Research sources behind BridgeQuest
BridgeQuest is an educational simulation. Its Advisor and evidence features are grounded in publicly accessible, open-access, or permissioned sources.
We cite and summarize sources for learning; we do not claim ownership of third-party materials. Where a source has additional terms, licenses, or usage restrictions, we follow them and link you to the original publisher.
Last updated: January 12, 2026
What we include
- Official public guidance and program documentation from Government of Canada immigration services.
- Open-access research indexes and directories (metadata + links to publisher-hosted full text).
- Public legal information (e.g., case law and tribunal decisions) where permitted by the publisher’s terms.
Ethical use principles
- Provenance: every extracted fact is linked back to an original publisher URL or identifier.
- Minimization: we prefer short quotations and summaries with citations rather than reproducing full documents.
- Respect for terms: where a source has usage rules (robots, licenses, ToS), we follow them and exclude content that is not clearly permitted.
- Educational framing: BridgeQuest is not legal advice; players should verify details against official sources.
If you believe a source is misattributed or should be removed, please contact the BridgeQuest team.
Source register (open and ethical)
The items below are the primary open/public sources referenced by our collection strategy.
Government of Canada — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Official program pages, operational updates, and processing guidance used to ground descriptions of pathways, requirements, and procedural steps.
canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenshipImmigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB)
Public tribunal materials used to model decision factors and procedural realities. We prioritize official publisher-hosted pages and avoid redistributing protected content.
irb.gc.caCanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
Public legal information and decisions. Use is governed by CanLII’s terms; we treat this as a citation-and-link source and keep extracts minimal.
canlii.orgCORE (core.ac.uk)
Open-access research aggregator used to discover scholarly work relevant to migration, policy, settlement, and integration.
core.ac.ukDirectory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Open-access journal directory used to identify peer-reviewed research that can be ethically linked and cited.
doaj.orgOAPEN
Open-access book platform used for longer-form evidence (e.g., policy and social science monographs).
oapen.orgOpenAlex
Open scholarly index used to discover research and track provenance via stable identifiers and publisher links.
openalex.orgNote: Our internal collection strategy also references additional categories (e.g., university repositories, government publications, and NGOs). We only include those materials when they are clearly open-access/public, and we record the publisher and terms before use.
Annotated bibliography (evidence register)
This bibliography is generated from our Evidence Sheets register (CSV). Each entry includes a link to the publisher, a short educational annotation, and the recorded reuse notes.
Included: 42 • Excluded: 41 • Terms unclear: 16