
Many businesses and organizations have been forced to close or scale back operations due to COVID-19, including those that provide services for vulnerable communities, such as refugee families.
To help community organizations and policymakers strengthen their capacity to serve these families, Wilfrid Laurier University researchers have partnered with Waterloo-based Adventure4Change, an organization that provides important services to refugee families.
The researchers are asking families how isolation, school challenges, limited access to computers, language barriers, financial stressors and housing issues have contributed to the challenges they are facing during the pandemic.
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