Foundations in Agricultural-Based Industries for Refugees and Migrants (FARM) Curriculum

Created for Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) and other program instructors, these teaching resources are designed to equip instructors with tools and materials to enhance newcomer student learning.

What is the FARM Impact Study?

A continuing labour shortage in the agricultural industry and higher rates of unemployment amongst immigrants has provided the basis for a pilot project undertaken by The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) in 2018 and 2019. The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) has received funding from the Alberta Government to develop a program that prepares permanent residents for employment in the agricultural industry (FARM).  The FARM program suggests that new immigrants can play a role in supplementing a labour force that has relied heavily on temporary foreign workers partly because they may enter the agricultural industry as part of a structured integration process, instead of lacking access to one as in the case of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW).  FARM offers a unique research opportunity to examine the value of such programming in facilitating the integration of permanent newcomers into Canadian society through an industry in demand of workers, as well as to assess its viability as a supplement or alternative to the TFWP.

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