The Blended Visa Office-Referred Program:

McNally, Rachel

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“…Given that JAS is a "GAR-plus" program that includes the initial reception services provided to GARs, sponsors need to be located in one of the limited number of cities with a GAR-receiving program. The BVOR program has been particularly popular among sponsors in small and rural communities outside of GAR-receiving cities (McNally, 2020), but these sponsors would not be able to participate in JAS. For in-Canada referrals, refugees are already living in one of the GAR-receiving cities, limiting the pool of potential sponsors even further to those living in that city.…”

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Equally Public and Private Refugee Resettlement: The Historical Development of Canada’s Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program

McNally

2023

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For over 40 years, Canada’s Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program has combined government financial assistance, professional settlement services, and private sponsor settlement support for refugees identified as having “special needs.” With high public and private involvement, the program offers another potential model for sponsorship, yet existing knowledge about the program is limited. This article explores the historical development of the program, highlighting three time periods: 1979–1981, when it launched; 1998–2001, when it welcomed thousands of Kosovars and expanded as selection criteria prioritized vulnerability; and 2014–2019, as it increasingly competed with other sponsorship programs.

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Equally Public and Private Refugee Resettlement: The Historical Development of Canada’s Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program

McNally

2023

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“…Indeed, the Canadian federal government's 2015 initiative to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees sparked "thousands of organizations and businesses, and millions of citizens across the country" to get involved in community sponsorship, with CGs and G5s resettling 13,000 of the 28,000 Syrians refugees arriving between December 2015 and February 2016 (Bond, 2021, p. 156). This included a surge of participation in a match-funding program designed to encourage sponsorship of vulnerable refugees (McNally, 2020). The WUSC SRP also grew.…”

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A Meso-Level Analysis of the Revitalization of the WUSC Student Refugee Program at St. Francis Xavier University

Verberg

MacDonald²

2023

Refuge

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Although millions of community members have come together in various ways to sponsor and resettle refugees for decades, scholars are just now beginning to study why people get involved and how they organize themselves to accomplish the practical, organizational, and emotional tasks community sponsorship requires. This article contributes to this emerging literature with a meso-level analysis of actions taken by one student-led local committee (LC) to revitalize the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) Student Refugee Program (SRP) nested at its university. Over 2,200 refugee youth have been sponsored through the WUSC SRP to study and settle in Canada since 1978, yet little is known about how campus LCs navigate their responsibilities or evaluate and sustain their program. Analysis of in-depth interviews with executive members was guided by and informs research on community sponsorship and theories of group action, community of practice, and stewardship.

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The effect of social capital on migrant labor market success: evidence from refugee sponsorship in Canada

Soehl

Haren

2023

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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The Blended Visa Office-Referred Program:

Cited by 7 publications

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Equally Public and Private Refugee Resettlement: The Historical Development of Canada’s Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program

Equally Public and Private Refugee Resettlement: The Historical Development of Canada’s Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program

A Meso-Level Analysis of the Revitalization of the WUSC Student Refugee Program at St. Francis Xavier University

The effect of social capital on migrant labor market success: evidence from refugee sponsorship in Canada

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