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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 14h

🎓 Join us for the Scholars of Excellence Workshop: Financialization, Extractivism, and the Governance of Migration
📅 Oct. 28, 2025, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT (Hybrid). Explore how migrant lives are commodified and the extractive economies emerge around displacement.

🔗: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 4d

📢 Call for papers 🌎 Rethinking Complex Migration: Flows, Frames, and Futures. April 15-17, 2026 at Toronto Metropolitan University. Deadline: November 2, 2025 (11:59 PM). Submit your proposal: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 5d

@researchtmu.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social @arts-tmu.bsky.social @migration.ubc.ca @triandafyllidou.bsky.social

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 5d

What is Canada? – Call for Proposals Now Open! 🇨🇦 Explore community, belonging, and identity from coast to coast to coast. Seeking teams of 2-3 to co-produce multimedia short films celebrating their communities' stories. Apply by: November 15, 2025. 🔗: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

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maggieperzyna.bsky.social @maggieperzyna.bsky.social · 5d

Vote for Borders & Belonging. It only takes a sec and it goes a long way to increase visibility #migration #borders #podcast @signalawards.bsky.social @cercmigration.bsky.social

Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Did you hear? @cercmigration.bsky.social's Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist at the fourth annual Signal Awards!

The podcast has been nominated under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category. Today is the last day to vote! ➡️ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · 5d

Vote today! for our Borders & Belonging Podcast - bringing data and analysis on international migration to a broader audience!

Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Did you hear? @cercmigration.bsky.social's Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist at the fourth annual Signal Awards!

The podcast has been nominated under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category. Today is the last day to vote! ➡️ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 5d

The episode also features:

- Linda Oucho, Executive Director, African Migration and Development Policy Center
- Andre Renzaho, Professor of Humanitarian and Development Studies, @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

They unpack the impact of the U.S. foreign aid cuts, the role of corruption and more. 2/2

CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 5d

🎙️ In the latest In Conversation episode, guest Sagar Raj Sharma (Professor of Development Economics, Kathmandu University) challenges our obsession with “growth” and how the term's numerical nature takes away from sustainable development: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... 1/2 🧵

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 5d

Apply by Oct. 15! ➡️ Are you a non-Canadian born #entrepreneur in Toronto with a business idea or early-stage venture? Enterprise Bridge Toronto: Community Bootcamp & Mentorship for Immigrant Entrepreneurs is now accepting applications!
🔗: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati... #ImmigrantEntrepreneurs

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Research – Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) @researchtmu.bsky.social · 5d

Social media platforms are fertile ground for online polarization. But as @cercmigration.bsky.social's Nicholas Fraser (@narfraser.bsky.social) writes in the Conversation CA, users are also part of the problem with a small, politically aggressive group amplifying division: tinyurl.com/ycwd4zxu

Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti-immigrant content

Being selective about the platforms that we spend our time on, and learning how to handle social media conflict will help the digital ecosystem for all of us.

tinyurl.com

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FLACSO Ecuador @flacsoecuador.bsky.social · 6d

📰 #NoticiasFLACSO
En Canadá, Gioconda Herrera, directora de FLACSO Ecuador, participó en el Congreso 2025 de Metrópolis-Red Internacional sobre Migraciones, que se celebró en la Universidad Metropolitana de Toronto.

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Richa @richashivakoti.bsky.social · 6d

2 more days till the deadline, pls apply if interested...

Richa @richashivakoti.bsky.social · 20d

We are hiring a full time (6 months) Research Assistant with strong quantitative skills to work on several research projects. Please apply by Oct. 10, 2025. @cercmigration.bsky.social

CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 20d

#Opportunity🔎 @cercmigration.bsky.social is #hiring a Research Assistant with strong quantitative skills to work on several research projects. Apply by: Oct. 10, 2025. 👉 More info and to apply: www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · 7d

The U.S. government recently announced a $100,000 H-1B visa fee. For @ca.theconversation.com, Researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and Scientific Director @triandafyllidou.bsky.social explain how this could have ripple effects on Canada: theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...

