UBC Centre for Migration Studies

🎥 Join us on August 15, 5:30–8:00 PM at the Museum of Vancouver for a screening of 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦, a powerful invitation to reflect on land-based histories, relational ethics, and the role of visual storytelling in carrying ancestral knowledge forward.

Register: www.showpass.com/threads-of-t...

One week left to apply! #SeniorManager 💼

The CMS 2024-25 Annual Report is here!

Discover this year’s milestones, from our first Graduate Certificate cohort and the launch of the Migration Insights Series, to events uniting scholars, practitioners, and community voices.

🔗 Read the full annual report: migration.ubc.ca/wp-content/u...

The University of British Columbia Centre for Migration Studies Bridging Divides APSA PRE-CONFERENCE Narrative and Text Analysis in the Study of Migration and Citizenship September 10, 2025 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM UBC Vancouver Campus, Ponderosa Ballroom, 1Z2, 6445 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada

📢 Researchers and students: Interested in computational text analysis? Join @migration.ubc.ca for a one-day conference this fall with a beginner AI/ML workshop, expert panels and a roundtable.

📅 Sept. 10, 2025
📍 UBC Vancouver campus

🔗 To learn more and register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

📢 Calling migration researchers!

The Centre for European Refugees, Migration and Ethnic Studies at the @University of Liège will host the 2026 IMISCOE Spring Conference from March 16-18, 2026. The Call for Papers is open! Deadline to submit: Sept. 5, 2025.

🔗 www.imiscoe.org/events/2393-...

Unpacking ‘birth tourism’: incidental citizenship and the diverse migration and reproduction trajectories of nonresident mothers in Canada Birth tourism in Canada is defined as the practice of giving birth on Canadian soil while on a nonresident visa for the express purpose of enabling the child to obtain Canadian citizenship. Propone...

Challenging common myths, Prof. Amanda Cheong and her co-authors reveal that nonresident mothers’ decisions to give birth in Canada are often shaped by complex—and sometimes incidental—factors, rather than by strategic #citizenship planning.

🔗 Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Senior Manager, Centre for Migration Studies Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level C Job Title Senior Manager, Centre for Migration Studies Department Faculty Publications & Centres |...

We're Hiring! CMS is seeking a Senior Manager to lead and coordinate a dynamic portfolio of research, administrative, and programmatic activities advancing migration-related scholarship, education, and engagement.

📍 UBC Vancouver Campus
🕒 Full-time

🔗 Apply by August 7, 2025: tinyurl.com/35abkv85

Prof. Bethany Hastie and co-authors examine heat risks and protections for agricultural workers in Canada and the US.

Their new paper reviews recent research on climate impacts and analyzes key regulations aimed at protecting (mostly migrant) farmworkers from extreme heat.

🔗 shorturl.at/rZyRe

📣 We're thrilled to welcome four new visiting scholars for the 2025-26 academic year: Dr. Güliz Taşdemir, Professor Ming Chen, @heypaolo.bsky.social, and Nadya Zezyulina.

Learn more about them and stay tuned for opportunities to engage with their work!

Read more: migration.ubc.ca/news/cms-wel...

Heading to APSA in person?
Be sure to attend our Pre-Conference on Narrative and Text Analysis in the Study of Migration and Citizenship!

📍 Ponderosa Ballroom, UBC Vancouver
🕣 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM

Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

📚 New book from CMS affiliate Prof. John Culbert: 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 via @livunipress.bsky.social ‬(2025)

🔗 Learn more and order: lnkd.in/dpiWzp5T

#Displacement #Literature #Migration

📖 In a new research brief, Bridging Divides researcher @yueqiansoc.bsky.social explores how immigrants find love in Canada, how online dating compares to traditional dating methods and which immigrant groups face disparity within the online dating space

🔗 bit.ly/love-immigrants-yue

Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher at Concordia University On immigration, public opinion and integration Apply by Aug. 1, 2025

💼 #Opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher interested in immigration, public opinion & integration! Join the Concordia University team for a 2-year #fellowship.
🗓️Apply by Aug. 1
➡️ torontomu.ca/bridging-divides/opportunities/postdoctoral-researcher-immigration-public-opinion-integration-concordia/

How do discourse and storytelling shape public understanding, policy, and migrant lives?
Join us on Sept 10 for a one-day conference on narrative and text analysis in the study of migration and citizenship.

