A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration. doi.org/10.1126/scia... 🧵 Thread—>

Research Affiliate @steinmonteiro.bsky.social explores how pre-arrival job search methods impact immigrants' Canadian labour outcomes, finding social media versus traditional media use leads to different employment results. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #prearrival #settlementservices #jobs

Does scrolling social media actually help immigrants land better jobs? 📱💼 Pre-arrival information seeking impacts post-arrival earnings—but where and what you search for matters. Grab one of 50 free e-prints 👇🏾 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VE3AA... @cercmigration.bsky.social @torontomet.bsky.social

📢 Call for Mentors: Support Immigrant #Entrepreneurs in #Toronto. Enterprise Bridge Toronto is seeking experienced entrepreneurs, retired business owners, and professionals to mentor emerging immigrant entrepreneurs. Apply by Dec. 15, 2025 Details 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

IOM and partners are delivering tents to displaced families in #Gaza amid the ceasefire. With heavy rains hitting Gaza, high-quality emergency shelter is more urgent than ever.

🚨Canada loses 1 in 5 immigrants within 25 years 🚨The risk of leaving peaks in the first 5 years. 🚨Highly skilled immigrants are twice as likely to leave. Our new report shows why retention matters for Canada’s future 👇🏾 bit.ly/4oNw9dx #Immigration #Policy #Retention

#Opportunity🔎 @cercmigration.bsky.social is #hiring a Research Assistant with strong quantitative skills to work on several research projects. Apply by: Oct. 10, 2025. 👉 More info and to apply: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

🚨 Nearly 30 Canadian language programs shut down in just 3 months. The sharpest drop the sector’s ever seen. Funding cuts + policy uncertainty are breaking the backbone of immigrant integration. This isn’t sustainable. 🔗 monitor.icef.com/2025/07/near...

Happy to receive the 2025 Insight Development Grants funding from SSHRC-CRSH for our research project exploring why some immigrants decide to leave Canada. Looking forward to working with @triandafyllidou.bsky.social @steinmonteiro.bsky.social Feng Hou

The clustering categories on the WVS cultural map are baffling. There are three categories for Europe and one for Africa. Some clusters are based on religion, others geography, and then a separate cluster for English speaking countries. The Philippines are in the Latin American cluster.

1/2 How are Canada’s immigration rates impacting regional disparity and economic growth? How are current immigration policies shaping long-term settlement patterns? Bridging Divides researcher Daniel Hiebert explores these questions in his latest report for the C.D. Howe Institute.🧵

Applications just opened for a postdoctoral position in Digital Media Studies with Markus Krajewski and myself at the Department of Media Studies and the Digital Humanities Laboratory at the University of Basel. (1/3)

Portugal is reversing course on immigration. Once a welcoming nation, the caretaker government now plans to expel 18,000 undocumented migrants. In CBC News, @triandafyllidou.bsky.social explains the political shift behind this dramatic policy change. 🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...

Canada's new pathway to PR for migrant builders overlooks other essential workers. @shivasmohan.bsky.social explores this "hierarchy of deservingness" favouring industry needs over comprehensive recognition of all essential workers. 🔗: theconversation.com/canadas-new-...

Automated self-deportation: #CBPhome is part of #Trump's immigration reforms. The app invites people to initiate their own deportation process, @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social reports. Earlier this year, Trump took down #CBPOne, the only way for #asylumseekers to get an appointment at the border.

Politicians’ attacks on immigrants lack solid evidence: New data can set the record straight Scapegoating migrants is not new either, but we know that it is deeply stacked on public ignorance which many politicians are able to exploit for votes theconversation.com/politicians-...

Nurses trained abroad are stuck doing gig work while hospitals desperately need staff. Researcher Laura Lam discusses in @thewalrus.ca how the Canadian immigration system is blocking talented healthcare workers. 🔗 thewalrus.ca/nurse-shorta...

🌎 New U.S. Tariffs on Canada & Mexico 📈📑 pose challenges for regional trade agreements. How will this impact migration and economic ties? My research explores how diaspora networks shape trade. Read more in my chapter: 🔗 doi.org/10.4337/9781... #Trade #Migration #Economy

🚨Webinar today! I will speaking to my research on Advanced Digital Technologies in the Settlement Sector alongside Aimee Holmes @ACCESEmployment and Abdulla Daoud @RefugeeCentre Register here 👇🏾 for the event at 12:00PM EST events.teams.microsoft.com/event/df9c26...

🧐 The Economics of Canadian Immigration A new webinar hosted by THECIS on December 11th at 12-1:30pm EST @mikalskuterud.bsky.social will be presenting new research I will be discussing the paper with Julien Champagne, Bank of Canada RSVP below 👇🏾 thecis.ca/event/the-ec...

⏰20% of immigrants leave within 3-7 years Economic immigrants👷🏿, francophone immigrants 🥐and former international students 🧑🏿‍🎓are the most likely to leave. www.researchgate.net/publication/...