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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides
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Expanding knowledge about migrant integration at a time of rapid transformation. Funded by CFREF_APOGEE 📍Toronto Metropolitan University/Concordia/UofA/UBC. Visit: https://www.torontomu.ca/bridging-divides/
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We are looking forward to an exciting conversation on how 2026 is a pivotal year for Canadian immigration, featuring insights from Bridging Divides researchers @mireillepaquet.bsky.social and Irene Bloemraad!

ℹ️ Feb. 5, 2026, 12-1 p.m. EST, online
Tune into the discussion, register ⤵️
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Coming up soon👉 A webinar on what 2026 could mean for Canada’s immigration policy. @cbreton.bsky.social, Irene Bloemraad & @mireillepaquet.bsky.social will explore trends to watch, the debates ahead & the choices that could have lasting impacts.

Register: irpp.org/irpp-event/c...

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January 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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❗ Students, professionals and migrants in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver: Opportunities you don’t want to miss

Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides is accepting applications for several opportunities, with deadlines today or approaching soon. Learn more ⤵️
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📣 We are accepting applications across multiple opportunities at @bridgdivides.bsky.social! Inviting students, researchers, professionals or migrants looking to engage with migration research and practice, don't miss out: 1/5 🧵
Join us at Bridging Divides Multiple opportunities in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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🎓 Grad students, are you interested in improving the lives of newcomers? The Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend offers financial support to students applying to/studying at
@torontomet.bsky.social in multiple fields. Deadline - PhD: Feb 1, 2026, Master's: April 1, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/GSS-26
Fund Your Graduate Studies at TMU with the Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend The Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend offers financial support to full-time Master’s and PhD students studying at/applying to TMU in a field related to migration and integration. Deadline to apply Master’s: April 1, 2026 PhD: Feb. 2, 2026
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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📣 We are accepting applications across multiple opportunities at @bridgdivides.bsky.social! Inviting students, researchers, professionals or migrants looking to engage with migration research and practice, don't miss out: 1/5 🧵
Join us at Bridging Divides Multiple opportunities in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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📣 Calling migration researchers! #CFP

The 2026 IMISCOE Research Network Forum, Promoting Afro-European Mediterranean Dialogue: Shifting Geographies of Migration, will take place Oct. 28-30, 2026. The Call for Papers is open! Deadline to submit: Feb. 6, 2026.

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New IMISCOE Event: 2026 IMISCOE Forum - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Immigrants in Canada are increasingly well-educated but persistently underemployed. For the 54th Annual Sorokin Lecture, Bridging Divides researcher Rupa Banerjee will draw on her research and examine this paradox. 🗓️ Feb. 5, 📍 University of Saskatchewan

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Recalibrating Canada’s Immigration Architecture: Insights from Research on Economic Inclusion and Institutional Mediation
The 54th Annual Sorokin Lecture is presented by Dr. Rupa Banerjee (PhD)
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January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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@migration.ubc.ca invites UBC Vancouver scholars to submit abstracts for the 2026 CMS Migration & Integration Conference (27 April at UBC). Supported by @bridgdivides.bsky.social

I attended last year. It's a winner—full of encouragement.
Deadline: Fri, 30 Jan 2026, 11:59 PM PST
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Five people, smiling and making peace signs, pose for a group selfie indoors, standing in front of a colourful, abstract art installation, with natural light streaming through large windows. Two people stand smiling in front of a colourful woven art piece, displayed by a large window, with trees and greenery visible outside. The person on the left has dark hair and glasses. The person on the right is smiling. Daniel William Szabo is wearing sunglasses and a suit. He is smiling for a selfie in front of a concrete wall with the sign "LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES" and a red logo. Green trees and glass windows are visible in the background. A blue banner for the UBC Centre for Migration Studies stands indoors near a plant, displaying the website migration.ubc.ca and the text "Transformative research on migration, mobilities, and belonging.
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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🚨 #Hiring: Join Bridging Divides researcher Zhixi Zhuang as a Project Coordinator (Place & Infrastructure theme)! Gain hands-on experience in research, project management, mixed-methods analysis and knowledge mobilization. 🗓️ Apply by Jan 31:

