Executive Summary A Rapid Impact Evaluation (RIE) was conducted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to assess the early outcomes of the 2015-16 Syrian Refugee Initiative. The evaluation was targeted in nature and examined the Syrian refugees who were admitted to Canada between November 4, 2015 and March 1, 2016 and were a part … Continue reading Rapid Impact Evaluation of the Syrian Refugee Initiative
By Lori Wilkinson and Joseph Garcea Since the fall of 2015, refugee resettlement in Canada has risen dramatically as the Trudeau government committed itself to admitting at least 25,000 Syrian refugees—a goal accomplished by the end of February 2016. As Canada expands its resettlement efforts, ensuring the labor-market integration and self-sufficiency of these new arrivals … Continue reading The Economic Integration of Refugees in Canada: A Mixed Record?
by Jennifer Hyndman, William Payne, York University & Shauna Jimenez, East Kootenay Friends of Burma [RRN/CRS Policy Brief Submitted to the Government of Canada, December 2, 2016] Executive Summary From academic, policy, and sponsors’ perspectives, what is known about the private sponsorship of refugees in Canada? Since its inception in the 1970s, the federal government … Continue reading The State of Private Refugee Sponsorship in Canada: Trends, Issues, and Impacts
CCR Spring Consultation, June 2016 Annotated Bibliography of Links Below Abu-Ras (2007) Cultural beliefs and service utilization by battered Arab immigrant women Ahmad et al (2009) ‘Why doesn’t she seek help for partner abuse’ A study Alaggia et al (2009) Intimate partner violence and immigration laws in Canada Annan (2010) Intimate partner violence in Northern … Continue reading Family Support Services – Annotated Bibliography
Conference Report On June 15 and 16, 2015, the Refugee Research Network (RRN) hosted a conference entitled, “Innovations in Forced Migration.” The conference brought together 61 scholars (faculty and students), practitioners, and policymakers from across Canada and internationally to mobilize knowledge on innovations in forced migration. Organized in a workshop format, where all participants were … Continue reading “Innovations in Forced Migration” Showcasing research from the Refugee Research Network (RRN) and beyond
Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Fellowship positions. The Fields Institute’s Postdoctoral Fellowships provide for a period of research activity at the Institute and participation in our programs. They require no teaching, but Fellows may teach at most course per semester at a partner university for an additional stipend. We currently offer four kinds of Postdoctoral … Continue reading Postdoctoral Fellowships
Abstract: This annotated bibliography gives an account of legal and social sciences research sources related to refugee claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The bibliography, which focuses primarily on English language publications, includes close to 200 items that fall into the following two categories of research sources: (1) scholarly publications on lesbian, … Continue reading Refugee Claims Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: an Annotated Bibliography
Executive summary When reforms to the Interim Federal Health (IFH) program were announced, health care providers raised a number of concerns about the significant reduction in access to health care services for most refugees and claimants. This research study documents how four key fears of health care providers have been realized since the cuts took … Continue reading Refugee Health Care Cuts In Canada: System Level Costs, Risks and Responses
mmigration is increasingly preoccupying politicians, policy-makers and citizens around the world. For the most part, however, the focus has been on the economic impact and social integration of new migrants. The authors of this study, François Crépeau and Delphine Nakache, address an issue that is often overlooked: The legal framework through which we welcome newcomers, … Continue reading Controlling irregular migration in Canada: reconcilling security concerns with human rights protection
The Global Detention Project (GDP) is a research initiative that assesses states use of detention in response to global migration. Based at the Graduate Institutes Programme for the Study of Global Migration in Geneva, Switzerland, the GDPs aims include: (1) providing researchers, advocates, and journalists with a measurable and regularly updated baseline foranalysing the growth … Continue reading Immigration Detention in Canada