Migration Working Group: Year-end Symposium
- Date
- June 06, 2023
- Time
- 8:45 AM EDT - 5:00 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 John Carlaw, CERC Migration Senior Research Associate and Mentorship Program Lead, and Anna Triandafyllidou, Chair CERC Migration.
Presentations will address the themes of settler colonialism, race and migrations; immigrant and refugee policies, politics and spaces of integration; states, programs, pathways and measurements; and intersectionalities of immigrant and refugee entrepreneurship and digital nomads.
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.
8:45 - 9:15 AM EDT
Refreshments and Symposium Welcome (In Person Only; Online attendance begins at 9:15 AM EDT via Zoom)
Panel 1: Settler colonialism, race and migrations
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
Chair: John Carlaw, Senior Research Associate, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Online Co-chair: Shiva S. Mohan, Research Fellow, CERC Migration
Discussant: Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, Professor of Early Childhood Studies, Faculty of Community Services, Toronto Metropolitan University
Relation of Immigrants and Indigenous people to the Canadian State: Scoping Literature Review
Layal Ajaj, Immigration and Settlement Studies, Master of Arts Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Black Feminist Auto-ethnography: Displacement of Black Women With Precarious Immigration Status Within Canada
Georgiana Mathurin, Immigration and Settlement Studies, Master of Arts Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
You're the life of me
Shevan Bastianpillai, Documentary Media, Master of Arts Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Panel 2: Immigrant and refugee policies, politics, and spaces of integration
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM EDT
Chair: Daniela Ghio, Senior Research Fellow and Project Lead, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Online Co-chair: Masoud Kianpour, Research Fellow, CERC Migration
Discussants: Usha George, Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Community Services and Academic Director, Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) and Zhixi Zhuang, Associate Professor - School of Urban and Regional Planning - Toronto Metropolitan University, Director, DiverCity Lab
The politics of gender in durable solutions to refugees
Irmak Kurtulmuş, Policy Studies, PhD Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
What Steps Canada Could Take to Establish Responsive Policies to Prepare for A Climate-Induced Refugee Crisis
Erika Young, Public Policy and Administration, Master of Arts Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Intersections of Migration and Housing: A Scoping Review
Sebastien Gibson, Policy Studies, PhD Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Role of Public Space Activation in Acculturing Diverse Migrant Groups in Marginalized Residential Areas in Toronto
Rasha Arous, Policy Studies, PhD Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Panel 3: States, programs, pathways, and measurements
1:30 - 3:15 PM EDT
Chair: Melissa Kelly, Senior Research Associate, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Online Co-chair: Irina Isaakyan, Senior Research Associate, CERC Migration
Discussant: Stein Monteiro, Senior Research Associate, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Welfare, Immigration and Redistribution
Souhail Al-Alaoui, Policy Studies, PhD Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
An Overview of the Provincial Nominee Program
Chika Agbo, Economics, PhD Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Barriers to Economic Integration of Former Live-in Caregivers in Canada
Sharif Ahmad Waheedi, Immigration and Settlement Studies, Master of Arts Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Measure and measures: Labour Migration during the Pandemic
Rica Agnes Castaneda, Policy Studies, PhD Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Panel 4: Intersectionalities of immigrant and refugee entrepreneurship and digital nomads
3:30 - 5:00 PM EDT
Chair: Stein Monteiro, Senior Research Associate, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Online Co-chair: Richa Shivakoti, Research Lead on Migration Governance, CERC Migration
Discussant: Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair in Economic Inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of Canada’s Immigrants and Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Inclusion of Racialized Newcomers in Canada’s Environmental Sustainability Sector and Growing Green Economy
Mei-Ling Patterson, Environmental Applied Science and Management, Master of Science Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
How do Gender and Immigrant Background Affect a Company Owner's Decision to Engage in Direct or Indirect Exporting
Yu Wei Ye, Management, PhD Program, Toronto Metropolitan University