Consult with a Metropolis BC Expert
Metropolis BC affiliates provide expertise and commentary to media on a range of research and policy issues related to migration, diversity and changing cities. Metropolis BC's main objective is to place in the public realm insight and information that will help balanced discussion on Canada's emerging immigration and migration policy issues.
To that end, the following Metropolis BC experts are working on important immigration and migration issues pertinent to Canadian and international print, TV, radio and online media. They are pleased to assist reporters on stories and features that may benefit from their areas of research and public policy expertise. Scroll down this page to find a Metropolis BC expert willing to speak to media on a range of related areas.
DOMAIN AREAS
Citizenship and Social, Cultural and Civic Integration
| Name: | Paul Bramadat |
| Title: | Centre for Studies in Religion and Society Director, Metropolis BC Domain Leader, Citizenship and Social, Cultural and Civic Integration |
| Dept, faculty: | Department of History, University of Victoria |
| Email: | bramadat@uvic.ca |
| Phone: | 250-721-6324 |
| Research interests: | Religion and diversity |
| Pertinent links: | web.uvic.ca/history/faculty/bramadat.html |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
| Name: | Doug Baer |
| Title: | Professor |
| Dept, faculty: | Department of Sociology, University of Victoria |
| Email: | baer@uvic.ca |
| Phone: | 250-721-7581 |
| Other languages: | French |
| Research interests: | Immigration, voluntary association involvement, political sociology, civil society, ethnic relations, social inequality |
| Pertinent links: | web.uvic.ca/~baer |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
Economic and Labour Market Integration
| Name: | David Jacks |
| Title: | Associate Professor, Metropolis BC Domain Leader, Economic and Labour Market Integration |
| Dept, faculty: | Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Simon Fraser University |
| Email: | dsjacks@gmail.com |
| Phone: | 778-898-6758 |
| Research interests: | Globalization, trade, immigration |
| Pertinent links: | www.sfu.ca/~djacks/ |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
| Name: | Krishna Pendakur |
| Title: | Professor of Economics, Co-Director of Metropolis British Columbia (MBC), Center of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity. |
| Dept, faculty: | Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Simon Fraser University |
| Email: | pendakur@sfu.ca |
| Phone: | 778-782-5501 |
| Research interests: | Measurement of wellbeing, poverty, discrimination and economic inequality, the estimation of consumer demand, semi-parametric and non-parametric econometrics |
| Pertinent links: | www.sfu.ca/~pendakur/ |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
| Name: | Carlos Teixeira |
| Title: | Associate Professor, Metropolis BC Domain Leader, Housing and Neighbourhoods |
| Dept, faculty: | Community, Culture, and Global Studies, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan |
| Email: | carlos.teixeira@ubc.ca |
| Phone: | 250-807-9313 |
| Other languages: | Portuguese and French |
| Research interests: | Urban and social geography with emphasis on migration processes, community formation, housing and neighbourhood change, ethnic entrepreneurship, the social structure of Canadian cities |
| Pertinent links: | web.ubc.ca/okanagan/ccgs/faculty/teixeira.html |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
| Name: | Leonie Sandercock |
| Title: | Professor |
| Dept, faculty: | School of Community & Regional Planning (SCARP), University of British Columbia |
| Email: | leonies@interchange.ubc.ca |
| Phone: | 604-822-0225 |
| Research interests: | Working with First Nations and intercultural dialogues and reconciliation strategies in non-metropolitan B.C. between First Nations and non-Native residents, multimedia for community engagement and policy dialogue, social integration of immigrants, importance of neighbourhood scale and institutions |
| Pertinent links: | www.scarp.ubc.ca/users/leonie-sandercock and Finding Our Way |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
Justice, Policing, and Security
| Name: | Benjamin Perrin |
| Title: | Associate Professor, Metropolis BC Domain Leader, Justice, Policing, and Security |
| Dept, faculty: | Faculty of Law, Faculty Fellow, Liu Institute for Global Issues, Faculty of Law |
| Email: | perrin@law.ubc.ca |
| Phone: | 604-822-1208 |
| Research interests: | Human trafficking, migrant smuggling, child sexual exploitation |
| Pertinent links: | faculty.law.ubc.ca/perrin |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
| Name: | Patricia Janssen |
| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Dept, faculty: | School of Population & Public Health, Faculty of Medicine |
| Email: | pjanssen@interchange.ubc.ca |
| Phone: | 604-875-2424 Ext. 5415 |
| Research interests: | Intimate partner violence, maternity care services for immigrant women, clinical trials, population health studies |
| Pertinent links: | Child & Family Research Institute, UBC School of Population and Public Health and Women in2 Healing |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
Settlement, Integration, and Welcoming Communities
| Name: | Julie Drolet |
| Title: | Assistant Professor & BSW Field Coordinator, Social Work, Education, Social and Human Development, Settlement, Integration, and Welcoming Communities, Metropolis BC Domain Leader, Settlement, Integration, and Welcoming Communities |
| Dept, faculty: | Thompson Rivers University |
| Email: | jdrolet@tru.ca |
| Phone: | 250-828-5258 |
| Other languages: | French |
| Research interests: | Settlement and integration, social services, global migration, international social work |
| Pertinent links: | kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=jdrolet |
| Last updated: | August 25, 2010 |
We rely on experts to contact Metropolis BC with any changes to their information. When the information on this page requires updating, please contact Linda Sheldon, Project Coordinator, Metropolis BC, SFU, Department of Economics at linda_sheldon@sfu.ca or by phone at (778) 782-4575.
