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Mireille Paquet holds the Concordia Research Chair on the Politics of Immigration at Concordia University and is the scientific director of the Equipe de recherche sur l'immigration au Quebec et ailleurs (ERIQA). She has held fellowships at Harvard University and UC Berkeley and was the recipient of a Concordia University Research Award in Social Sciences.
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The immigrant versus the slate: The marginal contribution of tribunal judges to administrative justice. International Journal of Law in Context, 19(4), 559-577. Concordia University Publication 2024-11-15 The Digital Im/migrant: IS in Migration Governance, Work, and Life This panel explores how digital technologies shape the migration experience across governance, labor, and decision-making. While digital systems increasingly organize citizens’ lives, their role in shaping migrants’ experiences is less visible, especially for those navigating unfamiliar institutions and limited legal status. Drawing on empirical research, this panel examines tensions in how digital infrastructures affect migrant-state relations and platform-mediated labor markets. Panelists address topics such as the modernization of immigration institutions, social media use in migration planning, digital labor recruitment across the Americas, and algorithmic control in gig work. In dialogue with core IS concerns—sociotechnical systems, platform governance, and information-seeking behavior—the panel situates digital migration systems within broader political, structural, and ethical contexts. This interdisciplinary session fosters debate on tensions between technological innovation and equity. By tackling these issues, the panel invites IS scholars to see migration as a vital context for rethinking inclusion, infrastructure, and institutional transformation.TRS4 2.1.2 Toronto Metropolitan University, Concordia University Conference 2025-08-14 Seguel, P. ,
Paquet, M. ,
Niraula, A. ,
Coderre, M. ,
Baril, É. ,
Monteiro, S. TRS4 2.1.2 Migration Disrupted: How technological transformation is reshaping human mobility Migration Disrupted was an interdisciplinary, hybrid conference held at Toronto Metropolitan University from May 7-9, 2024, organized by CERC Migration and Bridging Divides. The conference focused on how advanced digital technologies (ADTs) are transforming human mobility, with an emphasis on their impact on migrant integration, citizenship, employment, health care, and urban experience in Canada and beyond. Through a series of panels, fireside chats, and breakout sessions, researchers, policymakers, and civil society leaders examined both opportunities and challenges created by technological transformation, including digital divides, the ethics of artificial intelligence, infrastructure for inclusive cities, and the future of migrant work. Video recordings of sessions are available.
Other, TRS2 3.2.2 Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, Concordia University Conference 2024-05-07 Triandafyllidou, A. ,
Bagheri, E. ,
Gruzd, A. , 249,
Abu-Laban, Y. ,
Agrawal, S. ,
Farooq, B. , Joel Dissanayake,
Banerjee, R. ,
Huot, S. ,
Mazalek, A. ,
Zhuang, Z. ,
Rockwell, G. ,
Wong, J. ,
Paquet, M. Other, TRS2 3.2.2 Talking about Immigration & Diversity in Polarized Political Times A cross-sector panel exploring how immigration and diversity are framed in public discourse today. Hosted at Concordia Conference Centre and supported by McGill, UBC, IRMS, and ERIQA. Moderated by Megan Bradley.Other Concordia University Conference 2025-04-24 Other Federalism of Immigration in Canada: New Dynamics Panel discussion exploring the evolution of immigration federalism in Canada. Hosted at Université de Montréal with speakers from Concordia, IRPP, and UdeM.
Other Concordia University Conference 2025-01-15 Other Promesses et Chocs Externes – Immigration des gouvernements Trudeau Publication launch analyzing immigration promises versus delivery by the Trudeau governments (2019–2025) using 697 policy commitments.
Other Concordia University Activity 2025-05-01 Other Les délais en immigration: enjeux politiques et priorités This research highlights how delays in immigration processing are shaped by political priorities rather than inefficiencies. Featured in Le Devoir.
Other Concordia University Activity 2025-04-01 Other Beyond the Queue – Migration Backlogs in Canada & Australia This publication in Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies analyzes the political sources of backlog delays in immigration systems across Canada and Australia.
Other Concordia University Publication 2025-04-08 Other Fédéralisme de l’immigration au Canada : nouvelles dynamiques A roundtable event focused on evolving immigration federalism in Canada. Organized by the Maison des affaires publiques at UdeM in partnership with ÉRIQA and IRMS. The panel examined coordination and tensions between provincial and federal actors in immigration governance.
