Professor C茅line Le Bourdais was appointed to the newly established . This council will provide the Minister and the Chief Statistician of Canada with impartial and independent advice on matters concerning the overall quality of Canada鈥檚 national statistical system, in line with the principles entrenched in Canada鈥檚 Digital Charter.
PhD Candidate in Sociology with a specialization in Population and Health Dynamics, Ian Van Haren, was one of 6 winners of the聽 His essay was titled "Global Gender Inequalities and Economic Migration to Canada, 2003-2013".
Professor Axel van den Berg was awarded a 2019 honorary doctorate by the University of Stockholm for his work on comparative labour market and social policy and his contributions to contemporary debates in sociological theory. For more details see this .
Professor Celine Le Bourdais has been honored as a 鈥渨orld-renowned demographer鈥 whose research contributed greatly to the study of changing family law and family policy, both in Quebec and in Canada (.
Jan Doering and Efe Peker publish an op-ed in the Toronto Star entitled
笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Morton Weinfeld has been involved with Statistics Canada in a review and evaluation of the national census and other questions used to measure Canadian diversity, notably language, ethnic origin, religion, and visible minority status. As part of this process, Statistics Canada will be holding large public consultations in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. The consultation meetings will involve academics, various community representatives,聽 members of the public,聽 and government officials at various levels.
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Professor Zoua Vang gave a March 4, 2019 workshop entitled 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Making Us Sick? Race, discrimination and the deterioration of immigrants鈥 health advantage鈥 at the University of Minnesota, co-sponsored by the Asian Economic Development Association and the Department of Sociology, U of MN.
Professor Zoua Vang presented 鈥淏arriers of systemic discrimination in health and social services for visible minorities, immigrants and Indigenous populations鈥 at the Center of Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR)鈥檚 Forum on Systemic Discrimination or Bad Service? Effective Strategies to Challenge Systemic Barriers in Public and Private Services on March 16, 2019.
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Professor Zoua Vang鈥檚 CIHR-funded longitudinal study with Nunavik Inuit communities was featured in The 苹果淫院 Reporter as part of International Women鈥檚 Day.
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