Research Projects

CONTESTATIONS of migration and belonging in Canada amidst COVID-19

John Carlaw, Kushan Azadah

Generously supported by:

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration

To naturalize or not? A comparative study of understandings of Canadian citizenship among eligible migrants who naturalize and those who opt out

Anna Triandafyllidou, Sara Hormozinejad

Generously supported by:

Institut Convergences Migrations (ICM)

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration

Understanding cultural and identity narratives in the age of advanced digital technologies

Masoud Kianpour, Anna Triandafyllidou and Thomas Allen

Generously funded by:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), in partnership with Canadian Heritage, Genome Canada, and UK Research and Innovation’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (UKRI-AHRC).

Contemporary Paradoxes and Struggles of Migration and Belonging in Canada

John Carlaw, Ethel Tungohan, Kushan Azadah, Ji Yon Amy Choi, Alireza Gorgani, Yousef Aleghfeli

Framing “us” and “them” in Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States

Monica Gagnon

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

Irina Isaakyan, Anna Triandafyllidou

The Future of Mobility and Migration Partnership (FUTUREMIG) 

Anna Triandafyllidou, Lara El Mekaui

Generously supported by:

Partnership Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC-CRSH)

Goethe-Institut

Robert Bosch Stiftung

MEMO: Rethinking migration systems through a multi-dimensional approach

Anna Triandafyllidou, Luisa Veronis, Ashika Niraula

Generously funded by:

Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC-CRSH)

PANDEMIC RETURNS: Part 2 (externally funded)

Richa Shivakoti, Anna Triandafyllidou

Emigration from Canada: Rationale and Implications of Immigrants Leaving

Richa Shivakoti, Anna Triandafyllidou, Stein Monteiro, Feng Hou, Devaanshi Khanzode and Victoria Ogley

Generously supported by:

Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

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

Humanitarian visa programs: Evaluating innovative pathways for the relocation of displaced people in times of crisis

Anna Triandafyllidou, Hailey Davidson

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

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

Migration bans on women migrant domestic workers from Ghana

Richa Shivakoti, Mary Setrana

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

Anna Triandafyllidou, Oreva Olakpe

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

Richa Shivakoti, Anna Triandafyllidou

MIGRATION FORESIGHT: Analyzing migration trends using machine learning

Yousef Khalifa Aleghfeli, Vaidehi Atodaria, Sarah Hoyos-Hoyos

The State of Asylum in Canada

Anna Triandafyllidou, Deepa Nagari

Employer Engagement Project

Anna Triandafyllidou, Marshia Akbar

Generously supported by: 

The BMO Newcomer Workforce Integration Lab made possible by a gift from BMO

Enterprise Bridge Toronto: Fostering immigrant economic integration

Anna Triandafyllidou, Anil Dhakal, Marshia Akbar

Generously supported by: 

Urban Poverty and Business Initiatives of the University of Notre Dame (external link) 

CERC Migration

Bridging Divides

BMO Lab

FAIR FARM WORK: An initiative to improve employment conditions in agriculture

Anna Triandafyllidou, Tanya Basok, Erika Borrelli

Generously supported by: 

Mariam Assefa Fund (external link) , World Education Services (external link) 

Improving international student success: Examining college policies and strategies for recruitment and employment support in Ontario and British Columbia (IREC)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Marshia Akbar, Asma Atique

Generously supported by:

Mitacs Accelerate Grant

This work is part of the BMO Newcomer Workforce Integration Lab made possible by a gift from BMO.

International students’ lived experiences in Canada (ISX)

Marshia Akbar, Anna Triandafyllidou, Jill Hanley

Generously funded by:

Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC-CRSH)

This work is part of the BMO Newcomer Workforce Integration Lab made possible by a gift from BMO.

Link4Skills (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Emma Bouillard

Generously supported by:

Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme

Migrants' Protests (Mig. Pro): The impact of migrant farm workers' protests on borders of citizenship

Eriselda Shkopi

Generously supported by:

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship, European Research Executive Agency, European Commission (external link) 

This work is part of the BMO Newcomer Workforce Integration Lab made possible by a gift from BMO.

Skilled migrant decision making under uncertainty (DEMA)

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

Generously supported by:

Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC-CRSH)

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

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

Anna Triandafyllidou, Melissa Kelly, Jessica Jung

Canada’s response to Venezuelan arrivals (CANVAS)

Berti Olinto, Anna Triandafyllidou

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

Mehrunnisa Ali, Anna Triandafyllidou

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

Seyda Aytac, Anna Triandafyllidou, Andrew Parkin

FIT-ART: Fostering integration through the arts (externally funded)

Jérémie Molho, Anna Triandafyllidou, Alice Massari and Tomée Tzatzanis

Toronto Arts Council: Shawn Newman, Kadija De Paula

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

Younes Ahouga, Oreva Olakpe, Anna Triandafyllidou

GUANGZHOU EXPRESS: Alternative approaches to undocumented status

Oreva Olakpe

i am: Digital storytelling research project (external link) 

Anna Triandafyllidou, Cyrus Sundar Singh

LEARNING IN THE WILD: Migrant user communities on Reddit

Priya Kumar

Leveraging community-arts for immigrant integration (externally funded)

Alka Kumar, Anna Triandafyllidou, Zhixi Zhuang

Mabelle Arts: Annie Katsura Rollins

Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times

Anna Triandafyllidou, Maggie Perzyna

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

Anna Triandafyllidou, Yousef Khalifa Aleghfeli, Claire Ellis

Navigating the Canadian labour market (NAVCAN)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Claire Ellis

PANDEMIC KITCHEN STORIES

Maggie Perzyna

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

Zhixi Zhuang

Saskatchewan attraction and retention of immigrants (SARI)

Melissa Kelly

Social media and labour market integration in Canada (SOMELAB)

Stein Monteiro

Social media and public discourse on immigration

Nicholas A.R. Fraser

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

Alka Kumar

StOries Project: Strangers to Ourselves (externally funded)

Alka Kumar, Anna Triandafyllidou

Trajectories of French students in Canada (externally funded)

Anna Triandafyllidou, Amin Moghadam, Jérémie Molho, Emma Bouillard

VIGO: Exploring the role of images in migration governance (externally funded)

Alice Massari

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

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

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

Michelle Nguyen, Melissa Kelly