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Family Children and Youth

Immigration is a decision that is often taken not simply by an individual but by families.

	Metropolis Liaison:
	TBD
	Priority Leader:
	Anita Gagnon McGill University Anita.gagnon@mcgill.ca
	Domain Leaders:
	Anna Kirova University of Alberta anna.kirova@ualberta.ca
	Francis Hare Ryerson University francis.hare@ryerson.ca
	Fasal Kanouté Université de Montréal fasal.kanoute@umontreal.ca
	** Evangelia Tastsoglou, Saint Mary's University evie.tastsoglou@smu.ca
	** Alexandra Dobrowolsky Saint Mary's University adobrowolsky@smu.ca

	** The Atlantic Metropolis Centre's Gender, Migration and Diversity/ Immigrant Women Research Domain will be focusing their research on the themes within the Family, Children and Youth Policy-Research Priority Area for Phase III

Madine VanderPlaat Integration Outcomes for Immigrant Women in Canada: A Review of the Literature 2000-2007.
working_paper.pdf

Harvey Krahn and Alison Taylor. Resilient Teenagers: Explaining the High Educational Aspirations of Visible Minority Immigrant Youth in Canada.
working_paper.pdf

Jagjeet Kaur Gill. Exploring Issues of Identity among Punjabi-Sikh Youth in Toronto.

working_paper.pdf

Global Migration and Education: School, Children and Families
“This book could easily be included in the reading lists for university courses such as a comparative education, educational policy, and immigrant education, and could be a useful resource for teacher education, professionalworkshops, and policy makers.”
—Zvi Bekerman, Hebrew University
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Memorandum of understanding

Priority overview & research questions

Research report
Lori Wilkinson of the University of Manitoba presented research findings on the school to work transition of newcomer youth that were a result of a research grant awarded from the first cycle of the National Metropolis Research Competition
Complete document,
Presentation

Last updated: January 18, 2011