Centre for Business Insights on Immigration
Supporting New Talent to Advance Canada’s Future
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Canada’s immigration system underperforms at quickly connecting immigrants with opportunities that match their skills, education, and experience. This leads to inadequate economic outcomes for immigrants and fails to meet employers’ skilled labour needs.
That’s why we established the Centre for Business Insights on Immigration (CBII), a leading research collective designed to strengthen employer engagement in immigration and support effective management of immigrant talent.
Our focus
CBII leads research on integrating newcomers into the labour market, strategies to accelerate their economic integration, and best practices for recruiting international talent. The centre also explores how technology, networking, and mentoring can improve immigrant hiring practices and looks at strategies to reduce bias and enhance labour-market outcomes. Our future-driven research combines case studies, robust data, and cross-sector insights to deliver actionable findings that aim to shape the future of immigrant inclusion in the workforce.
Funding members
Research impact
Our research centre model creates collective impact, amplifying its reach and producing actionable insights. Our immigration research has influenced national policy development and community action. It is shaping media narratives and driving measurable changes in government strategy. These contributions demonstrate our pivotal role in advancing immigration policy through evidence-based insights and national thought leadership.
Centre research
Trends in Retaining Skilled Immigrants—November 2025
Shift in Immigration Policy Goes Too Far
Small Business, Big Impact: Immigrant Hiring and Integration in Five Canadian Cities—August 2024
By Employers, for Employers: Tips for Recruiting International Talent
Why become a funding member?
Help shape the future of Canada by supporting independent, evidence-based research on Canadian immigration.
Join a powerful network of leaders working to accelerate immigrants’ full economic integration and balance labour-market demand. Through a shared investment model, your funding goes further, enabling deeper insights, broader collaboration, and stronger policy influence. Together, we can create research that not only informs dialogue but also drives meaningful change.
Get involved with the Centre for Business Insights on Immigration
Make Canada’s future bright by enabling evidence-based immigration research.