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A new article in International Migration Review, in collaboration with Emily Laxer and Patrick Simon, and entitled “National cultural frames and Muslims’ economic incorporation: a comparison of France and Canada” (initially online in January 2022) shows that differences in the economic incorporation of Muslims and other immigrant minorities in France and Canada are mainly related toContinue reading “Does diversity discourse matter? Surprisingly little, based on comparisons of France and Canada — see the latest results”

An overview of the content and context of Canada’s immigration policy by Jeff Reitz is featured in the new 4th edition of the classic text Controlling Immigration: A Comparative Perspective, edited by James F. Hollifield, Philip L. Martin, Pia M. Orrenius, and François Héron, and published in September 2022 by Stanford University Press. Controlling ImmigrationContinue reading ““Canada: Continuity and Change in Immigration for Nation-Building” – a new Canada chapter for a classic comparative text”

As migration of university-educated Mexicans to both the United States and Canada has begun to increase, the greater opportunities that Canada’s expanding points-based selection system offers for the highly skilled to become permanent residents highlights a question: which factors may induce high-skilled Mexicans to prefer Canadian destinations versus American? Using traditional migration theories to frameContinue reading “University-educated Mexicans are moving north in larger numbers: how many will come to Canada?”

Can Canadian Multiculturalism help us respond to calls for action to address anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism in the country?  Prof. Reitz’ essay in “Multiculturalism @50” assessing 50 years of Canadian Multiculturalism Policy says that for this to happen, the meaning of multiculturalism in Canada will have to change.  His brief essay, entitled “Popular multiculturalism asContinue reading “Can Canada’s Multiculturalism address racism? An assessment of its 50-year history suggests the answer is ‘No.’”

Prof. Reitz joined a research team to provide the answer: the new requirement helps, but racial minority immigrants continue to experience disadvantage.  The analysis is based on a new analysis of data linking immigration records to income information in tax filings, and is published in Canadian Public Policy. Read the full study in: Rupa Banerjee,Continue reading “Does the new credential-equivalence requirement for prospective immigrants solve skill under-utilization for immigrants after arrival? Partly.”

In collaboration with CUNY sociologist Richard Alba, Jeff recently published a new analysis of the social lives of mixed-race Canadians, entitled “The significance of mixed family backgrounds for mainstream integration in Canada” (Alba and Reitz, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47,4 (2021): 916-933, DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2019.1654162 (originally published online 30 Oct 2019). Previous research hadContinue reading “Mixed-race Canadians: “in-between but ‘leaning’ white””

Prof. Reitz worked with Rupa Banerjee and Phil Oreopoulos to reanalyze amended data from a large-scale Canadian employment audit study (conduced by Oreopoulos, 2011). The results show substantial organization size differences in discrimination against skilled applicants with Asian (Chinese, Indian, or Pakistani) names in the decision to call for an interview. In organizations with moreContinue reading “Do large employers treat racial minorities more fairly? Yes, they discriminate about half as often”