News

Announcement

Submissions now open for the CMS International Art Competition 2024-25

November 28, 2024
Event highlight, Spotlight

CMS at the Pathways to Prosperity 2024 National Conference

November 28, 2024
Event highlight, Research, Spotlight

Presenting CMS Belonging in Unceded Territory Research Project to IRCC

November 27, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Lisa Ruth Brunner scrutinizes Justin Trudeau’s explanation for immigration cuts

November 25, 2024
Spotlight

Meet the 2024-2025 Students of the Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies

November 21, 2024
Spotlight

US Elections 2024: Analyzing the Trump-Harris showdown

November 20, 2024
Achievement

Dr. Neda Maghbouleh appointed as a new Canada Research Chair

November 14, 2024
Spotlight

Making it easier for people to get the government benefits and services they need

November 14, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Irene Bloemraad analyses Trump's 2024 campaign and election victory

November 7, 2024
Event highlight, Spotlight

CMS at the 2024 Social Science History Association's Annual Meeting

November 7, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Irene Bloemraad talks about Trump's proposed deportation policy and its potential impact on Canada

November 7, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Irene Bloemraad comments on increased interest in moving to Canada following the U.S. election

November 6, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Antje Ellermann talks about the potentially far-reaching effects of Trump's election in Greater Vancouver

November 6, 2024
Announcement

First Brief Released in the Migration Insights Series!

November 4, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Irene Bloemraad comments on Gallup polling showing that a majority of Americans favour reducing U.S. immigration levels

November 1, 2024
Announcement

CMS to Launch New Migration Insights Series

October 31, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Irene Bloemraad on the Federal Government’s New 2025-27 Immigration Levels Plan and Its Impacts

October 28, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Lisa Ruth Brunner argues Canada should be opening more doors to gifted Afghan students, not closing them

October 23, 2024
Achievement

Dr. Kashif Raza Receives Digital Pedagogy Lab Grant from UBC Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre

October 21, 2024
Spotlight

Dr. Jean Beaman’s Top Picks: What to Read, Watch, and Listen To

October 17, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Prof. Emer. Daniel Hiebert discusses B.C.'s response to Ottawa's asylum seeker resettlement plan ahead of provincial election

October 15, 2024
Announcement, Opportunity

Collaborate to Investigate the Relationship Between Migrant Integration and Advanced Digital Technologies

September 26, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Antje Ellermann and PhD Dhriti Mehta compare immigration policies in Canada and the United States

September 25, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

PhD Candidate Atieh Yekta on why Canada’s platform economy boom is a risk to workers

September 23, 2024
Event highlight

Strengthening Connections: Field Trip on səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Waters

September 19, 2024
Achievement

CMS affiliates awarded SSHRC Insight and Insight Development Grants

September 17, 2024
Spotlight

Dr. Andrew S. Rosenberg's Top Picks: What to Read, Watch, and Listen To

September 12, 2024
Announcement

CMS Welcomes Visiting Scholars Julie Ham and Afshan Paarlberg

September 5, 2024
Announcement, Opportunity

Apply for the 2024/25 Community-University Engagement Support Fund

August 29, 2024
Event highlight, Spotlight

Weaving Belonging: Stories from Unceded Territories

August 29, 2024
Spotlight

Challenges in Partnered Research: The Power of Storytelling in Collaborative Research

August 22, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Irene Bloemraad on the implications of a Kamala Harris presidency for Canada and migration

August 20, 2024
Announcement, Spotlight

CMS presents this year’s Speaker Series themed "Migration, Racialization, and Inequality"

August 15, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Irene Bloemraad on what a second Trump presidency could mean for immigration and migration in Canada

July 24, 2024
Achievement

Dr. Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam receive Public Engagement Award

July 19, 2024
Achievement

PhD candidate Tori Yang awarded Fox International Fellowship at Yale University for 2024-25

