CERC Migration

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In the increasingly mobile world, those who stay behind play a vital role in maintaining, developing, and transforming their communities from within. The latest TMCIS #WorkingPaper argues staying put is an active, strategic choice — not passive inaction. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

📢 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-...

New #WorkingPaper examines how recently displaced Ukrainians in Canada and Germany maintain connections to their homeland, finding that women show stronger nationalistic sentiments than men among the displaced population.

🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

📢 #Callforpapers: "Tehranto: Stories of Home and Belonging from Toronto Iranians". Share your Iranian immigrant experience in Toronto through a 500-word personal essay. ⌛ Deadline for submissions: Aug. 15, 2025 🗣️ English or Farsi 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... #Tehranto #IranianDiaspora #Toronto

TMU researchers tackle micromobility, migration, and disability justice, with SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

🌍 FUTUREMIG reimagines migration's future through human imagination + AI predictions. Led by @triandafyllidou.bsky.social, the project brings together experts from across four continents to explore aging populations, mega-cities, climate change, and remote work. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/research/new...

TMU researchers tackle micromobility, migration, and disability justice, with SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

Congratulations to @torontomet.bsky.social researchers @raktimmitra.bsky.social‬, ‪@triandafyllidou.bsky.social, Nicole Ineese-Nash and Kathryn Underwood on receiving SSHRC Partnership Development Grants. Read more about the important #research supported by these grants: tinyurl.com/yhsh3nak

‘Flying Grannies’ and Human-Capital Citizenship: Care in Humanitarian and Compassionate Cases - Asma Atique, Ethel Tungohan, Megan Gaucher, Harshita Yalamarty, 2025 Given Canada's child care deficit, economic migration remains contingent on the unpaid care work of grandparent migrants, particularly grandmothers or ‘fly...

#NewResearch on 🇨🇦's "flying grannies": Despite childcare crisis & reliance on grandparents' unpaid care work, immigration system treats them as temporary. Their labour enables families' economic success but they struggle to obtain PR. @aatique.bsky.social 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A new article in @ca.theconversation.com authored by @cercmigration.bsky.social ‬researcher Shiva S. Mohan, examines the effects of Canada's proposed Strong Borders Act:

📢 #Callforpapers: "Tehranto: Stories of Home and Belonging from Toronto Iranians". Share your Iranian immigrant experience in Toronto through a 500-word personal essay. ⌛ Deadline for submissions: Aug. 15, 2025 🗣️ English or Farsi 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... #Tehranto #IranianDiaspora #Toronto

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of our newly launched series: torontomu.ca/cerc-migration/borders-and-belonging/#!accordion-1729180383471-season-3

#DEI #CdnPoli #NewsPodcast #Immigration #Podcast #Canada #Toronto

2/2 In this episode, host Maggie Perzyna also sits down with Wendy Cukier (Diversity Institute, TMU) and Daniel Bernhard (Institute for Canadian Citizenship) to explore whether DEI still matters in Canada, the role of universities in the international student surplus and more.

1/2 🌍 How can Canada better position itself to attract global talent?

Hear from @albertandp.ca's @naheednenshi.bsky.social on Episode 1 of In Conversation, a special segment of the Borders & Belonging Podcast, that brings leading voices together to unpack urgent migration issues in Canada.

📢 #Callforpapers: "Tehranto: Stories of Home and Belonging from Toronto Iranians". Share your Iranian immigrant experience in Toronto through a 500-word personal essay. ⌛ Deadline for submissions: Aug. 15, 2025 🗣️ English or Farsi 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... #Tehranto #IranianDiaspora #Toronto

Canada’s proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants Bill C-2’s expanded enforcement powers and increased risk of status revocation could make the current precarity for migrants much worse.

Thousands on "maintained status" are legally present but can't prove it to employers/services. New changes to rules are making things worse and not addressing the actual problems, writes @shivasmohan.bsky.social in @theconversation.com. 🔗 theconversation.com/canadas-prop...

Canada’s proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants Bill C-2’s expanded enforcement powers and increased risk of status revocation could make the current precarity for migrants much worse.

Hot off the press! @ca.theconversation.com "Canada’s proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants" theconversation.com/canadas-prop...