🔗 More information: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...
Opportunity: Project Coordinator Place & Infrastructure Sub-Projects Apply by Jan. 31 2026
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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👏 Proud to see Bridging Divides Scientific Director @triandafyllidou.bsky.social open the GAPs Return Migration Final Conference with a keynote that serves as a powerful reminder of why we need frameworks that match today’s migration realities. Learn more ⤵️
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🎤🌍 At the GAPs Project Final Conference hosted this week at Akdeniz University, the plenary sessions opened with a keynote from @triandafyllidou.bsky.social, @cercmigration.bsky.social, @torontomet.bsky.social.
January 23, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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🗞️ #InTheNews: Headlines that Bridge Divides. Each week, we highlight how Bridging Divides researchers are shaping public conversations through the media: 1/3 🧵
#InTheNews from Bridging Divides
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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📊 Interested in the opportunity to focus on full-time quantitative research in one of Canada's great cities? Join Bridging Divides teams at Concordia University or at UBC as a research associate in data science & immigration. ⏰ Role open until filled

www.concordia.ca/artsci/resea...

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Opportunity: Research Associate Data Science and Immigration Positon open until filled
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Yesterday's Research Dialogue Series featured Bridging Divides affiliated researcher Alka Kumar, alongside colleagues B. Nadya Jaworsky and Elroi Yee. 1/2 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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👋 💡 Today, our Research Dialogue audience heard from Scholar of Excellence B. Nadya Jaworsky, @masarykuniversity.bsky.social, and Journalism Fellow Elroi Yee, multimedia journalist and producer. The conversations on decolonizing methodologies brought fresh perspectives to centring migrant voices.
January 21, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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📣 #Hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher at Concordia University

You will work closely with Bridging Divides researchers @mireillepaquet.bsky.social and Karine Côté-Boucher to explore how intermediaries and digital tools are reshaping immigration governance

www.concordia.ca/artsci/resea... 1/2 🧵
Postdoctoral Researcher – Intermediaries and Digital Transformation in Immigration Governance | Institute for Research on Migration and Society - Concordia University
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January 21, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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🚨 2026 is a pivotal year for Canadian immigration. Join Bridging Divides researchers @mireillepaquet.bsky.social and Irene Bloemraad for a timely discussion on what may change, what will remain contested and why 2026 policy choices matter. Hosted by @irpp.org:

🗓 Feb 5
🕛 12-1 p.m. EST
📍 Online
Canada’s Changing Immigration Landscape: Top five things to watch out for in 2026 (Webinar) - IRPP
Canada’s immigration landscape is changing and 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year. Join us for a webinar unpacking the key trends, policies and events that will define immigration policy in the y...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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"But clearly the threats posed by Donald Trump to both economies have pushed both to push this [process] faster."

@sanjayruparelia.bsky.social, Bridging Divides researcher for CBC on B.C. Premier Eby's visit to India and the wider reset in India-Canada ties under Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Eby's whirlwind India visit shows just how much global relations have changed | CBC News
Before landing in India for a six-day trade mission, B.C. Premier David Eby's main objective was to pack in as many meetings and garner as much interest in his province's resources as possible. Less t...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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🎓 Grad students, are you interested in improving the lives of newcomers? The Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend offers financial support to students applying to/studying at
@torontomet.bsky.social in multiple fields. Deadline - PhD: Feb 1, 2026, Master's: April 1, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/GSS-26
Fund Your Graduate Studies at TMU with the Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend The Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend offers financial support to full-time Master’s and PhD students studying at/applying to TMU in a field related to migration and integration. Deadline to apply Master’s: April 1, 2026 PhD: Feb. 2, 2026
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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📣 Calling migration researchers! #CFP

The 2026 IMISCOE Research Network Forum, Promoting Afro-European Mediterranean Dialogue: Shifting Geographies of Migration, will take place October 28-30, 2026. The Call for Papers is open. Deadline to submit: Feb. 6, 2026.

