Pathways to Prosperity: Canada

P2P 2025 Virtual Workshop Series

Pathways to Prosperity is pleased to launch its annual Virtual Workshop Series starting in May 2025. The series will take place on the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00 PM ET. These sessions will present results from projects conducted by P2P and its partners, and discussions on current issues of wide interest. They are open to all, but registration is required.

The first workshop took place on Tuesday May 13 at 1:00-2:15 PM ET and focused on Understanding and Addressing Changing Attitudes toward Migrants and Immigration in Canada.

Over the past year, public attitudes toward migrants and immigration in Canada have shown a noticeable decline in favourability. This shift raises concerns about continued public support for Canada’s immigration program and our ability to welcome, integrate, and benefit from the contributions that migrants make to Canadian society. This workshop began with a presentation of findings from a national survey conducted in March 2025, exploring Canadians’ current immigration attitudes and immigration priorities. Next, it focused on how international students have recently been demonized in Canada, and the implications of this demonization. The third presentation discussed an initiative that is designed to promote more favourable attitudes toward migrants and recognize their many contributions to the community in which they settle.

• Shifting Views on Canada’s Immigration Policy (Download Presentation)
  Clement Nocos, The Broadbent Institute
• Demonizing International Students in Canada (Download Presentation)
  Yvonne Su, York University
• I Am London – A Public Awareness Campaign Celebrating Immigrants (Download Presentation)
  Huda Hussein, London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership

Watch the recording here.

Stay tuned for updates on further workshops to be announced soon.

New Videos and Briefs Now Available

Sharing Settlement and Integration Practices that Work

We are excited to announce that two new videos and briefs on promising practices in settlement and integration are now available on the P2P website. Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), P2P’s Promising Practices project highlights promising practices in immigrant settlement and integration with an empirical basis for their effectiveness. This includes video interviews of those who developed and are administering the practices, and briefs that highlight the key aspects of the practices that make them effective and innovative.

Featured Practices

GNB Mosaïk

Organization: Government of New Brunswick

About the Program: GNB Mosaïk is a newcomer hiring initiative launched by the Government of New Brunswick to address internal skills shortages, modernize hiring practices, and better reflect the province’s growing diversity. Structured around three pillars – employment, language, and community – the program supports newcomers’ successful entry into the public service and broader integration into New Brunswick communities. The employment pillar focuses on meaningful job matching that aligns closely with candidates’ skills and qualifications. The language pillar offers interpretation services during interviews and onboarding, access to language training programs, and the use of automated translation technologies to support effective workplace communication. Through the community pillar, newcomers are connected to mentorship programs, social and professional networking opportunities, and local settlement agencies that provide access to essential services. To participate, candidates enroll through an online form and are sorted into skill pools from which hiring managers can select. Selected candidates participate in inclusive, culturally sensitive interviews. Those who receive job offers begin structured onboarding and post-hire support; those not immediately hired remain in the pool and continue to be actively promoted for future opportunities.

Read the Brief

The Avenue-LearnIT2teach Project

Organization: New Language Solutions

About the Program: The Avenue-LearnIT2teach Project was developed to modernize Canadian settlement language training, address the demand for flexible course delivery (blended and online), and align closely with Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) and Portfolio-Based Language Assessment (PBLA). The project includes two key components: a Canada-specific learning management system (LMS), and a structured training program for instructors that is hosted on the platform. The LMS provides language training organizations serving newcomers with a virtual classroom environment, an extensive catalogue of pre-made, CLB-aligned language learning modules, and an electronic portfolio for the efficient collection, storage, and assessment of learner assignments. It is fully integrated with Tutela, IRCC’s national repository for settlement language resources, enabling seamless content sharing. Instructors can use Avenue content to create tailored courses adapted to their regional contexts and the needs of their learners. The structured training program teaches instructors how to effectively use the platform. Instructors’ professional development is further supported through a live help chat, webinars, blogs, podcasts, newsletters and a national teacher discussion forum.

Read the Brief