The Canadian response to Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s large-scale invasion has been praised as one of the country’s most generous humanitarian responses in recent history. Through the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel program, known as CUAET, nearly 300,000 Ukrainians came to Canada with temporary permission to live, work and study.

For many, that protection offered the chance to rebuild their lives. They found jobs, enrolled their children in school, learned English and became part of their communities. Yet as the initial emergency response gave way, many faced a different challenge: how to build a stable life while living under a temporary program.

Participants in the program used it to secure housing, find work, learn English, care for their families and navigate Canada’s immigration system while also trying to determine whether remaining in Canada would be possible. As civil society organization representatives told me, the initial priorities centred on securing housing and employment, but then shifted towards longer-term questions of integration and building a future in Canada.

I’m conducting ongoing research on this issue, including conducting interviews with displaced Ukrainians in Canada and the civil society organizations supporting them. Along with with policy analysis and existing........

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