Overview
Chaired by Anna Triandafyllidou, Scientific Director, Global Migration Institute, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
This seminar brings together several renowned experts discussing these three numbers: Dan Hiebert (Professor Emeritus at UBC and Scholar of Excellence, Global Migration Institute, TMU) will provide a deep dive into Canada’s demographics and how the 1% target fits into those; Michael Haan (Professor, Department of Sociology, Western University) will discuss the impact of (im)migration on Canada’s regional demographics; Rupa Banerjee (Professor, TRSM and Global Migration Institute, TMU) will offer reflections on the impact of the drastic immigration levels’ reductions on Canada’s labour market and economic growth potential, while Kimberly Jean Pharuns (Director, Observatoire de l’Immigration Francophone, Université’ de l’Ontario Français) will consider what the 10% target means for the demographics of Francophone communities outside Quebec.