Research projects
Discover more about our research, projects and initiatives
Overview
IRMS explores the multiple dimensions of migration and integration, focusing on how individual trajectories, work and digital technologies intersect. Our research combines socio-political, economic, and technological analyses to understand how migrants navigate society and the labour market and how digital technologies affect the migration journey.
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' journey, from temporary to permanent residency, and how policies shape settlement, our projects examine how policies shape settlement, labour market integration, and belonging. Using qualitative, intersectional methods, we reveal how institutional and policy frameworks, especially in Quebec's unique context, define access to rights, stability, and pathways to inclusion.
Key themes
- Migration pathways and policy
- Temporary to permanent residency transitions
- Labour market integration
- Precarity and settlement
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)
Contact
- Capucine Coustere, Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: capucine.coustere@concordia.ca - Mylène Coderre, Associate Researcher
Email: mylene.coderre@concordia.ca
- Marie-Jeanne Blain – Senior Researcher
Email: mariejeanne.blain@concordia.ca
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.
Key themes
- Migrant labour
- Urban precarity
- Migration policy and regulation
- Technology and work
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)
Contact
- Émile Baril, Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: emile.baril@concordia.ca
Immigration and Digital Literacy
Investigating how immigrants engage with digital technologies across social, cultural, educational, and political spheres, with attention to minority-language contexts.
Key themes
- Digital literacy and inclusion
- Immigration and education
- Minority language contexts
- Technology and integration
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)
Contact
- Gwénaëlle André, Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: gwenaelle.andre@concordia.ca
