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Bach, R.L. "Refugee self-sufficiency". Paper presented at Refugee Policy: A Comparison of Canada and the USA. Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies and Refugee Policy Group, York University, 1990.

Beiser, Morton. "Refugee mental health adaptation: the Canadian experience" Paper presented at Refugee Policy: A Comparison of Canada and the USA Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies and Refugee Policy Group, York University, 1990.

Beiser, Morton. Research Priorities in Multiculturalism and Mental Health: Report of a National Workshop. National Workshop on Research Priorities in Multiculturalism and Mental-Health. Ottawa: Health and Welfare Canada, Health Services and Promotion Branch, 1991.

Recognizing Canada's increasingly culturally diverse character and the challenges as well as opportunities that change creates for providing health care, Health and Welfare, Canada invited research workers, service providers, policy makers and representatives of ethnocultural organizations to participate in a 2 day workshop to define research priorities in multiculturalism and mental health. This document contains a summary of the workshop and its recommendations. (Copyright 1992, Canadian Research Index, all rights reserved).

Gingrich, Paul. Refugee Settlement and integration in Regina. Paper presented at the Meetings of the Canadian Population Society, St. Catharines, June, 1996.

"In this paper, some of the results of a survey of 55 individuals who originally arrived in Regina as refugees are presented. The experiences of English language acquisitions, labour market activity, and relationships involving community, friends and family are examined. The paper contains a short summary of the development of settlement services in Regina along with the reaction of refugees to these services and to government services and multiculturalism. The data for this paper came from a project that was carried out for the Saskatchewan Association of Immigrant Settlement and Integration Agencies". (adapted from Shiel and Beaujot, 1996)

Haines, David. "The structure of kinship in Vietnam: implications for refugee adaptation" Paper presented at Society for Applied Anthropology, Denver, CO, 1980.

Heipel, R. "Refugee resettlement in a Canadian city" Paper presented at Refugee Policy: A Comparison of Canada and the USA. Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies and Refugee Policy Group, York University, 1990.

Knudsen, J.C. "Resettlement patterns and sociocultural adaptation among Vietnamese refugees in Norway" Paper presented at the 1st International Congress of Anthropology and Ethnological Sciences. Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 1983.

Nash, A.E. and J.P. Humphrey. Human Rights and the Protection of Refugees under International Law: Proceedings Halifax: Institute for Research on Public Policy and Ottawa: Canadian Human Rights Commission, 1988.

In the papers collected in this document, authors discuss the nature and causes of the refugee problem; the international response and the limitations of the existing protection system; possible means of prevention and solution; and the specific problems of the Canadian experience.

Spencer-Nimmons, N. and C.Y. Wong "Refugee women: Canadian concerns, Canadian considerations" in The Canadian Collection of Papers for the International Symposium at Oxford, 2989, The Refugee Crisis: British and Canadian Responses. North York, Toronto: York University, Centre for Refugee Studies, 1989.

Starr, P.D. et al. "Adaptation and stress among Vietnamese refugees: preliminary results from two regions" Paper presented at conference on Indochinese Refugees. Fairfax, VI: George Mason University, 1979.


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