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At the recent P2P National Conference I participated in the first of 2 panel presentations focused on Immigration, Work and New Technologies. My contribution was a presentation titled How Digital Diversity Shapes Employment Outcomes – Digital Inclusion Is a Settlement Imperative. It was a very interesting panel with some interesting connecting threads I want to share before I forget them.

This November 2025 Refugee 613 webinar highlights early findings from the 2025 MTM Newcomers Survey and explores how to apply them in real settings, in ways that are practical and won’t add to your workload. The session reviewed communication patterns and gaps that affect outreach, program design, funding applications, and community partnerships.

In 2024 national round‑table discussions on digital inclusion in Canada occurred, forming a Canadian National Digital Inclusion Network (NDIN). These documents lay out a series of goals, challenges, and concrete recommendations aimed at closing the digital divide for marginalized groups across the country.

At the October 2025 AI for Social Impact Gathering, Geoff Zakaib from Data for Good shared key lessons from the National Mental Health Datathon and practical strategies for making cross-sector data collaboration work.

CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre was one of five research centres that promoted policy-relevant research about immigration, settlement, and diversity in Canada. It existed from 1996 to 2013. CERIS maintained a useful virtual library of reports, working papers, and more. When CERIS closed, that repository was lost. I was able to download 408 documents before the repository was lost. While I've been wanting to post them all individually, I haven't been able to, and wanted to share the reports.

Canada recently completed an online consultation about our country's AI strategy. There has been much criticism that the AI task force that was created is overly representative of the tech industry and not representative enough of Canadian society. Here are a few interesting and thoughtful submissions you should be aware of that try to address this fatal flaw in our government's strategy.

This conversation explores how nonprofit organizations can adopt and collaborate with generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance their work while preserving human judgment. Beth Kanter frames AI as a translator and thought partner that can free staff from repetitive tasks, deepen learning, and improve stakeholder relationships.

This October 2025 panel focused on impacts of AI and false responders on online data collection. Learn how researchers are navigating false responders and bots as hostilities rise against 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

This November 2024 webinar, with members from the “Beyond Technology, Beyond Healthcare” project, shared lessons learned from a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues that can transform approaches in ensuring responsive and equitable service delivery for newcomers to Canada.