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Navigating the Healthcare System in Alberta, October 2025
On October 30, 2025, C4 joined the Centre for Newcomers and the Alberta International Medical Graduate Association (AIMGA) to present a health navigation workshop for newcomers. Through information sharing, discussion, and resource guidance, participants gained a better understanding of Alberta’s healthcare system and the services available to support their health. The workshop is part of…
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Building a More Inclusive Healthcare Future, Together
The Centre for Newcomers interviews Dr. Doreen Rabi. When people arrive in Canada, they often bring tremendous strengths, experience, and resilience with them. Many arrive in good health, ready to build new lives, careers, and communities. Yet the settlement journey can be far more complicated than many Canadians realize. Newcomers often face overlapping challenges while…
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Improving Health Navigation for Newcomers in Alberta Through Community Partnership
On July 5, 2025, C4 partnered with the Centre for Newcomers and the Alberta International Medical Graduate Association (AIMGA) to deliver the first in a series of health navigation workshops designed to support newcomers to Alberta as they access and navigate the healthcare system. Participants received practical information and resources on topics such as finding…
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Defining Black Populations in Canadian Health Research (CAHSPR 2025)
C4 team member Dr. Marie Claire Uwamahoro presented her scoping review on how Black populations are defined in Canadian health research. We found inconsistencies in how terminology such as “Black,” “African,” and “Caribbean” was used. Approximately 53% of studies did not explain or define their chosen terms. The results showed substantial variation in the terminology…
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Are Conferences Safe?
At the 2024 Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) conference, Kateryna Yakubets presented findings from a project exploring graduate student experiences at academic conferences. The work highlighted several important challenges faced by trainees, including pressures to network while feeling unwelcome or excluded, financial barriers to conference participation, and concerns regarding safety and misconduct at academic…
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Who is Black?
Defining the Black Population in Canadian Health Research: A Critical Need Dr. Marie Claire Uwamahoro The presence of Black people (“Blacks”) in Canada can be attributed to historical factors such as slavery, colonization, and migration. Some have been here for centuries, while others have been here for merely days to months and are from different…
