Recent research
Melissa Kelly & Ashika Niraula
Ashika Niraula, Anna Triandafyllidou, Marshia Akbar
Xiaohao Wu, Luisa Veronis
Rica Agnes Castaneda and Ashika Niraula
(PDF file) Highly Skilled Migrant Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: A Literature Review
Ashika Niraula & Anna Triandafyllidou
Working Paper No. 2022/9
September 2022
A. Niraula, co-organizer with Jonathan Sherman (BorderPass) of a special session, entitled 鈥淚nclusive settlement?: International students as future highly skilled immigrants,鈥 The 6th Metropolis Identities Sumit, Alberta, November 1-3, 2023.
M. Akbar, co-organizer with Dr. Ashika Niraula of a special session, entitled 鈥淯nderstanding high-skilled migration through the lens of lived experiences,鈥 19th International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE) Annual Conference, Oslo, June 29 鈥 July 1, 2022.
L. Veronis, co-organizer with Dr. Felicitas Hillman (Tecknische Universit盲t Berlin) of a special session, entitled 鈥淕ermany-Canada Perspectives on Skilled Workers鈥 Immigration Policies and Integration Experiences,鈥 25th Metropolis Canada Conference 2023, Ottawa, March 16-18, 2023.
L. Veronis, co-organizer with Dr. Christina Gabriel (Carleton U) of a special session, entitled 鈥淭he Global Mobility of International Students: Engaging Migration Regimes, Educational Institutions and the Everyday,鈥 International Studies Association (ISA) 2023 Annual Convention, Montreal, Qc, March 15-18, 2023.
L. Veronis, co-organizer with Dr. Sutama Ghosh (91福利) and Dr. Carlos Teixeira (UBCOkanagan) of a special session, entitled 鈥淚nternational Migration in Disruptive Times: Challenges, Recovery and Renewal鈥 sponsored by the Diversity, Migration, Ethnicity and Race Study Group, at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG),
L. Veronis, co-organizer with Dr. Christina Gabriel (Carleton U) of a workshop on 鈥淣ewcomer Labour Market Integration in Pandemic Times: New Perspectives on Gender and Language鈥 during the Pathways to Prosperity Virtual Workshop series (online), Feb 22, 2022.
L. Veronis, co-organizer with Anne-C茅cile Delaisse (PhD candidate, UBC) of a workshop on 鈥淟a mobilit茅 des 茅tudiants L. Veronis, co-organizer with Angeline Ram (Ph.D. candidate, Geography, Waterloo U) and Dr. Margaret Walton Roberts (Wilfrid Laurier U) of a special session on 鈥淟abour geographies and remaking the economic landscape: Agency and activism鈥 at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), UNBC, Prince George, BC (virtual conference), 7-11 June, 2021.
Niraula, A. Castaneda, R. A. & Triandafyllidou, A. 2023. International students and the pandemic. Changing migration aspirations and pathways? The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, June 25 - July 1.
Niraula, A. & Triandafyllidou, A. 2023. International students, COVID-19 pandemic and migration decision. International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, March 15 鈥 18.
Niraula, A., Triandafyllidou, A., & Akbar, M. 2022. Navigating uncertainties: Evaluating the shift in Canadian immigration policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Association of Geographers Conference, Toronto, May 30 鈥 June 03.
Niraula, A., Triandafyllidou, A., & Akbar, M. 2022. 鈥淐OVID impacted the ability to migrate but not the desire to migrate鈥: Analyzing perspectives of migration stakeholders on highly skilled migration to Canada in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Research Seminar on Global crises as catalysts: International student and post-graduate mobility patterns conference, Copenhagen, March 18.
Veronis, L. & Gabriel, C. 2023. Newcomer Skilled Workers鈥 Strategies for Labour Market Integration in a Pandemic Context: A Social Resilience Perspective. 25th Metropolis Canada Conference, Ottawa, March 16-18.
Gabriel, C. & Veronis, L. 2023. Moved to Study: International Students, Study Permits and Work Visas. International Studies Association (ISA) 2023 Annual Convention, Montreal, QC, March 15-18.
Gabriel, C. & Veronis, L. 2022. Ambivalent Mobilities? A Social Resilience Lens to the Experiences of International Students in Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Saint Mary鈥檚 University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 3-5.
Gabriel, C. & Veronis, L. 2022. A social resilience perspective on newcomer skilled workers鈥 experiences of labour market integration: deploying gendered strategies in a pandemic context. Feminist Geography Conference (virtual), University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder (CO), June 15-17.
Veronis, L. 2021. 脡tudiants internationaux et francophonies minoritaires canadiennes: vitalit茅 et r茅silience. Congr猫s Metropolis Francophonie Mondiale (virtual), 15-16 Dec.
Veronis, L. & Wang, H. 2021. Newcomers鈥 labour market experiences during the pandemic: the role of social media for network building. Pathways to Prosperity 2021 National Conference (virtual), 8-10 November.
Wu, X., Veronis, L., & Walker, R. 2021. English- and French-speaking international graduate students鈥 experiences with on-campus and off-campus employment in a bilingual context. Annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Geographers (CAG), UNBC, Prince George, CB (virtual), 7-11 June.
Veronis, L., Walker, R., & Wu, X. 2021. International students鈥 mobility and experiences of place at a bilingual university. Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL, virtual), Ottawa, ON, 30 April-2 May.
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