Newcomers and Immigrants in Canada

Three initiatives within McGill Desautels, the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity (LCBEE), the Desautels EDI Team and the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative (E&I) joined forces to co-host She Builds: Stories of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs. 

After arriving in Canada in 1916, “John” Baboo’s story reveals immigrant service, risk and recognition

Alberta’s government wants to ask voters in a referendum this fall whether newcomers should face new barriers to health care and education.

Millions of employees are living in two worlds. Researchers are only beginning to understand what that costs.

MAY 13, 2026
Chinatowns are resilient cultural hubs striving to push past rapidly rising rent, and a challenging real estate market. Jeanette Liu, co-owner of Yeuh Tung, joins Liem Vu to discuss what can be done to save some of Canada’s oldest immigrant neighbourhoods.

On paper, British Columbia’s agricultural sector operates under clear labour protections. But step onto a farm field far from public view, and a different reality emerges, one where the province’s most vulnerable workers say exploitation is deeply embedded in the system.

Mark Carney is pushing a self-sufficiency agenda. He can’t pull it off without workers from elsewhere.

Filmmaker Jim Libiran wins Toronto Newcomer Artist Award, highlighting immigrant artists shaping Canada’s cultural landscape and creative industries

Making a career as an artist can be difficult, but finding success can be extra difficult for new Canadians and racialized people, says Ben Chapman-Smith, a project leader with the Association for New Canadians.

Scarborough native Sam Ibrahim, founder of Arrow Group of Companies, is among those being honoured this weekend at the University of the West Indies awards gala at the Ritz-Carlton, hosted by CBC Toronto’s Dwight Drummond. Ibrahim joined Dwight to discuss the importance of giving back and not forgetting where you came from.

A growing number of immigrants will leave BC as high living costs, slow economic growth and job market challenges make it hard to build a future in Canada

As a first-generation Chinese immigrant, Yundong Zou felt a disconnect between his lineage and the dark history of Canada's Chinese Exclusion Act. But a visit to a museum exhibit revealed to him that "history isn’t just for those who bear its scars," he writes.

The inheritance referenced in the title of Jane Park’s novel has nothing to do with financial assets. Rather, the title refers to the inheritance of trauma, specifically the kind of generational trauma that is never defined, dealt with or even discussed among members of a family.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month featuring calls to reduce stigma and open conversations. But that conversation is incomplete if it excludes one in four Canadians, writes Fahad Zahid, founder of the Sukoon Cares.

Some international graduates say unclear communication around a new language test rule left them facing rejected work permits and possible removal from Canada.

Refugees now have to pay out of pocket for part of their drug prescriptions, mental health counselling, dental services, vision care and health equipment — including wheelchairs — as changes to a federal program take effect.

The sudden move has sparked criticism across an unusually broad coalition. And blindsided many newcomers

The new survey from WPP Canada titled "Canada’s New Voices," found nearly nine in 10 newcomers say they've experienced discrimination.

Canada’s immigration changes are reshaping how international students choose programs, with PGWP eligibility now tied to labour market needs.

Wole Olayinka immigrated from Nigeria to Calgary four years ago. When he speaks English in Canada — a language he has spoken all his life — the very thing that should connect him becomes another layer of distance.