About this Event
Canada's immigration policies and politics are at a crossroads. While Canadians remain highly supportive of immigration and while it continues to be a cornerstone of the Canadian labour market, an increasingly large share of the public is apprehensive about the pace of immigrant acceptance. Though immediate concerns need to be acknowledged and addressed, there is a need to look towards the future and examine how the global digital transformation may affect immigration to Canada.
For instance, if work can now be done remotely, will the highly coveted international talent still want to migrate to Canada? If immigrants and diasporas can remain connected to their homelands in real time, will this destabilize Canadian democracy? If algorithms are used to more efficiently process immigration or asylum applications, will this erode the fairness of those systems? And at the same time, can we imagine a future in which city services are more user-friendly to migrants thanks to digital technologies? Can we also imagine a future in which housing and health care are provided more efficiently and more equitably thanks to the use of ADTs in designing and delivering services and in engaging with our most vulnerable and underserved communities?
Our panel of experts in urban planning, education, finance and civil society are asked to imagine the future of the Canadian immigration paradigm in an increasingly digitalized and globalized world.
Participants:
Marketa Evans, President and CEO, Colleges Ontario
Raj Kothari, Retired Partner and Vice Chair of PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada
Shamira Madhany, Managing Director Canada and Deputy Executive Director, World Education Services
Mary Rowe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Urban Institute
Anna Triandafyllidou, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
PLEASE NOTE: CERC Migration is unable to provide letters of invitation for event attendees for our non-conference events such as this one
More information: CERC Migration website
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SEARS Atrium, 245 Church St, Toronto, Canada
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