Richa
@richashivakoti.bsky.social
Research Lead at the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration & Integration @TorontoMet
Migration | Public Policy | Asia
Associate Editor, Comparative Migration Studies
Editorial Board Member, Public Admin & Development
Migration | Public Policy | Asia
Associate Editor, Comparative Migration Studies
Editorial Board Member, Public Admin & Development
Register for the GLMM and KAS Webinar on “Stepwise Migration to the Gulf States and Onwards: Highly Skilled Workers in the Global Competition for Talents” on 9 December 2025, 5:00-6:30 pm KSA – 3:00-4:30 pm CET
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Register for the GLMM and KAS Webinar on “Stepwise Migration to the Gulf States and Onwards: Highly Skilled Workers in the Global Competition for Talents” on 9 December 2025, 5:00-6:30 pm KSA – 3:00-4:30 pm CET
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... reconciling their expectations of Canada as a "dream country" with the difficult realities of settling as newcomers.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
... reconciling their expectations of Canada as a "dream country" with the difficult realities of settling as newcomers.
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Nepali Canadians represent a growing but understudied immigrant community in Canada. New #WorkingPaper from @richashivakoti.bsky.social and Deepa Nagari reveals that while they arrive through diverse pathways seeking better opportunities, many face challenges...
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nepali Canadians represent a growing but understudied immigrant community in Canada. New #WorkingPaper from @richashivakoti.bsky.social and Deepa Nagari reveals that while they arrive through diverse pathways seeking better opportunities, many face challenges...
By late 2024, cyber scamming operations in Mekong countries were generating an estimated $44bn (£33.4bn) a year, equivalent to about 40% of the combined formal economy. That figure is considered conservative, and on the rise.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economy
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December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
By late 2024, cyber scamming operations in Mekong countries were generating an estimated $44bn (£33.4bn) a year, equivalent to about 40% of the combined formal economy. That figure is considered conservative, and on the rise.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#NewPublication Deepa Nagari and I have published a new Working Paper "Nepali immigrants in Canada: Complex pathways and experiences". It's a part of the large MEMO Partnership Grant. Thanks to all who agreed to be interviewed. @cercmigration.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#NewPublication Deepa Nagari and I have published a new Working Paper "Nepali immigrants in Canada: Complex pathways and experiences". It's a part of the large MEMO Partnership Grant. Thanks to all who agreed to be interviewed. @cercmigration.bsky.social
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🎓 CERC Migration's Winter School brought together early-career researchers for an intensive week of #qualitativeresearch training in migration studies.
Participants gained hands-on experience in interviewing, data analysis, and ethical research practices.
🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...
Participants gained hands-on experience in interviewing, data analysis, and ethical research practices.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🎓 CERC Migration's Winter School brought together early-career researchers for an intensive week of #qualitativeresearch training in migration studies.
Participants gained hands-on experience in interviewing, data analysis, and ethical research practices.
🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...
Participants gained hands-on experience in interviewing, data analysis, and ethical research practices.
🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...
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Just out Wellstead, Adam and Howlett, Michael, "Capacity for What? Elon Musk's DOGE, Public Value Destruction and the Darkside of Policy Capacity" (November 26, 2025). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=581... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Capacity for What? Elon Musk's DOGE, Public Value Destruction and the Darkside of Policy Capacity
This paper addresses a missing component of Wu et al's (2015) ninefold policy capacity framework-the 'capacity for what' question. That is, it examines the ques
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November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just out Wellstead, Adam and Howlett, Michael, "Capacity for What? Elon Musk's DOGE, Public Value Destruction and the Darkside of Policy Capacity" (November 26, 2025). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=581... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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Canadian citizenship can now be passed down to people born abroad, beyond the first generation, if the parents spent a cumulative three years in Canada before the child's birth. Still contestation around "intercountry adoptees" when it comes to passing down citizenship.
Citizenship in the News 📰🇨🇦
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law: Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad
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Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law: Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law | CBC News
The "Lost Canadians" legislation, which aims to fix Canada's unconstitutional citizenship by descent rules, passed in the Senate Wednesday and received royal assent Thursday afternoon.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Canadian citizenship can now be passed down to people born abroad, beyond the first generation, if the parents spent a cumulative three years in Canada before the child's birth. Still contestation around "intercountry adoptees" when it comes to passing down citizenship.
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The women that brought him to power might be raising their collective eyebrows.
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The women that brought him to power might be raising their collective eyebrows.
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
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There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Check out our new Working paper
New #WorkingPaper by Irmak Kurtulmuş highlights a critical gap: while 50M-1B people could be displaced by climate impacts by 2050, no international body exists to protect climate refugees' rights. #ClimateChange #Migration #GlobalGovernance 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Check out our new Working paper
New Working Paper out now
#WorkingPaper from Usha George and Tearney McDermott offers valuable insights into how social capital impacts Syrian refugee settlement in the Greater Toronto Area. 🔗: www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/... #RefugeeResettlement #SocialCapital #Integration #Settlement
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
New Working Paper out now
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🎙️ 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 🧵
October 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🎙️ 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 🧵
Check out our new Working Paper
From 1990s panic about "environmental refugees" to today's nuanced view: climate-migration links are complex, not simple cause-and-effect. In their new #WorkingPaper, McLeman, Hevesi, and Cadham show how science communication matters and where gaps remain. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Check out our new Working Paper
Deadline extended till Nov 15th
📣 Calling migration researchers! Bridging Divides is hosting a Gulf Canada Connections workshop to explore emerging connections between Canada and the GCC states, from May 7-8, 2026 at @torontomet.bsky.social. Deadline to submit: Oct. 31, 2025. For more info, visit ➡️ www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Deadline extended till Nov 15th
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The increased cost of H-1B visas could deter global talent from the U.S., creating a chance for Canada to attract researchers, innovators & skilled workers, @cercmigration.bsky.social's @triandafyllidou.bsky.social & @richashivakoti.bsky.social write in @ca.theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/yxhrjrnt
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.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The increased cost of H-1B visas could deter global talent from the U.S., creating a chance for Canada to attract researchers, innovators & skilled workers, @cercmigration.bsky.social's @triandafyllidou.bsky.social & @richashivakoti.bsky.social write in @ca.theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/yxhrjrnt
Apply to our Gulf-Canada Connections workshop by Oct 31st
📣 Calling migration researchers! Bridging Divides is hosting a Gulf Canada Connections workshop to explore emerging connections between Canada and the GCC states, from May 7-8, 2026 at @torontomet.bsky.social. Deadline to submit: Oct. 31, 2025. For more info, visit ➡️ www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Apply to our Gulf-Canada Connections workshop by Oct 31st
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The Association for Asian Studies is hosting a dissertation workshop for advanced doctoral students on March 10-12, 2026. The workshop themes include “Global Southeast Asias” and “Labor and the Politics of Care in East Asia.”
Application deadline: October 20
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Application deadline: October 20
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October 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Association for Asian Studies is hosting a dissertation workshop for advanced doctoral students on March 10-12, 2026. The workshop themes include “Global Southeast Asias” and “Labor and the Politics of Care in East Asia.”
Application deadline: October 20
tinyurl.com/4xvmw8x6
Application deadline: October 20
tinyurl.com/4xvmw8x6
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
2 more days till the deadline, pls apply if interested...
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
#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...
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
2 more days till the deadline, pls apply if interested...
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The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
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
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
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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
October 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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...
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The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...
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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
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...
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Check out my new short article with @triandafyllidou.bsky.social at @theconversation.com @cercmigration.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...
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
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Check out my new short article with @triandafyllidou.bsky.social at @theconversation.com @cercmigration.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...
theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...