The International Migration Research Centre (IMRC) mandate is to provide a platform for debate, research, policy analysis, community engagement and proposal development related to international migration and mobility at the global, national and regional scale.
Our mission is to develop and sponsor research relationships that encourage involvement with scholars from all Laurier faculties. The IMRC affiliated faculty and students are active members of international networks and liaise with migration and refugee centres in the region and around the world.
Policy Points
Issue 01: Backgrounder on Health and Safety for Migrant Farmworkers in Canada, Janet McLaughlin and Jenna Hennebry
Issue 02: Key Issues & Recommendations for Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Reducing Vulnerabilities & Protecting Rights, Jenna Hennebry and Janet McLaughlin
Issue 03: Backgrounder on Safety and Legal Protection of Irregular Migrants and Volunteer Workers in Mexico, Andrea Pietrzak
Issue 04: Inventory of Services Provided to Immigrants and Refugees in the Waterloo Region, J. Fernando Reyes, Margaret Walton-Roberts, and Jenna Hennebry
Issue 05: Backgrounder on Immigration Policy Changes and Entry to Practice Routes for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) Entering Canada, Margaret Walton-Roberts, Keegan Williams, Jennifer Guo, and Jenna Hennebry
Issue 06: The Migrant Farmworker Health Journey: Identifying Issues and Considering Change across Borders, Janet McLaughlin, Jenna Hennebry, Donald C. Cole, and Gabriel Williams
Issue 07: The Need for Local Reintegration Policy/Programs in Rural Mexico, Meredith Giel
Issue 08: New Policies, New Students, New Direction? Trends in International Student Enrollment in Ontario’s Changing Policy Landscape, Keegan Williams, Gabriel Williams, Amy Arbuckle, Margaret Walton-Roberts, and Jenna Hennebry
Issue 09: Temporary Migration Policy, Trends, and Ontario’s Economy: 2000-2012, Keegan Williams
Issue 10: Global Care Chains: Addressing Unpaid Reproductive Labour in the Philippines, Harrison Ellis
Issue 11: Scaling Canada’s Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) Model for Proactive Refugee Resettlement, Ahmed Mohamoud Elmi, Marina Ghosh, Sasha Oliveira, and Margaret Walton-Roberts
Issue 12: International Students Adaptation and Integration in the Canadian University Sector, Guanglong Pang and Margaret Walton-Roberts
Issue 13: Syrian Refugee Resettlement and the Role of Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) in Ontario, Canada, Margaret Walton-Roberts, Luisa Veronis, Sarah Wayland, Huyen Dam, and Blair Cullen
Issue 14: Welcoming Diversity: The Role of Local and Civil Society Initiatives in Integrating Newcomers, Feyzi Baban, Fuat Keyman, Hande Paker, and Kim Rygiel
Issue 15: Economic Precarity among Syrian Refugee Families Living in Lebanon: Policy Recommendations to Restore Hope in the Context of Displacement, Bree Akesson and Dena Badawi
Issue 17: Private Sponsorship in Canada: The Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region, Suzan M. Ilcan, Diana Thomaz, and Manuela Jimenez Bueno
Issue 18: Disaster displacement: Examining the post-Dorian experience on Eleuthera, Kearney Coupland
Issue 19: Up/Rooted: Gender, Sexuality and Refuge in Canada, Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis, Allison Petrozziello, Carol B. Duncan, and Jenna L. Hennebry
Issue 20: Building Inclusivity in Linguistically Diverse Communities: A Role for Interpretation and Translation Services, Emma Dufour, Samaa Kabbar, Anmol Rana, Noah Ricciardi, and Kim Rygiel
Reports
Diasporas, Development and Governance in the Global South, Abel Chikanda and Gareth Haysom
Immigration Policy Changes and Entry to Practice Routes for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs), Margaret Walton-Roberts, Jennifer Guo, Keegan Williams, and Jenna Hennebry
Migration, Urbanization and Food Security in Cities of the Global South: 26–27 November 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, Jonathan Crush
Submission for the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities’ Review of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, Jenna Hennebry and Janet McLaughlin
The Impact of English Language Proficiency and Workplace Readiness on the Employment Outcomes of Tertiary International Students (Executive Summary), Sophie Arkoudis, Lesleyanne Hawthorne, Chi Baik, Graeme Hawthorne, Kieran O’Loughlin, Dan Leach, and Emmaline Bexley
The Impact of English Language Proficiency and Workplace Readiness on the Employment Outcomes of Tertiary International Students (Full Report), Sophie Arkoudis, Lesleyanne Hawthorne, Chi Baik, Graeme Hawthorne, Kieran O’Loughlin, Dan Leach, and Emmaline Bexley
Urban Informality and Migrant Entrepreneurship in Southern African Cities: 10–11 February 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, Jonathan Crush
Research Publications
Brain Drain and Regain: The Migration Behaviour of South African Medical Professionals (Migration Policy Series No. 65), Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda, Ivy Bourgeault, Ronald Labonté, and Gail Tomblin Murphy
Contextualizing the Global Nursing Care Chain: International Migration and the Status of Nursing in Kerala, India, Margaret Walton-Roberts
Demography, Migration and Demand for International Students, Lesleyanne Hawthorne
Determinants of Health of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada, Janet McLaughlin
Diasporas and Development: An Assessment of the Irish Experience for the Caribbean, Indianna D. Minto
Effectively Engaging Diasporas Under the New Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Manuelle Chanoine, Meredith Giel, and Tâmara Simão
Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Migration Policy Series No. 68), Jonathan Crush, Caroline Skinner, and Abel Chikanda
Immigration, the University, and the Tolerant Second-Tier City, Margaret Walton-Roberts
India-Canada Trade and Immigration Linkages: A Case of Regional (Dis)advantage?, Margaret Walton-Roberts
Indirect Pathways Into Practice: A Comparative Examination of Indian and Philippine Internationally Educated Nurses and Their Entry Into Ontario’s Nursing Profession, Margaret Walton-Roberts and Jenna Hennebry
Indirect Pathways Into Practice: Philippine Internationally Educated Nurses and Their Entry Into Ontario’s Nursing Profession, Lualhati Marcelino
Inserting Migrants into the Global Social Protection Floor, Marie-Hélène Ratel, Gabriel Williams, and Keegan Williams
International Migration of Health Professionals and the Marketization and Privatization of Health Education in India: From Push-Pull to Global Political Economy, Margaret Walton-Roberts
Migrant Entrepreneurship, Collective Violence and Xenophobia in South Africa (Migration Policy Series No. 67), Jonathan Crush and Sujata Ramachandran
Migrant Rights are Human Rights, Jenna Hennebry
Organizing from the Maquiladoras to the University: Dialogue and Reflections Among Women Migrant and Maquiladora Workers in Mexico, Evelyn Encalada Grez
South Asian Diasporas in Canada, Margaret Walton-Roberts
The Housing Preferences and Location Choices of Second Generation South Asians Living in Ethnic Enclaves, Virpal Kataure and Margaret Walton-Roberts