The CMS Migration Insights Series is a collection of concise briefs highlighting peer-reviewed research from CMS affiliates, designed for scholars, students, policymakers, and the public.
One Label, Many Realities: ‘Birth Tourism’ and the Lived Realities of Non-resident Mothers in Canada
Amanda Cheong & Hilal Kina, UBC Sociology
Play by the Rules: Racialization and Mental Health of Chinese Canadian Youth
Carla Hilario, UBC School of Nursing
Integration Starts Abroad: How Technology Shapes Displaced Newcomers’ Integration in Canada
Sophie Xiaoyi Liu & Aryan Karimi, UBC Sociology
Can Words Shift Views? How Policy Communication Shifts Support for Low-Skilled Immigration
Vince Hopkins, UBC Political Science
Overlooking Lived Experiences: Access to Asylum & Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement
Efrat Arbel, UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law
Selective Welcome: How Race Shaped Immigration Policy in the U.S and Europe
Terri Givens, UBC Political Science
When Conservation Excludes: Japanese Canadian Fishers and BC’s Salmon Industry (1900-1930)
Benjamin Bryce, UBC History
From Exclusion to Expression: How Creative Expression Supports Refugee Youth in Canada
Sofia Noori, UBC Curriculum and Pedagogy
Canada’s Higher Education Sector as Immigration Actor
Sandra Schinnerl & Antje Ellermann, UBC Centre for Migration Studies & UBC Political Science
Italian Dumplings and Chinese Pizzas: Food, Migration, and Identity Between China and Italy
Gaoheng Zhang, UBC French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
Staying Behind: Limited Displacement and Inequality After Wildfires in the U.S.
Kathryn McConnell, UBC Sociology
Refuge and Rejection: Hong Kong’s Overlooked Holocaust History
Cheuk Him Ryan Sun, UBC History
Making Friends, Making Homes: How Cosmopolitan Associations Connect Diverse Immigrants
Sean Lauer, UBC Sociology
Love and Belonging: How Immigrants Find Romantic Partners in Canada
Yue Qian, UBC Sociology
From Classroom to Citizenship: Higher Education’s Role in Migration Policy
Lisa Ruth Brunner, UBC Centre for Migration Studies
Making Health Disparities Visible: The MENA Category and COVID-19
Neda Maghbouleh, UBC Sociology
Statelessness by Design: Myanmar’s Bureaucratic Methods of Erasing the Rohingya
Amanda Cheong, UBC Sociology
Beyond Political Polarization: Finding Common Ground on Immigration in the United States
Matthew Wright, UBC Political Science