Research Reports

Newcomers and Barriers to Belonging

Impakt Foundation’s reports seek to identify the social, economic, and systemic barriers to settlement and belonging for refugees and immigrants to Canada, specifically in the GTA. Through this research, various critical needs have been identified within the newcomer community, and recommendations have been developed on how to remove barriers within the support service system to aid newcomers in reaching their full potential.

2024/2025
Research Report

Needs Assessment
Report 2025

2023 Research
Report

2022 Research
Report

Books

Stories that Inspire Change

The Tailor Project

The remarkable story of approximately 2,500 Jewish tailors and their families who immigrated to Canada between 1948 and 1949 through the Garment Workers' Scheme in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

Change for Good

An action-oriented approach for businesses to solve the world's most urgent social problems -- and benefit from doing so. More than a year into a global pandemic, profit and shareholder value are no longer the primary metric of business success. Customers, shareholders, and communities are demanding that companies do good, do more, and do better.