Lori Wilkinson

Degrees:

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Alberta, 2001

M.A., University of Saskatchewan, 1996

B.A., University of Saskatchewan, 1994


Academic Positions Held:
      •  Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba                 April 2012 to present
      •  Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba                        Sept 2011 to present
      •  Editor, Journal of International Migration and Integration                       Jan 2013 to pressent
      •  Acting Editor, Journal of Canadian Ethnic Studies                                Jan 2012 to Dec 2012
      •  Associate Department Head/Director Undergraduate Students,
          Department of Sociology                                                                       July 2006 - June 2009
      •  Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Universityof Manitoba  Apr 2006 to Mar 2012
      •  Visiting Research Fellow, Refugee Studies Centre, 
          The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK                                                     January to May 2004
      •  Assistant Professor                                                                                 Jan 2001 to Mar 2006
      •  Sessional Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta      1998 to 1999
      •  Teaching Assistant, Deartment of Sociology, Univertsity of Alberta       1998 to 1999
      •  Sessional Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of 
          Saskatchewan                                                                                         Summer 1998
      •  Research Assstant, Prairie Metropolis Centre of Excellence for
          Research on Immigration and Integration, University of Alberta             Sept 1996 to 2000  

 

Courses Currently Taught:

Ethnic Relations (SOC 2370); Canadian Society and Culture (SOC 2320); Introduction to Research Methods (SOC 2290); Survey Research Methods (SOC 7390); Seminar in Intergroup Relations-Immigration and Refugee Studies (SOC 7310); Education, Human Rights and Social Justice in a Multicultural Society (SOC 3460/7250).

Areas of Specialization:

My research agenda focuses on the integration of newcomers. My latest projects have examined the long-term labour market trajectories of those arriving to Canada as children or teens. The rationale is that although we know much about the arrival experiences of adults in the labour market, very little is known about long-term labour market outcomes among those who have had some exposure to the Canadian education system. Other areas of interest include the health outcomes of newcomer children and youth and labour market transitions of immigrant women. I have good statistical and qualitative training and have provided assistance with a variety of projects including a study of the non-fracture needs of hospitalized Winnipeggers, bullying and small-scale studies involving the lifecourse of Aboriginal Peoples.

Key words: race and ethnic relations, immigration and refugee studies, citizenship, youth and school-to-work transitions, integration, and research methods.

Current Research Projects & Funding (2005 to present):

The Western Consortium on Integration, Citizenship and Cohesion. Lori Wilkinson (PI) Citizenship and Immigration Canada. $900,000 (December 2013 to March 2016).

An Overview of Economic and Immigration Research in Canada. Lori Wilkinson (PI) and Jill Bucklaschuk. Statistics Canada Research Data Centre. $10,000 (2012)

Immigrant Health Atlas (2011-2014). Randy Fransoo (PI) and Lori Wilkinson. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy Research.

The Non-Fracture Needs of Fracture Patients. Ted Tufescu (PI), Carolyn Schnider and Lori Wilkinson. Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg. (2012-14).

The Long-term Labour Market Experiences of Newcomer Youth in Canada. Lori Wilkinson (PI) SSHRC Standard Research Grant. $67,059 (June 2011 to December 2012).

    • GETS Program Funding. Lori Wilkinson (PI), funds provided by Faculty of Graduate Studies to assist in providing research support for graduate students $8,571.43 (June 2011 to May 2012).

Disseminating Statistical Research on Immigration in Canada. Lori Wilkinson. Prairie Metropolis Centre of Excellence for Research. Grant: $4880.75 (June 2010 to June 2011).

Becoming Canadian: Interrogating the Everyday Practice of Integration of New Generation Youth. Lori Wilkinson. SSHRC Partnership Short-term GRF Funding (University of Manitoba). Grant: $4400 (December 2010 to March 2011).

Protective and Risk Factors Influencing Victimization from Bullying among Immigrant Youth in the Prairies. Lori Wilkinson (PI), John Anchan (Learning, Research and Technology University of Winnipeg), and Esther Blum (ret. Social Work University of Manitoba). Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism: Welcoming Communities Manitoba Grant: $6,210 (October-March 2010).

