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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Advanced Digital Technologies to Support Immigrant Professionals’ Integration into the Canadian Labour Market

Project briefs - Horizontal - evaluating-effectiveness-adts-professionals

Project Lead

Anusha Kassan

Team Members

Katerina Palova (external link) , Fatemeh Kazemi (external link) , Kreisha Hilario (external link) 

The settlement sector has increasingly sought to address barriers faced by immigrant professionals through digital tools for job search, language training, and networking, a shift accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Objective 

Immigrant professionals in Canada face significant barriers, including credential recognition, lack of Canadian work experience, and discrimination, often resulting in underemployment and “brain waste.” The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the development of digital tools to address these challenges, with the settlement sector increasingly adopting remote platforms for job search assistance, language training, and professional networking.

This research investigates the effectiveness of advanced digital technologies (ADT) in supporting the labour market integration of immigrant professionals in Canada, focusing on two case studies of digital tools—one powered by AI and one one not powered by AI.

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Research Question

  1. How effective are advanced digital technologies, including AI-powered and non-AI-powered tools, in supporting the labor market integration of immigrant professionals in Canada?

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Methodology

The research design for this project includes in-depth Interviews.

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Status

This project has commenced and dis currently in the planning phase.

Expected completion date: Winter 2027

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Keywords

Immigrant professionals; labour market integration; credential recognition; AI; digital tools; settlement sector