Anyck Dauphin
Professor, Université du Québec en Outaouais
Anyck Dauphin is a professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais. She holds a PhD in economics with a specialization in international development, family and labour economics. She was involved in projects examining the experience of the Syrian refugee resettlement initiative in the Gatineau and Outaouais region, the role of neighbourhoods in shaping migrants’ resilience, and the practices of SMEs in integrating newly arrived workers. She also worked on the factors of attraction and retention of immigrant families in rural areas in the agricultural sector.
She has been the Director of undergraduate programs in social sciences at the University of Quebec in Outaouais for 5 years. Prior to her academic career, she was a Senior Program Officer with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, where she managed an international poverty research network, and a research professional with the Centre canadien d’étude et de coopération internationale (CECI) in Montreal.
Email : anyck.dauphin@uqo.ca
Luisa Veronis
Professor, Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa
Luisa Veronis is a social geographer concerned with questions of social and spatial inequality, the experiences of marginalized groups, and social justice in the city.
Among other things, Luisa has examined the innovative strategies that migrant groups initiate to lay claims to equal rights in and through urban space such as public parades (Environment and Planning A, 2006) and the building of ethnic places (Social and Cultural Geography, 2007). She is also interested in the role of the nonprofit sector in assisting immigrants in the settlement process. Her research seeks to unravel the implications of state restructuring and policies such as downloading and cutbacks in social services for immigrants’ participation in Canadian society (Environment and Planning D, 2009).
More recently, Luisa has been involved in a range of collaborative and interdisciplinary projects examining the experiences of minority groups in the transborder city of Ottawa-Gatineau, the influences of environmental conditions on international migration to Canada, and the production and consumption of multicultural media.
Email : lveronis@uottawa.ca
Patti Lenard
Professor, Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa
Patti Lenard is a Professor of Ethics in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. She is the author of Trust, Democracy and Multicultural Challenges (Penn State, 2012). Her work has been published in a range of journals, including the American Political Science Review, Political Studies, Ethics and International Affairs, Review of Politics, and Ethics and Global Politics.
Email : plenard@uottawa.ca
Christina Gabriel
Professor, Department of Political Science and the Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University
Christina Gabriel is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.
She is the co-author of Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity and Globalization (2002) and is a co-editor of Governing International Labour Migration: Current Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas (2008). She has contributed chapters and articles on issues such as migration, border control, transnational care labour and North American regional integration.
Christina Gabriel joined Carleton in 2002. She previously taught at York University, Toronto and Trent University, Peterborough. She also held a Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta, 1998-1999.
Email : christina.gabriel@carleton.ca
Brian Ray
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa
Brian Ray is an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa. Brian is a member of the Inter-University Research Centre of Montreal on Immigration, Integration, and Urban Dynamics (Immigration et métropoles) and he is pursuing several research projects that relate to the social and economic integration of immigrants in Ottawa, Toronto and Montréal. At the University of Ottawa, Brian is also a member of the Canadian Century Research Infrastructure team. Brian plays a crucial role in developing knowledge mobilization strategies for the Migration and Resilience in Urban Canada project to facilitate knowledge transfer between researchers and diverse audiences.
Email : bray@uottawa.ca
