People don’t lose their expertise when they cross borders. But they often face structural barriers due to language, precarious immigration status and decreased access to support from academia.
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Canada’s beef processing sector heavily depends on low-wage immigrant and temporary migrant workers, exploiting them to sustain a workforce that is less likely to push for better working conditions.
Rather than tinkering around the edges, the federal government needs to fundamentally overhaul the Temporary Foreign Worker program to end the exploitation of these workers.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada must expedite all pending permanent residence applications for migrant care workers to ensure timely family reunification for these essential workers.
The federal government needs to recognize and address the structural problems of the current migration system that lead to migrants living and working in Canada without authorized immigration status.
The rise in anti-immigration sentiments, especially amid challenging conditions, could have far-reaching consequences for Canada’s social harmony and economic prosperity.
By capping immigration applications from Sudanese people fleeing the civil war at 3,250, and limiting eligibility to Sudanese with family in Canada, the federal government is leaving millions behind.
Private tech companies screening international students on behalf of public schools should be required to disclose more about their algorithms and training data.
Recent comments about international students in Canada significantly abusing the asylum system are misleading and obscure the context needed to understand a complex issue.
The myth of the ‘healthy immigrant’ has likely resulted in policymakers dismissing the health-care needs of newcomers to Canada. That’s why electoral participation is so important.
Placing migrants who are not criminals in prisons risks serious violations of their human rights and perpetuates narratives about the criminality of immigrants.
Rather than reducing international student permits, Ottawa should actively promote the advantages of studying in less populous provinces.
Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
New research has found that immigrants’ income falls behind once they turn 50 and their disadvantage only gets worse as they continue to age.
Research shows a classed and racialized divide among women caring for their children in Canada today. It’s a divide that is having a negative financial impact on immigrant women doing this work.
A study of newcomer Latin American and Black Caribbean parents in Ontario schools found many parents felt excluded from processes surrounding assessments for their child’s learning needs.
Valuing open source development is a way to attract talented people that are major drivers to economic growth.
New research shows that immigrants who arrive in a new country with better mental well-being are more likely to integrate and be successful.
The number of Canadians who believe there is too much immigration to Canada rose sharply in 2023. Why have public opinions changed so much in the last year?
Canada has cultivated a reputation for being welcoming toward refugees. However, a new pilot program risks jeopardizing that reputation by making asylum seekers prove their economic worth.
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Visiting professor, Harvard University
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Executive Director, Global College, University of Winnipeg
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Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Research Lead on Labour Migration at the CERC Migration and Integration Program, TMU, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor, Geography and Environmental studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor in the Faculty of Business & Communication Studies, Mount Royal University
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PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, York University, Canada
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Research Associate, Centre for Migration Studies, University of British Columbia
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Research Fellow, Bridging Divides, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Language and Literacies Education, University of Regina
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Masters student, Education, Thompson Rivers University