Melissa Siegel

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  • Professor of Migration Studies, Maastricht University, Head of Migration Studies at Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
A crossing guard stops traffic as students arrive at École Woodward Hill Elementary School, in Surrey, B.C., Feb. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Student achievement depends on reducing poverty now and after COVID‑19

Louis Volante, Brock University; Don A. Klinger, University of Waikato; Livianna Tossutti, Brock University, and Melissa Siegel, United Nations University

Comprehensive early childhood education, mental health support, internet connectivity and post-secondary funding are part of reducing the consequences of poverty so all students may excel.
Both first- and second-generation immigrants in British Columbia and Ontario outperformed their non-immigrant counterparts in science literacy, in the 2015 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Programme for International Student Assessment. (Shutterstock)

The secrets of immigrant student success

Louis Volante, Brock University; Don A. Klinger, University of Waikato, and Melissa Siegel, United Nations University

First and second-generation immigrants perform well in many Canadian provinces that take an “accommodation” approach.
We need a clear understanding of how well immigrant students perform in education systems in order to best serve them. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

Immigrant youth help to build nations

Louis Volante, Brock University; Don A. Klinger, Queen's University, Ontario; Melissa Siegel, Maastricht University, and Ozge Bilgili, Utrecht University

The future of our country depends on our youth. Many of our youth are immigrant students and we need to understand how to best support them so we can thrive as a nation.

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