LEARNING RESOURCES

ORGANIZATIONS IN CANADA FOR NEWCOMERS

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The following are some of the key organizations for newcomers across Canada:

ALBERTA

BROOKS

Global Friendship Immigration Center

CALGARY

Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies

Alberta Network of Immigrant Women

Calgary Bridge foundation for youth

Calgary Catholic Immigration Society

Calgary Immigrant Education Society

Calgary Immigrant Women's Association

Calgary mennonite centre for Newcomers

Centre d'accueil pour les nouveax arrivants francophone

Centre for Newcomers

Immigrant Services Calgary

Jewish Family Service Calgary

EDMONTON

Assist Community Service Centre

Canadian Council for Refugees

Catholic Social Services

Changing Together--A centre for Immigrant Women

Edmonton Immigrant Men Support Network Society

Edmonton Immigrant Services Association

Edmonton Mennonite Centre For Newcomers

Information On Canadian Citizenship

IQAS International Qualifications Assessment Service

Millwoods Welcome Centre for Immigrants

Fort McMurray

Y.M.C.A.-Wood Buffalo-Settlement Development Program

Grand Prairie

Immigrant Settlement Services, Grand Prairie Reginal College

Lethbridge

Lethbridge Family Services--Immigrant Services

Medicine Hat

Saamis Immigration Services Association

Red Deer

Catholic Social Services, Immigration and Settlement

Central Alberta Immigrant Women's Association

Central Alberta Refugee Effort-C.A.R.E. Committee

British Columbia

Burnaby multicultural society

Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

Immigrant services Society of B.C

Inland Refugee Society of B.C.

Inter-cultural Association of Great Victoria

Legal Services Society

Mennonite Central Committee-BC-Vancouver & the Fraser valley

MOSAIC-Multilingual Orientation Service Association for immigrant communities

North Shore Multicultural Society

Options: Services to Community Society

Pacific Immigrant Resources Society

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society

The Red Book Online

Strathcona Employment Assisstance Services

SUCCESS-United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society

Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society

Vancouver Association For The Survivors of Torture (VAST)

Vancouver Multicultural Society

Vernon and District immigrant Services Society

Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society

MANITOBA

International Centre of Winnipeg

Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council

Needs Centre for War affected Families

Ukrainian Canadian Congress

NEW BRUNSWICK

Multicultural Association of Fredericton

Multicultural Association of the Great Moncton Area

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

Association for New Canadians

Coalition for Richer Diversity

Fe'de'ration Francophone de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador

NOVA SCOTIA

Halifax Immigrant Learning Centre

Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association

Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia

Y.M.C.A. Centre for Immigrant Programs

ONTARIO

Afghan Women's Association International

Caledonia Employment Services

Canadian Arab Foundation

Canadian Cambodian Association of Ontario

Canadian Centre for Language and Cultural Studies

Canadian Centre for victims of torture

Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society

Catholic Cross Cultural Services

Cornwall & District Immigrant services Agency

COSTI

Council of Agencies Serving South Asians

Halton Multicultural Council

Immigrant Services of Guelph-Wellington

Islamic Social Services and Resources Association

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada

Kingston & District Immigrant services

Lao Association of Ontario

Local Agencies Serving Immigrants-World Skills

London Cross Cultural Learner Centre

Mennonite Central Committee of Ontario(MCCO)

Multicultural Association of North Western Ontario

Multicultural Council of Windsor & Essex County

New Canadians' Centre of Excellence

New Canadians Centre of Peterborough

Newcomers Information Centre, YMCA of Greater Toronto

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)

Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre

Ottawa community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)

Research Resource Division for Refugees

Parkdale Intercultural Association

Peel Multicultural Centre

Settlement & Integration Services Organization of Hamilton

Skills for Change

Somali Immigrant Aid Organization

South Asian Family Support services

St.Christopher House

Thunder Bay Multicultural Association

Windsor Women Working With Immigrant Women

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ( P.E.I.)

Carrefour d'Immigration Rurale Evange'line

P.E.I. Association for Newcomers to Canada

SASKATCHEWAN

International Women of Saskatoon

Moose Jaw Multicultural Council

Regina Immigrant Women

Regina Open Door Society

Saskatchewan Intercultural Association

Saskatoon Open Door Society

Managing transition process

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MEDICAL LAB TESTS

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Your doctor may order lab test to 1) confirm a diagnosis, 2) rule out a diagnosis, 3) screen for or detect a condition or 4) monitor therapy. This post presents some of the most common groups/panels of med lab tests. Each test is listed as part of a group of tests used to evaluate 1) a general subject area, 2) an organ system, or 3) a disease. You will notice that some tests are part of more than one panel. Few tests, taken by themselves confirm or rule out, without any doubt, the presence of a disease. Human body is a very complex system and it does not always follow a specific rules, particularly when it is malfunctioning. Therefore, when you are in trouble you need the objective and trained eye of a professional ( i.e. your doctor). Do not be your own doctor, even if you are a doctor. WHAT IS PRESENTED HERE IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE A MEDICAL ADVICE AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON AS SUCH.

ANEMIA EVALUATION TESTS

1) CBC & Diff.( complete blood count and differential)

--it consists of white blood cell count, red blood cell count, white blood cell differential, hemoglobin, hematocrit and platelet count.

2) Reticulocyte (immature red blood cell) count

3) Iron (Fe) and iron binding capacity ( IBC).

