Event Title
Suffer the Little Children: 21st Century Challenges for the Offspring of Immigrants
Panel Topic
Sociocultural Aspects of North American Migration: Immigrants and the Native Born
Start Date
30-4-2011 1:00 PM
End Date
30-4-2011 2:30 PM
Description
Bio:
Trained as a demographer and sociologist, Dr. Boyd has written numerous articles, books and monographs on the changing family, gender inequality, international migration (with foci on policy, on immigrant integration and on immigrant women) and ethnic stratification. Her present research focuses on immigrant offspring including the 1.5 and 2nd generations, immigrant language skills, the migration of high skilled labor and immigrant re-accreditation difficulties. Past presidents of the Canadian Sociological Association, the Canadian Population Society, and the Academy of Social Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada, Dr. Boyd currently is the Chair of the International Migration section of the American Sociological Association.
Suffer the Little Children: 21st Century Challenges for the Offspring of Immigrants
Sociocultural Aspects of North American Migration: Immigrants and the Native Born
Bio:
Trained as a demographer and sociologist, Dr. Boyd has written numerous articles, books and monographs on the changing family, gender inequality, international migration (with foci on policy, on immigrant integration and on immigrant women) and ethnic stratification. Her present research focuses on immigrant offspring including the 1.5 and 2nd generations, immigrant language skills, the migration of high skilled labor and immigrant re-accreditation difficulties. Past presidents of the Canadian Sociological Association, the Canadian Population Society, and the Academy of Social Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada, Dr. Boyd currently is the Chair of the International Migration section of the American Sociological Association.