📍 8:30 AM–6:30 PM | Ponderosa Ballroom, UBC Vancouver
🔗 Register: shorturl.at/XBRm4

Don’t miss it! The closing reception for the Weaving Belonging #exhibition is happening today 👇

📖 In a new research brief, Bridging Divides postdoc fellow @lisabrunner.bsky.social explores how Canada, Australia and Germany have implemented 'edugration,' which positions universities and colleges as key players in attracting international talent, and its impacts. Read the brief: bit.ly/cctc-lisa

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💻 CS/CE students: Use your tech skills for social impact! Build a Bridge competition offers up to $4,000 CAD per team to tackle immigrant integration challenges with AI. 8-week program + mentorship + certificate + MVP project. Applications due today! www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div... #TechForGood

📣 Deadline approaching!

Dr. @lisabrunner.bsky.social, CMS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, warns that without clear, stable pathways to permanent residency, Canada risks losing international students to countries offering more predictable futures.

We were honoured to join the World Refugee Day Symposium hosted by @migration.ubc.ca + UBC Ed, spotlighting Afghan women resisting, redefining & reclaiming.

Highlights included:
📚 Digital learning for displaced learners
🌍 Education in transit
🚫 Barriers to recognizing online learning credentials

You're invited to the closing of Weaving Belonging, Aaniya Asrani’s community-rooted project on identity, connection, and belonging on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh lands.

🗓 Thursday, July 10
🕕 6 – 8 PM
📍 Liu Institute, UBC Vancouver

Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

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💻 CS/CE students: Use your tech skills for social impact! Build a Bridge competition offers up to $4,000 CAD per team to tackle immigrant integration challenges with AI. 8-week program + mentorship + certificate + MVP project. Apply by June 30, 2025 www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div... #TechForGood

A new @theglobeandmail.com article spotlights a recent C.D. Howe Institute report by CMS affiliate Prof. Emer. Daniel Hiebert, highlighting how regional immigration strategies—and livable mid-sized cities—are key to Canada’s future prosperity.
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🆕 Research Brief | Wedding season is here—but how do immigrants find love in a new country?

Prof. @yueqiansoc.bsky.social explores how online dating fosters immigrant belonging by promoting inter-nativity relationships and social integration.

🔗 Read the brief: migration.ubc.ca/publications...

🚨 Deadline today!
Submit your application by 11:59 PM PDT

Statelessness by Design: Myanmar’s Bureaucratic Methods of Erasing the Rohingya - Centre for Migration Studies Dr. Amanda Cheong’s research reveals how Myanmar’s bureaucratic methods have systematically erased the Rohingya, creating one of the world’s largest stateless populations.

Why do some states “fail” to document all their citizens? Sometimes it’s by design. On #WorldRefugeeDay, we spotlight research by Dr. Cheong, who reveals how Myanmar’s bureaucracies deliberately excluded the Rohingya—creating the world’s largest stateless population.
migration.ubc.ca/publications...

🚨 Deadline extended! CS/CE students: Use your tech skills for social impact! Build a Bridge competition offers up to $4,000 CAD per team to tackle immigrant integration challenges with AI. 8-week program + mentorship + certificate + MVP project.

Apply by June 30: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...

2015 ➡️ 2025

Forced displacement has almost doubled in the past decade, yet humanitarian resources remain nearly the same.

We cannot let these #GlobalTrends continue.

🔗 unhcr.org/global-trends

As World Refugee Day approaches, a new Ipsos survey finds that public support for the right to seek asylum remains strong—even amid global instability and major aid cuts.

New books by Arts faculty for your 2025 reading list - Faculty of Arts UBC Arts scholars have published books on a fascinating range of topics—including medical assistance in dying, GenAI and learning, African American blues, sign language music, and even the role of str...

Check out new books by @arts.ubc.ca faculty—including CMS affiliates Prof. Ayaka Yoshimizu, Prof. John Culbert, and Prof. David Gramling —featured on the 2025 reading list: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/new-boo...