The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada

Policymakers inside and outside of government can provide ideas on creating targeted policies and pathways to recruit talented workers to Canada in the wake of the U.S. H-1B visa fee hike.

theconversation.com

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · 7d

The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...
@richashivakoti.bsky.social
@jeremiemolho.bsky.social
@cercmigration.bsky.social
@bridgdivides.bsky.social

The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada

Policymakers inside and outside of government can provide ideas on creating targeted policies and pathways to recruit talented workers to Canada in the wake of the U.S. H-1B visa fee hike.

theconversation.com

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 8d

🎉 Excited to share that our Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist for the 4th annual Signal Awards, including the Listener’s Choice Award! Vote for us until Oct. 9, 2025 under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category:
vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Stay tuned for season four!

Listener's Choice Sept 23-Oct 9

Borders & Belonging
CERC In Migration & Integration
Toronto Metropolitan University

Signal Awards 2025 Finalist
Vote for Us

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 8d

Excited to share that the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies has released a special issue: "Decentring Migration Governance: The Role of Narratives." Featuring contributions from several CERC Migration Researchers. 🔗: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 8d

New research from Senior Research Associate Jérémie Molho and the Toronto Arts Council showcases how the Program for Newcomers and Refugees arts programs deliver concrete integration outcomes. 🔗: https://theconversation.com/how-the-arts-strengthen-newcomer-settlement-in-canada-265462

How the arts strengthen newcomer settlement in Canada

Historically, we’ve understood immigration settlement as something that happens after a hierarchy of needs are met - new research suggests this logic is flawed.

theconversation.com

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 11d

🌍 The Metropolis International 2025 Summit, co-hosted with
@metropolisintl.bsky.social wrapped up after two days of global dialogue on migration & integration. Thank you to all who joined and for bringing the energy. Join the network + get discounts on future events: metropolisintl.org/membership

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 11d

Chair Anna Triandafyllidou wraps up Metropolis International 2025 Summit Day 2 with a brief keynote.

A huge thank you to all panelists, moderators and participants for showing up with your questions, insights and energy!

#Metropolis2025

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Metropolis International Migration Network @metropolisintl.bsky.social · 11d

Panel 5: Leveraging Advanced Digital Technologies for Supporting Migrants begins! Speakers:

-Elana Wong, Civil Action Committee
-Violet Roumeliotis, Settlement Services International
-Chantal Goyette, Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada
-Marla Asis, Scalabrini Migration Center

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Metropolis International Migration Network @metropolisintl.bsky.social · 11d

Panel 4: Migration Data in the Era of Advanced Digital Technologies begins!

-Jean-Christophe Dumont, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
-Maegan Hendow, International Centre for Migration Policy Development
-Meghan Benton, MPI
-Felicitas Hillmann, Technical University Berlin

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 11d

Kicking off Day 2 of Metropolis 2025, cohosted with
@metropolisintl.bsky.social at @torontomet.bsky.social.

We begin with a keynote speech from Ambassador Amma Twum-Amoah, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union.

#Metropolis2025

CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · 12d

Day 1 of Metropolis International 2025 concludes. Thank you to all the moderators, panelists and participants that joined us in person and online.

We are looking forward to an eventful last day tomorrow!

#Metropolis2025

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Metropolis International Migration Network @metropolisintl.bsky.social · 12d

Panel 3: Roundtable on Migration Governance in Challenging Times beginning now! Speakers:

-Eva Millona, Immigration Initiative at Harvard University
-Silvia Nunez, Center for Research in North America, UNAM, Mexico
-Naika Foroutan, German Center for Integration and Migration Research

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Metropolis International Migration Network @metropolisintl.bsky.social · 12d

Keynote Speaker Alejandro Portes presents his talk on “Autarchy and immigration: The new American model of development and its consequences,” at Metropolis International 2025 day 1!

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