MY SUGGESTION: (Choose a CANADIAN governmental, non-for-profit OR a community organization that serves the immigrant/refugee community and helps ease either 1)Canadian Refugee/Immigration that provides help to communities for more fair and humane treatment of Refugees/ Immigrants or 2)Pushes for more humane/ fixes to existing Refugee/Immigration Policies and contributes accordingly.
Instructions:
A. Choose a governmental OR a non-for-profit OR a community organization that serves the immigrant/refugee community in Canada
B. Write a short report about the organization (4 pages) answer EACH of the following questions:
Content
Page 1 (half a page):
Organization’s name
Year of creation
Area/location where the organization offers its services
What is its mission, purpose, goals
What type of population it serves
How does it work, how it is structured, who runs the organization
What is special about the organization
Page 1 (half a page) and page 2:
What issues does the organization try to solve
What services does the organization provide
What recommendations the organization proposes to solve the issues they address
What are the challenges that it faces to fulfil its mission
What do you think about the organization? Provide your perspective about its role, mission, strategies, or any other characteristic that you think important to discuss
Pages 3 and 4:
13. Provide a summary of any report/information sheet, any document, published by the organization
– Be critical rather than descriptive: Connect the data/information/analysis provided by the organization, and link it to course content (readings, concepts, frameworks, lectures, presentations, etc.). →FOR THIS COMPONENT (PAGE 4) PLEASE REFER TO AND CRITICALLY CONNECT THE ORGANIZATION’S CHOSEN REPORT (mentioned at #13) TO THE COURSE READINGS AND IDEOLOGIES OR CONCEPTS MENTIONNED IN LECTURE NOTES POSTED UNDER THE UPLOADED DOCUMENTS SECTION.
– add in-text citations
Format
– DO NOT USE point form, instead, use a narrative so you save space. Add questions #1-13 in bolded letters. For example, to add question #8, you can write: “The main issues that the organization try to solve include…”
– add a title page
– add a list of references
– double space
– APA format with 12 font
– In-text citations
Read all of them (pay close attention to both of the week 5 course readings and the week 5 lecture notes for Canadian Refugee Policies) and Weeks 2-4 lecture notes (for general course content that could easily be tied back to the organizations report, that you choose.
