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Commercial trucking connects Canadian businesses with domestic and international markets. Sikh truck driver Prahb Singh maneuvers his truck at a gas station in Fontana, Calif., on Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

September 14, 2026

Canada’s fast delivery comes at a cost for migrant truck drivers

Émile Baril, Concordia University and Juliana Tinoco Sampedro, Concordia University

Low freight rates, unpaid working time and immigration rules can leave some drivers with little room to push back against difficult working conditions.

Canada actively recruits highly educated and skilled immigrants, yet many end up in jobs that do not make full use of their education and experience. (Unsplash+)

August 27, 2026

When skilled immigrants are overqualified, employers pay a price too

Kingsley Ivande, University of Victoria and Stacey Fitzsimmons, University of Victoria

When the skills of new immigrants exceed the demands of their jobs, organizations may risk losing valued employees.

Workers inspect sheets of stainless steel after being pressed from coils, at Magna Stainless and Aluminum in Montréal in September 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

February 2, 2026

Tariffs are reshaping Canadian manufacturing, but not all workers are being impacted the same way

Marshia Akbar, Toronto Metropolitan University and Devaanshi Khanzode, Toronto Metropolitan University

U.S. tariffs disrupted Canada’s manufacturing sector in 2025, but their labour-market effects didn’t impact immigrant and Canadian-born workers the same.

Immigrant women working in the care sector do the essential work many Canadians rely on, but low wages mean many need to work past retirement age. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

February 21, 2023

Working more and making less: Canada needs to protect immigrant women care workers as they age

Naomi Lightman, Toronto Metropolitan University and Hamid Akbary, University of Calgary

Immigrant care workers are having to work into retirement age to make ends meet. The Canadian government must do more to support them.

Will precarious alternative forms of work, like gig platform jobs, become the norm for immigrant care workers? (Shutterstock)

November 30, 2022

Gig platforms help immigrant care workers find jobs, but they are only a temporary solution

Laura Lam, University of Toronto and Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University

Alternative working arrangements like gig platforms might help immigrant workers find temporary work, but many care professionals are still unable to find permanent jobs in their industry.

May 16, 2022

Australia is bringing migrant workers back – but exploitation is still rampant. Here are 3 changes needed now

Laurie Berg, University of Technology Sydney and Bassina Farbenblum, UNSW

Exploitation flourishes because regulators do not routinely detect or punish labour law noncompliance.

Photo titled ‘Burning My Ship’ by Cynthia Tellez for the photovoice project ‘Take a Walk in My Shoes’ (Cynthia Tellez)

May 15, 2022

Canada needs to stop wasting the talent of skilled immigrants

Gabriela Novotna, University of Regina and Marina Morgenshtern, Trent University

Skilled immigrants need barriers like Canadian experience removed in order for them to successfully integrate into the Canadian economy.

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