4) Ferritin

5) Vitamin B12 and Folate

BONES/JOINTS EVALUATION TESTS

1) Albumin 5) Total protein

2) Alkaline phosphatase 6) Uric acid

3) Calcium 7) MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

4) Phosphorus 8) X-Ray

CARDIAC INJURY/RISK EVALUATION TESTS

1) CK ( creatine kinase) 5) Cholestrol

2) CK isoenzymes --HDL ( high density lipoprotein)

3) LD ( lactate dehydrogenase) --LDL ( low density lipoprotein)

4) Glucose 6) Triglycerides

COAGULATION ( BLOOD CLOTTING) EVALUATION TESTS

1) Bleeding time 4) PTT ( partial thromboplastin time)

2) Coagulation factor screen 5) platelet count

3) Fibrinogen 6) PT ( prothrombin time

COLLAGEN DISEASE AND ARTHRITIS EVALUATION TESTS

1) ANA ( antinuclear antibody)

2) C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP)

3) Rheumatoid factor (RF)

4) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

COLLAGEN DISEASE/ SLE (SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS) EVALUATION TESTS

1) ANA (antinuclear antibody)

2) ANT-DNA

3) ANT-ENA (anti-extractable nuclear antigen)

4) C3 and C4 ( complements C3 & C4 )

DRUG COMA/ OVERDOSE PANEL

1) Ammonia 7) Phenobarbital

2) Calcium 8) Salicylates (ASPRIN)

3) Creatinine 9) Alcohol ( ethanol, isopropanol, methanol)

4) Glucose 10) Toxicology screen ( urine & serum)

5) Lactic acid

6) Osmolality

DIABETES EVALUATION TESTS

1) Carbon dioxide 6) Hemoglobin A1c

2) Chloride 7) Potassium

3) Cholesterol 8) Sodium

4) Creatinine 9) Triglycerides

5) Glucose (fasting & 2hr PC)

ACID-BASE AND FLUID BALANCE PANEL

1) Anion gap 4) Electrolytes( CO2, Chloride, K+, Na+ )
2) BUN ( blood urea nitrogen)
3) Calcium
6) Phosphates 5) Osmolality ( plasma, urine )

GENERAL HEALTH EVALUATION TESTS

1) Albumin 8) Glucose
2) Alkaline phosphatase 9) LD ( lactate dehydrogenase)
3)AST(aspartate aminotransferase 10) potassium ( K+)
4) BUN (blood urea nitrogen) 11) Sodium ( Na+)
5) Calcium 12) Total bilirubin
6) Cholesterol 13) Triglycerides
7) Creatinine 14) Uric acid

HYPERTENSION EVALUATION TESTS

1) BUN 7) Sodium (Na+)
2) CO2 8) Thyroxine ( T4)
3) Chloride 9) Urinalysis
4) Colony count (urine) 10) urinary VMA (vanillylmandelic acid)
5) Creatinine 11) urinary free cortisol
6) Potassium ( K+)

HEPATIC PANEL ( LIVER FUNCTION TESTS)

1) Albumin 6) GGT (gamma-glutamyl transferase)
2) Alkaline phosphatase 7) PT ( prothrombin time)
3) ALT ( alanine aminotransferase) 8) Total bilirubin
4) AST (aspartate aminotransferase) 9) Total protein
5) Conjugated bilirubin

HEPATITIS, IMMUNOPATHOLOGY PANEL

1) Anti-HBc (antibody to hepatitis B core antigen
2) Anti-HBe
3) Anti-HBs (anti-hepatitis B surface antigen
4) Anti-hepatitis A (IGM)
5) HBeAg (hepatitis Be antigen
6) HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen

MALIGNANCY EVALUATION TESTS

1) AFP (alpha fetoprotein)
2) Alkaline phosphatase
3) B-HCG (B-human chorionic gonadotropin)
4) CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen)
5) LD (lactate dehydrogenase)
6) PAP ( prostatic acid phosphatase)

PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS

1) Amylase 3) Glucose
2) Calcium 4) Lipase

PARATHYROID EVALUATION TESTS

1) Albumin 5) Magnesium
2) Alkaline phosphatase 6) Phosphorus
3) Calcium 7) Total protein
4) Creatinine 8) Urinary calcium

PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST

1) CO2 content 4) PO2 ( partial pressure of Oxygen)
2) PH 5) Oxygen saturation
3)PCO2 (partial pressure of CO2)

RENAL FUNCTIN TESTS

1) Albumin 7) potassium
2) BUN 8) Glucose
3) Chloride 9) Sodium
4) CO2 content 10) Total protein
5) Creatinine 11) Urine creatinine, 24hrs
6) Creatinine clearance 12) Urinary protein.24hrs

THYROID FUNCTION TESTS

1) FTI ( free thyroxine index) or Free T4
2) T3 ( triiodothyronine)
3) T4 ( thyroxine)
4) TSH ( thyroid stimulating hormone)

TRANSITIONAL ( METASTATIC DISEASE) EVALUATION TESTS

1) Albumin 4) CEA ( carcinoembryonic antigen)
2) AST ( aspartate aminotransferase) 5) LD (lactate dehydrogenase)
3) Calcium 6) Total protein

TORCH (toxoplasmosis,rubella, cytomegalovirus,herpes) evaluation tests

1) Anti-cytomegalovirus 3) Anti-rubella
2) Anti-herpes 4) Anti-toxoplasmosis.