Migration Working Group: Year-end Symposium
- Date
- June 18, 2024
- Time
- 8:30 AM EDT - 5:15 PM EDT
- Location
- Hybrid (In person at CERC Migration office / online via Zoom)
The Migration Working Group is a series of monthly sessions to discuss innovative research being done on migration and integration by emerging and established scholars. The series gives researchers an opportunity to present their ongoing projects, learn about each other’s work and share feedback. This year-end symposium of CERC-supported graduate student scholars’ work is co-convened by Melissa Kelly, CERC Migration Senior Research Associate and Mentorship Program Lead, and Anna Triandafyllidou, Chair CERC Migration.
CERC Migration offers a limited number of stipends to full-time Master's and PhD students who study at Toronto Metropolitan University on a migration and/or migrant integration-related topic. Student recipients of the CERC Migration Graduate Student Stipend are given a working space at the CERC Migration office, participate in CERC Migration’s research training activities and workshops, and are integrated into a vibrant research team of scholars and graduate students, enjoying a comprehensive scientific and professional development experience.
8:30 - 9:00 AM EDT
Refreshments and Symposium Welcome (In Person Only; Online attendance begins at 9 AM EDT via Zoom)
Panel 1: Critical reflections on Canadian immigration and integration policies
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
Chair: Dike Ike
Online Co-chair: Rica Agnes Castaneda
Discussants: Rupa Banerjee and John Shields
Quantitative analysis of the Canadian economic migration programs: Charting a path forward for Canada’s settlement strategy
Chika Agbo
Reversing the tide: Innovative migration policies and their role in the socioeconomic growth of rural Canadian communities
Jodi-Ann Francis Walker
Towards a theory of seamless migrant entrepreneurship: A multi-case study approach
Bradley Bernard
Panel 2: The role of institutions in migration and integration governance
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
Chair: Chika Agbo
Online Co-chair: Yu Wei Ye
Discussant: Henry Parada and Richa Shivakoti
Addressing the governance gap for climate-induced displacement through institutionalism
Irmak Kurtulmus
An institutional ethnography approach to the study of transnational governance
Nick Dreher
The role of community land trusts in protecting immigrant business from gentrification: Case studies of Toronto
Nicole Gordon
Panel 3: Migration and integration in transnational perspective
1:30 - 3:15 PM EDT
Chair: Irmak Kurtulmus
Online Co-chair: Nick Dreher
Discussant: Mehrunissa Ali and Amin Moghadam
Between two shores: Export strategies and financial performance of Canada’s 1.5-generation immigrant entrepreneurs
Yu Wei Ye
What drives green entrepreneurship among returnees? A case study of Nigeria
Dike Ike
Decisions, decisions: Migration decision making among international students coming to Canada
Rica Agnes Castaneda
Panel 4: The lived experiences of migrants and their descendants in Canada
3:30 - 5:15 PM EDT
Chair: Souhail Boutmira
Online Co-chair: Jodi-Ann Francis Walker
Discussant: Usha George and Zhixi Zhuang
African and Caribbean Black women with precarious migration status: Canada the welcoming and multicultural country?
Georgiana Mathurin
Intersecting migration and artistic labour: Applications of the aspirations-capabilities framework to newcomer cultural workers in Toronto
Luisa Cruz
Hacer Hogar (Making Home): Placemaking through arts-based practices and documentary media
Pablo Rincon Diaz