Ann Kim鈥檚 (Sociology, YCAR) new co-edited book investigates the connections between students and institutions. Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions (University of Toronto Press, 2019) at an event featuring a panel discussion on international education in Canada with three of the book鈥檚 contributors and a business expert from the field.
The book鈥檚 co-editor, Min-Jung Kwak (Saint Mary鈥檚 University) will chair the panel.
Outward and Upward Mobilities is the culmination of Kim鈥檚 SSHRC, Academy of Korean Studies, and Population Change and Life Course Cluster-funded project, which was supported by the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. 91亚色 book contributors include: Elena Chou (Sociology), Stella Dentakos (Psychology), Amira El Masri (Education), Ann Kim (Sociology), Sangyoo Lee (Social Work), Guida Man (Sociology), Jean Michel Montsion (Multidisciplinary Studies), Roopa Trilokekar (Education), Maxine Gallander Wintre (Psychology) and Lorna Wright (Schulich).
鈥淟ike other migrant groups, student mobility is a form of social mobility, and one that requires access from a host state,鈥 says Kim. 鈥淏ut there are multiple institutions with which students interact and that influence the processes of social mobility. The collection features works by key scholars in the field that explores how international students and their families fare in local ethnic communities, educational and professional institutions, and the labour market.鈥
The panellists for include Roopa D. Trilokekar and Amira El Masri (Education), Vinitha Gengatharan (91亚色 International) and Margaret Walton-Roberts (Wilfrid Laurier University). The event begins at 10am in 280N 91亚色 Lanes. All are welcome.
鈥淚鈥檓 excited about the book鈥檚 release,鈥 says Kim. 鈥淚t presents an important aspect of international student life, of students鈥 interactions with that meso layer of groups and institutions, which often shape whether they have positive experiences and want to live in Canada or leave.鈥
Some collaborators on this book project are also involved in a new SSHRC-funded project that will shed light on the experiences of international students titled, Asian International Students to Canadian Universities: Examining the Racialization of Chinese, Indian and Korean Students in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. Researchers are considering these students as migrants to specific communities, beyond their academic affiliation, by using the ways in which racialization affects them on and off-campus, and has repercussions on their migratory experiences and trajectories as a whole.
For more information on the RAIS project, visit:
*This story was also published in yFile on 24 September 2019: