Programs

Graduate Program in Immigration and Settlement Studies

We are living in the ‘Age of Migration’. Drawing on unprecedented streams of global migration, Canada now ranks among the world’s most important immigrant-receiving countries. Almost 1 in every 5 Canadian residents was born outside the country, and the 1990s stand out as the highest decade of newcomer arrivals in Canada’s history. This program is designed to:

• enhance in-depth knowledge, through four core courses, of the key historical, theoretical, methodological, policy and program literature and issues in the field of immigration and settlement studies in Canada
• explore and critically assess, through a selection of courses and seminars, some of the social, economic, political, cultural, spatial, policy, service-delivery and human rights aspects of immigration and settlement
• compare the experience of migration and settlement in Canada with other countries, through the incorporation of international perspectives in curriculum
• provide focused discussions of the theoretical, conceptual, methodological issues/concepts practitioners need to know (and think) about when using related information
• develop a critical understanding of the methodological and practical issues facing research in the field
• generate, through a practicum, an understanding of the ways in which information in the field is utilized, in both practice and policy-making contexts
• demonstrate an ability to contribute to knowledge in the field through the preparation of a research paper or demonstration project paper
• provide opportunities for completion of the degree on a full-time and part-time basis