CERC Migration
@cercmigration.bsky.social
The Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration & Integration program at Toronto Metropolitan University is leading research and informed debate on international migration.
www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migration/
www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migration/
π π¨π¦ @triandafyllidou.bsky.social argues Canada needs better data-sharing to build the right housing: affordable rentals, not luxury condos. Solutions require all government levels to fund non-profit housing and ensure cities approve what newcomers actually need.
π www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
π www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Lorinc: Letβs get together and build housing we could really use. Hereβs how
www.thestar.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
π π¨π¦ @triandafyllidou.bsky.social argues Canada needs better data-sharing to build the right housing: affordable rentals, not luxury condos. Solutions require all government levels to fund non-profit housing and ensure cities approve what newcomers actually need.
π www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
π www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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25 years passed in a blink! "Ethnicities 25th Anniversary Symposium: Current reflections on the field",
contributions from @craigcalhoun.bsky.social Geoffrey Braham Levey, Gurpreet Mahajan, Varun Uberoi, Nira Yuval-Davis & @triandafyllidou.bsky.social
Here: journals.sagepub.com/page/etn/25_...?
contributions from @craigcalhoun.bsky.social Geoffrey Braham Levey, Gurpreet Mahajan, Varun Uberoi, Nira Yuval-Davis & @triandafyllidou.bsky.social
Here: journals.sagepub.com/page/etn/25_...?
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February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
25 years passed in a blink! "Ethnicities 25th Anniversary Symposium: Current reflections on the field",
contributions from @craigcalhoun.bsky.social Geoffrey Braham Levey, Gurpreet Mahajan, Varun Uberoi, Nira Yuval-Davis & @triandafyllidou.bsky.social
Here: journals.sagepub.com/page/etn/25_...?
contributions from @craigcalhoun.bsky.social Geoffrey Braham Levey, Gurpreet Mahajan, Varun Uberoi, Nira Yuval-Davis & @triandafyllidou.bsky.social
Here: journals.sagepub.com/page/etn/25_...?
π΅ @jeremiemolho.bsky.social soutient que π¨π¦ les institutions musicales doivent crΓ©er un vΓ©ritable soutien structurel pour les #artistesimmigrΓ©s afin qu'ils atteignent stabilitΓ© et reconnaissance, pas juste cΓ©lΓ©brer superficiellement la diversitΓ©.
π ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
π ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
Lβimmigration transforme-t-elle lβADN musical dβune ville?
Γ Toronto, des artistes issus de la diversitΓ© luttent pour que leur mΓ©tissage sonore trouve sa place au sein des institutions culturelles canadiennes.
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
π΅ @jeremiemolho.bsky.social soutient que π¨π¦ les institutions musicales doivent crΓ©er un vΓ©ritable soutien structurel pour les #artistesimmigrΓ©s afin qu'ils atteignent stabilitΓ© et reconnaissance, pas juste cΓ©lΓ©brer superficiellement la diversitΓ©.
π ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
π ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
U.S. tariffs triggered nearly 43,000 manufacturing job losses in Canada from March-May 2025, with #immigrantworkers hit hardest. In @ca.theconversation.com, Marshia Akbar and Devaanshi Khanzode explore how trade disruptions expose existing vulnerabilities.
π theconversation.com/tariffs-are-...
π theconversation.com/tariffs-are-...
Tariffs are reshaping Canadian manufacturing, but not all workers are being impacted the same way
U.S. tariffs disrupted Canadaβs manufacturing sector in 2025, but their labour-market effects didnβt impact immigrant and Canadian-born workers the same.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
U.S. tariffs triggered nearly 43,000 manufacturing job losses in Canada from March-May 2025, with #immigrantworkers hit hardest. In @ca.theconversation.com, Marshia Akbar and Devaanshi Khanzode explore how trade disruptions expose existing vulnerabilities.
π theconversation.com/tariffs-are-...
π theconversation.com/tariffs-are-...
