About this Website

Refugee Assistance Program (RAP) organisation
Immigrant settlement organization with 
refugee
programs
Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH) or Private Sponsorship Group  
Faith, ethnic, or community-based group working with refugee newcomers

WHO

is this meant for?

  • For individuals, organizations and groups that run refugee programs​​​

  • For groups working with one or more streams of refugee arrivals:

    • refugee claimants

    • government-assisted refugees (GARs)

    • privately sponsored refugees (PSRs)

    • blended visa office-referred (BVOR) & joint assistance sponsorship (JAS)

  • For other settlement organizations that may adapt these tools & resources for other newcomers​

WHY

use this website?

  • This website is designed to build your group's capacity to conduct community-based evaluations through a variety of tools & resources

  • The website uses a community-based approach to evaluation, where evaluations capture multiple stakeholder perspectives, including the voices of those who arrived as refugees

  • You can contribute to improving the evaluation of refugee programs in Canada, and ultimately strengthening supports for all refugee newcomers

WHO

is behind this?

  • The Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR) led the creation of this website in partnership with the Evaluation Capacity Network (ECN) at the University of Alberta

  • An advisory committee provided guidance and support throughout the website's development

  • Funding is provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) via the Service Delivery Improvements program

  • IRCC resettles refugee newcomers through designated streams (see logic model here); the tools & resources on this website further addresses the unique needs & desired outcomes of refugee newcomers once they land in Canada 

See below to learn more about the Advisory Committee, Team Leads & the Community of Practice

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Meet the people who guided the development of the tools and approaches used on this website to evaluate refugee programs.

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TEAM LEADS

Meet the team that created and shaped the tools & resources on this website.

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COMMUNITY of PRACTICE

Meet the people who are interested in community-based evaluation in the refugee sector across Canada.

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We acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnawbe and the Haudenosaunee peoples who continue to have an unresolved interest in the lands within 6 miles of the Grand River, an area that includes our CCBR location at the University of Waterloo.