TIES Centre for Immigrant Research

The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) is a non-for-profit registered charitable organization that has been actively serving newcomers and low-income Calgarians since 1988. TIES’ primary goal is to provide immigrants and economically disadvantaged individuals with a solid foothold in Canada and afford them the opportunities to feel belonging in their new community. In our relentless pursuit of enhancing our impact, TIES has launched the Centre for Immigrant Research. TIES Centre for Immigrant Research is pivotal, steering our organization towards evidence-based knowledge, best practices, and data to inform our efforts in helping newcomers settle into Canadian Society. Moreover, TIES Centre for Immigrant Research is a beacon of innovation, aiming to generate new knowledge from a settlement service perspective on best practices, newcomer needs, and experiences, thereby informing stakeholders and policy makers. With a community-based approach, the Centre seeks to produce knowledge that is deeply intertwined with communities and on-the-ground practice. Research projects and programs emerge from and are driven by impacted communities and practitioners. Our projects are founded upon and committed to principles of meaningful participation, co-learning, capacity building, empowerment and action. With a community-based approach, TIES Centre for Immigrant Research seeks to produce knowledge that is deeply intertwined with communities and on-the-ground practice. Research projects and programs emerge from and are driven by impacted communities and practitioners. Our projects are founded upon and committed to principles of meaningful participation, co-learning, capacity building, empowerment and action.