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It's been a while since I posted a podcast episode. Editing this one reminded me how incredibly insightful, experienced, and committed you all are in the Immigrant and Refugee-serving sector.

This report focuses on global data talent in the social sector. The report reviews the current landscape and offers four pathways forward for building purpose-driven data professionals.

The goal of the report is to offer guiding questions and considerations for humanitarian organizations deciding if a chatbot is an appropriate tool to address program and community needs. It also contains use cases highlighting the experiences of practitioners working in diverse geographic contexts and issue areas.

Two years ago I moderated a panel focused on measuring virtual service delivery for the Peel Newcomer Strategy Group. We asked the question: How do I know my transition to virtual service delivery is effective? It was a great discussion with many resources shared. This year I'm happy to share a better answer.

I recently attended an IRCC consultation focused on “Client Service Excellence.” The background paper they shared referenced below is here (and embedded down below). I haven't been asked to not share it, so I'm sharing it here with my thoughts.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Immigrants’ sense of belonging to Canada by province of residence, Minister Fraser launches Canada’s first-ever Tech Talent Strategy at Collision 2023, Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers, Improving Stakeholder Coordination in Refugee Resettlement, As Canada welcomes historic numbers of immigrants, how can communities be more welcoming? and more.

In this post I'm providing some background information about how the evaluation toolkit was created and why you should connect with the WESO team soon to learn more about and implement it in your organization.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Non-permanent residents in Canada: Portrait of a growing population from the 2021, B.C. international students are the new temporary foreign workers, stuck without work in their fields: survey, Blaming immigration for the country's housing crisis disguises the real problem, analysts say, Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2022, All Canadian permanent residence applicants must now submit biometrics, Montreal refugee advocacy groups, migrants begin 3-day protest march to Roxham Road, and more.

I realized that while many of the articles, research reports, and Good Ideas I share in the newsletter lead back here, not all do. And, maybe having weekly summary of posts on this site might make sense. Granted, it only took me 92 editions of my newsletter to realize that, but such is life. From now on I'm going to post my newsletters here. I hope you find it useful.