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π£ 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 π§΅
January 28, 2026 at 9:23 PM
π£ 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 π§΅
For the latest Borders & Belonging Podcast episode, she is joined by Amanda Cheong whose research on statelessness powerfully expands the conversation by showing how people assert belonging and political agency even in the absence of formal citizenship. π§ www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 2/2
Borders & Belonging
www.torontomu.ca
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
For the latest Borders & Belonging Podcast episode, she is joined by Amanda Cheong whose research on statelessness powerfully expands the conversation by showing how people assert belonging and political agency even in the absence of formal citizenship. π§ www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 2/2
ποΈ From an aspiring rockstar to a leading scholar, Irene Bloemraad (Professor of Political Studies, Co-Director of @migration.ubc.ca) reflects on the personal experiences and turning points that informed her influential framework of citizenship as claims-making.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
ποΈ From an aspiring rockstar to a leading scholar, Irene Bloemraad (Professor of Political Studies, Co-Director of @migration.ubc.ca) reflects on the personal experiences and turning points that informed her influential framework of citizenship as claims-making.
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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. ποΈ Feb. 5, π University of Saskatchewan
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
Recalibrating Canadaβs Immigration Architecture: Insights from Research on Economic Inclusion and Institutional Mediation
The 54th Annual Sorokin Lecture is presented by Dr. Rupa Banerjee (PhD)
artsandscience.usask.ca
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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. ποΈ Feb. 5, π University of Saskatchewan
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
Research by @cercmigration.bsky.social Research Fellow Monica Gagnon shows how ON hospitals deny health coverage to π¨π¦-born babies when their parents lack permanent status, even though children are legally entitled to care.
π www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#HealthEquity #ImmigrantRights
π www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#HealthEquity #ImmigrantRights
January 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Research by @cercmigration.bsky.social Research Fellow Monica Gagnon shows how ON hospitals deny health coverage to π¨π¦-born babies when their parents lack permanent status, even though children are legally entitled to care.
π www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#HealthEquity #ImmigrantRights
π www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#HealthEquity #ImmigrantRights
She challenged attendees to rethink return migration through a new lens: one that recognizesΒ degrees of coercion, non-linear journeys, and evolving categories that traditional frameworks can't capture.
#GAPsProject #ReturnMigration #HorizonEU
Photo credit: Kudbettin Arik
#GAPsProject #ReturnMigration #HorizonEU
Photo credit: Kudbettin Arik
January 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
She challenged attendees to rethink return migration through a new lens: one that recognizesΒ degrees of coercion, non-linear journeys, and evolving categories that traditional frameworks can't capture.
#GAPsProject #ReturnMigration #HorizonEU
Photo credit: Kudbettin Arik
#GAPsProject #ReturnMigration #HorizonEU
Photo credit: Kudbettin Arik
π€π At the GAPs Project Final Conference hosted this week atΒ Akdeniz University,Β the plenary sessions opened with a keynote from @triandafyllidou.bsky.social, @cercmigration.bsky.social, @torontomet.bsky.social.
January 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
π€π At the GAPs Project Final Conference hosted this week atΒ Akdeniz University,Β the plenary sessions opened with a keynote from @triandafyllidou.bsky.social, @cercmigration.bsky.social, @torontomet.bsky.social.
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Toronto Metropolitan University invites outstanding researchers based outside Canada to apply for nomination to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program. Applications are due by Feb. 21: www.torontomu.ca/research/abo... @arts-tmu.bsky.social @trsmtorontomet.bsky.social @torontometsci.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Toronto Metropolitan University invites outstanding researchers based outside Canada to apply for nomination to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program. Applications are due by Feb. 21: www.torontomu.ca/research/abo... @arts-tmu.bsky.social @trsmtorontomet.bsky.social @torontometsci.bsky.social
π π‘ 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
π π‘ 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.
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π£ 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.
π www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
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.
π 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
π£ 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.
π www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
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.
