I am interested in working with students in the areas of  immigration, transnational networks, gendered migration and care, immigration to smaller centres, and Indo-Canadian relations.

Current students   

• Huzan Dordi (MA) India’s Diaspora as a channel for ‘soft power’

• Virpal Kataure (MA) The housing choices of second generation South-Asian Canadians in Brampton, Ontario

• Lualhati Marcelino (MA) The temporary migrant worker program in Canada

• Mohammad Moniruzzaman (PhD) Social impact of remittances in Bangladesh

• Sheri Adekola (PhD) Brain circulation and its impact in the case of Nigeria’s Health Care Workers

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Past students

• Qaseem Ludin (MA) “Multi-method Assessment of Newcomer Settlement Experiences in Kitchener-Waterloo.” 2007- 2008

• Jennifer Coles (MA) “How the formal education system in Kenya is changing the culture of the Maasai community”, 2005-2008.

• Jillian Paul (MA) “Tackling the issue of access: Situating place within immigrant women’s experience of health and health care.” 2002-2004.

• Regan Suzuki (MA) “Social capital and the significance of pre-migration context among Burmese refugee communities in Canada.” 2002-2004.

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