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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · 5d

Vote today! for our Borders & Belonging Podcast - bringing data and analysis on international migration to a broader audience!

Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Did you hear? @cercmigration.bsky.social's Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist at the fourth annual Signal Awards!

The podcast has been nominated under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category. Today is the last day to vote! ➡️ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Did you hear? @cercmigration.bsky.social's Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist at the fourth annual Signal Awards!

The podcast has been nominated under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category. Today is the last day to vote! ➡️ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

vote.signalaward.com

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · 7d

The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada
theconversation.com/the-h-1b-vis...
@richashivakoti.bsky.social
@jeremiemolho.bsky.social
@cercmigration.bsky.social
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The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada

Policymakers inside and outside of government can provide ideas on creating targeted policies and pathways to recruit talented workers to Canada in the wake of the U.S. H-1B visa fee hike.

theconversation.com

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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · Jul 7

🆕After years of change, Canada’s #ImmigrationPolicy stands at a critical inflection point. A new @migrationpolicy.bsky.social country profile unpacks where we are and how we got here.

🔗 migrationpolicy.org/article/canada-immigration-policy-inflection-point #Canada #Immigration #CdnPoli #Research

58 per cent of Canadians believed immigration was too high in 2024

A 14-point increase since 2023

The sentiment appears to be driven by:

- Economic anxieties
- Housing shortages
- Reduced confidence in immigration policy

Recent immigrants are still far more likely than their Canadian-born counterparts to be overqualified for their jobs

Why?

- Limited social and cultural capital
- Limited/no Canadian work experience
- Devaluation of foreign credentials
- Decline of unionized jobs
- Rise of precarious employment
- Limited language proficiency

For immigrants, this has resulted in:

- Heightened job insecurity
- Fewer opportunities for long-term career progression
- Limited upward mobility

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Jun 10

I am proud to co-lead this initiative that is more timely than ever given the escalation of deportation as well as of civil disobedience in the US. Join the network today!

CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Migration Scholars Mobilize Network unites scholars, teachers, students and activists to defend academic freedom and stand with migrants and refugees. Join the network today! Sign the petition and connect on Discord.

🔗 migrationscholarsmobilize.org

#MigrationScholars #MigrantRights #Solidarity

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Migration Scholars Mobilize Network unites scholars, teachers, students and activists to defend academic freedom and stand with migrants and refugees. Join the network today! Sign the petition and connect on Discord.

🔗 migrationscholarsmobilize.org

#MigrationScholars #MigrantRights #Solidarity

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Apr 19

Good to see that people at the US are reacting and resisting!!

PROTEST EVERYWHERE — Saturday, April 19 — Every city, every county, every town, everywhere! Freedom Against Tyranny! open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

PROTEST EVERYWHERE — Saturday, April 19 — Every city, every county, every town, everywhere! Freedom Against Tyranny!

Plus... 36 Brand New Portraits of 'Sad Tariff Loser' Donald Trump

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · Apr 17

🏳️‍🌈 @cercmigration.bsky.social extends a heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined A Queer Panel: Parts 1 & 2. The day consisted of academic presentations, a documentary screening, and a conversation with drag artists to explore the complexity and lived experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ migrants journeys.

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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · Apr 17

🚨Planning to apply for a #postdoctoral fellowship?
Working on tech & migrant integration in health, cities, work, or civic life? Bridging Divides is supporting select EOIs for externally funded fellowships in Canada.
🗓️ Apply by May 1
🔗 Info: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div...
#PostdocOpportunity

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Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social · Apr 17

For those wondering why we, as a migration charity, are commenting on yesterday's #SupremeCourt ruling, we want to make this very, very clear: migration is not a siloed issue.

Check out our gender, queerness and migration sub-campaign: migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/who...

Who is Welcome: Gender, Queerness + Migration - Migrants' Rights Network

Migration is not a siloed issue. Check out our dedicated sub-campaign on the relationship between gender, queerness and migration.

migrantsrights.org.uk

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Platform for Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) @picumofficial.bsky.social · Apr 17

More and more EU laws are harming migrants. With @enareurope.bsky.social, we're raising the issue with the United Nations.

Read our joint letter to UN committees on racial discrimination and on the rights of migrants on picum.org/blog/joint-l...

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · Apr 16

📚 New #WorkingPaper from Vivien Jessica Bediako examines how Ghanaian immigrants in Canada conceptualize "home" and maintain connections to Ghana through Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) tourism, analyzing differences between first-generation immigrants and their second-generation children.

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Apr 16

Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot

Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · Apr 15

Research Conference 2025 | In partnership with @cercmigration.bsky.social, we present WhereWeStand — a national multimedia storytelling initiative pairing Indigenous and non-Indigenous newcomers on Turtle Island (Canada).

🗓 Thursday, May 1
🕓 3:45–5:15 PM PT
📍 Hybrid

Register: shorturl.at/IrT5e

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · Apr 14

📣 Seats still available! A Queer Panel: Part 1 – Exploring Transnational 2SLGBTQ+ Migration Journeys
Apr. 16, 2025
9:30 AM-12:15 PM

Explore the complex legal, material, and lived experiences of 2SLGBTQ+ migrants and asylum seekers in their migration trajectories.
www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · Apr 14

🗞️This event also marked the launch of Bridges Magazine, our new platform spotlighting stories where research meets community.

