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DESCRIPTION:The Max Bell School's 2025 annual Jack Layton Lecture\, in part
 nership with the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation.\n\nReassessing Immigr
 ation in Canada: Goals\, Perceptions\, and Policy Challenges with \n\n\n	Da
 vid Coletto\, the founder\, Chair\, and CEO of Abacus Data. He is one of C
 anada’s best known and most respected public opinion analysts\, pollsters\
 , and social researchers. He works with some of North America and Europe’s
  biggest and most respected brands\, associations\, and unions and is freq
 uently called upon by news organizations\, to assess public opinion as eve
 nts happen. Earning a PhD in Political Science from the University of Calg
 ary in 2010\, David is an expert on survey research methodology\, corporat
 e reputation\, public affairs\, voting behaviour\, and the intersection of
  public opinion and public policy. He is a professor in the Graduate Progr
 am of Political Management at Carleton University where he teaches courses
  in polling\, political marketing\, and designing public affairs strategie
 s.\n	Mikal Skuterud is a labour economist in the Department of Economics at
  the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on immigration policy\, 
 job search\, and labour market regulations affecting working hours. He dev
 eloped an early interest in labour markets while working in a warehouse in
  Mississauga\, leading to studies in Labour Studies at McMaster University
  and Economics at UBC. His PhD research at McMaster examined the impact of
  Sunday shopping deregulation and internet-based job search. He previously
  worked at Statistics Canada\, where his interest in immigrant labour mark
 et integration deepened—a theme that continues to guide his research today
 .\n	Shamira Madhany joined WES in 2018 after more than two decades of gover
 nment service in Ontario. Her last position was Assistant Deputy Minister 
 for Health\, Education\, and Social Policy\, in Cabinet Office. She also s
 erved as Chief Diversity and Accessibility Officer\, ensuring that 62\,000
  employees met accessibility and inclusion goals. Shamira has extensive ex
 perience working with employer associations\, licensing bodies\, non-profi
 t organizations\, and the post-secondary sector. She served as the chief a
 rchitect of several government programs that enable internationally educat
 ed professionals to obtain employment in their fields. Shamira is a guest 
 lecturer at Queen’s University and the University of Toronto Munk School o
 f Global Affairs and Public Policy.\n\n\nThe event will be moderated by Je
 nnifer Welsh\, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy.\n\nSince 
 the late 1990s there has been something close to a Canadian consensus arou
 nd immigration\, with surveys consistently showing a substantial majority 
 of the population in favour of relatively high levels of immigration. But 
 that consensus has come under strain in the past few years\, with growing 
 unease about the purported costs of immigration\, and skepticism about its
  alleged benefits. The rising concern over immigration has also implicated
  a number of related policy areas\, including temporary foreign workers\, 
 refugee resettlement\, housing availability and costs\, and international 
 student visas\, and has been linked to broader debates about economic grow
 th and productivity. This roundtable will present new data on Canadians’ v
 iews around immigration\, discuss the economics of Canada’s past and curre
 nt immigration levels\, and identify the key structures and mechanisms nee
 ded for successful immigration policy.\n	\n	If you can't join us in-person i
 n Montreal\, tune in to our livestream here. (Click 'Notify Me' to be aler
 ted when we go live!)\n
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LOCATION:Billiard Room\, Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450
  rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Reassessing Immigration in Canada: Goals\, Perceptions\, and Policy
  Challenges
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