Migration Working Group: Year-end Symposium

Date: June 04, 2026 - June 05, 2026
Time: All Day

Location: Hybrid (In person at the Global Migration Institute office / online via Zoom)

Organized by the Global Migration Institute, the Migration Working Group is a monthly series featuring innovative research on migration and integration by both emerging and established scholars. The series provides an opportunity for researchers to present ongoing projects, learn about each other鈥檚 work, and exchange feedback.

In collaboration with the Bridging Divides research program, the June Migration Working Group will be a special two-day event showcasing presentations from the 2025鈥�2026 cohort of graduate stipend recipients. These students are selected each year through a competitive process and are supported in their studies while being integrated into the research activities of the Global Migration Institute and Bridging Divides networks.

The workshop is co-convened by Alka Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, Mentorship Program Lead and Bridging Divides Affiliated Researcher, and Anna Triandafyllidou, Scientific Director of the Global Migration Institute and Scientific Director of Bridging Divides.

Directions

Program: Day 1

June 4, 2026
9 AM EDT	Refreshments
9:15 AM EDT	Opening remarks: Anna Triandafyllidou, Global Migration Institute Scientific Director and Bridging Divides Scientific Director Alka Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, Mentorship Program Lead and Bridging Divides Affiliated Researcher
9:30 - 11 AM EDT	Panel 1: Contextualising Immigrant Identities and Communities Chair: Sharon Broughton Co-chair: Jihae Yoon Beyond the 'Left-Behind' Narrative: Care Arrangements, Educational Performances and Aspirations of Young Caregivers in Indonesian Migrant Communities \| Michelle Andrina Protection or Precarity: Carceral Protectionism and the Structural Failure of Canada's VTIP-TRP for Labour Trafficking Survivors \| Tenzin Khentse The 鈥淒uality of Care鈥� in South Asian & Muslim families \| Rezwana Rahman 鈥淣obody gets their sh*t together by 30!鈥�: Queer temporality and service use \| Michael Butac Belonging as Policy: An Analysis of Bill 84 and Racialized Migrants \| 脡milie Thibault-B茅land Discussant: Mehrunissa Ali, 果酱视频
11 AM - 12:45 PM EDT	Panel 2: Approaches for Planning and Building Inclusive Communities and Cities Chair: Farzan Moosavi Co-chair: Yui Matsushita A Mixed Qualitative Approach to Understand Top-Down and Bottom-Up Food Systems Planning \| Yan Ling (Venus) Cheung Access Without Fear: Examining Health Care Barriers for Non-Status Migrants in Canadian Cities \| Mishika Khurana Racialized Women鈥檚 Experiences of Urban Agriculture Across Two Cities and Their Relationship to Access, Belonging, and Wellbeing \| Asli Nur Immigration, trade and productivity in services: Evidence from U.K. firms \| Mohammad Faizus Salehin Housing Precarity as a Social Determinant of Health Among Black Immigrants \| Suleekha Hirsi Discussant: John Carlaw, 果酱视频
12:45 - 1:45 PM EDT	Lunch
1:45 - 3:15 PM EDT	Panel 3: Immigrants, Health and Social Service Inclusion Chair: Lina Al Waqfi Co-chair: Praise Kalu Culturally tailored lifestyle intervention for cardiovascular health among South Asian immigrant women in Canada \| Yamini Bhatt Detecting AI-Generated Images in Immigration-Related Social Media Content \| Yosef Moustafa Connecting Care: Telehealth Access and Preferences Among Immigrants in Ontario \| Balikca Visvalingam Stories of Mental Health and Care Access Across Displacement: Experiences of Displaced Ukrainians in Ontario, Canada \| Kristina Tsvygun Discussant: Allison Petrozziello, 果酱视频
3 - 5 PM EDT	Panel 4: Digital Borders and Virtual Pathways: How Technology Shapes the Migrant Experience Chair: Michael Butac Co-chair: Jane Tran Examining intermediary dynamics in international student migrations: association, affect and algorithms \| Rica Agnes Castaneda Beyond Two-Way Integration: Receiving Communities, Migrant Experience, and the Conditions of Inclusion in Canada \| Tazeen Nuwari Anwar Responsible AI and Ethics in Migration Studies: Governance, Digital Narratives, and Migrant Experiences \| Zarif Masud Technology for community-based problem solving \| Sara Goswami Discussant: Atefeh Mashatan, 果酱视频
5 PM EDT	Closing remarks

