News & Events

May 3, 2012

RYERSON UNIVERSITY EXPERTS OFFER EXPERTISE ON IMMIGRATION, MULTICULTURALISM ISSUES IN CANADA

IMMIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT

Immigration policy in Canada
Immigration and settlement of newcomers to Canada
Race relations
Usha George
Dean and Professor
Faculty of Community Services
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6119
ugeorge@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/fcs

Labour market experiences of new immigrants
Immigration debates in Canada and Germany
Harold Bauder
Director, Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6904
hbauder@ryerson.ca
www.geography.ryerson.ca/hbauder

Ethnic neighbourhoods, social cohesion, immigrants' economic integration
Impact of ethnicity, religion and multiculturalism on public policies
Sandeep Kumar Agrawal
Associate Professor
School of Urban and Regional Planning
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6767
sagrawal@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/surp/faculty_staff/bios/agrawal.html

South Asian groups in greater Toronto area
International migration, transnationalism and ethnic neighbourhoods 
Sutama Ghosh
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7240
Alt: 416-514-1481
sutama@geography.ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/geography/faculty/ghosh.html

Engaging immigrant families with children in early years
Judith Bernhard
Associate Professor
School of Early Childhood Education
Office: 416-979-5000 x7647
bernhard@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/ece/faculty_staff/fulltime/bernhard_judith.html

ECONOMY

Diversity in the workplace/organizations
Gender and race/ethnicity and earnings
Margaret Yap
Director, Diversity Institute in Management and Technology
Assistant Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7533
myap@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/diversity/who/#yap

Ethnic labour workforce
Rupa Banarjee
Assistant Professor
Ted Rogers School of Management
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6733
banerjee@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/bm/faculty/directory/bios/banerjee.html

MEDIA

Media's portrayal of ethnic groups
Diversity in news rooms
John Miller
Professor Emeritus
School of Journalism
Office: 905-885-5553
jmiller@ryerson.ca

POLITICS

Multiculturalism, ethnicity and nationalism
Tariq Amin-Khan
Assistant Professor
Department of Politics and Public Administration
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6169
takhan@politics.ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/politics/facultyandstaff.html#faculty

Ethnic voting patterns in Toronto neighbourhoods
Immigration policy in Canada
Diversity in Canada
Myer Siemiatycki
Professor
Department of Politics and Public Administration
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6293
Alt: 416-638-8963
msiemiatycki@politics.ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/politics/facultyandstaff.html#faculty
Other languages: French

FAMILY LIFE/ HEALTH/ WELL-BEING

Immigrant families and intergenerational relations
Immigrant adolescents
Teen-parent relationships in Iranian and Tamil communities in Toronto
Needs of immigrant children in Canada
Vappu Tyyska
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Director, Graduate Program in Immigrant and Settlement Studies, Canada's first graduate program dedicated to studying immigration policy, services and experience
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6208
vtyyska@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/sociology/faculty/tyyskav.html
www.ryerson.ca/graduate/programs/immigration

Immigrant children, youth and families
Mehrunnisa Ali
Associate Professor
School of Early Childhood Education
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6330
maali@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/ece/faculty_staff/fulltime/ali_mehrunnisa.html

Health, well-being of immigrant children and youth in Canada
Mental health of Tamils living in Toronto
Settlement issues newcomers face in Canada
Morton Beiser
Professor of Distinction
Department of Psychology
Office: 416-979-5000 x 2267
mbeiser@psych.ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/psychology/faculty/beiser

Immigrant settlement, access to social and health services for newcomers
June Yee
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6224
j2yee@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/socialwork/faculty/bios/yee.html

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Suelan Toye
Public Affairs
Ryerson University
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7161
stoye@ryerson.ca
@RyersonNews