Our Families Can Talk about Anything! (OFTA), offers specialized educational workshops, information, and referrals addressing culture, adaptation, intergenerational communication, and healthy relationships for newcomers.
OFTA engages and educates recent newcomer adults and youth in healthy conversations and learning about relationships, parenting, and sexual health, within a settlement context. The goal of the program is to support the successful integration of newcomer families through cultural education, adaptation, and intergenerational communication on sensitive yet critical topics, such as sexual health. Group sessions include youth groups, multicultural parent groups, couples’ groups, and gender-based groups focused on sexual and reproductive health. We also provide customized individual consultations & referrals.
Since its inception in 2001, this ongoing project has been a core piece of SERC’s work with newcomer parents, couples, adults, and youth. Primary activities include an in-depth educational workshop series for newcomers, covering topics such as adaptation, intergenerational communication, and sexuality. In most years, we offer training to service providers.
Beginning in 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), now Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has supported a major portion of the OFTA work.
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