My name is Sibghat Usmani. I landed in Canada on 7^th May 2019, with a PhD in social work and almost 7 years of experience in research and training. Just as most newcomers, I started navigating my career options with enthusiasm but within a couple of

Being successful is the desire of all of us after migrating to this lovely
country. It does not matter whether the concerned person is a child,
youth or the old aged, at each and every stage of our wide life span, it is
our inbuilt desire to be successf

Authors: Sibghat Usmani, PhD, MSW; & Akm Alamgir, PhD, MPhil, MBBS

Background and context

Funding trends in Canadian research is leading academic researchers more towards ‘Action Research’, where the outcome of research is communicated to the relev

Author: Aysha Shamsuddin, IIS Coordinator, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services (Access Alliance) convened its seventh IRSN meeting on January 15, 2020 from 5.30 p

It is my pleasure to thank all IRSN members and IRSN team for their initiatives to support new immigrants  in Canada . I was one such immigrant, who benefited from their support. I left a very successful career in my country and migrated one year b

This IRSN meeting on April 1, 2019 featured a keynote speaker, Mr. Shawn McCarty, Manager, Key Partnerships at Windmill Microlending. Shawn’s presentation focused on ‘Addressing Financial Barriers to Skilled Immigrant Credentialing: Microlending in P

The fourth IRSN meeting was held on November 1, 2018 in collaboration with the Ryerson Universtity. The keynote speaker of the meeting was Dr. Shafi Bhuiyan, Co-Founder & Program Manager/Lead, Internationally Trained Medical Doctors (ITMDs) Bridging

One of IRSN members/Immigrant Insight Scholar (Neelam Dehal) featured in the Sainth Elizabeth's Newsletter (January 2019). See belwo for more detail:

Soon after coming to Canada I started looking for work in the research field in Canada. I felt confident about getting a job in my field. However, my confidence was fading away and was being replaced slowly by the frustration of not getting an interv

Hello Everyone,

I, Usharani Rathinam, had earned Ph.D. in Development Studies from Reading University, United Kingdom. I came to Canada, as a postdoctoral fellow in 2015 with a status of a worker. I worked at Western University for a year. After my c

IRSN Third Meeting, Panelists Presentation

June 21, 2018

Researchers in Communications/Consulting Firms

By Boyd Neil, Social Reach Consulting, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Researchers in Communications/Consulting Firms

Researc

The second Immigrant Researchers Support Network (IRSN) meeting held on March 22, 2018 in Toronto. Around 15 participants attended, along with presenters and program staff.

The meeting focused on how to effectively use social media tools e.g. LinkedI