Thursday, November 21st, 2013 National models and public receptivity to Muslim migrants in Europe and North America

DateTimeLocation
Thursday, November 21, 20132:00PM - 4:00PMSeminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place

Description

Jeffrey G. Reitz (Ph.D., FRSC) is the R.F. Harney Professor and Director of the Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies Program at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, and Professor and former Chair in the University’s Department of Sociology. He has published extensively on immigration and inter-group relations, emphasizing the case of Canada in comparative perspective. During 2012-2014 he is conducting a comparative study of the integration of Muslim immigrants in France, Quebec, and Canada, and is a Marie Curie International Fellow at l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Prof. Reitz’ most recent book is Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity (Springer 2009). Recent journal articles include “Race, Religion, and the Social Integration of Canada’s New Immigrant Minorities,” (International Migration Review 2009), “Comparisons of the Success of Racial Minority Immigrant Offspring in the United States, Canada and Australia” (Social Science Research 2011), “The Distinctiveness of Canadian Immigration Experience” (Patterns of Prejudice 2012), and “Immigrant Skill Utilization: Trends and Policy Issues” (Journal of International Migration and Integration 2013).


Speakers

Jeffrey Reitz
Department of Sociology and Collaborative Graduate Program in Ethnic and Pluralism Studies, University of Toronto


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