Objective: Engage in ongoing research on trends and opportunities in the region to support local market planning and economic development

5.1       Detail existing immigrant employment rates

5.2       Estimate economic growth effects of businesses enabled by available labour; government spending on population related funding umbrellas including education, health, and welfare

5.3       Identify recruiting mechanisms and assess cost/yield outcomes for recruiting techniques by economic sector and level of labour

5.4       Conduct research to inform possible recruitment of entrepreneurs (Include: Probable business models, Extent of competition with existing businesses, Likely impact of competition on domestic business practices, Possibility of business innovations, Probable size of investment, Barriers and opportunities previously encountered by start-up businesses for visible minorities, Identification of bureaucratic barriers that discourage new businesses, Extent of employment creation)

5.5       Research factors responsible for outmigration of visible minorities

5.6       Conduct a statistical analysis of employment ethnicity by education level

5.7       Research proportion of visible and non-visible minority immigrant labour force participation by education level compared to existing domestic level

5.8       Investigate how class and education composition of newcomers affect employment outcomes

5.9       Assess effectiveness of credential evaluation on employment

5.10     Interview immigrants employed in their field to discover useful strategies

5.11     Research the efficacy of immigration as a method of repopulation

What Research has taken Place?

Local Labour Market Research - Labour Market Research: As part of a greater community collaborative project, the PPCII has sponsored research to be performed by Dr. Alan Law at Trent University. As the introduction to the survey states “The overall intent is to leverage on-going efforts to secure reliable workforce sustainability data pursued by the Work Force Development Board and Peterborough Partnership Council on Immigration Integration in addition to other community and academic stakeholders with a concern to monitor indicators of community and workplace health as well as building new knowledge to benefit communities beyond Peterborough’s borders.” For more information about the project, please contact Safo Musta at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Services for Immigrant Businesses - In 2010, Michael VanDerHerburg supervised a Trent Centre for Community Based Education Project entitled “Services for Immigrant Businesses”.

What You Can Do to Get Involved!

The PPCII is looking to partner with any organization interested in studying local credential recognition and labour market information for newcomers. If your organization has any potential research projects related to this, please contact Safo Musta at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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