The Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement (RCIS) aims to be a leader in the transdisciplinary exploration of international migration, integration, and diaspora and refugee studies. In addition to supporting research in these areas, the Centre’s mission includes mentoring students and consolidating Ryerson’s reputation as the pre‐eminent site of knowledge development and exchange with governments, community organizations, and other academics.
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" Every project that we’ve done so far has led into actions. Either we work with communities so that we develop and design a program based on the evidence, or we are actively engaging communities to change policies so that it can have long term impact."
RCIS met with Dr. Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, based in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Ryerson University, on March 12th, 2020. Dr. Wong spoke about the weSpeak project focused on promoting HIV resilience among heterosexual Black men and the PROTECH project focused on supporting Chinese-Canadians experiencing anxiety, stigma, and racism around COVID-19.
Latest Publications
Working paper no. 2020/11*
Employment Services Responses to Labour Market Challenges for South Asian Women: An ACCES Employment Study
Manjeet Dhiman, Ada Wong & Jody Yvonne, ACCES Employment
*This working paper is part of a three-paper volume examining the migration, settlement, and integration experiences of women from South Asian countries in Canada. We invite you to PDF fileread the full volume, opens in new window with a preface by Dr. Marshia Akbar, Senior Research Associate with the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration at Ryerson University.
Working paper no. 2020/10*
Labour Market Challenges and Entrepreneurial Activities of Bangladeshi Immigrant Women in Toronto: A Family Perspective
Marshia Akbar (Ryerson University) & Valerie Preston (York University)
*This working paper is part of a three-paper volume examining the migration, settlement, and integration experiences of women from South Asian countries in Canada. We invite you to PDF fileread the full volume, opens in new window with a preface by Dr. Marshia Akbar, Senior Research Associate with the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration at Ryerson University.
Working paper no. 2020/9*
Express Entry and Economic Migration Pathways to Canada: Opportunities and Barriers for South Asian Women
Vathsala Illesinghe (Ryerson University), Nishi Mitra vom Berg (TATA Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India) & Khalid Iftekhar (Open University, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
*This working paper is part of a three-paper volume examining the migration, settlement, and integration experiences of women from South Asian countries in Canada. We invite you to PDF fileread the full volume, opens in new window with a preface by Dr. Marshia Akbar, Senior Research Associate with the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration at Ryerson University.
Spotlight on migration no. 2020/4
'Safe' countries and 'fraudulent' refugees: Tools for narrowing access to Canada’s refugee system
Chantel Spade & Tearney McDermott, Ryerson University
Research brief no. 2020/1
Private sponsorship in refugee admission: Standard in Canada, trend in Germany?
Vanessa Pohlmann & Helge Schwiertz, University of Osnabrück
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Dr. Usha George, Academic Director, RCIS