|
Government
and Related Appointments
|
| 1986-2008 |
Member,
National Statistics Council, Advisory Board to the Chief
Statistician of Canada (appointment made by the Minister
of Industry). |
| 2002-2005 |
National
Statistics Council (Statistics Canada) Subcommittee
on Statistics Canada-University Relations. At the invitations
of the Chair and of the Assistant Chief Statistician
and Secretary, NSC. |
| 2002 |
Member,
National Statistics Council (Statistics Canada) Subcommittee
on the Impact of September 11. At the invitations of
the Chair and of the Assistant Chief Statistician and
Secretary, NSC. |
| 2000-2004 |
Member,
Advisory Committee for the Ethnic Diversity Survey.
At the invitation of the Deputy Minister, Heritage Canada
and the Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada |
| 1994-1998 |
Chair, Advisory
Group on the 1991 Census Monograph Series, Statistics
Canada. |
| 1994 |
Member,
Advisory Group on "Immigrants in Cities" research
project, |
| 1994 |
Citizenship
and Immigration, Strategic Planning and Research. |
| 1994 |
Member,
Issue 10 (Building a Common Database on Immigration
Data) Immigration Consultation Working Group (1994 Public
Consultations) struck by Citizenship and Immigration,
Strategic Planning and Research. |
| 1992 |
Member,
Academic Advisory Panel on the Social and Cultural Impacts
of Integration. Employment and Immigration, Strategic
Planning and Research. |
| 1990 -1997 |
Member,
Advisory Committee on Social Conditions, Statistics
Canada. |
| |
| Professional
Association Committee Activities |
| 2000 |
Member, Thomas
and Znaniecki Award Committee, International Migration
Section, American Sociological Association (new committee
struck each year). |
| 1999 |
Member, Thomas and Znaniecki
Award Committee, International Migration Section, American
Sociological Association |
| 1994-1996 |
Co-chair, Working Group
on International Migration, Population Association of
America |
| 1991-1994 |
Member, Canada National
Organizing Corporation, 1993 IUSSP meetings |
| 1990-1993 |
Member, Steering Committee
of the 1993 IUSSP meetings |
| 1990-1993 |
Member, International
Organizing Committee for the IUSSP meeting, 1993 |
| 1990-1992 |
Member, Women's Issues
Network, Social Science Federation of Canada |
| |
| Editorial
Boards |
| 1999
- Present |
Journal
of International Migration and Integration |
| 1995-2000 |
Current
Sociology (journal of the International Sociological
Assoc.) |
| 1990-1996 |
Social Science
Quarterly |
| 1989-1996 |
Canadian
Journal of Sociology |
| 1986 - Present |
Canadian
Studies in Population |
| 1976 - Present |
International
Migration Review |
| |
| Elected
Executive Professional Boards |
| 2008 - 2009 |
President, Academy II
(Social Sciences), Royal Society of Canada,
Canada’s National Academy |
| 2008 - 2009 |
President, Canadian Sociological
Association |
| 2007 - 2008 |
President Elect, Canadian
Sociological Association |
| 2000 - 2002 |
Board of Directors, Population
Association of America |
| 1990 -1992 |
Past President, Canadian
Population Society, ex officio member of the executive
council |
| 1988 - 1990 |
President, Canadian Population
Society |
| 1986 - 1988 |
Vice President, Canadian
Population Society |
| 1982 - 1984 |
Officer of the Board,
Research Committee on Migration, International Sociological
Association |
| 1980 - 1982 |
Board of Directors, Population
Association of America |
| 1980 - 1982 |
Population Section Council
Member, American Sociological Association |
| 1978 - 1982 |
Councilor, Canadian Population
Society |
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| Membership,
Boards of Directors, Review and Advisory Committees
and Other Academic Honours/Activities not elsewhere
stated, 1990s+ |
| 2007 - 2010 |
2007-2010
Member, Management Board, Center of Excellence for Research
on Immigration and Settlement - Toronto (CERIS). At
the invitation of the Vice President of Research and
Vice-Provost, University of Toronto. |
| 2006 - current |
Member,
Leadership Group, Population Change and Public Policy.
This is part of the larger SSHRC funded Population Change
and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster. |
| 2005 - 2007
|
Chair, Division
I (English Social Sciences), Academy II, Royal Society
of
Canada (Canada’s National Academy). Responsibilities
include serving on the executive of Academy II, chairing
the selection committee for Division I, and vetting
some 60+ annual submissions for a limited number of
nominations to be elected into Division I. |
| 2006 - present |
Race and
Gender Section, Canadian Labour Research Cluster, funded
by
SSHRC as part of their Strategic Research Grant Competition.
By invitation from Canadian Labour Market and Skills
Researcher Network. Responsiblities include vetting
research proposals for funding in those areas. |
| 2006 |
Member,
Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (MAC 4), New Initiatives
Fund, Canada Foundation for Innovation.
(This is a 12 person committee that meets for two days
to make final recommendations on a pool of grant applications
seeking infrastructure fundings, primarily although
not exclusively, in the sciences to the sum of $325
million per year. The Canada Foundation for Innovation
(CFI) is an independent corporation created by the Government
of Canada to fund research infrastructure, dispensing
3.65 billion since 1997).
|
| 2005 -2007 |
Director,
Division I (English Social Sciences), Academy II, Royal
Society of Canada (Canada's National Academy). |
| 2006 - Present |
Member,
Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network. |
| 2005
- Present |
Member,
Advisory Board, Social and Economic Dimensions of an
Aging Population, (SEDAP). Multi-million dollar SSHRC
grant, Byron Spencer and others. |
| 2005
- Present |
Member,
Leadership group, Population Change and Public Policy
Cluster, SSHRC solicitation. |
| 2005 - 2008
|
Affiliated
Member, Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration
and Settlement- Toronto (CERIS) |
| 2004 |
Member,
Review and Assessment Committee for the proposed bachelors'
degree in Sociology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
March, 2004. |
| 2003 - Present |
Member,
Board of Directors, Social Research and Demonstration
Corporation, Ottawa. SRDC is a non-profit social policy
research organization that designs, implements, operates,
and evaluates large-scale, long-term demonstration projects. |
| 1999 - Present |
Research
Associate, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies,
University of California, San Diego. |
| 1992
-1994 |
National
Member (by invitation) Centre for Refugee Studies, York
University, North York, Ontario. |
| 1993- Present |
Honorary
Trustee of the Institute for Society and Humanity, University
of Saskatchewan (at the invitation of the President). |
| 1992 |
Member,
Advisory Board to the Canadian Household Panel Study
(collaborative project between Statistics Canada and
a group of academics, headquartered at the University
of Montreal, University of Waterloo and the University
of Toronto). |
| 1992 |
Member,
Academic Advisory Panel on the Social and Cultural Impacts
of Immigration. Employment and Immigration. Immigration
Policy Division. |
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