Social Policy

Surrounding
Newcomers to Canada
Hayden Henry
 Table of contents
01 02 03
Social Issue Social Policy Citizen
Education

04
Discussion
Question
Social
Issue
 How could
newcomers to
Canada be a
social issue?
Social Issue cont.
Gap between immigrant families and
Canadian society:

● Faced with many barriers

○ Language
○ Employment
○ Housing
○ Transportation
○ Cultural differences

(NYS-IA, 2020)
 35%
of all newcomers to Canada are below
the age of 25
(AMSSA, 2016, p. 1)
4 Foundations That Shape Our Lives

Home School

Friends Community

How might newcomer children lack these

foundations?
 Other Barriers to Consider
PHYSICAL/
LANGUAGE IDENTITY MENTAL HEALTH
English as second ‘Lost’ part of their norms Often have experienced
language and values learned in trauma in their home
home country country

(AMSSA, 2016, p. 2)
Social
Policy!
What is Care for Newcomer
Children (CNC)?
Have you heard about this program before?
 Goals of CNC
● Meet the needs of the families by
Identifying effective practices to support
Child and parent development
● Children will receive child care focusing
on integrating them into Canadian
society
● parents receive Language Instruction for
Newcomers to Canada (LINC) classes.

(CMAS Canada, 2013)

Requirements to
receive CNC
● Children may only receive care
while their parents are attending
LINC classes
● Care must stop once families
receive their citizenship

(CMAS Canada, 2013)

What is CMAS?
● Identify, recognize and respond to gaps
within the system
● Provide
○ Support services
○ Resources
○ Training
○ Consultations
● Outlines crucial information, tools and for
both educators and parents

(CMAS Canada, 2013)

What is the
CNCR?
● Guiding Framework setting out
the guidelines and requirements
CNC programs must follow
○ Similar to the CCEYA

Link to the CNCR:

https://cmascanada.ca//wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CNCR%20R
evisions/CNCR%202016%20ENG%20final.pdf

(CMAS Canada, 2013)

 Is this program federally,
provincially, or municipally
funded?
Federally!!
by the Immigration,
Refugees and
Citizenship Canada
(IRCC)
 Questions and Critiques
1. is CNC enough?
a. As not everyone within Canada has an accessible CNC
located near them
2. Is everyone aware of CNC? How can we make CNC more
familiar to newcomer families?
3. Childcare must stop once families receive their citizenship
although families may still need this support; What support
can they receive once they become a citizen?
4. this framework was re-evaluated and updated in 2016; as the
population continues to rise and develop, is this framework still
reflecting best practices for families?
 Citizen Education
‘Citizen’ Citizen Education
a sense of membership involving a represents the institutions
set of acceptable regulations that teach these ‘desired’
between the individual and the behaviours
governance identifying one’s
responsibilities and cultural ways
of living

(Fischman & Haas, 2012, p.171)

 Discussion
Question
In relation to working with newcomer
children and as we have all
experienced working within a child care
centre;
Do you believe children receiving
CNC care will be more beneficial
than those in CCEYA child care
centres. Why or Why not?

(based off what you have learned

about CNC)
Thanks!
Do you have any questions?

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 References
AMSSA. (2016). Newcomer Youth: Challenges and Strengths. Immigration,
Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
https://www.amssa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/InfoSheet35_Youth.pdf

CMAS Canada. (2013). About CMAS.

https://cmascanada.ca/cnc/about-cmas/

CMAS Canada. (2013). About CNC.

https://cmascanada.ca/cnc/about-cnc/

CMAS Canada. (2016). CARE FOR NEWCOMER CHILDREN REQUIREMENTS.

https://cmascanada.ca//wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CNCR%20Revisions/
CNCR%202016%20ENG%20final.pdf
 References
Fischman, G. E., & Haas, E. (2012). Beyond Idealized Citizenship Education:
Embodied Cognition, Metaphors, and Democracy. Review of Research in
Education, 36, 169-196.
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NYS-IA. (2020). The 8 Biggest Challenges Facing Immigrants. NYS Immigrant

Action.
https://nysiaf.org/the-8-biggest-challenges-facing-immigrants/

Watson, M. (2011). Social Policy Frameworks in Canada: Examples and

Opportunities. Victoria: The Federation of Community Social Services of BC.
https://conestoga.desire2learn.com/d2l/le/content/879750/viewContent/176
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