The Labour Market Transitions of Newly Arrived Immigrant Youth: A Tri-Provincial Study. Lori Wilkinson (PI), Miu Yan (Social Work University of British Columbia), Sean Lauer (Sociology, University of British Columbia), Rick Sin (Social Work Mc Master University) and Ka Tat Tsang (Social Work, University of Toronto). SSHRC/Metropolis Immigration and the Metropolis Strategic Research Grant $122,588 (March 2008-March 2010).

    • Faculty of Arts Proposal Development Fund, Lori Wilkinson, PI. University of Manitoba: funding is used to prepare a SSHRC/CURA letter of intent to advance this project further, $1000 (June 2009-March 2010).

I-Clicker Technology in the Classroom Susan Prentice and Lori Wilkinson co-investigators. Learning Technologies Centre, University of Manitoba (September –April 2008-09).

Czech Republic Project Lori Wilkinson, Lance Roberts and Andrew Woolford co-investigators. Federal Government of the Czech Republic (Ambassador to Canada) and the University of Manitoba (VP International Relations), ~$13,000 for expenses and research (2006-07).

The Labour Market Experiences of Immigrant, 1.5 Generation and Second-Generation Immigrant Youth in Canada Lori Wilkinson (PI) Prairie Metropolis Project, $11,500 (2007-08).

The Effects of Gender, Race and Occupational Structure on the Earnings of Immigrant Women Lori Wilkinson PI. Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration: $11,000 (2005-06).

Best Practices for Working with War Affected Youth Lori Wilkinson PI. Winnipeg Foundation: $4,676 (2005-07).

Negotiating Difference: Identity Formation as Social Capital among Canadian Youth Yvonne Hébert PI (University of Calgary), Lori Wilkinson, and Mehru Ali (Ryerson University) SSHRC: $183,000 (2003-2008).

Negotiating Differences and Democracy: Identity Formation as Social Capital among Canadian Youth Yvonne Hébert (University of Calgary, PI), Lori Wilkinson (co-investigator), and Mehrunissa Ali (Ryerson University), SSHRC $183,000 (2003-08).

New Canadian Children and Youth Study (2000-2009) Principal Investigator, Morley Beiser, University of Toronto; Co-investigators in Winnipeg: John Anchan (Education, University of Winnipeg), Esther Blum, Lori Wilkinson (note assumed the position of Winnipeg PI from 2005 to the closure of the project) and Shiva Halli (University of Manitoba). Major Funders include: Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Alberta Foundation for Medical Research, Justice Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Health Canada. Total grants received to date as of January 2005: $4.5 million (nationally). Grants include, but are not limited to:

    • Canadian Institutes for Health Research (2006) Resource grant, shared nationally $150,000
    • Canadian Institutes for Health Research (2005-09) $1.38 million, shared nationally
    • Department of Labour and Immigration, Province of Manitoba (2003): $10,500
    • Kali Shiva and Health Canada (2003): $14,600
    • Winnipeg Foundation Post-Secondary Research Grants Program (2003): $7,500
    • Canadian Heritage (2001): $11,500
    • Justice Canada (2001): $11,000
    • Canadian Heritage (2006): $50,000 (held jointly with John Anchan)
    • Canadian Institutes for Health Research (2000-04) $900,000, shared nationally

Ethnicity, Civil Society, and Public Policy (2007) Lori Wilkinson and John Lehr, Glyn Berry Global Peace and Security Fund (inaugural winner), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, to fund the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association 19th Biennial Conference, Winnipeg, September 27-29th. Grant Received: $23,655.

Ethnicity, Civil Society & Public Policy: Engaging Cultures in a Globalizing World (2007) John Lehr and Lori Wilkinson, Canadian International Development Agency, to fund the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association 19th Biennial Conference and a special issue of the Journal of Canadian Ethnic Studies, Winnipeg, September 27-29th. Grant received: $25,000.

Ethnicity, Civil Society & Public Policy: Engaging Cultures in a Globalizing World (2007) Lori Wilkinson, University of Manitoba (VP Academic, Faculty of Arts, Department of Sociology), to fund the 19th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Winnipeg, September 27-29th. Grant received: $2,200.


