WES Weekly Roundup May 7, 2025
Published on: May 7, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Top of the Agenda: How the new government can address Canada's biggest challenges, Balancing Canada’s Population Growth and Ageing Through Immigration Policy, More newcomers are learning French in hopes of improving their chances to stay in Canada permanently, Beyond settlement: How employers can close the immigrant employment gap, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup April 30, 2025
Published on: April 30, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: What the Liberals have in store for Canada’s immigration policy, Skilled migrants are leaving the U.S. for Canada — how can the north gain from the brain drain?, Canada ended this temporary foreign worker program. It may affect how food gets to your table, Migration Governance in Unsettled Times: How Policymakers Can Plan for Population Change, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup April 23, 2025
Published on: April 23, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: OPINION | The missing debate on immigration, The Canada We Believe In: Renewing a positive vision for immigration, How Canada's student visa cap could cost us top global talent, Canada’s new immigration policy favours construction workers but leaves the rest behind, Some migrants in Canada lose work status while applications languish, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup April 11, 2025
Published on: April 11, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Employment Integration of Recent Immigrants in a Canadian Mid-Sized City: An Emerging Model, Beyond Binaries: In Diverse Societies Prejudices are more complex than simply us and them, OPINION | Canada’s labour market is failing racialized immigrant women, requiring an urgent policy response, International Student Mobility: A Post-Pandemic Reset or a Broader Challenge?, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup April 2, 2025
Published on: April 2, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada election: Where do all the parties stand on immigration caps? Recent trends in migration flows from the United States to Canada, Canada’s Home Care Worker Immigration Pilots now open, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup March 26, 2025
Published on: March 26, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: What To Expect From New Canada Immigration Minister Rachel Bendayan, The Government of Canada is investing more than $9.3 million to support Francophone minority communities, Why international students could be a critical factor in bolstering Canada’s economic resilience, and more.
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Paving a Path for Digital Equity and Digital Transformation in Peel Region (conference session overview)
Published on: March 16, 2025
At the March 2025 Metropolis Conference I participated with Peel Newcomer Strategy Group (PNSG) on a panel presentation. If you weren't in the room, you may think you missed it. But, thankfully recently ran a similar panel and the 2024 P2P conference, virtually, so there is a recording. I didn't participate then, but I also have a recording of a very similar presentation I did on the topic of digital inclusion/equity and digital transformation in the sector.
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WES Weekly Roundup March 12, 2025
Published on: March 12, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Mark Carney elected as new Liberal leader. What’s next?, High study visa refusal rates disrupting the international education landscape (ICEF), Canada to grant legal status for thousands of undocumented construction workers, Farm certification could make Canada’s farms fairer for migrant workers, and more.
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WES Weekly Roundup March 5, 2025
Published on: March 5, 2025
The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Understanding the Impact of Immigration on Demography: A Canadian Case Study, The Immigration Paradox: How an Influx of Newcomers Has Led to Labour Shortages, Quebec announces cap on international post-secondary students (CBC), and more.
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