🔗 www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
New IMISCOE Event: 2026 IMISCOE Forum - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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❗ Join a timely discussion on Canada's immigration system and the next steps ahead. Featuring Bridging Divides research associate @lisabrunner.bsky.social, who draws on her research into immigration pathways, international students, refugee resettlement and more to inform real-world policy. 1/2 🧵
Watch — Conversations Live with Stuart McNish
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January 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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How do migration trajectories from the Gulf States to Europe and North America reshape settlement pathways and policy responses?

Join the conversation with Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and affiliated researcher @aatique.bsky.social.

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From Transit to Settlement? Mapping Secondary Mobility from Gulf States to Europe and North America and Its Policy Implications Mr. Froilan Malit, Jr. Ph.D. Candidate at SOAS - University of London, Visiting Fellow at the American University in Dubai, Fellow at GLMM Dr. Asma Atique Research Fellow at the Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University Dr. Françoise De Bel-Air Senior Fellow at GLMM Michael Ewers Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Richa Shivakoti Research Lead on Migration Governance at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration and a Researcher with the Bridging Divides program at Toronto Metropolitan University Tuesday, January 20, 2026 5:00-6:30 pm KSA - 3:00-4:30 pm CET
January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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🌎 From a nation that once shared a broadly positive consensus on immigration, Canada has experienced a notable shift in public opinion and media coverage, leading to debates and hostility that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago. What changed? 1/2 🧵
Harney Lecture Series What Happened to Canada's Immigration Policy? Assessing Responsibility and Weighing Solutions Featuring: Tony Keller, Mireille Paquet, Andrew Parkin, Marta Morgan January 22, 2026 5-7 PM ET
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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How do migration trajectories from the Gulf States to Europe and North America reshape settlement pathways and policy responses?

Join the conversation with Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and affiliated researcher Asma Atique.

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From Transit to Settlement? Mapping Secondary Mobility from Gulf States to Europe and North America and Its Policy Implications Mr. Froilan Malit, Jr. Ph.D. Candidate at SOAS - University of London, Visiting Fellow at the American University in Dubai, Fellow at GLMM Dr. Asma Atique Research Fellow at the Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University Dr. Françoise De Bel-Air Senior Fellow at GLMM Michael Ewers Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Richa Shivakoti Research Lead on Migration Governance at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration and a Researcher with the Bridging Divides program at Toronto Metropolitan University Tuesday, January 20, 2026 5:00-6:30 pm KSA - 3:00-4:30 pm CET
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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📣 Inviting South Asian women across Canada: Interested in sharing your lived experiences of diversity and employment integration to help inform community-driven research?

Join @cercmigration.bsky.social for a virtual event this Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, 12-1 p.m. EST 1/2 🧵
South Asian Diversity and Employment Experiences in Canada
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January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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❓ What are the opportunities and risks of litigating positive rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? Unpack experiences of India, South Africa and Brazil with Bridging Divides researcher @sanjayruparelia.bsky.social this Friday.

📍 Hybrid
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Litigating Positive Rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom
A one-day symposium on rethinking and litigating positive rights under the Charter - from housing and health to climate and equality.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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📣 Join Bridging Divides Scientific Director @triandafyllidou.bsky.social for a keynote lecture, "Complex Migration and Coerced Returns" at GAPs Return Migration's conference.

🗓️ Jan. 22, 2026
⏰ 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. EEST
📍 Bumin Kagan Konferans Salonu, Akdeniz University, Antalya
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🎤 "Navigating Return Migration: What Next?" conference features keynote speaker @triandafyllidou.bsky.social on "Complex Migration and Coerced Returns". She'll explore non-linear migration trajectories, mixed motivations, and governance challenges in the Mediterranean and beyond.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM