Hi. I'm with the Early Childhood Working Group of the Canadian Coalition 
for Immigrant Children and Youth (CCICY). I can direct you to several 
online sources for information and I can post your inquiry to our blog - 
http://immigrantchildren.ca. Let me know!

Here's some sites for your consideration:

CCICY site:
http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/CCICY/index.html

Also see the Metropolis sites (each site has a section where research 
papers can be found):

CERIS (Ontario site) http://ceris.metropolis.net
One of the folks involved in the CERIS Metropolis project is Cecila Rocha, 
from Ryerson University's Nutrition/Food Security program.

QMC-IM (Quebec site) http://im.metropolis.net

Prairie Metropolis http://pcerii.metropolis.net
They host the Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI). A 
good source to search

Metropolis British Columbia
http://riim.metropolis.net

Metropolis Atlantic Canada
http://www.atlantic.metropolis.net
Just hosted the 10th annual Metropolis conference. Proceedings not yet 
posted, but the conference program might be worth having a look at to see 
if anyone presented on nutrition issues.

Metropolis Canada
http://canada.metropolis.net

Metropolis International
http://international.metropolis.net

NB: all of the Metropolis sites are pretty badly organized, difficult to 
navigate and they all follow the same template. Patience is key.

Also see:

settlement.org at work
http://atwork.settlement.org/atwork/home.asp

Integration-Net
http://integration-net.ca

Judith Colbert is a consultant who does a lot of work with LINC/CMAS and 
etc and has presented recently on best practices for integrating 
newcomer children into mainstream school-based settings. See my blog for 
her presentation at last years "On New Shores: Understanding Immigrant 
Children" conference in Guelph, which contains her contact info. Or see 
the On New Shores info for this year's conference at:
http://www.family.uoguelph.ca/page.cfm?id=456

Nutrition for Learning is an org based in Waterloo that you might consider 
looking at:
http://www.nutritionforlearning.ca

Breakfast for Learning is also worth looking at:
http://www.breakfastforlearning.ca

Finally, you might consider directly contacting major school boards in the 
Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Hamilton, Waterloo areas (where most 
immigrants land in Canada).

Good luck,

ZS

ZS Worotynec
[log in to unmask]
http://immigrantchildren.ca

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Roxanne Felix wrote:

> Hi Folks:
>
> I am looking for any papers / reports / contacts (anything!) related to
> chronic disease prevention specifically for immigrant and refugee children /
> youth. I am particularly interested in school-based programs or partnerships
> with schools.
>
> I currently have practical experience working with newcomer populations, but
> I am looking for some best practices to contribute to some of our planning.

To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase "unsubscribe click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your subscription (and create a password) go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html