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POLICY MATTERS

Policy Matters is a series of abbreviated research reports unique to CERIS that focuses on key policy issues affecting migration, diversity, settlement and integration in Canada. The goal is to provide accessible, concise information regarding current immigration research and its implications for policy development.

All past issues of both the Working Paper Series and Policy Matters are available on the website.

2010
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 42	Do Not Disturb/Please Clean Room: The invisible work and real pain of hotel housekeepers in the GTA	Sirena Liladrie	January 2010

2009
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 41	Ethnicity, Spatial Equity and Utilization of Primary Care Physicians: A case study of Mainland Chinese Immigrants in the Toronto CMA	Lu Wang	September 2009
No. 40	An Analysis of the Challenges Faced by Francophone Female Refugees Living in Ontario and Separated from Their Children	Émilie Grenon,Michèle Kérist,Françoise Magunira	September 2009
No. 39	Families and Violence in Punjabi and Tamil Communities in Toronto	Vappu Tyyskä,Farishta Dinshaw	March 2009
No. 38	Immigration and the Demographic Challenge: A Statistical Survey of the Ontario Region	Magdy ElDakiky, John Shields	May 2009
No. 37	Overcoming Structural Barriers to Labour Market Integration: An Analysis of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council’s Approach	Karen Fong	January 2009

2008
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 36	Reclaiming Voice: Challenges and Opportunities for Immigrant Women Learning English	Kenise Murphy Kilbride, Vappu Tyyskä,Rachel Berman,Mehrunnisa Ali,Isaac Woungang,Sepali Guruge,Laurie Clune,Susanna Edwards,Robert Cazzola	November 2008
No. 35	A Call for Asset-based Approaches to Immigrant Economic Integration	Kim Dalgleish	October 2008
No. 34	Information Practices of Canadian Muslims Post-9/11	Nadia Caidi, Susan MacDonald	June 2008
No. 33	Knowledge Mobilization/Transfer, Research Partnerships, and resultsmaking: Some Conceptual and Practical Considerations	John Shields, Bryan Evans	April 2008
No. 32	Diversity and Immigrant Needs: Examining Toronto Through a Place-Based Approach	Duncan MacLellan	March 2008

2007
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 31	A Descriptive Study of Employers’ Attitudes and Practices in Hiring Newcomer Job Seekers	Eric Liu	November 2007
No. 30	Pathways to Homelessness Among Caribbean Youth Aged 15-25 in Toronto	Joseph Springer, Terry Roswell, Janet Lum	March 2007
No. 29	Issues Confronting Newcomer Youth in Canada: Alternative Models for a National Youth Host Program	Paul Anisef, Morgan Poteet, Danielle Anisef, Grace Farr, Cécile Poirier, Haiping Wang	January 2007

2006
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 28	Visible-Minority Employment Exclusion: The Experience of Young Adults in Toronto	John Shields, Khan Rahi, Antonie Scholtz	September 2006
No. 27	Getting Stuck, Tangled and Unravelled: results Makers, Researchers and Advocates Navigate Access to Professions and Trades results Webs	Michelle Goldberg	July 2006
No. 26	Collaboration and Conflict: Immigration and Settlement-Related Advocacy in Canada	Sarah Wayland	June 2006
No. 25	Gender, Immigration and Labour Market Integration: Where We Are and What We Still Need to Know	Paul Anisef, Morgan Poteet, Danielle Anisef, Grace Farr, Cécile Poirier, Haiping Wang	March 2006
No. 24	Transnational, Multi-local Motherhood: Experiences of Separation and Reunification among Latin American Families in Canada	Judith Bernhard, Patricia Landolt, Luin Goldring, The Latin American Research Group	January 2006

2005
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 23	Social Inclusion of Newcomers to Canada: An Information Problem?	Nadia Caidi, Danielle Allard	December 2005
No. 22	Impact of Race and Immigrants Status on Employment Opportunities and Outcomes in the Canadian Labour Market	Cheryl Teelucksingh, Grace-Edward Galabuzi	November 2005
No. 21	Race, Sport and Schooling	Carl James	October 2005
No. 20	The Two-Tier Settlement System: A Review of Current Newcomer Settlement Services in Canada	Kareem Sadiq	September 2005
No. 19	Immigrant Adjustment and Parenting of Teens: A study of Newcomer Groups in Toronto, Canada	Vappu Tyyskä	June 2005
No. 18	The Third Sector: Neo-Liberal Restructuring, Governance, and the Remaking of State-Civil Society Relationships	Bryan Mitchell Evans, John Shields	May 2005
No. 17	Housing Affordability: Immigrant and Refugee Experiences	Robert Murdie	April 2005
No. 16	Immigrant Settlement and Social Inclusion in Canada	Ratna Omidvar, Ted Richmond	March 2005
No. 15	Multiple Identities & Marginal Ties: The experience of Russian Jewish Immigrant Youth in Toronto	Paul Anisef, Etta Baichman-Anisef, Myer Siemiatycki	February 2005
No. 14	Social Inclusion, Anti-racism and Democratic Citizenship	Anver Saloojee	January 2005

2004
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 13	Unaccompanied/Separated Children Seeking Refugee Status in Ontario: A Review of Documented Policies and Practices	Mehrunnisa Ali, Svitlanna Taraban, Jagjeet Kaur Gill	December 2004
No. 12	Ethnoracial Diversity and Planning Practices in the Greater Toronto Area: Final Report	Beth Moore Milroy, Marcia Wallace	November 2004
No. 11	The Anatomy of an Urban Legend: Toronto’s Multicultural Reputation	Michael Doucet	October 2004
No. 10	Chinese Immigrants in Canada: Their Changing Composition and Economic Performance	Shuguang Wang, Lucia Lo	September 2004
No. 9	Assessing the Impact of the Kosovo conflict on the Mental Health and Well-being of Newcomer Serbian Children and Youth in the Greater Toronto Area	Joanna Anneke Rummens, Rajko Seat	August 2004
No. 8	The Aging Experience of Chinese and Caribbean Seniors	Janet Lum, Joseph Springer	July 2004
No. 7	No Safe Haven: Markets, Welfare, and Migrants	John Shields	June 2004
No. 6	Ethnic Segregation in a Multicultural City: The Case of Toronto, Canada	Mohammad Qadeer	May 2004
No. 5	Interrogating the Hyphen-Nation: Canadian Multicultural results and “Mixed Race” Identities	Minelle Mahtani	April 2004
No. 4	Field of Study and Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrant and Racial Minority University Graduates in Canada	Paul Anisef, Robert Sweet, George Frempong	March 2004
No. 3	Third Sector Restructuring and the New Contracting Regime: The case of immigrant serving agencies in Ontario	Edward Richmond, John Shields	February 2004
No. 2	Cultural Resources, Ethnic Strategies, and Immigrant Entrepreneurship: A comparative study of five immigrant groups in the Toronto CMA	Lucia Lo, Carlos Teixeira, Marie Truelove	January 2004

2003
No.	Title	Author(s)	Date
No. 1	Apprenticeship Opportunities and Barriers for Immigrant Youth in the Greater Toronto Area	June Yee, Carolyn Johns, Sandra Tam, Noeline Paul-Apputhurai	November 2003

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