Claire Ellis is Operations Manager at CERC Migration. She has over a decade of experience in project and program coordination, working across multiple settings including not-for-profit organizations, international research teams, government and community advocacy. Previously, Claire has coordinated several programs at 成人大片 including onBoard Canada, Global Diversity Exchange, and The Chang School鈥檚 Gateway Programs for Internationally Educated Professionals.
Claire also brings specialized knowledge and experience in immigration and refugee research and policy. She holds an MA in Immigration and Settlement Studies and is currently a PhD Candidate in Policy Studies (Migration Stream). Her doctoral research critically analyses the use of digital border and surveillance policy instruments in Canadian responses to refugee claimant onward mobility. She also works with a research team examining the nature, scope, and human rights impacts of Canadian border control, externalization, and detention practices on migrants and refugee claimants.
Recent Publications:
With Triandafyllidou, A. (2023). Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon Arrival: NowHereLand, 101.
With Perzyna, M., Marshia, A., Monteiro, S., Nalbandian, L., & Smith, C.D. (2022). (PDF file) Immigration policy 鈥榦n the fly鈥�: A critical review of pandemic policymaking in Canada. Working paper.
With Atak, I., & Alrob, Z.A. (2021). , Forced Migration Review.
With Atak, I., & Alrob, Z.A. (2021). , Journal of Refugee Studies
With Atak, I., and Alrob, Z.A. (2021). , in Migration, Security, and Resistance, Routledge.
(2020) , Open Democracy.
(2020) , The Migration Initiative.
With Atak, I., & Alrob, Z.A. (2020). , Journal of Refugee Studies.