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Research Briefs
The Research Briefs Series is produced by the Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS) at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Research Briefs are an opportunity to showcase researcher contributions to the study of Immigration and Settlement.
Qualifying Research Briefs:
- A summary of one publication, OR
- A summary of one ongoing or completed research project
The views expressed by the author(s) do not necessarily reflect those of the TMCIS. Please contact us with any questions about TMCIS publications.
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
Research brief no. 2020/1
Private sponsorship in refugee admission: Standard in Canada, trend in Germany?
Vanessa Pohlmann & Helge Schwiertz, University of Osnabrück
Research brief no. 2019/2
Solidarity Cities in Germany and Switzerland: A Brief Overview of Initiatives
Harald Bauder & Timo Weisser
Research brief no. 2019/1
"If you are in Palermo, you are a Palermitan": An interview with Mayor Leoluca Orlando
Harald Bauder, Toronto Metropolitan University
Research brief no. 2016/1
Ethnic Retail Neighbourhoods: Place Making and Branding
Antonie Schmiz & Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang, Toronto Metropolitan University
Research brief no. 2015/1
Canada's Changing Immigration Policies: Report on Panel Discussion
Kudzanai Nyagano-Manungo, Susan Barrass & Alexander Pekic, Toronto Metropolitan University
Research brief no. 2013/1
Why We Should Use the Term Illegalized Immigrant
Harald Bauder, Toronto Metropolitan University
Research brief no. 2012/1
The New Interim Federal Health Program: How Reduced Coverage Adversely Affects Refugee Claimant Employment
Samantha Jackson, Toronto Metropolitan University
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.