Other Concordia University Conference 2023-01-01 Other Lessons from Canada and Iceland – Panel Dr. Mireille Paquet participated in an international panel comparing Canadian and Icelandic approaches to immigration policy. Topics included institutional capacity, political discourse, and refugee integration.
Other Concordia University Conference 2024-01-24 Other Campus à la une – Étudiants internationaux In this podcast episode by University Affairs, Dr. Paquet explores current challenges facing international students in Canada from housing crises and tuition hikes to visa backlogs and policy instability.
Other Concordia University Activity 2024-10-09 Other AI and Public Trust Mireille Paquet addressed challenges around transparency and trust in AI used by public institutions in an interview on AI ethics and governance.
Other Concordia University Activity 2024-04-01 Other Borders, AI & Migration Panel UBC hosted a panel on AI surveillance and migrant rights. Dr. Paquet contributed insights on algorithmic power and ethical oversight in migration control systems.Other Concordia University Conference 2025-07-25 Other Introduction. Frontières : entre criminologie et interdisciplinarité University of Montreal, Concordia University Publication 2024-01-01 CHAPITRE 10 Naviguer entre promesses et chocs externes : les politiques d’immigration des gouvernements Trudeau depuis 2019 Concordia University Publication 2025-04-16 CHAPTER 10 Navigating Between Promises and External Shocks: The Immigration Policies of Trudeau Governments since 2019 Concordia University Publication 2025-04-16 Beyond the Queue: The Sources and Politics of Migration Backlogs in Canada and Australia Concordia University Publication 2025-02-02 How Do Immigration Policies Affect Voter Support for Low-Skilled Immigrants? Evidence from a Survey Experiment Countries depend on both high- and low-skilled immigration to meet economic needs. But most voters prefer high-skilled immigrants, despite the fact that multiple economic sectors structurally depend on low-skilled immigrants. In this paper, we examine voter preferences toward low-skilled immigrants as one barrier to effective immigration policy, even in political regimes where immigration is the consequence of highly coordinated or “planned” policies. Specifically, we consider whether government communication around the benefits of low-skilled immigration can increase favorability of such policies. We are particularly interested in the ways in which government communicates immigration messages and whether the scope or concentration of the proposed benefits will move individual preferences. In an online survey experiment, we present Canadians ( N=2,023) with a policy brief that manipulates immigrant skill level (high vs. low), economic outcomes of migration (positive vs. mixed), and the geographic scope of benefits (concentrated vs. sociotropic). Employing two measures of policy support, we find some evidence that positive framing can increase overall support for low-skill migrants. We also find that manipulating framing around high-skilled workers has little effect on support for low-skill workers, even when that framing presents countervailing evidence as to the benefit of high-skilled labor. In sum, our findings suggest that elite level communication around the benefits of low-skill labor may have the ability to disrupt longstanding antipathy for low-skilled labor, even in regimes with longstanding support for high-skilled labor. Concordia University Publication 2024-11-18 Subnational Comparative Policy Analysis: Institutions, Methodology, and Research Agenda Concordia University Publication 2024-11-01 Migration research beyond the nation state Concordia University Publication 2024-07-18 CHAPTER 10 Migration and Citizenship Concordia University Publication 2024-05-24 Magdalena Dembińska, Valérie Amiraux, François Crépeau, Alain G Gagnon,
Paquet, M. , Thomas Soehl, Luna Vives
Migration and Citizenship Concordia University Publication 2024-04-30 Magdalena Dembińska, Valérie Amiraux, François Crépeau, Alain G Gagnon,
Paquet, M. , Thomas Soehl, Luna Vives
