Our research aims to understand the complex challenges and opportunities for governments, societies, and the international community with regards to global migration.

Through our research groups, projects, initiatives, and affiliated courses, the UBC Centre for Migration studies hopes to share our expertise with key stakeholders including researchers, policymakers, immigrant and refugee services providers, and the public.

Our research is interdisciplinary in focus and includes everything from migration governance, immigrant integration and national identity formation to the politics of belonging, migration narratives, (im)mobilities, and the relationship between Indigeneity and migration.

Research Groups
We are focused on seven areas of research excellence: borders, community-university partnerships, migration and Indigeneity, mobilities, narratives, political behaviours,
Research by Faculty Affiliates
The faculty affiliates at the Center for Migration Studies are conducting research that delves into various aspects of migration.
Belonging in Unceded Territory Project
The Belonging in Unceded Territory project brings settler colonialism into the center of debates on social belonging in Vancouver.
Bridging Divides Project
CMS Founding Director, Dr. Antje Ellermann, is part of a group of Canadian Arts scholars working on a pivotal research project that focuses on the challenges and opportun
Working Paper Series
Working papers share research-in-progress and are meant to invite scholarly discussion and feedback.