Well-being in newcomers to Canada and international students research results
The Department of Allied Health and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Community Services recently completed a collaborative pilot-scale research project that aimed to understand factors that affect the subjective well-being of international students and newcomers to Canada i.e, students enrolled in Language Instruction for Newcomers – LINC.
The results of the study provide qualitative and quantitative evidence of two key findings:
- Participants with the highest wellness scores tended to have strong social support networks in Canada, while participants without a strong social support network had scores on the very low end.
- Participants with the highest wellness scores tended to have well-developed career plans, while those without a plan in mind had lower wellness scores.
To learn more about this research, review the full summary in Examining factors that contribute to subjective well-being in newcomers to Canada and international students (PDF).
Interested in collaborating on future related research?
The researchers invite other areas of the college to collaborate on future work related to this research. This may look like:
- additional research with larger cohorts and/or additional research questions,
- analysis of existing supports for international and newcomer students,
- or development of new supports and community partnerships to address the findings identified above.
If you are interested in collaborating on future work to support these student populations, please reach out to Dr. Anne-Marie DePape, Associate Dean of Allied Health: anne-marie.depape@mohawkcollege.ca and Jody Brown, Associate Dean of Community Programs and Services: jody.brown2@mohawkcollege.ca