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

 


Research Reports for CERIS Graduate Student Research Awards 2008:

     D'Addario, Silvia Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Geography, York University
Finding a Home in the Suburbs: Immigration, Gender and Home-Work Relations in the Toronto CMA (PDF Format)


     Gonsalves, Michelle
M.A. Candidate, Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph
The Process of Acculturation for South Asian Immigrant Youth (PDF Format)


     Hogan, Kelly
Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Political Science, Carleton University
The Role of Regulatory Authorities in Credential Recognition and Workplace Integration Programs for Internationally Educated Health Professionals  (PDF Format)


     Kaida, Lisa
  Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Sociology, University of Toronto
Pathways to Successful Economic Integration: Exits from Poverty among Recent Immigrants to Canada (PDF Format)


     Lai, Yvonne
  Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Psychology, York University
Empowering Immigrants to Engage in Social Change - Methods, Processes and Outcomes (PDF Format)


     Liladrie, Sirena
M.A. Candidate, Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University
Do Not Disturb/Please Clean Room: The Invisible Work and Real Pain of Hotel Housekeepers in the GTA (PDF Format)


     Quirke, Lisa
  Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
The Settlement Experiences of Refugee Youth from Afghanistan (PDF Format)


     Wang, Lurong
Ph.D. Candidate. Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology,
     University of Toronto
Immigration, Literacy, and Integration: An Ethnography of Recent Chinese Immigrants' Literacy Practices in their Integration Trajectories in Ontario
(PDF Format)

 

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 M.A. 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)


Phillips, A. Dahlia Honors BA York University, and M.A. Candidate, Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University. Lost in Translation? Coverage of the Federal Election Campaign in Selected Ethnic Press in the Greater Toronto Area (PDF Format). A Major Research Paper presented to Ryerson University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the program of Immigration and Settlement Studies.


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)


Slade, Bonnie Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, York University
The Social Organization of Volunteer Work in Toronto for Immigrants Seeking "Canadian Work Experience" (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)

 

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