From growing up in suburban Chicago to studying cultural encounters in Trinidad, one of the most influential scholars in migration studies, Steven Vertovec shares how those early experiences ultimately inspired the concept of superdiversity, now one of the most cited ideas in the field. 1/2 🧵

Senior Research Associate Jérémie Molho explains that institutional factors, as well as cultural ones, help account for why far more French students study in Quebec than Quebec students in France. 🔗 www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

New Working Paper out now

#WorkingPaper from Usha George and Tearney McDermott offers valuable insights into how social capital impacts Syrian refugee settlement in the Greater Toronto Area. 🔗: www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/... #RefugeeResettlement #SocialCapital #Integration #Settlement

Join CERC Migration Scholar of Excellence Stephen Reyna for a presentation in the Harney Lecture Series: "Studying War and Migration: A Knotting Causality Approach. The Case of Ukraine." Nov. 12, 2025, 5-7 PM EST, Room 208, North House, 1 Devonshire Place. 🔗: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/harney...

#PhD and #Master's students studying at/applying to @torontomet.bsky.social: learn about how you can fund your education at our Open House on Nov. 12! Especially relevant to those interested in/ studying: #urbanhealth, #psychology, #biomed, #sociology, #media, #criminology, #law, or #immigration

🎓 Join @cercmigration.bsky.social for the November Scholars of Excellence Workshop: Becoming A Migration Researcher. 📅 Nov. 13, 2025 ⏰ 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT 📍Hybrid (In person at CERC Migration office / online via Zoom) Details and free registration: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

📣 Calling researchers, open call for paper submissions! Bridging Divides is hosting a Gulf Canada Connections workshop to explore emerging connections between Canada and the GCC states, from May 7-8, 2026 at @torontomet.bsky.social. Submit by: Nov. 15, 2025. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...

Check out our new Working Paper

#JobOpportunity #Opportunity #BusinessDevelopment #ProjectCoordination @researchtmu.bsky.social @irms-concordia.bsky.social @migration.ubc.ca @cercmigration.bsky.social

🚀 Passionate about shaping inclusive research that reflects diverse voices? Experienced in strategic planning through an EDI lens? We are seeking an EDI specialist to provide guidance, research and analysis while managing key relationships. Deadline: Nov. 11, 2025 ➡️ www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...

🌍 Migration as a Social Good: We Stand with Migrants. Join us for a global teach-in/out in Toronto. Open dialogue + Film screening + Discussion. Event is FREE and open to all. 📅 Nov. 11, 12-2pm 📍First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 116 Bond St. 🔗 migrationscholarsmobilize.org/toronto-tio

New journal article from Masoud Kianpour, @triandafyllidou.bsky.social, Thomas Allen, Shiva Mazrouei, and Morteza Shams shares insight into how digital platforms are reshaping diasporic communities worldwide. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Politicians are politicizing the #TemporaryForeignWorker program, but are Canadian jobs really at risk? @cercmigration.bsky.social Chair @triandafyllidou.bsky.social weighs in. 🔗 www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Irregular migration remains a key policy concern across Europe and North America, with regularization used as a tool to address it. A new report from the MIrreM project examines how 9 countries navigate the societal challenges and benefits of regularization. 🔗 irregularmigration.eu/wp-content/u...

📣 Calling researchers. Bridging Divides is hosting a Gulf Canada Connections workshop to explore emerging connections between Canada and the GCC states, from May 7-8, 2026 at @torontomet.bsky.social. Deadline to submit: Today (Oct. 31, 2025) For more info, visit ➡️ www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...

Check out this brandnew podcast with our board members Maissam Nimer and @janinedahinden.bsky.social on de-migranticization of migration and integration research👇 🤩

🎧 The Borders & Belonging Podcast is back for another season and a brand new episode is out now! Episode 1 of Season 4 features: - Janine Dahinden (Professor, University of Neuchâtel) - Maissam Nimer (Sociologist, Akdeniz University) www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 1/2 🧵

The increased cost of H-1B visas could deter global talent from the U.S., creating a chance for Canada to attract researchers, innovators & skilled workers, @cercmigration.bsky.social's @triandafyllidou.bsky.social & @richashivakoti.bsky.social write in @ca.theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/yxhrjrnt

A limited reopening of Canada’s Parent and Grandparents Program brings hope for some, but leaves many more waiting. CERC Migration's @aatique.bsky.social co-authors for @ca.theconversation.com on why #PermanentReunification matters for migrant families. 🔗 theconversation.com/heres-why-ca...

Happy to say @adelegarnier.bsky.social and I will be presenting this research at the 8th Metropolis Identities Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on October 30th!

