Job seekers with Anglo-sounding names fare better
Job seekers with common anglophone names such as Greg Brown on their résumés get more responses from employers in Canada’s three largest cities than applicants with foreign-sounding names – regardless of work experience, education or language proficiency, new research shows. read more
Richard Florida on what Americans can learn from Toronto
En route to obtaining his back-dated, life-long Canadian citizenship, Will Wilkinson, a research fellow at Washington’s Cato Institute, and one of the sharpest young policy minds around, dropped by to visit at the Prosperity Institute. continue
Community-based study investigates immigrants' health care needs
Professor Kathi Wilson wants to be a good academic citizen. So, when she joined U of T Mississauga’s Department of Geography several years ago, one of her main goals was to be involved in community-based research that would benefit the local area. Now, through her recently published study on immigrants’ healthcare concerns, she is doing [...]
Ethnic communities provide mental health advantage
CLOSE-KNIT ethnic communities should be seen as sources of social and emotional support for new migrants, not examples of their poor integration with mainstream society, an international migration expert has said. continue
What's Life Like for New Canadians?
Monica Boyd, is an internationally-recognized expert on social inequality, with a focus on the experiences of immigrants.
