Partnerships

Metropolis International

Toronto Metropolitan University partners with Metropolis International through the leadership of Professor Anna Triandafyllidou, Founding Director of the Global Migration Institute and Chair of Metropolis International. Founded in 1996, Metropolis International is one of the world’s largest and most respected networks dedicated to migration and integration governance, connecting researchers, policymakers, governments, and civil society actors worldwide. Through this partnership, TMU contributes its research expertise to global, evidence-based policy dialogue while strengthening its international reach, collaborative networks, and impact on inclusive migration governance.

IMISCOE

The Global Migration Institute is a proud member of the International Migration, Integration, and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE) network. IMISCOE is Europe’s largest research network in the field of migration, integration and diversity. The interdisciplinary network contributes theory-based analyses and provides the widest possible access to its work through Open Access publishing. This partnership brings an important editorial role to the migration research conducted at Toronto Metropolitan University.

MIPEX

The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) is a global benchmarking tool that assesses integration policies in over 50 countries across key domains, including labour market mobility, education, health, political participation, and anti-discrimination. Developed by the Migration Policy Group (MPG), MIPEX provides policymakers, researchers, and civil society with comparative insights into how national policies shape immigrant integration outcomes. In Canada, MIPEX works in close partnership with the Global Migration Institute, drawing on local expertise to inform national analysis and contribute Canadian perspectives to global discussions on integration policy.

TMU Innovation Exchange 

The TMU Innovation Exchange brings together a group of leading institutes and hubs at Toronto Metropolitan University that are advancing innovative, solutions-oriented work at the intersection of research, policy, and practice. This collaborative network includes The Dais, the Diversity Institute, Magnet, Future Skills Centre, Zone Learning, the DMZ among others. Through the Innovation Exchange, partners leverage their collective strengths to amplify impact, share expertise, and pursue joint initiatives, such as co-hosted events, collaborative research, public commentary, and knowledge mobilization activities, that address complex societal challenges and strengthen TMU’s role as a hub for innovation and thought leadership.

Global Fellowships Exchange 

The Global Exchange Fellowship Program offers advanced PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career researchers based at Toronto Metropolitan University and partner institutions the opportunity to participate in a one-month international research exchange. The program fosters international collaboration, comparative research, and professional development in migration studies, while strengthening long-term institutional partnerships. One exchange is conducted per partner institution in each academic year, and visiting fellows receive a stipend and travel support to assist with costs related to their stay abroad.

Partner institutions include:

• European University Institute, Migration Policy Centre (external link) , Florence, Italy
• German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (external link)  (DeZIM) 
• Latin American Faculty for the Social Sciences (FLACSO-Ecuador), Research Group on Migration (external link) , Quito, Ecuador 
• Monash University, Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre (external link)  (MMIC), Melbourne, Australia
• National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute, Asian Migration Cluster (external link) , Singapore
• Sciences Po, Migration et Diversité (external link)  (MiDi), Paris, France
• Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi (external link) , SUAD Research Institute (external link) , United Arab Emirates
• University of California, San Diego, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (external link) , San Diego, California, United States
• University of Witwatersrand, African Centre for Migration and Society (external link) , Johannesburg, South Africa