Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides
Expanding knowledge about migrant integration at a time of rapid transformation. Funded by CFREF_APOGEE 📍Toronto Metropolitan University/Concordia/UofA/UBC. Visit: torontomu.ca/bridging-divides/
- #InTheNews: Headlines that Bridge Divides. Each week, we highlight how Bridging Divides researchers are shaping public conversations through the media: Rupa Banerjee for @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social on the changing landscape of immigration in Canada ➡️ www.cbc.ca/player/play/... 1/3 🧵
- 🌆 Ever wonder what it is like to start a fellowship in one of the world’s most dynamic, fast-growing cities? Join Chiara Gunella, Bridging Divides Future Leaders Fellow, as she takes you through a day in her life during her one-week visit to Toronto as part of her year-long fellowship. #DITL
- It was fascinating to take a step back and imagine what life looked like for Bridging Divides researcher Irene Bloemraad before #academia; researchers were once aspiring rockstars too! 🎧 Tune into the latest Borders & Belonging Podcast episode: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... #MigrationResearch
- As natural increase in Canada is projected to reach zero around 2029, and immigration could drive population growth for the next 50 years unless fertility rises, what is a reasonable level of immigration? Unpack the discussion with Bridging Divides researcher Dan Hiebert: geog.ubc.ca/events/event...
- 🎮 Looking to pick up new skills in game design? Join the Bridging Divides Game Jam from Feb 7-8, 2026 in #Montreal! Learn how to use game engines, create 2D art, work solo or in teams and get mentor support. Part of research on re-skilling migrants. Learn more: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...
- What do a migration scholar from Nigeria and an AI researcher from Germany have in common? We sat down with Future Leaders Fellows Ngozi Louis Uzomah (University of Nigeria) and Toan NQ (TU Dortmund University) to hear their first impressions. 🔗 Learn more: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...
- 🎉 Today, we welcomed the first-ever cohort of Future Leader Fellows. These talented emerging scholars are visiting us in Toronto for a week as part of their one-year fellowship. They will participate in workshops, mentorship sessions and idea exchanges. 🤝 Looking forward to a week of connection!
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- From Austin to Montreal to Toronto, Bridging Divides researcher Pedro Seguel hasn’t always focused on migration. Learn more about our emerging scholars in our new video series 📹 Curious about Bridging Divides and our research team? Visit torontomu.ca/bridging-divides
- We are looking forward to an exciting conversation on how 2026 is a pivotal year for Canadian immigration, featuring insights from Bridging Divides researchers @mireillepaquet.bsky.social and Irene Bloemraad! ℹ️ Feb. 5, 2026, 12-1 p.m. EST, online Tune into the discussion, register ⤵️
- ❗ Students, professionals and migrants in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver: Opportunities you don’t want to miss Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides is accepting applications for several opportunities, with deadlines today or approaching soon. Learn more ⤵️
- 📣 We are accepting applications across multiple opportunities at @bridgdivides.bsky.social! Inviting students, researchers, professionals or migrants looking to engage with migration research and practice, don't miss out: 1/5 🧵
- 🎓 Grad students, are you interested in improving the lives of newcomers? The Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend offers financial support to students applying to/studying at @torontomet.bsky.social in multiple fields. Deadline - PhD: Feb 1, 2026, Master's: April 1, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/GSS-26
- 📣 We are accepting applications across multiple opportunities at @bridgdivides.bsky.social! Inviting students, researchers, professionals or migrants looking to engage with migration research and practice, don't miss out: 1/5 🧵
- 📣 Calling migration researchers! #CFP The 2026 IMISCOE Research Network Forum, Promoting Afro-European Mediterranean Dialogue: Shifting Geographies of Migration, will take place Oct. 28-30, 2026. The Call for Papers is open! Deadline to submit: Feb. 6, 2026. www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
- Immigrants in Canada are increasingly well-educated but persistently underemployed. For the 54th Annual Sorokin Lecture, Bridging Divides researcher Rupa Banerjee will draw on her research and examine this paradox. 🗓️ Feb. 5, 📍 University of Saskatchewan artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...
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- 🚨 #Hiring: Join Bridging Divides researcher Zhixi Zhuang as a Project Coordinator (Place & Infrastructure theme)! Gain hands-on experience in research, project management, mixed-methods analysis and knowledge mobilization. 🗓️ Apply by Jan 31: 🔗 More information: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...
- 👏 Proud to see Bridging Divides Scientific Director @triandafyllidou.bsky.social open the GAPs Return Migration Final Conference with a keynote that serves as a powerful reminder of why we need frameworks that match today’s migration realities. Learn more ⤵️
- 🗞️ #InTheNews: Headlines that Bridge Divides. Each week, we highlight how Bridging Divides researchers are shaping public conversations through the media: 1/3 🧵
- 📊 Interested in the opportunity to focus on full-time quantitative research in one of Canada's great cities? Join Bridging Divides teams at Concordia University or at UBC as a research associate in data science & immigration. ⏰ Role open until filled www.concordia.ca/artsci/resea... #Hiring #Job
- Yesterday's Research Dialogue Series featured Bridging Divides affiliated researcher Alka Kumar, alongside colleagues B. Nadya Jaworsky and Elroi Yee. 1/2 🧵
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- 📣 #Hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher at Concordia University You will work closely with Bridging Divides researchers @mireillepaquet.bsky.social and Karine Côté-Boucher to explore how intermediaries and digital tools are reshaping immigration governance www.concordia.ca/artsci/resea... 1/2 🧵
- 🚨 2026 is a pivotal year for Canadian immigration. Join Bridging Divides researchers @mireillepaquet.bsky.social and Irene Bloemraad for a timely discussion on what may change, what will remain contested and why 2026 policy choices matter. Hosted by @irpp.org: 🗓 Feb 5 🕛 12-1 p.m. EST 📍 Online
- "But clearly the threats posed by Donald Trump to both economies have pushed both to push this [process] faster." @sanjayruparelia.bsky.social, Bridging Divides researcher for CBC on B.C. Premier Eby's visit to India and the wider reset in India-Canada ties under Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- 🎓 Grad students, are you interested in improving the lives of newcomers? The Bridging Divides Graduate Student Stipend offers financial support to students applying to/studying at @torontomet.bsky.social in multiple fields. Deadline - PhD: Feb 1, 2026, Master's: April 1, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/GSS-26
- 📣 Calling migration researchers! #CFP The 2026 IMISCOE Research Network Forum, Promoting Afro-European Mediterranean Dialogue: Shifting Geographies of Migration, will take place October 28-30, 2026. The Call for Papers is open. Deadline to submit: Feb. 6, 2026. 🔗 www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc...
- ❗ Join a timely discussion on Canada's immigration system and the next steps ahead. Featuring Bridging Divides research associate @lisabrunner.bsky.social, who draws on her research into immigration pathways, international students, refugee resettlement and more to inform real-world policy. 1/2 🧵
- How do migration trajectories from the Gulf States to Europe and North America reshape settlement pathways and policy responses? Join the conversation with Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and affiliated researcher @aatique.bsky.social. 1/2 🧵
- 🌎 From a nation that once shared a broadly positive consensus on immigration, Canada has experienced a notable shift in public opinion and media coverage, leading to debates and hostility that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago. What changed? 1/2 🧵
