| Dean’s Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activity Award University of Alberta | Award | 2025-04-01 | Abu-Laban, Y. |
| President’s Award for Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Toronto Metropolitan University | Award | 2025-04-15 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| SSHRC Impact Awards – Insight Award Finalist Toronto Metropolitan University | Award | 2025-09-04 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Crossing Lines: Comics about Human Migration University of British Columbia, Concordia University | Publication | 2025-12-10 | Ellermann, A., Frederik Byrn Køhlert, Sarah Leavitt, Paquet, M. |
| Handbook of migration and globalisation: Migration and globalisation: Dynamics and contradictions Toronto Metropolitan University | Publication | 2024-01-01 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Knowledge, Power, and Migration Contesting the North/South DivideAs 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. University of Alberta, Concordia University, York University | Publication | 2025-07-01 | Abu-Laban, Y., Paquet, M., Tungohan, E. |
| The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurship on City Building and Public Policy: Learning from TorontoToronto’s ethnic retail clusters have not only sprouted across the inner
city but have also speckled suburban landscapes. Driven by the increasing settle-
ment of contemporary immigrants in the suburbs, ethnic businesses and ethnic
economies have flourished and become the catalyst for neighborhood change and
suburban retrofitting. Research has demonstrated that the development of immi-
grant entrepreneurship has contributed to social cohesion and economic vitality.
What remains unexplored is the role of ethnic businesses in influencing space,
(re)defining place, and (re)shaping community. Furthermore, little is known about
how ethnic entrepreneurs interact with other key players in city- and community-
building processes and affect policy development, or vice versa. This chapter explores
eight urban ethnic enclaves in the inner city of Toronto based on existing studies and
eight Chinese and South Asian retail clusters in Toronto’s suburbs through extensive
field research and interviews and surveys with key informants. Case studies reveal the
role of ethnic entrepreneurs as city builders, and also how public policy and institu-
tional structure promote or impede the development of ethnic entrepreneurship. The
findings also point to important differences in urban and suburban settings such as
built forms, physical constraints, and municipal governance and policy frameworks
that may affect the interactions among various key players and spaces. Toronto Metropolitan University | Publication | 2024-08-02 | Zhuang, Z. |
| APSA Pre-Conference: Narrative and Text Analysis in the Study of Migration and Citizenship Concordia University, University of British Columbia | Event | 2025-09-10 | Paquet, M., Andrea Lawlor, Hopkins, V. |
| Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, International Students and Movements for Change York University | Conference | 2024-11-14 | Tungohan, E. |
| Stories Matter: Using Photovoice to Amplify Migrants’ Lived Experiences in Small and Mid-sized Canadian Cities. Toronto Metropolitan University | Conference | 2024-08-14 | Zhuang, Z. |
| Stories Matter: Using Photovoice to Understand Migrants’ Perceived and Lived Experiences in Smaller Canadian Cities. Toronto Metropolitan University | Conference | 2023-06-19 | Zhuang, Z. |
| Artful Integration: How Community Arts Craft a Home for Immigrants Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2024-06-01 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Collaborative project examining migration representation in AI narratives Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2025-01-01 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Contemporary Paradoxes and Struggles of Migration and Belonging in Canada Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2023-06-01 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Democratic Innovations from Social Movements, Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Communities: Latin America to the World Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2025-02-01 | Ruparelia, S. |
| EGAP: Evidence in Governance and Politics Network Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2024-09-02 | Rubenson, D. |
| Fostering Integration through the Arts (FIT-ART): Learning from the Toronto Arts Council's Program for Newcomers and Refugees Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2023-09-01 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| GAPs: Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2023-04-11 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| One Land Two Hearts: WhereWeStand Premieres Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2024-09-24 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Pathways of Solidarity: Migrants and Migrant Support Networks Across New York, New England and Montreal Concordia University | Grant | 2025-07-09 | Paquet, M. |
| Réseau de recherche sur l’immigration, l’intégration et les relations interculturelles au Québec (RQ3I) Concordia University | Grant | 2024-10-17 | Paquet, M. |
| Understanding Cultural and Identity Narratives in the Age of Advanced Digital Technologies Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2024-03-31 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| WhereWeStand: Circles Within Circles Toronto Metropolitan University | Grant | 2024-02-01 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| You Can‘t Google This - Inhabit PodcastPodcast: Erika, Eunice, and Lauren continue their food tour of Toronto‘s North York suburb with food writer Suresh Doss. Inside Dream Yunnan Chòng’s new uptown location, they discover Suresh’s tech roots and get his hot takes on big data’s blind spots. Then Eunice’s mentor and family friend Dr. Zhixi Zhuang shares her keys to planning an emotional city. Also: the Internet of Things. Toronto Metropolitan University | Activity | 2023-08-15 | Zhuang, Z. |
| Global Feminisms Conference York University | Conference | 2025-03-20 | Tungohan, E. |
| Inspiring Women Among Us (IWAU) Conference York University | Conference | 2024-11-13 | Tungohan, E. |
| Centre for Migration Studies-Sector Research Collaborations Day 2024The UBC Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), AMSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC), and UBC Connects hosted the 2024 CMS-Sector Research Collaborations Day, an annual event designed to bring together migration researchers and professionals in the immigration and settlement field. The event was for those interested in considering migration research through a decolonial lens and building mutually beneficial connections between CMS researchers and BC’s settlement sector.
The public session took place in the morning, with a separate add-on registration for the more focused afternoon session. The morning session featured a panel presentation and moderated discussion with three guest speakers. Together, they explored the critical questions and paradoxes that arise when trying to engage in decolonizing actions while navigating Eurocentric systems.
In the afternoon session, which was for sector professionals and university affiliates who wanted to build connections, CMS showcased ways it can support the sector’s research needs. This was followed by a Speed Networking activity where participants could connect, share ideas, and explore potential research collaborations.
81 people attended. | Activity | 2025-11-13 | |
| Identity, nationalism and integration in diverse societies Toronto Metropolitan University | Publication | 2025-01-01 | Mahajan G., Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Imagining the nation in the 21st century Toronto Metropolitan University | Publication | 2025-05-28 | Triandafyllidou, A. |
| Introduction. La politique et les politiques de l’immigration au Québec Concordia University | Publication | 2025-01-01 | Catherine Xhardez, Adèle Garnier, Paquet, M. |
| La nouvelle politique de l’immigration au Québec Concordia University | Publication | 2025-01-01 | Paquet, M. |
| Toronto: Planning for Diversity, Inclusion, and Urban Resilience. Toronto: Cities of Migration.Recent waves of global migration have generated significant and unprecedented changes to metropolitan regions of major immigrant settlement. The impacts on these cities are profound, socially, culturally, economically, politically, physically, and environmentally. As the World Migration Report points out, increasing research has been drawn to the relationship between migrants and cities. [1] Cities are playing an important role in the processes of immigrant settlement and integration, because they are not only the reception areas for newcomers to live, work, learn, play, socialize like any other city inhabitants, but also important places for building diverse, inclusive, resilient, and equitable communities in the long run. It has become imperative for municipalities to understand the dynamics and complexity of the global migration phenomenon and tackle the challenges and opportunities it presents locally. This report highlights the key takeaways from Toronto’s planning practices as part of the Building Inclusive Cities initiative. [1]. Duncan, H. and Popp, I. 2017. Migrants and Cities: Stepping Beyond World Migration Report 1 2015’, in World Migration Report 2018, Geneva: IOM. Toronto Metropolitan University | Publication | 2024-11-08 | Zhuang, Z. |
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