Program: Day 2

June 5, 2026
9 AM EDT	Refreshments
9:15 AM EDT	Opening remarks: Anna Triandafyllidou, Global Migration Institute Scientific Director and Bridging Divides Scientific Director Alka Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, Mentorship Program Lead and Bridging Divides Affiliated Researcher
9:30 - 11:15 AM EDT	Panel 5: Labour Market Access and Inclusive Policy Thinking Chair: Rica Agnes Castaneda Co-chair: Balikca Visvalingam Strengthening Canada鈥檚 Approach to Immigrant Workforce Inclusion: A Drive Towards Sustainable Labour-Market Integration \| Jane Amachree Employers and the Workforce Integration of Skilled Newcomers \| Sharon Broughton When home is not an advantage: Refugee entrepreneurs and export destination choices \| Yu Wei Ye DT-MAPPO: Modeling Immigrant Labour Market Dynamics Through Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning \| Lina Al Waqfi Becoming Workers, Not Belonging: International Students and the Canadian Experience Class \| Hawa Namiiro-Leonard Discussant: Rupa Banerjee, 果酱视频
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM EDT	Panel 6: Systems of Inclusion: Navigating Policy, Technology, and Design Chair: Tareq Alsaleh Co-chair: Zarif Masud READING THE OFFICER鈥橲 MIND: Producing the 鈥淕enuine鈥� Relationship in Spousal Sponsorship Decision-Making \| Waheed Jalalzada Trustworthy AI without centralizing newcomer data \| Jamil Arbas From Classroom to Community: Practicum Learning in Women-Centred Support Services \| Yui Matsushita Bill C-12 and the Governance of Refugee Protection in Canada \| Yusuf Said Yildirim IOM in Johannesburg: Shaping Policy, Missing Practice \| Nick Dreher Discussant: Pedro Seguel, 果酱视频
12:45 - 1:45 PM EDT	Lunch
1:45 - 3:15 PM EDT	Panel 7: Innovative Storytelling Approaches using Technology Chair: 脡milie Thibault-B茅land Co-chair: Suleekha Hirsi Room for Change: Understanding Structural Barriers and Pathways to Reducing Overcrowding for Recent Immigrants in the GTA \| Jane Tran Optimistic or Uncomfortable? Examining Privacy Perceptions of Immigrants Towards Blockchain-based Personal Health Record Adoption Intentions \| Dane Vanderkooi Supporting Multilingual Literacy in the Early Years: An Analysis of Ontario鈥檚 Curricula and the Perspectives on their Implementation by Newcomer Caregivers and Educators \| Praise Kalu What Does the Screen Owe Young Migrants? Explores how creative media representations emotionally shape young migrants鈥� sense of belonging and identity through animation and visual metaphor \| Jihae Yoon Public Interior As An Experiential Environment For Immigrant Youth Well-Being And Social Integration \| Hadeel Sinjab Discussant: Anna Triandafyllidou, 果酱视频
3:15 - 5 PM EDT	Panel 8: Urban Systems: Designing for mobility, equity, and well-being Chair: Michelle Andrina Co-chair: Venus Cheung Transit Investment, Displacement, and Land Value Capture in Toronto: Exploring Equitable Urban Development \| Riley Locke How Immigrants Travel in Canadian Cities: Observing Daily Mobility, Understanding Travel Choices, and Building AI Tools for Better Transit Planning \| Tareq Alsaleh Scalable Urban Aerial Mobility Infrastructure for On-Demand Services \| Farzan Moosavi Migrants鈥� Perception and Lived Experience of Restorativness in Urban Built Environment \| Maliheh Nouri Discussant: Bilal Farooq, 果酱视频
5 PM EDT	Closing remarks

Abstracts & Bios

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