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Although prior scholarship has examined refugee experiences within hosting arrangements, comparatively little is known about the motivations, readiness, attitudes, empathy, satisfaction, and advocacy behaviours of hosts, or about the organizational supports required to sustain hosting in Canada. The study is informed by hospitality studies and collective action perspectives. This protocol describes a 36-month sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of three phases designed to examine why Canadians host refugees and how refugee homestay hosting can be strengthened through evidence-informed and co-designed strategies. Phase 1 will include the administration of a national survey to current and former Canadian refugee homestay hosts to examine relationships among hospitableness, attitudes toward refugees, empathy, readiness to assist, satisfaction, and advocacy for refugee hosting. Quantitative data will be analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. 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