July 17, 2024
Announcement, Spotlight

Meet Irene Bloemraad, the New CMS Co-Director

July 1, 2024
Achievement

Dr. Anne Murphy and Dr. Hongxia Shan receive SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

June 20, 2024
Achievement

Executive Committee Member Dr. Geraldine Pratt receives 2024 Dean of Arts Award

June 18, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Lisa Brunner and Prof. Geraldine Pratt on the federal government's plan to admit care workers as permanent residents

June 13, 2024
Spotlight

Enhance your degree with a Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies

June 13, 2024
Announcement, Opportunity

Apply for the UBC Community Engagement's 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

June 10, 2024
Event highlight, Spotlight

Stories of Partnership: AMSSA and CMS

June 6, 2024
Event highlight, Spotlight

CMS International Research Conference 2024: Belonging and Mobility in a Transnational World

June 3, 2024
Announcement

Applications are now open for the Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies

May 30, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Lisa Brunner on the issue of using artificial intelligence for study permit assessments

May 30, 2024
Achievement

Dr. Amanda Cheong and Dr. Antje Ziethen receive Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellowship 2024-25

May 15, 2024
In the Media, Spotlight

Prof. Antje Ellermann speaks to Globe and Mail about how events overseas can impact Canada’s immigration patterns

May 10, 2024
Announcement

Rosalie Dipcsu, Harem Tahir, and Jiaqi Wang receive 2023-24 CMS International Art Competition Awards

May 9, 2024
Event highlight, Spotlight

Weaving Workshop Series: Facilitating Cultural Awareness with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Master Weavers

May 6, 2024
Announcement, Research

Unveiling the Second Issue of the Borders Research Group's Zine

May 2, 2024
Announcement

CMS delegation promotes migration research during “Day on the Hill” in Ottawa

May 1, 2024
Achievement

Dr. Calisto Mudzingwa and PhD Student Amarildo Ceka receive funding as part of UBC’s CUES Fund

April 24, 2024
Announcement

Tori Shucheng Yang receives the Migration and Mobilities Best Graduate Student Paper Award

April 22, 2024
Announcement, Opportunity

CMS is hiring an Operations Manager

April 17, 2024
Announcement

Now Open: Registration for CMS International Research Conference 2024

April 11, 2024
Announcement

CMS Launches New Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies

March 28, 2024
Announcement

Dr. Irene Bloemraad appointed Co-Director of the Centre for Migration Studies

February 8, 2024
Announcement, Opportunity

Call for Paper Proposals: Annual International Research Conference

January 26, 2024
Announcement, Opportunity

CMS Workshop Award: Matching Funds for 2024 SSHRC Connection Grant Applications

January 20, 2024
Announcement, Research

New Publication: Borders Research Group Zine Vol. 1 (2023)

January 19, 2024
Announcement, Book

Congratulations to Gaoheng Zhang and Helena Zeweri for their recent publications!

January 9, 2024
Announcement, Opportunity

We're Hiring: Communications GAA

January 4, 2024
Announcement

Publication Announcement: 2022-2023 CMS Annual Report!

December 21, 2023
Announcement, Opportunity

PhD Fellowship Opportunity with CMS Faculty Affiliate in Political Science – Sept 2024

December 7, 2023
Announcement, Opportunity

2023 International Art Competition

November 7, 2023

We are hiring: Communications Specialist

October 17, 2023
Announcement

"Immigration and the Public" – Center for Migration Studies Working Paper 2023/5

October 4, 2023
Announcement

CMS Speaker Series- Integration Reimagined

September 13, 2023
Achievement

CMS Awarded $12.4 million in Canada First Research Excellence Funds

May 1, 2023
Event highlight

CMS International Research Conference 2023

April 26, 2023
Announcement

CMS Spring Speaker Series - Decolonizing Migration

February 12, 2023
Event highlight, Spotlight

Centre for Migration Studies Launch Party

November 23, 2022
Announcement

Introducing the 2022-23 CMS Fellows cohort!

