Alone in Canada: 21 Ways to Make It Better

A Self-Help Guide for Single Newcomers

Alone in Canada is a multilingual booklet designed to help single new immigrants and refugees adjust to living in a new society. It gives suggestions on how to deal with issues commonly encountered by newcomers, including how to:

overcome culture shock and isolation
cope with stress and discrimination
learn English • establish and manage new relationships
enjoy new experiences.

Alone in Canada will be of interest to agencies that serve newcomers, such as settlement agencies, ESL and LINC programs, health services, international schools and colleges, adult learning centres and immigrant women’s centres.

The booklet is available in 18 languages, either:

in PDF form, from the Alone in Canada page on www.camh.net or
in print form from CAMH.

$3.00 each title • paperback

Download a PDF version of the CAMH Publications Order Form.

For Ontario residents:

When ordering 1–250 copies, for Ontario residents, your order is free. Please contact the McLaughlin Information Centre at 1 800 463-6273 to order up to 50 copies. When ordering more than 50 copies, please contact Marketing and Sales services. Shipping and handling fees apply.

When ordering, please use the following product codes:

Arabic - product code PZF31

Bengali - product code PZF38

Chinese - product code PZF32

Dari - product code PZF39

English - product code PZF29

Farsi - product code PZF33

French - product code PZF30

Hindi - product code PZF40

Korean - product code PZF41

Punjabi - product code PZF42

Russian - product code PZF43

Serbian - product code PZF44

Somali - product code PZF34

Spanish - product code PZF35

Tagalog - product code PZF45

Tamil - product code PZF36

Twi - product code PZF46

Urdu - product code PZF37

Alone in Canada: 21 Ways to Make It Better

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