This Roundtable brings together contributors to a current project that focuses on analyzing the racialized, gendered, classed and sexualized dimensions of what constitutes Canada. With a sustained intersectional, interdisciplinary approach that sees inherent contradictions in [...]
how healing and illness is related to social structures, social processes and the social determinants of health. As well as the political, social and economic circumstances that shape the experiences of those involved Session Organizer: [...]
Recently, federal government policies regarding international migration changed in three fundamental areas: a) in provincial allocations of settlement funding with shifts away from Ontario towards Prairie provinces and British Columbia; b) in the immigration policy [...]
A convict’s life in a total institution is consumed with regimented boredom and periodic moments of explosive violence; sensory and social deprivation and punitive interventions. This begs the questions: How then do these men and [...]
This session invites papers on various forms of transnational engagement with countries of origin. These forms may include: socio-cultural linkage, entrepreneurship, political engagement, peace building, spiritual/religious activities, periodical visits, familial engagement, involvement in regional associations, [...]