Publish with Us

The Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) accepts submissions to any of our three series for publication as Working Papers, Research Briefs, or Affiliate Highlight pieces. Working papers are produced jointly with the CERC in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University.

There is no requirement for formal affiliation with the TMCIS, the CERC in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University, or any academic institution in order to submit a paper for publication. We will consider submissions from students, faculty, and community members for any of our three publication series.

Submissions are reviewed prior to publishing. The suitability of your paper for publication will ultimately depend on the content of your submission and is up to the discretion of the TMCIS and the CERC in Migration and Integration editors and the independent reviewers. 

We also accept feedback and ideas for future publications and series. If you would like to see a particular topic or issue addressed in a publication, please send us your ideas, and you will be acknowledged for your contributions.

 (word file) Paper formatting guidelines for are available, and information about plagiarism and self-plagiarism can be found in 'Appendix A' of Toronto Metropolitan University’s  (PDF file) Academic Integrity policy.

TMCIS and the CERC in Migration and Integration have an open access policy, meaning that our publications are freely available to the public. Publishing with the TMCIS and the CERC in Migration and Integration is an excellent outlet for sharing your work with a larger audience to achieve a bigger impact for your research or commentary. The review process also offers a valuable opportunity to enhance the quality and clarity of your writing and further develop your ideas.

Copyright

Papers submitted to the Working Papers, Research Briefs, and Affiliate Highlights series are in-progress, pre-publication versions of authors’ work, in various stages of completion. As a scholarly exercise, to the benefit of the authors’ work, and the integrity of the series, the papers are subject to a review process. Authors may be asked to make adjustments to their papers in response to reviewers’ feedback. However, publishing a paper as part of the Working Papers, Research Briefs, or Affiliate Highlights series does not preclude publication elsewhere. The authors retain the copyright of the papers.

Individuals may download papers posted on the TMCIS website for personal use; however, downloading papers for any other activity, including reposting on other websites, is prohibited without the written consent of the authors. Papers in the Working Papers, Research Briefs, or Affiliate Highlights series may be cited without seeking written permission from the authors.

It is the responsibility of the authors to know and inform TMCIS or the CERC in Migration and Integration if a paper needs to be removed from the TMCIS website. 

Please contact us with any questions about TMCIS and CERC in Migration and Integration publications.