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Edward Shizha
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Latest papers
Impacts of a Support Intervention for Zimbabwean and Sudanese Refugee Parents: "I Am Not Alone".
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2015 · senior author
Latest funding
- $31,914
Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $208,136
Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $56,395
Enhancing Access to Postsecondary Education for Male African Immigrant Youth in Southern Ontario
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Impacts of a Support Intervention for Zimbabwean and Sudanese Refugee Parents: "I Am Not Alone".
Stewart M, Makwarimba E, Letourneau NL, Kushner KE, Spitzer DL, Dennis CL, Shizha E
Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools
Principal investigators: Wilson-Forsberg, Stacey C.
Keywords: African refugee youth; postsecondary education; educational aspirations; career guidance; schooling of black students; resilience; anti-oppression
Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools
Principal investigators: Wilson-Forsberg, Stacey C.
Keywords: African refugee youth; postsecondary education; educational aspirations; career guidance; schooling of black students; resilience; anti-oppression
Enhancing Access to Postsecondary Education for Male African Immigrant Youth in Southern Ontario
Principal investigators: Shizha, Edward
Keywords: (1) African immigrant youth; (2) postsecondary education; (3) transition; (4) cultural capital; (5) acculturation; (6) masculinity; (7) refugee; (8) challenges and barriers; (9) case study; (10) qualitative analysis
Social support intervention for Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee new parents
Principal investigators: Stewart, Miriam J.
Keywords: support intervention; social support; refugees; immigrants; new parents; Sudanese; Zimbabwean; peer support; intervention agents; loneliness; family conflict; culture; culturally appropriate services
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Cindy-Lee Dennis and Miriam Stewart: 2 shared papers
- Cindy-Lee Dennis and Edward Shizha: 1 shared paper
- Miriam Stewart and Edward Shizha: 1 shared paper
- Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Other
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