The Management of Immigration in Federal Systems Concordia University Publication 2024-01-01 « Rejeter la France » en immigrant au Québec ?: Portrait de l’immigration de Français racisés Depuis le début des années 2000, l’immigration de ressortissants français au Québec, souvent présentée comme privilégiée, est en forte croissance. Toutefois, l’analyse des variations des trajectoires migratoires de Français diplômés et racisés ayant immigré au Québec laisse apparaître le poids des assignations à la fois raciales et nationales vécues par ces migrants dans leurs pays d’origine et d’accueil. Si plusieurs espèrent s’extirper des processus de minoration subis en France malgré leurs qualifications en immigrant vers un pays perçu comme davantage multiculturel, l’entrée dans une telle carrière migratoire les confronte à une « double présence », assignés au fait d’être « français » une fois arrivés au Québec. Concordia University Publication 2024-01-01 CHAPITRE 10 Migrations et citoyenneté Concordia University Publication 2023-12-31 Magdalena Dembińska, Valérie Amiraux, François Crépeau, Alain G Gagnon,
Paquet, M. , Thomas Soehl, Luna Vives
The immigrant versus the state: The marginal contribution of tribunal judges to administrative justice Abstract Administrative tribunal judges determine rights and entitlements regarding bureaucratic decisions. In immigration appeal cases, they review negative decisions of permanent residency acquisition and family reunification. Based on an analysis of all immigration appeal decisions in Canada’s Quebec province over a period of twenty-three years, we find that tribunal judges confirm the bureaucratic decision in the vast majority of cases, noting the migrants’ inability to meet the annual income requirements, and rarely reverse the decision in favour of migrants. Documenting the marginal contribution of tribunal judges to promoting administrative justice, this article contributes to the debate on whether and how courts can advance immigrants’ rights. Concordia University Publication 2023-10-24 Acknowledgments University of Alberta, Concordia University, York University Publication 2025-06-17 AFTERWORD: Beyond Knowledge, Power, and Migration University of Alberta, Concordia University, York University Publication 2025-06-17 INTRODUCTION: Knowledge, Power, and Migration: An Overview University of Alberta, Concordia University, York University Publication 2025-06-17 Bill C-2 and the Politics of Canadian "Strong Borders" This talk examines changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act proposed by Bill C-2, the "Strong Borders Act." Situating the bill's reforms within a broader federal securitization agenda, it outlines potential changes to refugee protection, state authority over immigration applications and documents, and data-sharing. It concludes by assessing implications for migrants with precarious status, access to justice, and the future of Canadian migration governance.TRS4 1.3.1 University of British Columbia, Concordia University Activity 2025-09-15 TRS4 1.3.1 OPENING THE BLACK BOX: APP DESIGN THROUGH DESIGN FICTION This workshop introduces participants to design fiction as a method for exploring such possibilities. Through speculative storytelling and scenario building, we will rethink how applications function, who they serve, and what more inclusive futures might look like.TRS4 2.1.3 University of Alberta, Concordia University Conference 2025-09-15 TRS4 2.1.3 Digital Literacy and Immigrant Inclusion Concordia University Conference 2025-06-13 On Hailing “Skill” and Broken Promises: (Im)Migration in Polarizing Societies Concordia University Conference 2025-09-25 Metropolis Canada 2025 – Return Migration and Identity Reconstruction among Diasporic Migrants Concordia University Event 2025-10-02 APSA Pre-Conference: Narrative and Text Analysis in the Study of Migration and Citizenship TRS4 1.1, TRS4 1.2, TRS4 1.3.1, TRS4 1.3.2 Concordia University, University of British Columbia Event 2025-09-10 TRS4 1.1, TRS4 1.2, TRS4 1.3.1, TRS4 1.3.2 Pathways of Solidarity: Migrants and Migrant Support Networks Across New York, New England and Montreal TRS4 1.1 Concordia University Grant 2025-07-09 TRS4 1.1 Réseau de recherche sur l’immigration, l’intégration et les relations interculturelles au Québec (RQ3I) TRS4 1.1 Concordia University Grant 2024-10-17 TRS4 1.1 13th Annual Pathways to Prosperity National Conference: Investing in Canada’s Shared Future—Pathways to Possibilities TRS4 2.3.2, TRS2 3.2.2 University of British Columbia, Concordia University Conference 2025-11-24 TRS4 2.3.2, TRS2 3.2.2 Le Québec comme terre de précarité migratoire, TRS4 2.1.2 Concordia University Publication 2025-12-09 TRS4 2.1.2 Conference Pathways to Prosperity 2025 TRS4 2.1.2 Concordia University Conference 2025-11-25 TRS4 2.1.2 Immigration, Work and New Technologies TRS4 2.1.2 Concordia University, University of British Columbia Event 2025-11-24 TRS4 2.1.2 Americas Conference on Information Systems This panel explores how digital technologies shape the migration experience across governance, labor, and