November 17, 2022
Opportunity

Call for Papers! CMS financial support for doctoral student to attend Seoul symposium

September 28, 2022

CMS New Voices Speaker Series | Fall 2022

September 26, 2022
Announcement

Centre for Migration Studies Launch Party!

September 21, 2022
Announcement, Opportunity

Applications for the 2022 Fellows Program are now open!

July 25, 2022
Announcement

Discover the recipients of the 2022 CMS International Art Competition

July 7, 2022
Announcement

Director's Letter (June 2022)

June 27, 2022
Announcement, Opportunity

CMS Workshop Award Competition | Deadline: July 4, 2022

June 16, 2022

Spring 2022 Newsletter is now available

May 16, 2022
Announcement, Opportunity

2022 International Art Competition

May 9, 2022
Announcement

Let's Become Story Ready: SSHRC Connection Grant for Decolonizing and Indigenizing European and Migration Studies through Indigenous Storywork

April 22, 2022
Announcement, Opportunity

CMS Graduate Student Affiliate Conference Travel Support - applications due May 15

April 4, 2022
Announcement, Opportunity

CMS Workshop Award Competition | Deadline: April 8, 2022

March 8, 2022
Announcement

Centre for Migration Studies obtains Senate approval

February 23, 2022
Announcement

Decolonizing Initiatives Map officially launched

February 15, 2022
Opportunity

2022 Symposium on Global Community Engagement: Call for Proposals

February 14, 2022
Opportunity

International Migration Review Editor: Invitation for Letters of Interest

February 10, 2022
Opportunity

Job Posting: National Coordinator & Advocacy Lead (1 position), Pan-Canadian Task Force on Women in Migration Project

February 7, 2022
Announcement

In Memoriam, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, 1946 - 2022

January 26, 2022
Announcement, Opportunity

GRA Position: Editorial Assistant for Working Paper Series

January 24, 2022
Opportunity

Paid opportunity for students

January 20, 2022
Opportunity

Call for Papers/Submissions: MMN & Nuffield College Conference: “Measuring Migration: How? When? Why?”

January 20, 2022
Opportunity

Call for Applications - 2022 Immigration Research Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship

January 20, 2022
Opportunity

Workshop and special issue call for abstracts: Challenging mobility governance

January 20, 2022

Winter 2022 Newsletter now available

January 17, 2022
Podcast

Special Episode: Armchair Discussion

January 13, 2022
Opportunity

Applications open for the 2022 Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods

January 11, 2022
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 3, Episode 03

January 10, 2022
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 3, Episode 02

January 10, 2022
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 3, Episode 01

January 10, 2022
Opportunity

Call for Applications: BEYOND BORDERS

January 10, 2022
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 3, Episode 00

January 6, 2022
Announcement, Opportunity

Pathway to Prosperity: Call for Nominations to share Settlement & Integration Practices

January 6, 2022
Announcement

Faculty and Graduate Student Collaborations Grant Program creates exciting interdisciplinary research and publication opportunities

December 10, 2021
Announcement

Pacific Immigrant Resources Society online Building Bridges (BB) program

December 9, 2021
Announcement, Opportunity

Job Opportunity: Regional Coordinator - BC (part-time), Pan-Canadian Task Force on Women in Migration Project

December 6, 2021
Announcement, Opportunity

Job Opportunity: National Coordinator & Advocacy Lead, Pan-Canadian Task Force on Women in Migration Project

December 6, 2021
Opportunity

CMS Workshop Award Competition Opens | Deadline: December 15, 2021

September 14, 2021
Opportunity

Call for Applications: UBC Centre for Migration Studies Advisory Board

September 13, 2021
Opportunity

Call for Applications: Scholars at Risk Network / Centre for Migration Studies Responsive Research Project

