Supporting Newcomers

Helping Newcomers

Here are some organizations that can help you to help newcomers.

Settlement Services – serving immigrants in Southern Ontario. Settlement.org provides lots of information and practical advice to those who are settling in Ontario.

ESL Activity Kits – prepared for all levels, by Community Legal Education Ontario for teaching newcomers their legal rights and responsibilities.

Finding Home Again: A Path for Refugees, Immigrants, Resettled Families, and Those Who Help Them – Free eight-lesson discussion guides for newcomer groups, families, and pairs on settlement issues like transitions, grief and trauma. Well-written and well-packaged with faith-based and non-faith-based versions.

Color-Courageous Discipleship – resources for educating the church on racism

Newcomers and Mental Health

Immigrant Mental Health – At the SOCEM Gathering in October 2010, Stephen Cheng talked about life stresses among immigrants.

A Healthy Mind: Supporting Newcomers Through Stress – Article by Marion Chang and Stephen Cheng

Resources for Mental Health Services – Links to many government sites

Cultivating Trauma-Informed Spaces in Education Promising Practices Manual