🎧 Catch Bridging Divides Scientific Director @triandafyllidou.bsky.social on the latest In Conversation episode, joined by Queen’s University Law Professor Sharry Aiken and @torontomet.bsky.social PhD student Claire Ellis. They break down Bill C-2 and whom it could impact. Tune in: bit.ly/inconv-ep2

@torontomet.bsky.social @researchtmu.bsky.social @triandafyllidou.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social #Podcast #Podcasting #News #BillC2 #StrongBordersAct #Refugee #Migration #Immigration #Canada #CdnPoli

Bill C-2 is being criticized for expanding discretionary powers to officials and imposing arbitrary measures, including a one-year deadline for refugee claims and removal of access to independent hearings.

🎧The new In Conversation episode unpacks the bill and its possible impact: bit.ly/inconv-ep2

Happy to receive the 2025 Insight Development Grants funding from SSHRC-CRSH for our research project exploring why some immigrants decide to leave Canada. Looking forward to working with @triandafyllidou.bsky.social @steinmonteiro.bsky.social Feng Hou

🎉 @cercmigration.bsky.social Chair @triandafyllidou.bsky.social and Research Area Lead @richashivakoti.bsky.social have received project funding in this week's Government of Canada announcement. These projects are part of @torontomet.bsky.social's impressive $15.9M funding announcement.

Canada is recognized as a global leader in immigration policy How has the landscape shifted and where do we stand today? Swipe to read excerpts from a new Migration Policy Institute country profile By Rupa Banerjee, Naomi Alboim, Anna Triandafyllidou and Georgiana Mathurin June 2025

58 per cent of Canadians believed immigration was too high in 2024 A 14-point increase since 2023 The sentiment appears to be driven by: - Economic anxieties - Housing shortages - Reduced confidence in immigration policy

Recent immigrants are still far more likely than their Canadian-born counterparts to be overqualified for their jobs Why? - Limited social and cultural capital - Limited/no Canadian work experience - Devaluation of foreign credentials - Decline of unionized jobs - Rise of precarious employment - Limited language proficiency For immigrants, this has resulted in: - Heightened job insecurity - Fewer opportunities for long-term career progression - Limited upward mobility

Ready to dive deeper into where we are today? Visit bit.ly/mpi-countryprofile to read the profile Arrow pointing to tablet mockup with original article open on the web.

🆕After years of change, Canada’s #ImmigrationPolicy stands at a critical inflection point. A new @migrationpolicy.bsky.social country profile unpacks where we are and how we got here.

🔗 migrationpolicy.org/article/canada-immigration-policy-inflection-point #Canada #Immigration #CdnPoli #Research

Call for Papers - The Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the @universitedeliege.bsky.social will host the #IMISCOE2026 Spring Conference in Liège, Belgium, March 16-18, 2026.

Call for Papers details: www.imiscoe.org/events/2393-...

Deadline: Sept. 5, 2025

Join us for the 2025 Metropolis International Summit, taking place at @torontomet.bsky.social campus on October 2–3, 2025. This event marks an exciting new partnership between Metropolis International and @cercmigration.bsky.social. Register: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

New #WorkingPaper examines how small immigrant businesses in Toronto's suburbs adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jane Law and Zhixi Zhuang explore how these businesses served as economic drivers AND community anchors. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

Canada's Long-Standing Openness to Immigration Comes Under Pressure Canada has long been viewed as a global leader in creating welcoming immigration policies. But amid pressures on housing and services, as well as a surge in admission of temporary migrants, most Canad...

Canada's Long-Standing Openness to Immigration Comes Under Pressure By Rupa Banerjee, Naomi Alboim, @triandafyllidou.bsky.social & Georgiana Mathurin
@cercmigration.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social
www.migrationpolicy.org/article/cana...

🎧 Listen to Episode 1: torontomu.ca/cerc-migration/borders-and-belonging/#!accordion-1729180383471-season-3

#DEI #CdnPoli #NewsPodcast #Immigration #Podcast #Canada #Toronto

2/2 Host Maggie Perzyna speaks with Wendy Cukier (Diversity Institute, @torontomet.bsky.social), Daniel Bernhard (Institute for Canadian Citizenship), and @naheednenshi.bsky.social (@albertandp.ca) as they reflect on the future of DEI in Canada, blind spots in our system and so much more!

1/2 Does Canada still need DEI? What are some impacts of Trump's DEI rollbacks? These are just a few of the questions explored in Episode 1 of In Conversation, a special segment of the Borders & Belonging podcast that brings leading voices together to discuss urgent migration issues shaping Canada.

2/2 A huge thank you to our presenters and panelists for sharing powerful stories -- and to everyone who showed up with thoughtful questions and so much enthusiasm!

@torontomet.bsky.social @researchtmu.bsky.social @cercmigration.bsky.social @rosanra.bsky.social #Toronto #Research #Immigrants