Category: WES Canada Programs Research Summaries

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Alberta adds family relatives to eligibility criteria for the Alberta Express Entry program, Racialized Canadians are less likely to find as good jobs as their non-racialized and non-Indigenous counterparts early in their careers, World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2023, ‘Welcome Corps’ a potential lifeline for refugees, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Ottawa eyes ‘aggressive measures’ to clear immigration backlog, memo reveals, Ford government to allow out of province nurses to start work immediately in Ontario, Does Canada’s Express Entry System Meet the Challenges of the Labor Market?, Syrian Refugee Lived Experience Project, WES Blog: How WES Canada Supports Immigrant Youth in Building Their Careers, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Matching Rapid Growth with Adequate Supports: How Colleges and Government Can Enhance International Student Experiences in Ontario, Global Skills Mobility Partnerships: An Opportunity for Canada, Labour Force Survey, December 2022, Why Some Groups Are Quitting Canada’s Popular Refugee Sponsorship Program, Why Canada’s plan to bring in 1.45 million permanent residents won’t fix the labour shortage, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: The top immigration developments of 2022, Opinion: Canada’s immigration plan should involve more than just big numbers, National physicians regulator aims to fast-track certification of more foreign-trained doctors, and more.

Research which took place in Saskatoon during COVID-19 school closures, found that immigrant parents in particular were affected in four ways: parent-teacher communication was hindered; children’s second language acquisition was delayed; schooling was neglected in favour of supporting well-being; and, parents relied on their own communities.

How other countries have moved to digital immigration provides important clues for Canada. Modernizing could build an efficient and fairer system.

As Canada experiments with using artificial intelligence (AI) in its immigration and refugee system, we must ensure the system protects human rights.

Immigration decisions are complex with high stakes for the people involved. The government must tread carefully on using AI in the screening process.

Experimenting with a systems approach using AI will help reveal its potential and allow immigration officials to begin asking different questions.