Advanced Digital Technologies and Migration Industries in Canada

Project Lead

Team Members

脡尘颈濒别&苍产蝉辫;叠补谤颈濒, Mylene Coderre, Colin Scott, Kriti Sharma, Sivakamy Thayaalan

Sub-Theme: ADTs Role in Mediating Migration Decisions and Expectations

Projects in this sub-theme explore how ADTS such as online platforms, social media, and AI influence migration decisions by shaping information infrastructures, impacting mobility aspirations, and altering settlement experiences for immigrants.

Objective

The Government of Canada and a growing number of non-governmental actors are involved in promoting Canada as a destination for temporary and permanent settlement. This includes professional recruiters, mobility agencies, lawyers, public and private employers as well as universities. In the past, much of this work was done through in-person activities such as fairs and recruitment events and using print or traditional media.

This project seeks to document the impact of Advanced Digital Technologies (ADTs) on the migration industry in Canada.

Research Questions

How do ADTs shape the organization of Canada's migration industry?
How do the actors involved in migration promotion use ADTs?
How do migration industry actors produce different representations of life in Canada for aspiring migrants?

Methodology

This project uses interviewers, online ethnography, and qualitative/quantitative content analysis.

Status

This project is active and research activities are currently ongoing. A number of publications are in the work, with the project being heavily featured in different outputs.

Expected completion: December 2026

Outcomes

Publications and media:

Coderre, M. C. Coustere, M-J. Blain. 2025. Temporary residence in Canada: A Patchwork of Rules, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP).

Coderre, M. 2025. Migration Inc. : les interm茅diaires priv茅s qui font tourner les rouages de la migration de travail temporaire au Qu茅bec. Possibles, vol. 49, no 1. Printemps 2025, 83-91

Coderre, M. (2025). Les experts de la bureaucratie migratoire : les interm茅diaires de la migration guat茅malt猫que au Qu茅bec. Politique et Soci茅t茅s, 44(2).

Four ways Ottawa can throttle 鈥楧river Inc.鈥�, Policy Options, , August 27, 2025

M. Coderre, M. Paquet and M-J. Blain, Le Qu茅bec comme terre de pr茅carit茅 migratoire, La Presse : , 20 janvier 2025

Indispensables, les consultants et les avocats en immigration?, Magazine Prot茅gez-Vous, , December 16, 2024

Past events and conferences:

Immigration, Work and New Technologies: Access to the Labour Market & Workforce Dynamics, presented by Baril, 脡., Coderre, M., Blain, M., Paquet, M., Pathways to Prosperity National Conference, 24 November, 2025
Comparison of migrant food delivery riders in France and Canada, presented by Baril, 脡., IRMS Concordia University, On the Move: Migrant Workers and Food-Delivery Platforms in Italy and Canada, 7 November, 2025
Early results presented at the in Toronto, Ontario, in March 2025.