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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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Latest Publications
Working paper no. 2024/10
The Governance of Temporary Labour Migration in Asia
Richa Shivakoti (Toronto Metropoltian University)
Working paper no. 2024/09
(PDF file) Research with Refugee Children, Youth, and Families: Ethical issues
Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Working paper no. 2024/08
Rafał Soborski, Michał P. Garapich, and Anna Jochymek (London Metropolitan University, Centre for Global Diversities and Inequalities)
Working paper no. 2024/07
John Carlaw (Toronto Metropolitan University), Kushan Azadah (York University, Toronto Metropolitan University)
Working paper no. 2024/06
(PDF file) Is Multicultural Nationalism Possible? If it is, what benefits follow?
Tariq Modood (University of Bristol)
Working paper no. 2024/05
(PDF file) Big Pictures: Capitalism, Imperialism, Climate Change, War, and Migration
Stephen Reyna (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)
Research brief no. 2024/02
Picturing the ambiguity of refugees hosting: A photovoice exploration of Ukrainian refugee women’s experiences with their Canadian hosts in the Greater Toronto Area
Dr. Areej Al-Hamad, Dr. Yasin M. Yasin, Dr. Kateryna Metersky, Dr. Sepali Guruge
Research brief no. 2024/01
Unpacking the mystery of the Canadian healthcare system: Ukrainian refugees and healthcare system navigation
Dr. Kateryna Metersky, Dr. Areej Al-Hamad, Dr. Yasin Yasin, Dr. Margareth Zanchetta, Valerie Tan, Tetiana Podobailo
Researcher Highlight 05/2024
Dr. Areej Al-Hamad, Assistant Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing; Research Ethics Board Member, Toronto Metropolitan University
Affiliate Highlight 04/2024
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.