Research Reports for Graduate Student Research Awards and Other Graduate Papers

RESEARCH REPORTS FOR CERIS GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS AND OTHER GRADUATE PAPERS

Research Reports for CERIS Graduate Student Research Awards - 2006
Research Reports for CERIS Graduate Student Research Awards - 2005
Research Reports for CERIS Graduate Student Research Awards - 2004
Other Graduate Papers
Related Links: CERIS Graduate Students Research Awards Recipients - 2006, 2005, 2004

Research Reports for CERIS Graduate Student Research Awards 2006:

Bejar, James M.A. Candidate, Immigration and Settlement Studies Program, Ryerson University
Transnational Communities: Filipina Nurses in Rural Manitoba, 1965-1970 (PDF Format)

Bodnitski, Joanna M.A. Candidate, Education, York University
First Language Maintenance or Loss: Ukrainian Immigrant Families' Perspectives (PDF Format)

Cunningham, Rebekah MA Candidate, Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University
Women as Sponsors: Gendering Canadian Family Class Immigration Policy (PDF Format)

Deters, Ping Ph.D. Candidate, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE University of Toronto
Internationally Educated Teachers and Professors in Ontario: Strategies for the Successful Acquisition of Professional Language and Culture (PDF Format)

Kassam, Faiza Hirji Ph.D. Candidate, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Resistance is Futile? Diasporic Cinema and the Construction of Identity in Young Canadians of South Asian Origin (PDF Format)

Lai, Yvonne Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology, York University
Valles, Carmela Executive Director, New Canadians Centre, Peterborough (Community Partner)
A Study of Immigrants' Civic Engagement in Small Urban Communities: Benefits of and Barriers to Participation (PDF Format)

Maitra, Srabani Ph.D. Candidate, Adult Education and Community Development, OISE University of Toronto
Learning to Develop Negotiating Strategies: Labor Market Experiences of South Asian Immigrant Women as Home-based Entrepreneurs in Toronto (PDF Format)

Quirke, Lisa M.A. Candidate, Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University
Public Libraries Serving Newcomers to Canada: A Comparison of the Toronto and Windsor Public Libraries (PDF Format)

Su, Chang Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology, York University
Effects of Life Stress, Social Support and Cultural Norms on Parenting Styles among Chinese Immigrants' Mothers in Canada (PDF Format)

Vucetic, Maša M.A., Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University
Senior Immigrants from the Former Yugoslavia in Toronto: Access to Services and Community Connection (Full research paper, PDF Format)

Woltman, Kelly M.A. Candidate, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University
A Multilevel Analysis of Ethno-cultural Differences: Cervical Cancer Screening Among Recent Immigrant Women in the Toronto CMA (PDF Format)

Research Reports for CERIS Graduate Student Research Awards 2005:

Mah, Bonnie M.A., Immigration and Settlement Studies Program, Ryerson University
Ethnic Identity and Heritage Language Ability in Second Generation Canadians in Toronto and Ethnic Identity and Heritage Language Ability in Second Generation Canadians in Toronto: Major Research Paper (PDF Format)

Remy, Daniella M.Sc. Candidate, University of Guelph
How do Toronto's Immigrant Youth Feel Friendships Affect Adaptation: An Exploratory Study (PDF Format)

Viswanathan, Leela Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Struggles in Diversity: Negotiating Cross-Culturally in Urban Planning (PDF Format)

Young, Julie M.A., Immigration and Settlement Studies Program, Ryerson University
"This is My Life": Questions of Agency and Belonging among Youth Living with Less Than Full Status (PDF Format)

Research Reports for CERIS Graduate Student Research Awards 2004:

Goldberg, Michelle P. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Discourse and the (Re)production of Labour Market Inequality (PDF Format)

Mawani, Farah Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
Discrimination and Social Support: Links and Pathways to Depression in Women (PDF Format)

Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Education, Language, Culture and Teaching, York University
Lengua Latina: Latina Canadians Shaping Identity and Community Through Writing (PDF Format)
Please refer to http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual Library/EResources/Pendeltonpubpaper2005.pdf for the published paper (Lengua Latina: Latina-Canadians (Re)constructing identity through a 'community of practice') on this topic.

Sin, Rick MSW (McGill University), PhD (OISE/UT), RSW, School of Social Work, McMaster University
The Danger of Cross-Cultural Training - Reopening a Dossier with a Critical Lens (PDF Format)

Taraban, Svitlana PhD Candidate, Department of Education, York University
Professional Integration of Foreign-Trained Teachers in Ontario: Challenges and Opportunities (PDF Format)

Winter, Elke Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, York University
Canadian Multicultural Nation-building and Representations of Quebec in Toronto-Based Mainstream Media (PDF Format)

Zhuang, Zhixi Cecilia Ph.D. Candidate, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
Summary of Preliminary Findings: Retail Developments in East Chinatown and Gerrard India Bazaar (PDF Format)

Other Graduate Papers:

Pacheco, Debbie M.A., Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
Contested Belongings: Crowding the Portuguese-Speaking Diaspora in Canada (M.A. Thesis, PDF Format)

Scavello, Nino A. York University
Italian Population Piety and the North American Immigration Experience: A Postwar Comparative Analysis (PDF Format)

Walters, Jessica CERIS Researcher
Exploring Internationally Educated Professionals' Employability: An Ontario Service Provider's Perspective (PDF Format)


Updated December 14, 2007