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The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Ontario to break interprovincial barriers for regulated professions, Poilievre calls for temporary foreign worker program to be scrapped, REPORT| Foreign Students: Should We Restrict or Encourage Them? Designed to fail? Palestinian-Canadians fault Ottawa’s refugee program for Gazans, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada On Track To Surpass Immigration Targets In 2025, The occupational outcomes of provincial nominees, Use of temporary foreign workers soars in Canadian health care, Canada’s New Immigration Minister Silent On Important Issues, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Young people face new challenges in the job market as youth unemployment soars, Opinion | Canada’s growing immigration challenges: are we returning to dangerous policies of exclusion? As Canada reduces immigration, francophones settling outside Quebec are an exception, Who Owns Canada’s Labour Data? (Hint: Not Canada), and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Should the feds or provinces call the shots on finding economic immigrants?, Ottawa pressed to factor in 500,000 undocumented residents as it consults on immigration targets, Views on Immigration in Canada Fluctuate Widely by Age, Nearly 30 Canadian language programmes closed in Q1, marking the “sharpest decline in the sector’s history”, Immigration applicants to Canada face rising refusal rates, data reveals — and critics say the pressure to reduce a backlog may be a factor, and more.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Recent trends in immigration from Canada to the United States, They came to Toronto for safety. Instead, African asylum seekers faced racism, homelessness, says new report, Immigrants in Europe and North America earn 18% less than natives – here’s why, Thousands of Canadians to start receiving invitations to apply to sponsor parents and grandparents, and more.

The Switchboard Confluence event in June 2025 brought together technology innovators and refugee resettlement professionals to reimagine newcomer support through emerging technologies. Participants shared practical tools, techniques, and examples of how ethical and affordable technologies can address current resettlement challenges, with an emphasis on reaching and serving clients who are not located in proximity to services and resources.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada’s most valuable import is talent – we need more of it, 2025 mid-year review: major immigration policies and changes implemented, Immigrants ‘in limbo’ after Quebec suspends pathway to permanent residence with little notice, Palestinian students say visa delays have stranded them despite admission to Canadian schools (CBC), and more.

It's true that I often write about the upside of using technology in Settlement work. I do focus heavily on ethical issues and safeguards in my writing. Perhaps I don't spend enough time sharing useful resources to help guide us in these areas. Especially resources that take a deep dive into the underbelly of the tech world to remind us that we need to be creating not just consuming technology in our work. Tactical Tech is an organization whose work you should be aware of and following. This essay is part of their Digitized Divides series, a multi-part series about technology and crisis.

Migration is an increasingly digitized process, from visa applications to credential recognition and social services. That means access to digital tools alone is not enough — what also matters is the ability to effectively navigate complex digital systems. aChanges to immigration policies can often leave migrants confused about what their rights are and the opportunities available to them. This confusion can damage Canada’s image as a country welcoming to immigrants.