Craig Damian Smith is Together Project’s cofounder and research director. He is wrapping up his PhD in political science at the University of Toronto, where he researches and teaches on international politics and migration. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/craig-damian-smith/rss en Integration Tue, 04 Apr 2017 08:32:57 +0000 Lina Alipour, Tea Hadziristic, Craig Damian Smith https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/04/private-sponsorship-not-panacea-for-refugee-integration-researchers https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/04/private-sponsorship-not-panacea-for-refugee-integration-researchers A rush of international interest in the effectiveness of Canada’s private sponsorship of refugees often overlooks troubling aspects of relying on private citizens to fill gaps in integration, say researchers on Syrian resettlement in Canada.