Canada’s rebalancing act: Immigration Minister Marc Miller at TMU

Canada’s traditional open-door policy has been swinging in different directions – a surge in student visas prompted a new federal cap, while broader immigration reaches record levels. Can we afford to let so many people in? Can we afford not to? Bring your questions for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller at the TMU Democracy Forum, co-hosted by Dais Senior Fellow Martin Regg Cohn and Anna Triandafyllidou, the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration.

Sponsored by the Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University, this free event is open to all students, faculty and the general public via Zoom, with advance registration required.

Date: Friday, March 22, 2024

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT

Location: Virtual Event via Zoom

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Speakers

The Hon. Marc Miller

Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Marc Miller has been Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship since mid-2023. He was previously Minister of Crown Indigenous Relations, and before that Minister of Indigenous Services. He was elected as MP for the Montreal riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs in 2015. A lawyer specializing in international and commercial law, he also served as an infantry soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces. He has a B.A. and M.A. in political science from the Université de Montréal, and law degrees from McGill University.

Martin Regg Cohn

Dais Senior Fellow

Martin Regg Cohn is a political columnist at the Toronto Star. Founder of the Democracy Forum at Toronto Metropolitan University, he is a Senior Fellow at the Dais. A foreign correspondent for 11 years in Asia and the Middle East, he was also Foreign Editor and a Parliamentary correspondent. He is a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

Anna Triandafyllidou

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at TMU

Anna Triandafyllidou is the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at TMU. An internationally recognized sociologist and migration policy expert, she has held research and teaching positions in Greece, Italy, the U.K. and U.S. A former Fulbright Scholar, she was previously Robert Schuman Chair at the European University Institute, where she received her PhD. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.