Pathways to Prosperity: Canada

Master’s Thesis The migration of human capital impacts several aspects of the demographic composition of the Canadian Provinces. Moreover, provinces such as New Brunswick are particularly impacted by the interprovincial migration of recent post-secondary graduates, because due to a high dependency ratio and out-migration rates,…

With the increasing numbers of South Asian immigrant communities in Metro Vancouver (almost 10% of the total population), their Ethnic media are also growing at fast pace. Ethnic media hold opportunities for creating awareness about settlement, integration, racialization and civic engagement by representing the immigrant…

My thesis explores the barriers that new immigrants face when they access emergency health care services in the city of Kelowna, a mid-sized Canadian city. The primary objective of this research is to find what hinder new immigrants from accessing appropriate health care during emergency…

My dissertation examines job search and workplace experiences of immigrants from Turkey to Toronto and London, Canada, who comprise an understudied immigrant group. I am interested in how immigrants access and develop social networks, how they convert these networks into social capital in the labour…

This research aims at identifying and analyzing the practices of immigration regionalization organizations in employment settings in several regions of Quebec. We used a qualitative methodology relying on semi-structured interviews with actors in regionalization organizations (5 organizations in 5 different regions for a total of 7 interviews), with actors in employment settings and enterprises (5 employers in these regions) and with immigrants (12 in the five regions, from different origins) who used the organizations to integrate into the workplace.

In Canada, we know relatively little about immigrants’ settlement experiences, including their access to local services and their housing experiences/outcomes – both of which are key factors in successful integration in small and mid-sized cities or in rural regions. This study considered immigrants’ settlement experiences, including their access to local services and their housing experiences and outcomes in the cities of Kelowna and Kamloops. This study also assessed the state of community services and the role of the latter in attracting and retaining immigrants to these areas. The results of the study include recommendations for improving immigrants’ settlement and integration in the interior of British Columbia.

The research project will clarify the manner in which French-speaking newcomers integrate into the Francophone minority community in P.E.I.

Atlantic Canadian provinces are relatively new to recruiting and retaining immigrants and, consequently, do not generally have a well-developed knowledge base around best practices, return on investment in settlement services, or even on basic success levels. The research aims to help Atlantic Provinces improve their policies to recruit and retain immigrants.

The integration and utilization of immigrants’ skills in the labour market has emerged as a significant issue for Canadian immigration policy. With an increasing number of immigrants arriving in Alberta to live and to work, there is a need to better understand how social services and immigrant settlement sector agencies contribute to the labour market integration of recent skilled immigrants and refugees.

The Canadian government has set an ambitious goal to double the number of international students in Canada by 2022. Most of the research bearing on new policies and student flows addresses the transition of international students to permanent residency and the contribution of these highly skilled individuals to the Canadian economy and society. Less attention has been focused on the interactions of international students with their environment.