decision-making. While digital systems increasingly organize citizens’ lives, their role in shaping migrants’ experiences is less visible, especially for those navigating unfamiliar institutions and limited legal status. Drawing on empirical research, this panel examines tensions in how digital infrastructures affect migrant-state relations and platform-mediated labor markets. Panelists address topics such as the modernization of immigration institutions, social media use in migration planning, digital labor recruitment across the Americas, and algorithmic control in gig work. In dialogue with core IS concerns—sociotechnical systems, platform governance, and information-seeking behavior—the panel situates digital migration systems within broader political, structural, and ethical contexts. This interdisciplinary session fosters debate on tensions between technological innovation and equity. By tackling these issues, the panel invites IS scholars to see migration as a vital context for rethinking inclusion, infrastructure, and institutional transformation.TRS4 2.1.2 Concordia University, Toronto Metropolitan University Conference 2025-08-16 Paquet, M. ,
Seguel, P. ,
Niraula, A. ,
Coderre, M. ,
Baril, É. ,
Monteiro, S. TRS4 2.1.2 The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2025 TRS4 3.1.2 University of Alberta, Concordia University, York University Award 2025-12-09 TRS4 3.1.2 Centre for Migration Studies - American Political Science Association Pre-Conference Event on Narrative and Text Analysis in the Study of Migration and Citizenship TRS2 1.2 Concordia University, University of British Columbia Conference 2025-12-10 TRS2 1.2 Stereotypes of high- and low-skilled immigrants to Canada: Evidence from an online survey TRS2 1.2 Concordia University, University of British Columbia Conference 2025-12-10 TRS2 1.2 Knowledge, Power, and Migration Contesting the North/South Divide As the field of migration studies has grown, the asymmetrical relationship between researchers in the Global North and in the South has produced a body of work that centres the concerns of the former. Those from the Global North and wealthier countries continue to produce the greater portion of this research, while research from Global South scholars with lived experiences as migrants is received as anecdotal or too niche to have universal application.
Knowledge, Power, and Migration assembles researchers from across the divide to question the ways in which research practices can change the conversation on immigration. It encourages a necessary curiosity about how scholarship in the field can shape global, social, and epistemic justice. Migration is a constant in human history, but the sharp decline in permanent resettlement options, increasingly selective criteria, and violent enforcement measures of the twenty-first century constitute a crisis of immigration policy. Only by redressing the inequalities it shares with global governance structures can the discipline confront this historic challenge.
Research on immigration can occasion reflections and practices that challenge epistemic injustices. Knowledge, Power, and Migration contributes to this ongoing project while offering insights on the practical organization of new forms of dialogue on migration in a largely unequal world.TRS4 1.1, TRS4 2.3.2 University of Alberta, Concordia University, York University Publication 2025-07-01 TRS4 1.1, TRS4 2.3.2 Introduction. La politique et les politiques de l’immigration au Québec TRS4 1.1 Concordia University Publication 2025-01-01 TRS4 1.1 La nouvelle politique de l’immigration au Québec TRS4 1.1 Concordia University Publication 2025-01-01 TRS4 1.1 Crossing Lines: Comics about Human Migration TRS4 1.1 University of British Columbia, Concordia University Publication 2025-12-10 TRS4 1.1 Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration Other Concordia University Collaboration 2025-12-01 Other Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) Lecture Series In collaboration with UNHCR Canada and Ipsos. Concordia University Event 2025-01-16 Darrell Bricker, Mustafa Alio, Darcy Knoll,
