Category: Immigration & Settlement - innovation

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.

In this July 2024 Pathways to Prosperity webinar, speakers explore the questions How do governments use research? How can academics improve the impact of their research? to examine the use of research among provincial and municipal governments.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada might struggle to rein in surge of temporary residents, Bank of Canada projects, Refugee Success in Canada’s Labour Market: Labour Market Information Needs and Gaps, Staff warned immigration minister about setting 'significant precedent' with Ukraine visa program.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: OPINION: Trudeau-Legault immigration meeting shows federation at its cynical worst, ‘Shocking and unjustifiable:’ Canada is deporting migrants at its highest rate in more than a decade, Canada’s new care worker immigration programs need faster processing times to keep families together.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Optimizing Immigration for Economic Growth, Ontario court approves class-action by immigration detainees against federal government, Economic Impact of International Education in Canada, Quebec’s attack on refugee sponsorship.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Using Twitter to investigate discourse on immigration, With dipping study permit approval rates for international students, Canada may not meet its reduced target, Foreign workers in Canada: Differences in the transition to permanent residency across work permit programs, Higher share of foreign workers have made transition to permanent residency in recent years: report.

Organized by ARAISA and the Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA) these May 2024 Cybersecurity and Data Protection webinars aim to raise awareness of privacy and data security principles, focusing on safeguarding client information and complying with provincial privacy laws. Both webinars are useful for all. Part 2 covers specific Atlantic region legal frameworks.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Ottawa split on plan to let undocumented migrants apply to stay in Canada, Immigration Minister Miller says, Population projections: Canada, provinces and territories, 2023 to 2073, British Columbia makes Entrepreneur Regional Pilot Program permanent, Court grants Trudeau government extension to fix ‘lost Canadians’ citizenship rules — with a catch.

These May 2024 AMSSA webinars AMSSA covered techniques for securing sensitive information, highlighting case studies of standard operational principles as well as the consequences of data breaches, and the legal framework of digital security in the settlement sector in B.C., as well as the legal responsibilities of organizations and individuals. While legal and regulatory frameworks are B.C.-focused there is also discussion of national legislation and there is much in these webinars on privacy and security principles, and best practices relevant for all Immigrant and Refugee-serving organizations.