OBJECTIVES This article reports on an investigation of factors that promote or impede the development of social cohesion in communities receiving refugee newcomers largely of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) backgrounds. This community-based research was completed in collaboration with a community partner-a settlement agency dedicated to supporting people with immigrant and refugee backgrounds. METHOD Interviews were conducted with refugee newcomers, professionals working with refugee populations, individuals involved in private sponsorship of refugees, and long-term community residents. RESULTS Results focus on the essential relational and contextual issues to consider when designing a program to build social connections. Together, the findings suggest the value of trying to replicate how relationships form organically, the need to collaborate across systems, and the importance of addressing societal narratives about how newcomers are perceived. CONCLUSIONS Recommendations regarding the process of creating a community program are offered. These findings will be shared with a range of stakeholders to cocreate and implement a new program for enhancing social cohesion in our community. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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建设社区：连接难民和加拿大家庭。


目标 本文报告了一项对促进或阻碍主要来自中东和北非 (MENA) 背景的难民新移民的社区发展社会凝聚力的因素的调查。这项基于社区的研究是与社区合作伙伴（一家致力于支持有移民和难民背景的人的定居机构）合作完成的。方法 对新移民难民、从事难民工作的专业人员、参与私人赞助难民的个人以及长期社区居民进行了访谈。结果 结果侧重于设计建立社会联系的计划时需要考虑的基本关系和情境问题。总之，这些发现表明了尝试复制关系如何有机形成的价值、跨系统协作的必要性以及解决有关如何看待新来者的社会叙述的重要性。结论 提供了有关创建社区计划的过程的建议。这些发现将与一系列利益相关者分享，共同制定和实施一项新计划，以增强我们社区的社会凝聚力。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。