Project Summaries

Governance of Migration in a Globalizing World

Major externally funded projects

GAPs: Decentring the study of migrant returns and readmission policies in Europe and beyond (externally funded)

Younes Ahouga, Oreva Olakpe, Anna Triandafyllidou

A small child, mother and father stand in nature looking at a sunset together

International coalition for de-centred migration knowledge (DEMIKNOW) (externally funded)

Mehrunnisa Ali, Anna Triandafyllidou

MEMO: Rethinking migration systems through a multi-dimensional approach (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Luisa Veronis, Daniella Ghio

Man walking with a suitcase in the snow at Roxham road

MIrreM: Measuring irregular migration and related policies in the Canadian context

Anna Triandafyllidou, Shiva Mohan, Claire Ellis

Flag-lined walkway up to the United Nations building

Assessing the role of international organizations in implementing the UN Global Compacts (IO COMPACTS)

Younes Ahouga

EX POLICY: Externalization and freedom of movement in West Africa

Oreva Olakpe, Anna Triandafyllidou

Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya arrive in Lagos as part of IOM’s voluntary return and reintegration programme

IYARE: Perspectives from Nigerian returnees

Oreva Olakpe, Anna Triandafyllidou

MESS GOVERNANCE: Unpacking the transnational governance of migration and asylum through policies and narratives

Zeynep Sahin Mencutek, Younes Ahouga, Irmak Kurtulmus, Anna Triandafyllidou

MIGRATION MILESTONES: Documenting West African migrants' perspectives in the city of Lagos

Anna Triandafyllidou, Oreva Olakpe

People in a line outside a forested area at Gauriphanta checkpoint in Kailali district returning to work in India

PANDEMIC RETURNS: The impact of COVID-19 on the return of Nepali and Filipino temporary migrant workers

Richa Shivakoti, Anna Triandafyllidou

Migrant workers in West Bay Doha

PANDEMIC RETURNS: Part 2

Richa Shivakoti, Anna Triandafyllidou

Managing Labour Migration in the 21st Century

Major externally funded projects

FAIR FARM WORK: An initiative to improve employment conditions in agriculture (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Berti Olinto, Tanya Basok, Erika Borrelli

International students’ lived experiences in Canada (ISX) (externally funded)

Marshia Akbar, Anna Triandafyllidou, Jill Hanley

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Trajectories of French students in Canada (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Amin Moghadam, Jérémie Molho

Skilled migrant decision making under uncertainty (DEMA) (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Ashika Niraula, Luisa Veronis, Igor Grossmann, Souhail Al-Alaoui, Rica Agnes Castaneda, Daphné Nguyen-Tymoczko

Virtual Bridge: Delivering settlement services through social media (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Stein Monteiro, Nevyn Pillai, Berti Olinto, Marshia Akbar, Priya Kumar, Masoud Kianpour

Man on a beach working on his laptop

Digital Nomads: The changing world of migration, mobility and work

Anna Triandafyllidou, Hari KC

PANDEMIC KITCHEN STORIES

Maggie Perzyna

Food courier riding a bike with a delivery bag on their back

PLATFORM PATHWAYS: Exploring migrant pathways in platform work in Canada

Laura Lam, Anna Triandafyllidou

A technician works in a lab in front of a desktop genomic sequencing machines

TEMPORARINESS: Employment and transitions challenges for highly skilled temporary workers

Marshia Akbar

Migration and the City

Major externally funded projects

BEYOND THE METROPOLIS: Immigration to small and mid-sized cities in comparative perspective (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Melissa Kelly, Jessica Jung

Crowd carrying a large flag of Venezuela down a street

Canada’s response to Venezuelan arrivals (CANVAS)

Berti Olinto, Anna Triandafyllidou

Two women writing in a Farsi calligraphy workshop

FIT-ART: Fostering integration through the arts

Jérémie Molho, Anna Triandafyllidou, Alice Massari and Tomée Tzatzanis

Toronto Arts Council: Shawn Newman, Kadija De Paula

GUANGZHOU EXPRESS: Alternative approaches to undocumented status

Oreva Olakpe

MIGRATION MILESTONES: Documenting West African migrants' perspectives in the city of Lagos

Anna Triandafyllidou, Oreva Olakpe

TRANSNATIONAL HOUSE: Capital and the production of transnational urban spaces in Toronto and beyond

Amin Moghadam

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Why migrants stay in small and mid-sized Canadian cities (WHYMS)

Michelle Nguyen, Melissa Kelly

Narratives and Politics on Migration and Integration

Three people on a city street holding protest signs

CONTESTATIONS of migration and belonging in Canada amidst COVID-19

John Carlaw, Kushan Azadah

POST-SOVIET GEMs: Global elite migration of musicians and athletes from the former Soviet countries

Irina Isaakyan, Anna Triandafyllidou

Letters from a letterpress

Stories of impact: Migration journeys of refugee women from Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine

Alka Kumar

VIGO: Exploring the role of images in migration governance

Alice Massari

Completed projects

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A2J REFUGEES: Measuring the impacts of refugee legal aid funding in Canada

Craig Damian Smith, Sean Rehaag, Trevor Farrow

AN EYE FOR AN ‘I’: A critical assessment of artificial intelligence tools in migration and asylum governance

Lucia Nalbandian, Anna Triandafyllidou

Exploring Canada’s changing public attitudes towards immigration (IMMIGRATEFUL)

Seyda Aytac, Anna Triandafyllidou, Andrew Parkin

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i am: Digital storytelling research project (external link)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Cyrus Sundar Singh

Hands typing on a laptop keyboard with a Reddit thread on the laptop screen

LEARNING IN THE WILD: Migrant user communities on Reddit

Priya Kumar

Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times

Anna Triandafyllidou, Maggie Perzyna

Welder welding in a warehouse

Navigating the Canadian labour market (NAVCAN)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Claire Ellis

PLACE MATTERS: The impact of Local Immigration Partnerships on immigrant integration in small and medium-sized Canadian cities

Zhixi Zhuang

Aerial of village with houses and fields in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan attraction and retention of immigrants (SARI)

Melissa Kelly

Woman at a desk talking to people virtually on a computer monitor

Social media and labour market integration in Canada (SOMELAB)

Stein Monteiro

StOries Project: Strangers to Ourselves

Alka Kumar, Anna Triandafyllidou