September 9, 2021
Opportunity

Faculty Position: Assistant Professor, Sociology of Migration

September 2, 2021
Opportunity

Position: Manager for the Vancouver Local Immigration Partnership

August 30, 2021
Opportunity

Faculty Position: Assistant Professor in Migration

August 16, 2021
Opportunity

Work Learn Opportunity at the CMS

August 4, 2021

Grad Student Power Hour with Natasha Damiano

July 22, 2021
Opportunity

Call for Proposals: Small Grants for Faculty-Graduate Student Research Collaborations

July 20, 2021

Faculty Position: Assistant Professor of Climate Change and Human Migration

July 20, 2021

2021-22 UBC Migration course offerings now live

July 14, 2021

Grad Student Power Hour with Maria Cervantes

July 8, 2021

Summer 2021 Newsletter now available

July 2, 2021
Announcement

Director's Letter (June 2021)

June 28, 2021

Congratulations to all CMS Affiliated SSHRC Winners

June 28, 2021

Community-University Liaison Initiative

June 18, 2021

Grad Student Power Hour: Anne-Cécile Delaisse

June 10, 2021
Research

Civic Engagement of Newcomers in Metro Vancouver

June 1, 2021
Research

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and Dr. Hongxia Shan

June 1, 2021

Grad Student Power Hour begins in May with Lisa Brunner

May 28, 2021

Book Launch with Franco De Angelis

April 30, 2021

Discover the recipients of the 2021 CMS International Art Competition

April 21, 2021

New Media Aesthetics of Migration Workshop will feature two keynote addresses

April 13, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 8

April 7, 2021

Narratives Group to host online workshop/webinar program

April 7, 2021

Virtual Talk and Discussion with Dr. Grace Peña Delgado - "Mexico's New Slavery: A Critique of Neo-Abolitionism to Combat Human Trafficking"

March 28, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 7

March 25, 2021

Centre awarded GCRC funds from VPRI through 2023

March 17, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 6

March 16, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 5

March 8, 2021

Virtual Talk with Dr. Audrey Macklin - "Re-Settler society: Refugee sponsorship as Canadian narrative"

March 8, 2021

Virtual Talk with Dr. Nikhar Gaikwad - "The politics of South-South migration"

March 4, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 4

March 2, 2021

Virtual Talk with Dr. Susanne Wessendorf - "Social exclusion, symbolic boundaries, and convivial labour in East London's context of ongoing immigration"

February 26, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 3

February 22, 2021

Virtual Talk with Dr. Claudia Moatti - "On the Road: Mobility and Social Differentiation"

February 19, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 2

February 15, 2021

Next Event: Denise Spitzer on Intersectionality and Migrant Health

February 10, 2021
Podcast

Global Migration Podcast: Season 2 Episode 1

February 7, 2021

Dr. Nicholas De Genova (University of Houston) to deliver first talk in Centre's Winter 2021 Speaker Series

January 29, 2021

Migration and Mobility Art Competition

January 5, 2021

Migration and Mobility Art Competition - Cash Prizes

January 5, 2021

UBC Migration Speaker Series schedule announced for Term 2

January 5, 2021
Book

Gillian Creese

November 30, 2020

Fall newsletter now available

November 26, 2020

Grad Student Papers

November 19, 2020

Delaisse wins 2020 IRCC National Essay Challenge

November 16, 2020

UBC Migration is now the UBC Centre for Migration Studies

November 13, 2020
Book

Franco De Angelis

September 14, 2020
Book

Renisa Mawani

June 4, 2020
Announcement

COVID-19 Initiatives

June 4, 2020

Storytelling For Change: A Filmmaking Campaign

June 1, 2020
Announcement, Opportunity

Working Paper Series

May 8, 2020
Book

Matthew Wright

March 27, 2020
Book

Gaoheng Zhang

January 9, 2020

UBC Summer School in Migration Research Methods, June 18-20, 2018

July 27, 2018

Community Dialogue: Why Should I Care? Refugees and Canada in 2019, October 15, 2019

July 27, 2018

Tim Cresswell: On Friction, October 25, 2019

July 27, 2018

Suzanne Huot: On Understanding Social Participation, July 21, 2020

July 27, 2018