Co-Investigator Led Projects
There has been great interest in the health of immigrants to Canada and other immigrant-receiving countries because of the large flows of immigrants to those countries and the fact that the wide range of source countries provides great variation in immigrant characteristics and experiences. This has led to a voluminous body of work that has considered health status, health service use and health-related behaviors of immigrants, usually in comparison to non-immigrants.
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Belongingness — the psychological sense that one fits and is accepted in an environment – is a fundamental human need and is associated with many positive outcomes, such as greater social cohesion, more positive health outcomes, and better academic performance. Our research will include a comprehensive review of the literature on the social-psychological factors that promote belongingness and well-being among newcomers. This will lead to the development of a fact sheet for the P2P online tool kit that will outline the various factors that increase newcomers’ sense of belonging.
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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.
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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.
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The research project will clarify the manner in which French-speaking newcomers integrate into the Francophone minority community in P.E.I.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The research will explore how newcomer experiences, and experiences of immigration, including trauma, memory, longing and belonging, are expressed through the creative arts and become factors or motivators of innovation and creation. Immigrant artists, as they work through issues of cultural identity and social and political justice, define and re-define the essence of artistic practice, creating a new language in the process.
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Adoption of a ‘Muslim exceptionalism’ perspective by policy-makers could result in misinformed policies and informal practices, such as restricting immigration from Muslim countries, treating religiosity as a (negative) criterion for admission, or raising the level of surveillance of Muslim immigrant communities. The research project aims to assess the validity of assumptions about ‘Muslim exceptionalism’. To achieve this, the study will attempt to develop a better understanding of: (a) the thoughts of Muslims on their immigration and post-migration experiences, as well as their views on their future in Canada; (b) the role of, and experiences with, religion in relation to these views and the processes that produce them; and (c) possible differences in the experiences of 2nd generation Muslim immigrants.
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