Resources

Learn about the history, Private Sponsorship through the Rainbow Refugee Assistant Partnership (RRAP) , Blended Visa Office-Referred Program (BVOR), Complementary Pathways and the journey of LGBTQI refugees from their country of origin to resettlement in Canada. Organized by the Rainbow Coalition for Refuge and recorded on March 10th, 2023.

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In this one hour webinar Tatiana Ferguson (she/her), Co-founder of Black Queer Youth Collective and EDI specialist, in conversation with Sizwe Inkingi (she/her), Program Officer, Rainbow Railroad and former Bilingual PSI Coordinator, OCASI-PSI, review data from Trans PULSE Canada Report to share insights about Trans and Non-binary newcomers to Canada. In the second part they have a candid discussion about resettlement and finding & building community by, for, and with Trans and Non-binary refugees, im/migrants, and newcomers. Tatiana and Sizwe talk about identity, programs and supports, and why we need more Trans-led newcomer spaces. Recorded on Monday, March 27th, 2023. 

In this one hour webinar Aleks Selim Dughman Manzur (they/them), Co-Executive Director: Programming & Advocacy at Rainbow Refugee Society and Dave Kerr (he/him), Director of LGBTQ+ Refugee Programs, Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCC) discuss the specific settlement barriers faced by LGBTQIA+ refugees, im/migrants and newcomers, and share some strategies to address them. Recorded on Tuesday, March 15, 2023. 

The Indigenous Orientation Toolkit (IOTK), initiated by Immigration Partnership Winnipeg, is designed to be a tool to enhance bridges between the Indigenous and newcomer communities and to educate them about Indigenous history, culture and contemporary realities. The IOTK also aims to combat oppressive beliefs and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples by seeking to build awareness, debunk myths, and develop an understanding of newly arrived immigrants and refugees and those who help them settle in Manitoba. The complete website (https://hopetoolkit.ca/) will soon be available with completed learning modules on seven different themes, access to additional resources, videos of our Healing Hearts episodes over the last year, and much more.

Asexual people – also known as “Ace” or “Aces” – may have little interest in having sex, even though they desire emotionally intimate relationships. Within the ace community there are many ways for people to identify. This a Trevor Project FAQ and guide to asexual terms and concepts. 

This keynote address, organized by Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, is based on Access Alliance’s Community-based research project, Among Friends: Overcoming Systemic Discrimination and Building Positive Spaces for Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans (LGBTQ+) Newcomer Women, which investigated the experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ newcomers, with a focus on those who came to Canada through the refugee stream. In addition to project findings, this presentation describes the broader socio-economic/historical/legal context within which LGBTQ+ newcomers/refugees arrive to, and settle in, Canada. Khadijah Kanji and Serena Nudel share Access Alliance’s evidence-informed model of service delivery, and how they have applied the findings of their research to create safer spaces for LGBTQ+ newcomer communities. It was delivered on Thursday, October 22, 2020.