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Research themes

IRMS research spans a wide range of issues in migration and integration. Our themes evolve with the work of our researchers and partners. Among others, our areas of focus include:

Migration Pathways

Exploring migrants’ journeys from temporary to permanent residency, and how policies shape settlement, labour market integration, and belonging.

Projects

  • Cartograpohie des voies de professionnalisation de musiciens immigrants au QC (Marie-Jeanne Blain)
  • Pathways into and out of irregularity for precarious status migrants in Canada (Mylène Coderre)
  • L'insertion professionnelle du personnel enseignant d'origine immigrante et de minorités visibles vue par les directions d'écoles francophones (Gwénaëlle André)
  • Digital Platform Modernization and Transformation at IRCC (Mireille Paquet, Capucine Coustere)

Key themes

  • Migration pathways and policy
  • Temporary to permanent residency transitions
  • Labour market integration
  • Precarity and settlement

Labour, Technology & the Platform Economy

Examining how digital platforms and technologies reshape migrant labour in urban economies and across sectors such as agriculture, logistics, and trucking. 

Projects

  • Recruiting temporary foreign workers in a digital era (Mylène Coderre)
  • CLIMPACT: Impacts of extreme climate change events on temporary agricultural workers in Québec – a mixed method, community-based participatory action-research (Mylène Coderre)
  • Les interventions en santé et sécurité au travail auprès des travailleurs étrangers temporaires (Mylène Coderre)
  • Les conditions de travail et d'hébergement des travailleuses et travailleurs étrangers temporaires dans le secteur agroalimentaire (Mylène Coderre)
  • Liberating Migrant Labour?: International Mobility Programs in Settler-Colonial Contexts (Capucine Coustere)
  • PARtenariat sur les migrants Temporaires en EMPloi (PARTEMP) (Capucine Coustere)
  • Navigating Streets, Restaurants, and Algorithms: A Study of Young Immigrant Food Delivery Couriers in Montréal and Toronto (Émile Baril)
  • Technologies, working conditions and South Asian migration in the Canadian long-haul truck driving industry (Émile Baril)
  • Firewalls In Sanctuary Cities: Examining Access To Public Services With(Out) Fear In Toronto And Montreal, Canada (Émile Baril)

Key themes

  • Migrant labour
  • Urban precarity
  • Migration policy and regulation
  • Technology and work

Immigration and Digital Literacy

Investigating how immigrants engage with digital technologies across social, cultural, educational, and political spheres, with attention to minority-language contexts. 

Projects

  • Expérience d’accès aux services et à l’accompagnement juridiques de migrant·e·s sans statut ou à statut précaire au Québec : une recherche-action exploratoire (Marie-Jeanne Blain)
  • Outils numériques et recherche d'emploi pour demandeurs d'asile (Marie-Jeanne Blain)
  • Digital Platform Modernization and Transformation at IRCC (Capucine Coustere)
  • Impacts of Social Media Disinformation on Civic Engagement Among Newcomers After the 45th Canadian Federal Election (Gwénaëlle André)

Key themes

  • Digital literacy and inclusion
  • Immigration and education
  • Minority language contexts
  • Technology and integration
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