π www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
International students are facing rental scams, overcrowded conditions, discrimination, and exploitation. Zhixi Zhuang @torontomet.bsky.social writes for @ca.theconversation.com on urgent actions needed . π theconversation.com/nowhere-to-s... #InternationalStudents #HousingCrisis #StudentHousing
Nowhere to stay: Canada needs a rights and responsibility approach to international student housing
An intergovernmental student housing task force is needed to work in tandem with universities and colleges to uphold international studentsβ housing rights.
theconversation.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM
International students are facing rental scams, overcrowded conditions, discrimination, and exploitation. Zhixi Zhuang @torontomet.bsky.social writes for @ca.theconversation.com on urgent actions needed . π theconversation.com/nowhere-to-s... #InternationalStudents #HousingCrisis #StudentHousing
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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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Join the conversation with Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and affiliated researcher @aatique.bsky.social.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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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Join the conversation with Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and affiliated researcher @aatique.bsky.social.
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Research Fellow @aatique.bsky.social joins the panel "From Transit to Settlement? Mapping Secondary Mobility from Gulf States to Europe and North America and Its Policy Implications,β on Jan. 20, 2026, with Research Area Lead @richashivakoti.bsky.social moderating.
π grc-net.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
π grc-net.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Research Fellow @aatique.bsky.social joins the panel "From Transit to Settlement? Mapping Secondary Mobility from Gulf States to Europe and North America and Its Policy Implications,β on Jan. 20, 2026, with Research Area Lead @richashivakoti.bsky.social moderating.
π grc-net.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
π grc-net.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Research Affiliate @steinmonteiro.bsky.social explores how pre-arrival job search methods impact immigrants' Canadian labour outcomes, finding social media versus traditional media use leads to different employment results.
π www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #prearrival #settlementservices #jobs
π www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #prearrival #settlementservices #jobs
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Research Affiliate @steinmonteiro.bsky.social explores how pre-arrival job search methods impact immigrants' Canadian labour outcomes, finding social media versus traditional media use leads to different employment results.
π www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #prearrival #settlementservices #jobs
π www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #prearrival #settlementservices #jobs
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π£ 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 π§΅
Join @cercmigration.bsky.social for a virtual event this Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, 12-1 p.m. EST 1/2 π§΅
South Asian Diversity and Employment Experiences in Canada
www.torontomu.ca
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
π£ 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 π§΅
Join @cercmigration.bsky.social for a virtual event this Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, 12-1 p.m. EST 1/2 π§΅
In Borders & Belonging Podcast's latest episode, he is joined by Soledad Alvarez Velasco, whose research across Latin America and lived experience migrating from Ecuador inform a powerful conversation on asylum, race, and resistance.
π§ www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 2/2
π§ www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 2/2
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
In Borders & Belonging Podcast's latest episode, he is joined by Soledad Alvarez Velasco, whose research across Latin America and lived experience migrating from Ecuador inform a powerful conversation on asylum, race, and resistance.
π§ www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 2/2
π§ www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 2/2
Influential migration scholar Nicholas De Genova reflects on growing up in Chicago, where racism was a normalized part of everyday life, and how those experiences shaped his groundbreaking work on the production of migrant βillegalityβ and the cyclical nature of asylum. 1/2 π§΅
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Influential migration scholar Nicholas De Genova reflects on growing up in Chicago, where racism was a normalized part of everyday life, and how those experiences shaped his groundbreaking work on the production of migrant βillegalityβ and the cyclical nature of asylum. 1/2 π§΅
New research from @lelmek.bsky.social explores how Caribbean festivals like Caribana and Carnival function as powerful sites of cultural preservation and resistance.
π journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DiasporaStudies #CaribbeanCulture #ArtAndActivism
π journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DiasporaStudies #CaribbeanCulture #ArtAndActivism
January 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
New research from @lelmek.bsky.social explores how Caribbean festivals like Caribana and Carnival function as powerful sites of cultural preservation and resistance.
π journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DiasporaStudies #CaribbeanCulture #ArtAndActivism
π journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#DiasporaStudies #CaribbeanCulture #ArtAndActivism
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
π€ "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 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
π€ "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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