A national alliance dedicated to providing an evidence base for newcomer settlement & integration and the promotion of welcoming communities in Canada
The list of current projects includes research undertaken by the Welcoming Communities Initiative which is now the Ontario Node of the P2P. Clicking Read More offers research overviews, project leaders, timelines, and deliverables.
In a project funded by the Research and Evaluation Branch of CIC, the P2P will be providing a detailed analysis of the economic and sociocultural integration of official language minority immigrants in communities across Canada. Based on analyses of data from the 2006 census and the 2007-2008 Canadian…
The P2P has extensive experience developing surveys to assess the settlement and integration of newcomers, including work on the Alberta Settlement Outcomes Survey and the Western Settlement Outcomes Survey. In a new project funded by the Research and Evaluation Branch of CIC, P2P will be designing and…
P2P will be examining promising practices that promote newcomer retention, cultural retention, and settlement assistance in Francophone minority communities. The study, funded by CIC’s Research and Evaluation Branch, builds on the P2P’s earlier work in this area and the Partnership’s commitment…
The primary aim of this project, which is supported by CIC, is to document the ethnic, lingual, and human capital factors, at both the individual and community level, that affect retention of francophone immigrants, especially those outside of Quebec. The project will use the IMDB, a sophisticated, longitudinal…
Project Description: Among immigrants with no or little English, those working in low-skilled occupations in smaller cities are more likely to feel socially and culturally isolated. They may also find themselves in precarious employment situations, more exposed to external factors such as economic recessions…
Project Description: The objective of this research is to analyse pathways for internationally educated health professionals who have been formally educated in their chosen profession but do not have the required educational, professional, or language requirements to enter their professions in Canada.…
Project Description: This research includes the design, implementation, and analysis of a survey of recent newcomers to Alberta examining their experiences with settlement services in the province and their integration outcomes. Our sample includes roughly 1,000 immigrants to Alberta, 18 years of age…