Thank you to everyone who made the day such a success!
#Migration #Innovation #Partnerships

@triandafyllidou.bsky.social @cercmigration.bsky.social @socialmedialab.ca

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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · Apr 14

🌐 What does it take to turn research into impact?
That’s the question we explored at the inaugural Bridging Divides Connections Lab, hosted in person at TMU. A day for connection, collaboration, and open conversations across research, policy, and practice.

@researchtmu.bsky.social 🧵

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · Mar 21

🌎 Fellowship Opportunity: @cercmigration.bsky.social and @bridgdivides.bsky.social welcome applications for the 2025-2026 cohort of the Civil Society & Public Administration Fellowship. ⏳ Deadline: April 16, 2025.

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Migrant Integration in the Mid 21st Century: Bridging Divides @bridgdivides.bsky.social · Apr 11

📣 Bridges Magazine is here! Launched at our first Connections Lab, it shares stories of partnership-driven migration research from across Canada.
Read Issue 1: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div... #MigrationResearch @researchtmu.bsky.social @triandafyllidou.bsky.social

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Mar 17

I signed!
SIGN NOW: stand in solidarity with Mahmoud Khalil before more people are targeted. Tell Democratic leadership to demand Khalil's release now: act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/release...

SIGN NOW: Christians stand with Mahmoud Khalil

Mahmoud Khalil is a legal resident who is currently being held in captivity by the Trump administration for exercising his right to free speech. Christians must stand in solidarity with Khalil before ...

act.faithfulamerica.org

Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Mar 8

SIGN: Thank Georgetown for standing up to Trump: Dean Treaner of Georgetown Law School recently stood up to Trump's illegal DEI crusade. Let's show our support and thanks. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/georget...
I signed, as a secular person, to defend civil liberties & values thatare dear to us all

SIGN: Thank Georgetown for standing up to Trump

Dean Treaner of Georgetown Law School recently stood up to Trump's illegal DEI crusade. Let's show our support and thanks.

act.faithfulamerica.org

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CERC Migration @cercmigration.bsky.social · Mar 7

🍓👩‍🌾 Researcher Erika Borrelli showcases new research in @theconversationca.bsky.social that examines farm certification as an intervention to address #migrantworker vulnerabilities in Canadian agriculture.

Farm certification could make Canada’s farms fairer for migrant workers

Farm certification offers a potential strategy to improve labour standards, uphold rights, and amplify migrants’ voices.

theconversation.com

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Feb 20

The Orwellian language of Trump in relation to #Ukraine and #Gaza and the 'solutions' proposed reminds me of another 'final solution': Hannah Arendt's analysis in "Eichmann in Jerusalem" about how such 'solutions' come to be.... We all have a responsibility to (re)act
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

Trump macht Putin great again

Präsentiert von Facebook Von HANS VON DER BURCHARD Mit RIXA FÜRSEN PRÄSENTIERT VON Schicken Sie uns Ihre Tipps hier oder hier | X @GordonRepinski @vonderburchard | Das Playbook anhören oder online …

www.politico.eu

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Feb 13

I am not a practicing Christian nor a believer but when the church does something good, I support. SIGN: More than 20 organizations and denominations filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's policy of allowing immigration raids at houses of worship act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/Trump-I...

SIGN: Keep ICE out of our churches >>

More than two dozen organizations and denominations just filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's policy of allowing immigration raids at houses of worship. Let's show our support as fellow ...

act.faithfulamerica.org

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Feb 12

A great piece by my colleague Masoud Kianpour: Online brain rot is undermining our ability to tell meaningful stories theconversation.com/online-brain...
@cercmigration.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social @torontomet.bsky.social @ubcmigration.bsky.social @irms-concordia.bsky.social

Online brain rot is undermining our ability to tell meaningful stories

While social media has the potential to empower storytelling, it can also spread misinformation and lead to brain rot.

theconversation.com

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Feb 4

Have never felt more Canadian than now!!! How Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada are stoking a new Canadian nationalism theconversation.com/how-donald-t...

How Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada are stoking a new Canadian nationalism

The newly waged trade war and threats of annexation by Donald Trump may be having a beneficial impact in reminding Canadians of the values that unite them.

theconversation.com

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Jan 30

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro: “I cannot force migrants to remain in a country that does not want them. But if that country returns them, it must be with dignity and respect ... In civilian planes, and without treating them like criminals.” @cercmigration.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Jan 25

Reading her sermon, I felt she expressed all that I believe in (only I adopt a civic rather than religious perspective).

‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump | Mariann Edgar Budde

This week, the Bishop of Washington delivered a sermon in front of President Trump urging him to show mercy towards LGBTQ+ and migrant communities. The president condemned it as ‘nasty’. We reproduce ...

www.theguardian.com

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Jan 24

www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trum... even if there are forces of resilience and resistance in the US, the undoing of the regional architecture on asylum and migration governance will lead to much higher human and material costs.

With “Shock and Awe,” the Second Trump Term Opens with a Bid to Strongly Reshape Immigration

Within hours of his second inauguration, President Donald Trump moved to dramatically reshape U.S. immigration enforcement and policy. The changes set the stage for mass deportations, all but foreclos...

www.migrationpolicy.org

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Anna Triandafyllidou @triandafyllidou.bsky.social · Jan 24

We lived in #Napoli three amazing years (2009-2012), but the contradictions were palpable and painful then, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/w...

The Other Naples, Not Seen on Instagram

The southern Italian city has become fashionable for tourists, models and actors in a social media age. Yet it remains merciless for many of its youth.

www.nytimes.com