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Research Briefs
The Research Brief Series is produced by the Toronto 吃瓜直播 Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) at 吃瓜直播.
Research Briefs are an opportunity to showcase researcher contributions to the study of immigration and settlement.
Qualifying Research Briefs:
- A summary of one publication, OR
- A summary of one ongoing or completed research project
The views expressed by the author(s) do not necessarily reflect those of the TMCIS. Please contact us with any questions about TMCIS publications.
Research Brief No. 2025/05
Sanctuary and Resistance 2025: Evolving Strategies in an Uncertain Landscape
Mar铆a Guti茅rrez & Nick Dreher
Research Brief No. 2025/04
Improving Licensure Pathways for Immigrant Doctors in Canada
The Honourable Ratna Omidvar
Research Brief No. 2025/03
Examining the Role of Non-profit Organizations for Immigrant Settlement in a Neoliberal Age
John Shields & Ted Richmond
Research Brief No. 2025/02
Food diversity and aging well in a multicultural city: Japanese Canadian (Nikkei) seniors and Community Congregate Dining
Yukari Seko, James Tiessen, Rayna Adachi, & Veen Wong, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2025/01
Innovative Approaches to Community-Based Housing for Precarious Migrants and Refugees: A Policy Report
Bridget Collrin & Nick Dreher, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2024/02
Picturing the ambiguity of refugees hosting: A photovoice exploration of Ukrainian refugee women鈥檚 experiences with their Canadian hosts in the Greater Toronto Area
Areej Al-Hamad, Yasin M. Yasin, Kateryna Metersky, & Sepali Guruge, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2024/01
Unpacking the mystery of the Canadian healthcare system: Ukrainian refugees and healthcare system navigation
Kateryna Metersky, Areej Al-Hamad, Yasin Yasin, Margareth Zanchetta, Valerie Tan, & Tetiana Podobailo, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2020/01
Private sponsorship in refugee admission: Standard in Canada, trend in Germany?
Vanessa Pohlmann & Helge Schwiertz, University of Osnabr眉ck
Research Brief No. 2019/02
Solidarity Cities in Germany and Switzerland: A Brief Overview of Initiatives
Harald Bauder & Timo Weisser
Research Brief No. 2019/01
"If you are in Palermo, you are a Palermitan": An interview with Mayor Leoluca Orlando
Harald Bauder, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2016/01
Ethnic Retail Neighbourhoods: Place Making and Branding
Antonie Schmiz & Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2015/01
Canada's Changing Immigration Policies: Report on Panel Discussion
Kudzanai Nyagano-Manungo, Susan Barrass, & Alexander Pekic, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2013/01
Why We Should Use the Term Illegalized Immigrant / El porqu茅 debemos utilizar el t茅rmino inmigrante ilegalizado
Harald Bauder, 吃瓜直播
Research Brief No. 2012/01
The New Interim Federal Health Program: How Reduced Coverage Adversely Affects Refugee Claimant Employment
Samantha Jackson, 吃瓜直播
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