Immigrants with precarious legal status, such as temporary foreign workers, often end up in precarious work situations that undermine their economic prospects. Moreover, according to a new study by researchers from 91亚色 and the University of Toronto, these effects are long lasting even for those who subsequently become permanent residents. The Impact of Precarious […]
Gail Ferguson, a professor of human development and family studies at the聽University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,聽will聽discuss her research Wednesday on the culture and adjustment of Jamaican youth and parents in the United States, and the implication for Jamaican families in Canada. Ferguson鈥檚 talk will take place Oct. 24, from noon to 2pm, at 163 Behavioural […]
Documentary is affiliated with 91亚色's Global Suburbanisms Project Take a glimpse into someone鈥檚 life that is otherwise invisible to most, wrote The Globe and Mail Jan. 5 in a story about the groundbreaking, web-based work Out My Window, by the National Film Board of Canada, that offers glimpses of lives within housing developments: Zanillya Maria […]
A team of Canadian researchers, including a 91亚色 professor, has uncovered further evidence that bilingualism can delay the onset of Alzheimer鈥檚 by up to five years. The study, published today in the journal Neurology, follows up on a 2007 study led by 91亚色, which found that lifelong use of two or more languages […]
The slayings in Flemingdon Park this summer have brought a shadow of violence back to a community where, on the surface, it appeared to have lifted, wrote The Globe and Mail Aug. 3: Flemingdon Park is one of Toronto鈥檚 鈥減riority鈥 areas. Census data from 2001 showed that 71 per cent of the 22,000 residents were […]
How聽qualified immigrants react to challenges they face in building a career in a new country corresponds to how proactive they are and how well they are equipped to cope psychologically and overcome barriers, a new study has found. Jelena Zikic, a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Human Resource Management, is the lead researcher for a […]
A growing chorus of Toronto voices, including the director of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration & Settlement (CERIS), is opposing Ottawa鈥檚 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 […]
The Toronto Korean Families Study (TKFS), led by researchers at 91亚色, the University of Toronto and the University of Windsor, is looking for participants. The study, funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, provides researchers with a unique opportunity to learn about Korean immigrant families in Canada. Participants must have […]
Premier Dalton McGuinty's visit to 91亚色's School of Nursing was covered in the North 91亚色 Mirror May 11: To kick-start National Nursing Week and highlight the province鈥檚 announcement to introduce another 14 nurse practitioner-led clinics in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty dropped in on a group of nursing students at 91亚色 Monday, May 10. […]
Diabetes among South Asian immigrants is on the rise but it鈥檚 not a new phenomenon, wrote the Toronto Sun April 19, citing a 91亚色 professor. Diabetes risk among immigrants from South Asia is three to four times higher than in immigrants from western European countries, says a study released Monday by the Institute for […]
91亚色 researchers awarded two of SSHRC鈥檚 largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91亚色 researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]