The research and development unit consists of staff members with backgrounds in research and experience in settlement of immigrants and refugees.
In collaboration with community organizations, post-secondary colleges, universities, research institutions, foundations and governments, the unit’s members conduct research designed to inform and guide policy-makers and service-providers in developing and implementing policies and programs relating to immigrants and refugees.
Recent research work includes:
- Profile of Absolute and Relative Homelessness Among Immigrants, Refugees, and Refugee Claimants in the Greater Vancouver Regional District
- Promoting Wellness: An Action-Directed Research Project to Strengthen and Sustain Welcoming Communities for Immigrants to and Refugees in British Columbia
- Forced Migration of Colombians: A Comparative Study on Fear, Historical Memory and Public Representation
- A Project to Develop Measures of Health Literacy in Hispanic Communities in Canada and the United States
- Social Capital and the Labour Market Process Among Second Generation Immigrant Youth
