New Canadians Archives | City Share Canada https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative-tag/new-canadians/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 02:04:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://citysharecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png New Canadians Archives | City Share Canada https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative-tag/new-canadians/ 32 32 Together Project connects refugee newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. How to maintain connections in this time of physical distancing? https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/together-project-connects-refugee-newcomers-and-canadians-to-build-stronger-more-integrated-communities-they-are-assessing-how-to-maintain-connects-in-this-time-of-physical-distancing/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 17:40:44 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=693 Together Project is currently conducting a needs assessment with refugee households to determine what would be most helpful in terms of remote Welcome Group support and we will be sharing these findings shortly. This is challenging as there are different levels of comfort of newcomer households with technology such as WhatsApp video, Facetime, Zoom or […]

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]]> Together Project is currently conducting a needs assessment with refugee households to determine what would be most helpful in terms of remote Welcome Group support and we will be sharing these findings shortly. This is challenging as there are different levels of comfort of newcomer households with technology such as WhatsApp video, Facetime, Zoom or other platforms to facilitate remote social connection. Also newcomers may not have access to WiFi or computers and may wish to save data use for calls over seas.

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