Category: Digital Inclusion - digital literacy - Immigration & Settlement

In this February 2025 webinar, Refugee 613 presented the latest findings from MTM Newcomer's 4th annual survey.

Presented at the 2024 Pathways to Prosperity conference, this session explored the challenge of Newcomer barriers to employment and what we need to do better.

The January 2025 ARAISA webinar outlines four databases that provide immigration-related data that are useful for you in your work. For each database, you will learn what data is available, advantages and disadvantages, and tips and tricks for using this data.

2024 was not a great year to be a Newcomer to Canada. Beyond the increased racism, discrimination, being scapegoated for Canada's governance and corporate failures, it was also a year of a research pile-on about immigrant employment and "how to help employers get it" that hasn't really moved the needle at all.

In this July 2024 Canadian Immigration Institute session, Canadian Immigration lawyer Mark Holthe interviews Josh Schachnow about the impact of AI on Canadian Immigration law and practice.

Ensuring the long-term health and well-being of immigrants in Canada is vital for human rights, social justice, and the sustainability of Canada's health system and economy. This April 2024 IPAC event explored what affects immigrant health, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of the issue. Panelists identified opportunities for collective action across sectors and geographies to enhance the long-term health outcomes of immigrants in Canada.

This is a recording of an in person session that I did recently at the Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre's Immigrant Researchers Support Network event. I focus on Knowledge Mobilization and Community Based Research, providing my take on how important Knowledge Mobilization is in Community Based Research and how newcomer or refugee researchers which what this network is made up of, could contribute to this mission.

This November 2023 Wellesley Institute webinar presents findings from the report Reimagining Funding and Service Delivery for Newcomers: Lessons from the Literature and Stakeholders. This project explored how newcomer settlement and integration outcomes are impacted by the current model of funding and service delivery.

This April 2022 panel builds on UN Special Rapporteur on Racism E. Tendayi's Achiume report Racial discrimination and emerging digital technologies: a human rights analysis. Presenters assessed the racially discriminatory use of digital technologies in border and immigration enforcement, including at the U.S./Mexico border and in Europe.