*In April 2022, the university announced our new name of Toronto Metropolitan University, which will be implemented in a phased approach. Learn more about our next chapter.*
The Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) aims to be a leader in the transdisciplinary exploration of international migration, integration, and diaspora and refugee studies. In addition to supporting research in these areas, the Centre’s mission includes mentoring students and consolidating Toronto Metropolitan University’s reputation as the pre‐eminent site of knowledge development and exchange with governments, community organizations, and other academics.
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Help us understand the housing experiences, challenges, and opportunities of international and domestic students in Ontario and Alberta by participating in a brief survey!
If you are currently studying at a university or college in Ontario or Alberta and have been enrolled for at least 1 year, you are eligible to participate.
Respondents are given the chance to win a $100 honorarium.
CARFMS 2025: Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration
The 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) hosted in collaboration with the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) will take place from May 26-29, 2025 at Toronto Metropolitan University.
The conference will explore Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration and aims to bring together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and people with lived experience of displacement. Through keynotes, plenaries, presentations, panels, and other activities, the conference aims to explore comprehensive approaches to address these pressing issues, to promote innovative research, and to encourage knowledge sharing in the field of refugee and forced migration studies.
Latest Publications
Working Paper No. 2025/06
Understanding the Role of Converging Media: Shaping Migrant Narratives and the Paradox of Co-Creation in a Digital Era
Zhixi Zhuang, Mariam El Toukhy, Jack Krywulak, & Cyrus Sundar Singh
Working Paper No. 2025/05
Creating Deportability: New Migration Policy Developments in the United States
Hiba Rasheed & Naheed Nero (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Working Paper No. 2025/04
Does Crisis Narrative Tell a Different Story? South Asian Women Working from Home Post-Pandemic in Toronto
Sutama Ghosh & Manum Shahid (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Research Brief No. 2025/03
Examining the Role of Non-profit Organizations for Immigrant Settlement in a Neoliberal Age
John Shields & Ted Richmond
Research Brief No. 2025/02
Food diversity and aging well in a multicultural city: Japanese Canadian (Nikkei) seniors and community congregate dining
Dr. Yukari Seko, Dr. James Tiessen, Rayna Adachi, & Veen Wong, Toronto Metropolitan University
Research Brief No. 2025/01
Innovative approaches to community-based housing for precarious migrants and refugees: A policy report
Bridget Collrin & Nick Dreher, Toronto Metropolitan University
Affiliate Highlight No. 2024/03
Dr. Yukari Seko, Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication; Director, Centre for Studies in Food Security; Chair, Course-Based Research Ethics Committee, The Creative School)
Affiliate Highlight No. 2024/02
Dr. Areej Al-Hamad, Assistant Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing; Research Ethics Board Member, Toronto Metropolitan University
Affiliate Highlight No. 2024/01
Dr. Kateryna Metersky, Assistant Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
TMCIS occupies space in the traditional and unceded territory of nations including the Anishnaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and territory which is also now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This territory is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, as well as the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas.
