Global Health researchers encourage innovative improvements for immigrant employment outcomes in Canada

The United Nation Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SGD 10 (Reduced Inequalities), recognizes that migration is a powerful driver of sustainable development, for migrants and their communities.

With global migration on the rise and the ever-increasing need for labour, it is critical that policies target rapid uptake of new immigrants into the Canadian labour market.

Recently published in the Canadian Ethnic Studies journal, Immigrant Employment Integration in Canada: A Narrative Review offers insights for policy makers to improve immigrant employment outcomes.

Interested to understand the challenges that newcomers face integrating into Canada’s labour market, McMaster University global health academics,  Mary Crea-Arsenio, Bruce Newbold and Andrea Baumann, and Wilfrid Laurier University’s Margaret Walton-Roberts conducted a narrative review of immigrant employment outcomes in Canada over a ten year period (2010-2020).

The review discusses the numerous obstacles faced by newcomers integrating into employment efficiently and effectively. It highlights that although Canada receives the most highly educated migrants among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, employment outcomes lag behind other western societies such as Australia and the United States.

“With international migration rising globally” states Crea-Arsenio, “it has become increasingly important to understand the challenges faced by migrants on issues such as integrating into the labour market and finding employment that matches their skills”

Offering insights for policy makers, the narrative review encourages innovative improvements for immigrant employment outcomes through promoting rapid entry into commensurate employment.

As migration is multi-dimensional and brings significant benefits in the form of skills, cultural diversity and strengthening the labour force. Relevant to all of the UN SDG’s, migration must continue to be recognized as a cross-cutting issue locally and globally, which requires the implementation of equitable and sustainable policies.

Immigrant Employment Integration in Canada: A Narrative Review., Mary Crea-Arsenio, Bruce  Newbold, K., Andrea Baumann, Margaret Walton-Roberts, Canadian Ethnic Studies | Études ethniques au Canada | New issue | Nouveau numéro : 54(2) 2022.

Available online August 2022 | Disponible en ligne août 2022

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