Evaluation of HOST

Appendix B: List of Key Informants/Focus Groups

List of Host Key Informants (including case-study interviewees)

CIC Headquarters

  • Rosaline Frith, Director General, Integration
  • Deborah Spurr, Director, Settlement
  • Bonny Wong-Fortin, Manager, Settlement Programs
  • Joan Texeira, Senior Advisor, Host Program
  • Lanielle Caron, A/Manager, Contribution Accountability Framework
  • Catherine Smith, A/Manager, Funding and Corporate Activities

CIC Atlantic Regional and Local Offices

  • Bill Stewart, Regional Program Specialist
  • Sue Thomas, Regional Program Specialist

CIC Ontario Regional and Local Offices

  • Elizabeth Gryte, Director, Settlement Programs
  • Marilyn Ziedenberg, Program Consultant
  • Elisete Bettencourt, Program Consultant
  • Richard Lecours, Operations Manager
  • Nicola Starling, Settlement Officer

CIC PNT Regional and Local Offices

  • Robert Cullum, Regional Director, Settlement Programs
  • Lynne Belding, Regional Program Advisor
  • Joan Pullen, Regional Program Advisor
  • Vasugi Jayakumar, Regional Program Advisor
  • Raj Hari, Settlement Officer (Calgary)

Service Provider Organisations
(including case-study interviewees)

Atlantic Region

  • Merek Jagielski, Volunteer Services Unit Manager, Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association (MISA)
  • Melissa Tailor, MISA Host Coordinator
  • Barbara Miller, Manager, and Youmei Chen, Host Coordinator, YMCA Newcomer Centre, Greater Halifax/Dartmouth Newcomer Centre

Ontario Region

  • Morteza Jafapour, Executive Director, SISO Hamilton
  • Carl Nicholson, Executive Director, Catholic Immigration Centre Ottawa
  • Robert Godkin, Kingston and District Immigrant Services
  • Rahma Elmi, Host Coordinator, together with two volunteers and one newcomer client, YMCA of Kitchener-Waterloo.

PNT Region

  • Veena Chandra, Executive Director, Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE)
  • Beata Lutaba, Host Coordinator, Calgary Community Immigration Services
  • Diane Fisher, Director of Settlement Services, Calgary Community Immigration Services
  • Julie Fleming, Host Coordinator, Saskatoon Open Door Society

Stakeholders

  • Debbie Douglas, Executive Director, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
  • Fariborz Birjandian, Chairperson, Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA)

Host Focus Group Breakdown

Atlantic Region

Halifax

One English Host Client Group
Total Number of Attendees = 14

One English Host Volunteer Group
Total Number of Attendees = 12

Ontario Region

Toronto

One English Youth Host Client Group
Total Number of Attendees = 5

One English Adult Host Client Group
Total Number of Attendees = 11

One English Host Volunteer Group
Total Number of Attendees = 14

Ottawa

One French Host Volunteer Group
Total Number of Attendees = 9

One French Host Client Group
Total Number of Attendees = 11

PNT Region 

Calgary

One English Host Volunteer Group
Total Number of Attendees = 11

One English Client Group
Total Number of Attendees = 10

Host Client Focus Groups (n=5)
Host Volunteer Focus Groups (n=4)

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