clients with lower English skill level

  • New

langua guage l lea earn rning through new activities (games) and environment (i.e. racket & birdie, Municipal Campground)

  • Set

ettlemen ent assistance: Newcomers got familiarized with the facility and where able to use the area

  • n

their

  • wn.
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Analysis of Case Study

Farah Kotadia Acting Program Director

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Panel Discussion

Farah Kotadia Acting Program Director

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Q&A with Speakers

  • Type your questions in the Chat Box
  • Tweet using #AMSSAevents
  • Email to events@amssa.org
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A Summer Day Camp for Syrian Refugee Children

Michelle Redfern, Cowichan Intercultural Society

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Cowichan Intercultural Society

CASE STUDY Summer Day Camp for Syrian Refugee Children

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Our Service Area

Since 1981 We have worked to be leaders in building inclusive and welcoming communities, where every person feels valued and has a sense of belonging

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Programs and Services

  • Settlement Services
  • Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (with limited Childcare)
  • Employment Assistance
  • Men, Women, Children, Youth and Elders Groups
  • Community Connections including Bridging, Tutoring and Mentoring Programs
  • Community Outreach
  • Sponsorship Agreement Holder
  • Intercultural Partnership Network
  • One World Festival
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STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS

23 F/T, P/T and Contract Staff speaking more than 11 languages

  • 2 Full Time Settlement

Coordinators

  • 2 Part-Time Settlement

Assistants

  • 4 Part-Time Settlement

Program Coordinators (Community Connections, SWIS, Tutoring, Relationships)

  • 120 Volunteers
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Our Clients

In 2016 CIS Settlement Services assisted more than

  • 275 IRCC Eligible Clients
  • 130 BC Eligible Clients (TFWs, Naturalized Citizens, International Students etc,)
  • 25 other (e.g. mothers and children without status, children of naturalized citizens etc.)
  • 75 Clients registered in our LINC programs

Programs and Services Funded by IRCC, the BC Government, Targeted Grant Funding, Social Enterprise, Donations, Fundraising and Memberships

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Since December 2015 CIS has welcomed 72 Syrian refugees including

  • 7 Government Assisted Refugee Families (42

individuals requiring wrap around services)

  • 6 Privately Sponsored Refugee Families and

Individuals (4 BVOR, 2 PSR, 30 individuals)

  • 30 Adults (15 GAR, 15 Private)
  • 42 Children
  • 28 School Age Children (17 GAR, 11 PSR)
  • 14 Under 5’s (10 GAR, 4 PSR)
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JUNE 2016

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5 10 15 13 and above 8-12 years 5 - 8 years Under 5 PSR GAR Total

CIS Syrian Refugee Children

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CHALLENGES

  • CIS office not big enough
  • Parents and children under 5 needed to be co-located due to

BC Child Care Legislation

  • Most participants would have take bus, and transit service was

very limited

  • Shoestring Budget, only enough money to pay for staff
  • Children did not speak English and no Arabic interpretation

support was available

  • Need to recruit and screen several committed volunteers in a

short period of time

  • Multi-age group of children
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Over 35 Youth Volunteers

CIS managed to recruit some strategic youth volunteers through school counsellors and key contacts and the youth spread the message to their

  • peers. They were the biggest asset to the program.
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SWIMMING

Immigrants 4 times more likely than Canadian-born counterparts to be unable to swim

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Cooking Classes

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Board Games at the Library

Only did this once as children did not enjoy being confined in a small space and there were more conflicts and behavioural issues to manage

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Bowling

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Art Based Activity Groups

Weekly expressive and arts-based groups facilitated by volunteer, registered counsellors. Children broken up into age groups.

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Soccer

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Final Event

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Analysis of Case Study

Farah Kotadia Acting Program Director

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Panel Discussion

Farah Kotadia Acting Program Director

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Q&A with Speakers

  • Type your questions in the Chat Box
  • Tweet using #AMSSAevents
  • Email to events@amssa.org
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Concluding Remarks

Farah Kotadia Acting Program Director

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  • Please fill out the online evaluation form
  • Sign up for Settlement Net:

http://www.amssa.org/settlement-net/

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