Category: WES Canada Programs Research Summaries

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: AFTER THE SHOCKS: Preventing long-term labour market scarring for youth, Temporary immigration is 'minoritizing' French in Quebec, says PQ, Poll finds non-white Canadians reject Ottawa-approved 'BIPOC, racialized' label.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Enhancing the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants to Canada, The Canada-India diplomatic crisis: Will the flow of Indian students, Shared Gains: Immigrant-Origin Students in U.S. Colleges.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Poll finds more than half of Canadians want fewer immigrants than Ottawa’s target, Hidden Talent: Unlocking the Employment Potential of Newcomer Youth in the Toronto Region, Canada on pace to build fewer — not more — homes by 2030 target: CMHC.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Ottawa mulls fast-tracking international study permits for ‘trusted’ universities, colleges, UN envoy links temporary foreign worker program to ’contemporary forms of slavery’, Newcomers still being turned away from main shelter system, city confirms, Stopping immigration won’t fix Canada’s housing Crisis, and more.

If most Canadian businesses haven't adopted AI in their work, should you worry if you haven't yet?

How is artificial intelligence being used in governing migration? What are the risks and opportunities that the emerging technology raises for both the state and the individual crossing a country’s borders?

In this April 2023 Pathways to Prosperity webinar, panelists shared information about knowledge mobilization platforms already in existence to help equip participants with the tools and strategies they need to stay in the know.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: This Canadian province wants to pick immigrants based on their nation. Is that fair, or a ‘slippery slope’?, We're welcoming record numbers of international students. Here's how they got caught up in the housing crisis, StatsCan to change how it counts non-permanent residents, ‘Just treat us like humans’: Temporary foreign workers in BC ride for rights, protections, and more.

Earlier this year, Jennifer Chan and I surveyed the Canadian immigrant and refugee-serving sector to find out how you are doing, both individually and organizationally.  In today's post, we asked front-line workers and organizational leaders to agree/disagree with some statements.