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WES Weekly Roundup January 22, 2025
Published on: January 22, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Nearly 50,000 foreign students listed as ‘no-shows’ by Canadian schools, Businesses and unions to form trade council to confer with Ottawa on Trump’s potential tariffs, Federal immigration department cutting 3,300 jobs over three years, Canada’s plan to reduce immigration levels leaves newcomer organizations scrambling with ‘off-the-cliff’ funding cuts, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup January 15, 2025
Published on: January 15, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: The Impact of Justin Trudeau’s Departure on Canada’s Future Immigration Policies, Thousands of caregivers’ status at risk as immigration programs stall, 2 in 5 newcomers would consider leaving Canada, The Truth About Asylum in Canada, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup January 8, 2025
Published on: January 8, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Immigration levels, and the untapped potential of Canadian newcomers, International higher education: Canada’s 2025 predictions, Federal government to remove incentive for foreign workers to reduce fraud in immigration system, Why has Justin Trudeau resigned – and what’s next for Canada? and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup December 18, 2024
Published on: December 18, 2024
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Navigating New Horizons: The Contributions and Perspectives of Multicultural Canadians, An Investigation into the City’s Decision to Stop Allowing Refugee Claimants into Base Shelter System Beds, Newcomer retention should be Canada’s priority, After Assad’s ouster in Syria, what next for refugee claims in Canada?, OPINION: On the Brink: Ottawa needs to restore the point of immigration – skilled workers, OPINION: On the Brink: Canada’s pillars of immigration are crumbling, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup December 11, 2024
Published on: December 11, 2024
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Colleges and universities face job cuts, deficits amid international student cap, Complementary Pathways: Key Factors in Future Growth, Smart money: Focused fiscal policy needed more than ever, Lower immigration will slow economic growth, but won't cause recession, Research to Insights: Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada, Canada: Abuse, Bias Against Immigration Detainees with Disabilities, The risks of immigration misinformation to Canada’s international students, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup November 27, 2024
Published on: November 27, 2024
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: The Leaky Bucket 2024: A closer look at immigrant onward migration in Canada, Foresights for Human Rights, 2024, Sorting facts from fiction on centres for asylum seekers, Better co-ordination and governance needed to steer Canada’s migration policies, “Patriotic Heroes” and “Foreign Laborers”: Politics of Media and Public Discourses on Essential Workers and Migrant Workers in Canada During the COVID-19, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup November 20, 2024
Published on: November 20, 2024
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Immigration Minister says ‘not everyone is welcome’ to come to Canada as concerns grow about U.S. deportation plans, Nearly 14,000 asylum claims filed by international students in Canada so far in 2024, Failure to Launch: The Economic and Social Costs of Youth Unemployment and their Long-term Impact, Impact of the 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan on Canada’s Housing Gap, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup November 13, 2024
Published on: November 13, 2024
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Immigration and a Population Strategy for Canada, Canada ends fast-track study permit processing, Canada: Sector survey says collaboration between governments and institutions essential to avoid “long-term damage to the sector”, Immigration cuts will help narrow Canada’s housing gap but won’t solve crisis, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup November 6, 2024
Published on: November 6, 2024
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: U.S. election: How would Harris, Trump immigration plans impact Canada?, Quebec freezes two major immigration streams, citing pressure on services, How Canada’s new immigration targets will impact the economy, Hunger Count 2024: Buckling Under the Strain, and more.
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