Canada welcomed nearly 300,000 #Ukrainians through the CUAET between 2022-2024, but what happens when temporary status expires? Adèle Garnier and Shauna Labman offer recommendations for supporting their transition and integration in communities across Canada. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

Apply to our Gulf-Canada Connections workshop by Oct 31st

📢 Are you a journalist looking for your next big story? Learn more about our one-month fellowship in the heart of downtown Toronto. Deadline to apply is Nov. 1, 2025: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div... 3/3 @cercmigration.bsky.social #Opportunity #Fellowship #Journalism #Journalist #Migration

From 1990s panic about "environmental refugees" to today's nuanced view: climate-migration links are complex, not simple cause-and-effect. In their new #WorkingPaper, McLeman, Hevesi, and Cadham show how science communication matters and where gaps remain. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

📰 The @cercmigration.bsky.social & Bridging Divides Journalism Fellowship invites experienced journalists to apply for a 1-month residency at Toronto Metropolitan University. Apply by Nov 1: https://twp.ai/9PWMPt

📣 Borders & Belonging is back for Season 4! Hear from the most influential voices in migration studies, in conversation with the emerging scholars whose research is shaping the field. 🎧 Ep. 1 drops Oct. 28, 2025. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

New polling shows 🇨🇦 attitudes toward immigration have stabilized after 2 years of shifts, but political polarization grows. @triandafyllidou.bsky.social warns that volatile public opinion driven by economic pressures requires thoughtful dialogue, not division. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

How can the arts support newcomer settlement? Research by Jeremie Molho, of @cercmigration.bsky.social's Canada Excellence Chair in Migration and Integration program, shows how arts programs foster belonging, skills and resilience. Read more in the @ca.theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/mr3fakmc

Banff's permanent residents pay taxes and contribute to their communities, yet can't vote in municipal elections. @triandafyllidou.bsky.social notes municipal voting could be "a training ground" for newcomers to foster civic engagement & community before citizenship. 🔗: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🎓 Graduate students, are you interested in improving the lives of newcomers? The Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend offers financial support to students applying to/studying at @torontomet.bsky.social in multiple fields. Deadline: 👉 PhD: Feb 1, 2026 👉 Master's: April 1, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/GSS-26

We are thrilled to share that CERC Migration’s Borders & Belonging Podcast has won a Bronze Signal Award! 🏆 Congratulations to host Maggie Perzyna and a sincere thank you to all the guests who contributed their expertise and stories throughout Season 3. Stay tuned for Season 4, coming soon!

🎓 Join us for the Scholars of Excellence Workshop: Financialization, Extractivism, and the Governance of Migration 📅 Oct. 28, 2025, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT (Hybrid). Explore how migrant lives are commodified and the extractive economies emerge around displacement. 🔗: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

📢 Call for papers 🌎 Rethinking Complex Migration: Flows, Frames, and Futures. April 15-17, 2026 at Toronto Metropolitan University. Deadline: November 2, 2025 (11:59 PM). Submit your proposal: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

What is Canada? – Call for Proposals Now Open! 🇨🇦 Explore community, belonging, and identity from coast to coast to coast. Seeking teams of 2-3 to co-produce multimedia short films celebrating their communities' stories. Apply by: November 15, 2025. 🔗: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

Vote for Borders & Belonging. It only takes a sec and it goes a long way to increase visibility #migration #borders #podcast @signalawards.bsky.social @cercmigration.bsky.social

Vote today! for our Borders & Belonging Podcast - bringing data and analysis on international migration to a broader audience!

🎙️ In the latest In Conversation episode, guest Sagar Raj Sharma (Professor of Development Economics, Kathmandu University) challenges our obsession with “growth” and how the term's numerical nature takes away from sustainable development: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 1/2 🧵

Apply by Oct. 15! ➡️ Are you a non-Canadian born #entrepreneur in Toronto with a business idea or early-stage venture? Enterprise Bridge Toronto: Community Bootcamp & Mentorship for Immigrant Entrepreneurs is now accepting applications! 🔗: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... #ImmigrantEntrepreneurs

Social media platforms are fertile ground for online polarization. But as @cercmigration.bsky.social's Nicholas Fraser (@narfraser.bsky.social) writes in the Conversation CA, users are also part of the problem with a small, politically aggressive group amplifying division: tinyurl.com/ycwd4zxu

📰 #NoticiasFLACSO En Canadá, Gioconda Herrera, directora de FLACSO Ecuador, participó en el Congreso 2025 de Metrópolis-Red Internacional sobre Migraciones, que se celebró en la Universidad Metropolitana de Toronto.

2 more days till the deadline, pls apply if interested...

The U.S. government recently announced a $100,000 H-1B visa fee. For @ca.theconversation.com, Researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and Scientific Director @triandafyllidou.bsky.social explain how this could have ripple effects on Canada: theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...

The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis... @richashivakoti.bsky.social @jeremiemolho.bsky.social @cercmigration.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social

🎉 Excited to share that our Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist for the 4th annual Signal Awards, including the Listener’s Choice Award! Vote for us until Oct. 9, 2025 under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Stay tuned for season four!

Excited to share that the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies has released a special issue: "Decentring Migration Governance: The Role of Narratives." Featuring contributions from several CERC Migration Researchers. 🔗: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New research from Senior Research Associate Jérémie Molho and the Toronto Arts Council showcases how the Program for Newcomers and Refugees arts programs deliver concrete integration outcomes. 🔗: https://theconversation.com/how-the-arts-strengthen-newcomer-settlement-in-canada-265462

🌍 The Metropolis International 2025 Summit, co-hosted with @metropolisintl.bsky.social wrapped up after two days of global dialogue on migration & integration. Thank you to all who joined and for bringing the energy. Join the network + get discounts on future events: metropolisintl.org/membership

Chair Anna Triandafyllidou wraps up Metropolis International 2025 Summit Day 2 with a brief keynote. A huge thank you to all panelists, moderators and participants for showing up with your questions, insights and energy! #Metropolis2025