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The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: 'Canada is offering hope and dashing dreams', Diversity our Strength: Improving Working Conditions in Canadian Nonprofits, Unlocking the potential of youth-led social enterprises, Climate migration front and centre at COP27 in Egypt, and more.

I was invited to be part of an Access Alliance Fireside Chat about Digital Inclusion during their staff professional development day. I was honoured to speak and discuss with Ibukun Abejirinde who is doing super interesting research on virtual care and Newcomers, and Jay Shaw, who is also doing super interesting and relevant work and research on virtual care technologies and new models of integrated care. These are my speaking notes.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada Leaving almost $13 billion on the table due to labour and skills shortages in manufacturing, Ottawa reveals plan to welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025, Growing wave of unaccompanied minors among Ukrainians fleeing to Canada, We can do a better job of welcoming displaced students and scholars, and more.

Inclusion is the foundation upon which responsible technology and policy development must be built.

I was honoured to be asked to present at The Immigrant Education Society's event Celebrate e-Learning with TIES: Innovation + Inspiration in the Nonprofit Sector. My presentation focused on exploring how to get the word out/promote the great work language professionals are doing not just to Newcomers, but also to other sector organizations.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: New Canadians Working amid a New Normal: Recent Immigrant Wage Penalties in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, Immigrants make up the largest share of the population in over 150 years and continue to shape who we are as Canadians, The ethical complexities of Canada’s dependence on edugration, Afghan refugee sponsorship quota should be removed, advocates urge feds, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: From Student to Immigrant? Multi-step pathways to permanent residence, Canada introduces strengthened protections for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the proportion of NEET: A regional analysis and international perspective, Unable to Leave: Afghans Stuck in Afghanistan, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada’s permanent resident application backlog is forcing thousands of skilled workers to quit and return home, Canada lifts working hour restrictions for international students, International Migration Outlook 2022, Survey shows that prospective students want more information on admissions, The Safe Third Country Agreement is unsafe – and unconstitutional, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: The "Canadian Experience Disconnect" - Immigrant Selection, Economic settlement and hiring, How failing to consider intersectionality affects immigrant women in the workplace, Canada moving to boost pathways to permanent residency for intl students, and more.