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The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Learning from International Student Families: Making a Home in Canada, Under pressure: How global migration and economic trends are impacting international education, Posthaste: Canada's immigration clampdown could have more consequences than we thought, The End of Asylum: Evolving the Protection System to Meet 21st Century Challenges.

This qualitative study examined the experiences of patients from equity-deserving populations (EDPs) who received care from a Virtual Emergency Department (ED) in Toronto, Canada. The researchers wanted to understand how virtual care compared to in-person care for EDPs and what aspects promoted or hindered equitable access and experiences.

This research examines the demand for digital skills in Canada's nonprofit sector compared to other sectors of the economy. It analyzes job postings data to understand skills demand trends within the nonprofit sector and compares them to jobs requiring similar education levels and tech jobs.

This study explores the digital learning needs and preferences of Arabic-speaking older immigrants in Canada, focusing on their experiences with information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digital literacy programs.

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 research investigates how newcomers to Canada use Reddit to find settlement information, which is also available through formal settlement service providers. The study aims to understand the extent to which informal online conversations on Reddit align with formal settlement service categories and to explore the potential for using this information to improve settlement services.

The research investigates how personal values influence the discourse on immigration, specifically regarding the closure of Roxham Road, an irregular border crossing between the United States and Canada. The study examines how the values of conservation (resistance to change) and self-transcendence (concern for others) are expressed in social media discussions, particularly on Twitter, and how these expressions correlate with sentiments about asylum seekers.