Books and Book Chapters

Beyond translation: Exploring child language brokering in Alberta’s culturally diverse landscape.
Beyond Translation explores how children in Alberta’s newcomer families act as interpreters and cultural mediators. Drawing on diverse voices and mixed methods, the book outlines best practices to support child language brokering (CLB) and offers practical tools for educators, researchers, and service providers.
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Emotional wellness, varied immigrant settlement programming in Western Canada and service responsiveness
This study examines emotional wellness services for newcomers in four Western Canadian cities, showing that such support is still emerging, with limited staff capacity, unstable funding, and mismatched service models affecting access and impact.
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Taking action: Agency reaction to the Refugees and Newcomer Emotional Wellness (RENEW) research study
This study explores emotional wellness support in four Western Canadian cities, identifying key issues such as acculturative stress, limited access to services, structural constraints, overextension of frontline staff, and inconsistent practices among LINC providers.
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