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Creating Quality Experiences for Newcomer Canadians

in Sport and Physical Activity

Carolyn Trono & Andrea Carey

Pop Up

• Who is delivering a program for Newcomers?

• Who is interested in starting a program for Newcomers?

• Who is delivering a program where you have needed to consider cultural needs?

• Who is delivering a program for Newcomer women or girls?

• Who is delivering a program for Newcomers with a disability?

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Video

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=866891

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Heart of the Matter

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Run a Mile in our Shoes

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“I know how quickly, in the face of sustained mediocrity, we collectively lower our standards, so that unacceptable things suddenly become not so bad.”

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Good Places

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Community Scan of the People, Places,

and Programs in Your Community

1. What inclusive programs are being

offered in your community?

2. Who are the people that make inclusive

sport and physical activity happen in

your community?

3. What places, facilities, and spaces exist

to support inclusive sport and physical

activity?

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The Invitation….

#inviteus2play

!! !!!!!

YOU ARE INVITED TO AN EVENING OF

FUN ACTIVITIES!

For children and youth ages 6 – 19 years old

TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016

5:00 – 8:30 pm

Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Ave.

A light dinner will be served.

Family members are also invited!

Children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

Please sign up at ICAʼs front desk or through a Settlement Worker.

With support from

· Practice different sport skills

· Connect to sports and physical

activities

· Access funding for sport and

physical activity registration and

equipment

For information, please contact:

Meghan Mergaert, Manager of Youth Programs 250-388-4728 ext. 143

mmergaert@icavictoria.org!

Support or Start New?

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Reach out

Never assume

Ask questions

Be respectful & sincere

We are more similar than we think

What did Program Leaders Learn?

Community Connections

#inviteus2play

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Community Connector

#inviteus2play

“Ahmed made us

better Canadians”- Coach Fred

AVAILABLE NOW!

www.sportforlife.ca/newcomer

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Overview of

the Barriers

According to ICC

(2014), many new

citizens are not

participating in

sport, despite a

general interest in

wanting to. This low

involvement is due

to the following:

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Newcomer Girls and Women

Newcomers with a disability

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Solutions, Opportunities, and

Promising Practices

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Solutions

Connect with places where

newcomers go

Be proactive and reach out

Alternatives to web-based

promotion

Community connections

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Opportunities

• What are the unique

needs around

awareness and first

involvement for

Newcomers to

Canada?

• How can you make

first involvement a

positive experience?

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Promising Practices

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The Families –Unique Needs

Creating an Action Planwww.sportforlife.ca/newcomer

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Key Learnings• Create a Social Environment

• Meet community where they are

• Female only programs

• Clothing “requirements”

• Registration forms are a challenge

• First Voice

• Collaboration

Key Takeaways

Build partnerships

Be prepared…

and adaptable

Think outside the box

It’s not a straightforward process but….

Many happy, grateful, excited kids and families makes

this rewarding work

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FUNDERS

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