Geography Professor: Philip Kelly

Immigrant Employment Dept: The unemployment gap between immigrant and Canadian-born workers has grown since the global economic meltdown set off in late 2008 and newcomers in Greater Toronto were most affected, says the study being released Friday, according to The Star. Recent newcomers already experience significant marginalization in the labour market. What is surprising is they are more badly affected than the other groups and the gap has kept widening, said York University geography professor Philip Kelly, the report s lead investigator and immigrants, particularly recent newcomers, have borne the brunt of unemployment as a result of the recent recession, a new study says. It is part of a project by the Toronto Immigrant Employment Data Initiative , made up of researchers from York University , University of Toronto and Ryerson University who study immigrant integration in the labour force based on government data. As reported in the news.
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