In April 2026, the Canadian Internet Society (TCIS) hosted its annual Digital Access Day policy conference. The 2026 theme was 'Access, Autonomy, and the Open Internet'

The latest Global Trends report, published in June 2026, provides key statistical trends on forced displacement. This CARFMS webinar reviewed the essential elements and aspects of this year’s report from a number of different perspectives.

I've written previously how the 2017 Standards for Technology in Social Work Practice is very applicable to the Canadian context, including the work Immigrant and Refugee-serving organizations do. It's a sector we should be paying attention to, because it is close in scope and focus to Settlement work, and is a regulated sector. What they do, we should adapt. What they learn, we should study. We don't, but we should.

This brief argues that a more inclusive, coherent and consistent family reunification program is needed. Canada’s current legislative and administrative frameworks continue to privilege the economically self-sufficient, heterosexual, nuclear family model rooted in the 1976 Immigration Act.

This report examines how recent newcomers living in Scarborough learn about and use free community and settlement services, and why many do not access them.It aims to identify information and service accessibility, challenges, and gaps for newcomers who have lived in Canada less than five years and have used only one or no settlement services.

This research synthesizes findings from empirical studies on how digital technologies (DTs) are used with immigrant plurilingual language learners in educational settings. Its explores contexts, methods, and outcomes of technology use for facilitating language learning and plurilingual teaching practices, as well as to assess how much current research integrates plurilingual approaches.

This case study comes from the Refugee 613 Using Digital Messaging to Support Newcomer Communities – A Toolkit for Individuals and Organizations. It outlines a Facebook group by and for Ottawa residents who are private sponsors of refugees, as well as organizations that facilitate refugee sponsorship

This good idea comes from the Refugee 613 Using Digital Messaging to Support Newcomer Communities – A Toolkit for Individuals and Organizations. It outlines the use of a private Facebook group for francophone newcomers to Canada. Members can ask any question and get answers from settlement professionals within 48 hours on business days.

OTEC, a sector-specific training, consulting, and workforce development organization, teamed up with Magnet to launch ALiGN, a “psychometric-based talent-to-role fit assessment and job-matching model” to connect unemployed youth to job vacancies.