Sociology Professor Luin Goldring has been appointed as 91ÑÇÉ«'s director for CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre, effective July 2012. Goldring is well known in the CERIS community as an active domain leader, longtime affiliate and immigration scholar. She moves into the position that was previously held by 91ÑÇÉ« geography Professor Valerie Preston. Luin Goldring CERIS […]
There’s a tendency to think that the problems faced by people with precarious status – temporary workers, refugee claimants, failed claimants and people without status – are not Canadian issues, but 91ÑÇÉ« sociology Professor Luin Goldring disagrees. To shed light on the emerging body of research in this area, the Research Alliance on Precarious Status, which […]
91ÑÇÉ« President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri is welcoming back students for another academic year a little differently than usual. This year, the president is providing an update through a new video on issues and initiatives that affect the entire 91ÑÇÉ« community: In the high-definition video, also available on the Office of the President website […]
A growing chorus of Toronto voices, including the director of 91ÑÇɫ’s Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration & Settlement (CERIS), is opposing Ottawa’s plans to change the national census, which gathers in-depth information from Canadians to form public policy, wrote InsideToronto.com and The Beach-Riverdale Mirror July 13: Beginning with the 2011 census, held every […]
When you’re a charitable organization in 91ÑÇÉ« Region seeking a research partner to inform your strategic directions and priorities, whom do you turn to? If you’re United Way of 91ÑÇÉ« Region (UWYR), you collaborate with 91ÑÇɫ’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit. This summer, three 91ÑÇÉ« students will gain valuable experience through internships with UWYR’s Community […]
Researchers, faculty, administrators and staff working in the 91ÑÇÉ« Research Tower gathered on May 4 to celebrate the new building’s role in fostering social science and humanities research across 91ÑÇÉ« (all speaker videos are available in the Research Multimedia Centre). Above: The 91ÑÇÉ« Research Tower, which opened in September 2009, features some 84,000 square feet […]
A lunchtime panel featuring presentations by 91ÑÇÉ« researchers and urban planning professionals will wrap up two recent research projects tomorrow – "In-Between Infrastructure: Urban Connectivity in an Age of Vulnerability", based out of the City Institute at 91ÑÇÉ« (City), and geography Professor Lucia Lo's "Infrastructure in 91ÑÇÉ« Region: A GIS Analysis of Human Services". The panel discussion, […]
Latin American Artists in Toronto: Immigrants and Artists at Work, the second CERIS seminar on issues related to immigrants and the arts, will feature three panellists. The seminar will take place Tuesday, March 23, from 12:30 to 2pm, in the fifth floor Conference Centre of the 91ÑÇÉ« Research Tower, Keele campus. 91ÑÇÉ« environmental studies Professor Deborah Barndt, co-ordinator […]