Community of practice

As a course participant, you have access to the IRMHP Community of practice discussion board, a password-protected online forum. There, you can interact with other settlement, social and health service providers from across Canada, including subject matter experts. We encourage you to regularly use the discussion board, in order to augment course content, contribute to an engaging learning environment, and create greater capacity for supporting immigrant and refugee mental health. We are lucky to have a diverse network housed within this platform, consisting of current course participants, previous participants, and members of the professional community.

There, you will be able to:

• Establish connections:

  Develop meaningful professional links and potential partnerships with service providers across Canada that are addressing immigrant and refugee mental health.

• Discuss service provision:

  Communicate with other service providers about practical experiences and work together to produce better outcomes for immigrant and refugee mental health.

• Exchange resources and events:

  Share and access resources and events that are relevant for building capa city to address immigrant and refugee mental health.

• Post questions to experts:

  Draw on the knowledge and expertise of leaders from the settlement and health care sector by posing questions about scenarios you may encounter in your work.

Please take the time to read the discussion board guidelines below:

We recognize that in learning about potentially sensitive topics - such as mental health problems and substance use - people bring different experiences, perspectives, attitudes and values to their learning. As part of our commitment to creating a safe and respectful learning environment, the community of practice discussion board is a password protected platform. Please note that the discussion board includes current course participants, course alumni, facilitators and service providers who have chosen to self-register for the discussion board via the IRMHP network. All discussion that takes place in this discussion board should be considered private and confidential by all participants. In other words, please do not circulate or discuss the experiences and comments of fellow participants with others who are not enrolled in the discussion board. This will maintain an environment where participants feel comfortable engaging with the materials and issues in the course.

We respect the right of everyone to express their opinion. However, content and comments created or shared that include the following will be removed:

• Messages or images disclosing confidential information about users, their families or staff members.
• Messages or images that could affect the privacy of another person.
• Messages or images involving any kind of threat, insult or intimidation.
• Discriminatory, rude, racist, religious, sexist messages or images.
• Messages or images that infringe copyright.
• Political messages or images or derogatory or offensive comments.

Access the discussion board