This project has hosted webinars since 2012 to promote learning, information sharing and to stimulate conversation on topics that we hope are relevant to your practice. Many of the archived webinars are part of the former project, the Refugee Mental Health Project. Since September 2017, webinars have encompassed the expanded scope of newly-arrived immigrants and/or refugees.

Our webinars are one-hour sessions that include a 30-minute presentation by professionals in the settlement, social or health services sectors followed by a 30-minute question and answer session where we encourage you to ask questions, pose scenarios and to generally discuss your practice with these experts in the field.

Upcoming webinars

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Webinar recordings

Integrated Mental Health Care for Refugees - What Works? For Whom? Why?

• Dr. Nancy Clark, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria, British Columbia)
• Alejandro Argüelles Bullón, GMBPsS MRSPH, Graduate Mental Health Researcher and PhD Student, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, United Kingdom

About the webinar:

Frontline providers know this reality well. Refugees don’t arrive with “mental health needs” neatly separated from housing, income, language, family reunification, or immigration stress. Yet our systems are still organized as if those needs exist in isolation. The result? Clients fall through gaps, staff burn out trying to hold systems together, and meaningful integration remains the exception rather than the norm.
This engaging and practice-focused webinar shares findings from a British Columbia based realist study that asked: what actually makes integrated mental health care for refugees work, and what causes it to fail?

The session will resonate deeply with frontline staff who regularly “stretch” their roles to support clients, as well as leaders grappling with system pressures and sustainability.

Archive:

Note that webinar recordings contain the presentation of the topic only; the question and answer session is not recorded.

• Specific populations and issues
  These webinars highlight strategies for supporting particular immigrant and refugee groups, or highlight specific issues in supporting immigrant and refugee mental health.
• Support and treatment considerations
  These webinars will focus on specific considerations for providing effective treatment to recent immigrants and refugees.
• Successful or promising practices
  These webinars outline innovative and unique approaches/programs for supporting the mental health of newly-arrived immigrants and refugees.