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The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: World Migration Report – 2024, Canada is scaling back temporary foreign workers. Critics say the program needs an overhaul, Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students.

A year ago I was invited to an IRCC online focus group on "how to position Canada’s immigration system as a global leader in client service excellence." Something it is increasingly not. It was part of IRCC's consultations last year, one of their thematic consultations, and I was happy to attend and provide feedback, as well as listen and learn form other participants. The entire experience makes me think of what engagement and a real relationship of trust and mutual respect could look like in our sector.

This presentation was part of the Pathways to Prosperity Preconference at International Metropolis in 2019. The presentation highlighted existing data sources for measuring integration outcomes at IRCC, as well as selected highlights of economic, social and health outcomes of immigrants, refugees and children of immigrants.

This 2023 Peel Newcomer Strategy session outlines and provides suggestions on how settlement sector can better promote their services to newcomers arriving in their community.

This 2023 ARAISA webinar is a presentation of the Wired: Evaluating Settlement Online (WESO) Toolkit. It focuses on key areas for settlement services, like capacity building, quality assessment, data analysis, and resource allocation.

This Pathways to Prosperity 2023 conference workshop examines the hybrid service model combining remote and in-person service delivery that developed during the pandemic.

This report explores key themes around the resettlement experiences of privately sponsored Syrian refugees in Ontario. It particularly focuses on the impact of online pre-arrival contact via digital communication platforms like Facebook, Skype, and WhatsApp between refugees and their private sponsors.

Researchers provide a comprehensive Framework for Digital Health Equity, detailing key digital determinants of health (DDoH), to support the work of digital health tool creators in industry, health systems operations, and academia.

Researchers examined refugee mothers’ access to virtual social support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their objective was to understand the provision of virtual social support for refugee mothers from the perspective of service providers and recently arrived refugee mothers to Canada.