Selected Recent Publications: Refereed Journal Articles

•    Wilkinson, Lori, Janine Bramadat, Rachell Dolynchuk and Zöe T. St. Aubin (2013)
     “Are Canadian-trained PhDs Disadvantaged in the Canadian  Academic Labour
     Market? A Research Note” Canadian Review of Sociology

•   Wilkinson, Lori (2013) “Developing and Testing a Generalizable Model of Immigrant Integration” Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études Ethniques au Canada Journal 45(3):

•   Lauer, Sean, Lori Wilkinson, Miu Chung Yan, Rick Sin and A. Ka Tat Tsang (2012) Immigrant youth and employment: Lessons learned from the analysis of LSIC and 82 lived stories” Journal of International Migration and Integration 13(1):1-19.

•    Hébert, Yvonne, Mehrunnisa Ali, Lori Wilkinson and Temitope Oriola (forthcoming 2009) “New Modes of Becoming in Transcultural Glocal Spaces: Second Generation Youth in Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto” Canadian Ethnic Studies 40(3).

•   Wilkinson, Lori (2008) “Labour Market Transitions of Immigrant-born, Refugee-born, and      Canadian-born Youth” Canadian Review of Sociology Volume 45(2): 151-176.

•     Hébert, Yvonne, Lori Wilkinson and Mehrunissa Ali (2008) “Second Generation Youth in
Canada, their Mobilities and Identification: Relevance to Citizenship Education” Brock Journal of Education 17(1): 50-70.
                   •    Also appears as a book chapter: Michael O’Sullivan and Karen Pashby,
                        editors (2008) Citizenship Education in the Era of Globalization:
                        Canadian Perspectives. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

•    Wilkinson, Lori, Tracey Peter and Renuka Chaturvedi (2006) “The Short-, Medium-, and
Long-Term Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrant Women: Canada and the United States Compared” Journal of International Migration and Integration 6(3).

•    Wilkinson, Lori (2005) “Immigration, Transnationalism and Citizenship” Canadian and International Journal of Education 34(1): 68-77.

•    Wilkinson, Lori (2003) “Advancing a Perspective on the Intersections of Diversity: Challenges for Research and Social Policy” Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études Ethniques au Canada 35(3): 26-38.

 

•    Wilkinson, Lori (2003) “Six nouvelles tendances de la recherche sur le racisme et l’inégalité au Canada” Les Cahiers de recherche sociologique 39: 109-140. (English translation available upon request)

 

•    Wilkinson, Lori (2002) “Factors Influencing the Academic Attainment of Refugee Youth in Canada” Journal of Youth Studies 5(2): 173-193.

 

•    Krahn, Harvey, Tracey Derwing, Marlene Mulder, and Lori Wilkinson (2000) “Educated and Underemployed: Refugee Experiences in the Alberta Labour Market” Journal of International Migration and Integration 1(1): 59-84.

Selected Recent Publications: Book Chapters

•    Wilkinson, Lori, Yvonne Hébert and Mehrunissa Ali (2012) “Examining Youth’s Perceptions of Safety, Fear, Inclusion and Exclusion in a Canadian City” in Adolescent Behavior. Cherylynn Bassani, ed. Hauppauge NY: Nova Science Publishers (page numbers TBD)

•    Wilkinson, Lori (2009) “Approaching Intersection: Individual Lives, Multiple Inequalities” pp. 76-88 in Racism, Identity and Justice: Dialogue on the Politics of Inequality and Change. Sean Hier, Daniel Lett and B. Singh Bolaria, eds. Halifax: Fernwood.

•    Wilkinson, Lori (2009) “Are Human Rights Jeopardized in 21st Century Canada? A
      Sociological Examination of Immigration Policies Post- 9/11” Between Terrorism and
     Human Rights Sandra Rollings-Magnuson, ed. Halifax: Fernwood Press.

•    Hébert, Yvonne and Lori A. Wilkinson (2006) “The Values Debate, Citizenship Policy and Education:  Towards An Analytic Framework” pp. 31-41 in Troubling the Canon of Citizenship. Education George Richardson & Blades, eds. New York: Peter Lang Publishers.

•    Hébert, Yvonne and Lori Wilkinson (2003) “The Citizenship Debates: Conceptual, Policy, Experiential and Educational Issues” pp. 3-36 in Citizenship in Transformation in Canada. Yvonne Hébert, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

•    Wilkinson, Lori (2002) “Mainstream Adaptation or Underclass Absorption? The Integration Experiences of Refugee Youth in Canada.” in pp. 143-159 in Exploring Cultural Perspectives: Integration and Globalization. Annette Richardson, Michael Wyness and E. Alice Halvorsen, eds. Edmonton: International Cultural Research Network Press.

