Graduate Student Researcher: Tori Shucheng Yang, PhD in Sociology. Integration has occupied a central place in sociological inquiries since the Durkheimian tradition. Despite its importance in explaining the dynamics between minority and majority groups, integration has become a rather all-encompassing concept under which a wide range of social phenomena fall. Among the subfields that engage

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Graduate Student Researcher: Gabrielle Abando, MA Sociology. Why do immigrant enclaves matter for ethnic community wellbeing and longevity and what makes them work? Filipinos comprise the fourth-largest visible minority group in Canada. With 95% of current Filipinos in Canada arriving after 1970, the Filipino Canadian community is standing at a crucial point demographically. The first

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Graduate Student Researcher: Frankie Cabahug, PhD Social Work. Social service organizations play an important role in promoting positive settlement outcomes for immigrants. While a variety of newcomer-focused programs and initiatives were established to address the specific needs of this demographic, immigrants nonetheless interact with non-state non-profit organizations that broadly provide service solutions to the general

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Graduate Student Researcher: Capri Kong, MA in Sociology. Current research has demonstrated the significance of social networks in the dynamics of international migration, from the initiation of migration processes to the subsequent settlement and success of immigrants in host societies (Boyd 1989, 2012). These networks contribute to the accumulation of social capital, providing immigrants with

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