Paquet, M. International Studies Association Conference Paquet, M. et Côté-Boucher, K., Legacy Infrastructures and the Mirage of Modernization: The Role of Government IT Systems in Shaping Immigration Policy Implementation in Canada, International Studies Association, 3 mars, Chicago Concordia University, University of Montreal Conference 2025-03-03 Annual Conference of Brigding Divides André, Gwenaelle, Blain MJ, Paquet, M (2025) Digital Literacy and Inclusion Among Immigrants: A Review and Emerging Research Directions, 13 mai. 25 attendees. Concordia University Conference 2025-05-13 Hailing Skills Workshop Baril, Coderre, Paquet: From relational to technical: defining migrant labour and lessons from the Canadian case. University of Ottawa. 15 attendees. Concordia University Conference 2025-09-15 27e Congrès Metropolis Canada 2025 Paquet, M., Coustere, C. & Côté-Boucher, K. GCMS: Low techs and the management of immigration in Canada. Congrès Metropolis, Toronto. 50 attendees. Concordia University, University of Montreal Conference 2025-10-03 Making Modern Canadian Immigration Politics and Policy Concordia University Conference 2025-10-30 Making Modern Canadian Immigration Politics and Policy Concordia University Conference 2025-10-30 Making Modern Canadian Immigration Politics and Policy Concordia University Conference 2025-10-30 Making Modern Canadian Immigration Politics and Policy Concordia University Conference 2025-10-30 Forum de l’Intégration Blain, MJ, M Paquet, G André, I Oh (2025) Personnes en demande d’asile, recherche d’emploi et compétences numériques : un assemblage favorable? 4 novembre. https://www.forum-integration.org/programmation-2025/ ou lien direct : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_UHBImiAI. 40 in-person and 200 virtual attendees. Concordia University Conference 2025-11-03 Annual conference of the Association québécoise des avocats et avocates en droit de l'immigration (AQAADI) Paquet, M., Coustere, C., Côté-Boucher, K. L’artère vitale du système : le système mondial de gestion des cas. Annual conference of the Association québécoise des avocats et avocates en droit de l'immigration (AQAADI), Montréal. 100-200 attendees. Concordia University, University of Montreal Conference 2025-11-07 26e séminaire en LMM. Cartographier les travaux récents sur la littératie Blain, MJ, I Oh, Mireille Paquet et Gwénaëlle André (2025) Transformation numérique des services publics et communautaires : portrait et enjeux relatifs aux compétences numériques de personnes demandeurs d’asile à la recherche d’emploi à Montréal. 19 novembre. 8 in-person and 6 virtual attendees. Concordia University Conference 2025-11-19 Perspective Taking and Active Listening 10 attendees. Concordia University Conference 2025-11-20 P2P National conference, Conference Pathways to Prosperity 2025 “Investing in Canada’s Shared Future: Pathways to Possibilities” Blain, MJ, M Paquet, G André avec le soutien de Iris Oh (2025) Digital transformation of public and community services: opportunities for asylum seekers seeking employment? 24 nov. 80 attendees. Concordia University Conference 2025-11-24 Immigration, Work and New Technologies (online) Doble Workshop Organizer, Marie-Jeanne Blain, Mireille Paquet, Mylène Coderre, Émile Baril (nov. 2025) Immigration, Work and New Technologies (online) Doble Workshop, 24 nov., incluant 8 présentations de chercheurs juniors et seniors, ainsi qu’un représentant d’organisme, Halifax (Online, 3h). P2P Concordia University, University of British Columbia Event 2025-11-24 Symposium l’accès aux droits comme condition d’intégration des personnes immigrantes. IIIe congrès international de l’EDIQ Blain, MJ, M Paquet et Iris Oh (accepté 2026) « J’ai passé par une organisation qui savait comment le faire » : recherche d’emploi et compétences numériques de personnes en demande d’asile, 2-4 juin 2026 Concordia University Conference 2026-06-02 17th International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Blain, MJ, A Paquet, G André (submitted 2025 for 2026) Navigating Digitalization: The Role of Community Organizations in Supporting Asylum Seekers’ Access to Services, 17th July. International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Concordia University Conference 2026-07-14 Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) of Concordia University TRS3 5.2 Concordia University Partnership 2023-01-01 TRS3 5.2 Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) of Concordia University TRS3 5.2 Concordia University Collaboration 2023-01-01 TRS3 5.2 Institute for Research on Migration and Society (lRMS) of Concordia University TRS3 5.1 Concordia University Partnership 2023-01-01 TRS3 5.1 Institute for Research on Migration and Society (lRMS) of Concordia University TRS3 5.1 Concordia University Collaboration 2023-01-01 TRS3 5.1 Toward a Hybrid Conceptualization of Migrant Labour: Integrating Relational and Technical Perspectives TRS2 3.2.3 University of British Columbia, Concordia University Publication 2026-04-01 TRS2 3.2.3
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