A national alliance dedicated to providing an evidence base for newcomer settlement & integration and the promotion of welcoming communities in Canada
The period of public consultations on the seven pan-Canadian research projects proposed by the P2P is now closed. The seven proposals elicited considerable…
In December, the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership (P2P) – which is described under What’s New – published its initial set of proposed, pan-Canadian…
Researchers: Gillian King, Sally Lindsay, Victoria Esses, Anne Klassen, Suzanne Robinson, and Melissa Stachel Very little is known about the health service access and service care experiences of immigrant families in Canada (King, Esses, & Solomon, in press). This is a significant issue with implications…
A number of social groups are numerically under-represented within elected local councils in Ontario. In a recent paper, author Karen Bird examines the representational deficit facing women, visible minorities, and the foreign-born, following the October 2010 municipal elections across the province.…
Canada has, by most accounts, one of the most successful immigration programs in the world. While the federal government has long been the dominant player in this field, provinces,…
A recent study commissioned by the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance (Reconfiguring Settlement and Integration: A Service Provider Strategy for Innovation and Results) argues that the settlement sector as a whole has an existential interest in strengthening its intellectual capacity and its…
Participants at the Canadian Political Science Association Conference, held in May at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, heard the results of a study examining the perceptions of community leaders with regard to immigration and diversity. As the number of immigrants settling outside the Greater…