•    Hébert, Yvonne and Lori Wilkinson (2001) “Values for Pluralistic Democratic Societies” pp. 59-74 in Towards Active Citizenship: Connecting Young Citizens Across Europe and the World. Mireia Montané and Yves Beernaert, eds. Barcelona and Brussels: European Parliament and DG Education and Culture of the European Commission. Spanish Translation available.

Graduate Student Supervision

•    Shawn Baker, MA Thesis (Sociology), Educational Attainment and Economic Returns: A Comparative analysis of foreign- and native-born Canadians in First-, Second- and Third-tier cities, completed January 2011.

•    Janine Bramadat, The Role of Canadian Laws and Policies in Intimate Partner Violence against Newcomer Women, MA Thesis (Sociology) in progress.

•    Jill Bucklaschuk, You can stay, you must go: The experiences of low-skill temporary migrants and their options for permanent resident status in Canada, PhD Dissertation (Sociology) in progress.

•    Ana Raluca Buzdugan, MA Thesis (Sociology), The Influence of Foreign-Acquired Education on Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Canada, completed December 2006.

•    Renuka Chaturvedi, MA Thesis (Sociology), An Examination of Social Capital among Filipino Immigrants in Winnipeg, completed April 2005.

•    Palak Dhiman, Multiculturalism and Identity Formation of Second Generation Canadian Women of South Asian Origin through Indian Classical Dance MA Thesis (Sociology), completed August 2013.

•    Rachel Dolnychuk, MA thesis (Sociology), Canada’s Aging Population: Does Immigrant Status Matter? Completed December 2012

•    Tina Fehr Kehler, MA Thesis (Sociology), Dietsche Mennonite Women in Manitoba, completed May 2006.

•    Alison Kalischuk, MA Thesis (Sociology), Social Capital, A Good Concept Gone Bad? in progress.

•    Bong-Hwan Kim, PhD Dissertation (Interdisciplinary), The Integration Experiences of Korean Canadians: The Effects of Social Capital, completed January 2013.

•    Suzanne Latchmin, Honours Thesis (Sociology), A Comparison of Anti-Terrorism Laws in Canada and the US, completed April 2009

•    Carly Liebrecht, MA Thesis (Sociology), The Educational Attainment of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, completed May 2009.

•    Swati Mandal, MA Thesis (Sociology), The Settlement Intentions of International Students in Manitoba, completed: December 2009

•    Kaeleigh Schroeder, Honours Thesis (Sociology), The Hérouxville Controversy: Democratic Racism in Canada, completed April 2008.

•    Jasmine Thomas, MA Thesis (Sociology), Immigrant Serving Organizations and the School-to-Work Transitions of Newcomer Youth in Winnipeg, completed August 2009.

Honour’s Thesis Supervision

•    Wendy Aujla, Honours thesis (Sociology) A Media Analysis of Domestic Violence and
      Immigrant Women in Canada, completed April 2009.

•    Jennifer Dengate, Honours Thesis (Sociology), The Mental Health Experiences of Women in
     Canada, completed April 2008.

•    Julie Foucreault, Pre-Master’s Thesis (Sociology),  Afghanistan and Columbia's Drug
      Cultivation Epidemic: Structural Commonalities as Cause, completed April 2006.

•    Scott Jarosiewicz, Honours paper (Global Political Economy) A Comparison of the Labour
Market outcomes of Refugees in Canada and Sweden, completed April 2013.

•    Suzanne Latchmin, Honours Thesis (Sociology), A Comparison of Anti-Terrorism Laws in
     Canada and the US, completed April 2009.

•    Lualhati Marcelino, Honours Thesis (Sociology), The Feminization of Migrant Caregiving
     Labour in Canada: A Comparative Analysis of the Barriers and Vulnerabilities Faced by
     Filipina Nurses and Live-in Caregivers, completed April 2010.

•    Kaeleigh Schroeder, Honours Thesis (Sociology), The Hérouxville Controversy: Democratic
     Racism in Canada, completed April 2008.

•    Elizabeth Shin, Field Placement (Sociology) The Effect of Racism on Driving while Black and
Flying while Arab in Canada, completed April 2013.

•    Jasmine Thomas, Honours Thesis (Sociology), Effects of Grade Placement on the Academic Achievements of Immigrant Youth in Canada, completed April 2007.