New research supported by SSHRC

Anna Triandafyllidou, Ryerson University, received an Insight Development Grant to lead Skilled Migrant Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DEMA). This four-year study will examine the decision making of prospective, high-skilled migrants who must navigate the uncertainty of the pandemic while undergoing the processes required to immigrate to Canada.

Triandafyllidou also received a Partnership Grant-Stage 1 for developing the full proposal for a research project on Complex Migration Flows and Multiple Drivers in Comparative Perspective (MEMO). This project will generate new knowledge on the links between internal, intra-regional and intercontinental migration in Central/North America, West Africa and South Asia. Our international consortium is working together to develop the Stage 2 application for a 6-year Partnership grant.

Richa Shivakoti and Anna Triandafyllidou, Ryerson University, received an Insight Development Grant to lead research into COVID-19 and the worsening precarity of temporary migrant workers from Nepal. This two-year study explores the implications of COVID-19 on returnee migrant workers to offer a broader critique on the overall temporary migration governance regime and its inability to provide safeguards for vulnerable workers.

Mehrunnisa Ali, Ryerson University, leads a three-year Partnership Development Grant to establish the International coalition for de-centred migration knowledge (DEMIKNOW). The project brings together four migration research centres, located in India, China, Australia and Canada, with the goal to disrupt the dominance of research led by the Global North and to focus on the migration conditions affecting families.

Harald Bauder, Ryerson University, leads Urban Sanctuary, Migrant Solidarity and Hospitality in Global Perspective. Bauder was awarded a seven-year Partnership Grant to bring together academics and stakeholders from the Global North and South to explore innovative urban approaches towards inclusion, in particular that of migrants and refugees who are refused by nation states.

Ito Peng, University of Toronto, leads the Care Economies in Context: Towards Sustainable Social and Economic Development (external link) , a seven-year project, awarded as a Partnership Grant. The project seeks to understand the organization and process of care economies in eight countries across four global regions and the effects of different institutions, cultures, and social and economic policies in shaping them. CERC Migration will contribute research and analysis into the migrant condition in the care economy.

Anna Triandafyllidou, Ryerson University, received, a Partnership Grant-Stage 1 for developing the full proposal for a research project on Complex Migration Flows and Multiple Drivers in Comparative Perspective (MEMO). This project will generate new knowledge on the links between internal, intra-regional and intercontinental migration in Central/North America, West Africa and South Asia. Our international consortium is working together to develop the Stage 2 application for a 6-year Partnership grant.