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Graduate Faculty in Ethnicity or Immigration

The following directory includes University of Toronto professors teaching courses for the Ethnic, Immigration, and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program. In addition, departmental representatives are listed, as well as faculty members whose academic interests concern either ethnicity or immigration.

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Anthropology (5)
Economics (1)
European, Russian & Eurasian Studies (11)
Geography (6)
History (13)
Industrial Relations & Human Resources (3)
Law (8)
Nursing (3)
Political Science (9)
Religion (5)
Social Work (6)
Sociology (8)
Sociology & Equity Studies in Education (6)
Theory & Policy Studies in Education (3)
Women & Gender Studies (5)


INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES, THE CENTRE FOR

Phani Radhakrishnan
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Professor Phani Radhaknishnan teaches IRE 3630H—Managing a Diverse Workplace in the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program. Interests include cultural differences and inter-group relations. Currently, Professor Radhaknishnan is researching how these variables affect pedagogy in higher education institutions.

Selected Publications

Radhakrishnan, Phani, D.K-S. Low, K.T. Schneider, and J. Rounds. "The Experiences of Bystanders of Workplace Ethnic Harassment," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, forthcoming.

______. "The Measurement of Values across Cultures: A Pairwise Comparison Approach," Journal of Research in Personality 39 (2005): 299-305.

_____. "Race Harassment and Sex Harassment: Double Jeopardy for Minority Women?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Chicago, April 2004.

______, and L. D. Reid. "How Race Still Matters: The Relation Between Race and General Campus Climate," Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 9 (2003): 263-75.

______, and S. Carpenter. "The Relation Between Allocentrism and Perceptions of Ingroups," Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 28.11 (November 2002): 1528-1537.

______, and S. Carpenter. "Allocentrism and Idiocentrism as Predictors of In-Group Perceptions: An Individual Difference Extension of Cultural Patterns," Journal of Research in Personailty 34.2 (June 2000): 262-268.

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Anil Verma
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Professor Anil Verma's primary research interests are in the area of management responses to unionization, participative forms of work organization, wage and employment outcomes, and the contribution of workplace innovations to organizational effectiveness and performance. He has served as President of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association and on the Executive Board of the International Industrial Relations Association, Geneva. Professor Verma consults with a wide range of businesses, unions, governments and international agencies including the Advisory Committee on Labour Statistics, Statistics Canada.

Selected Publications

Verma, Anil, and Johanna Weststar. "What Makes for Effective Labor representation on Pension Boards?" Labor Studies Journal, forthcoming.

______, and Scott Walsworth. "Globalization, Workplace Practices and Innovation: Recent Evidence from the Canadian Workplace and Employee Survey," Industrial Relations 46.2 (2007): 222-240.

______, and Jonathan Eaton. "Does 'Fighting Back' Make a Difference? The Case of the Canadian Auto Workers Union," Journal of Labor Research 27 (2006): 187-212 .

______, and Sarosh Kuruvilla. "International Labor Standards, Soft Regulation, And National Government Roles," Journal of Industrial Relations 48.1 (2006): 41-58.

______, and Jeffrey Reitz. "Immigration, Race, and Labor: Unionization and Wages in the Canadian Labor Market," Industrial Relations 43.4 (2004).

______, and Richard P. Chaykowski, eds. Contract & Commitment: Employment Relations in the New Economy. Kingston, ON: IRC Press, 1999.

______, M. Gunderson, and S. Verma. "Impact of Layoff Announcements on the Market Value of the Firm," Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations 52.2 (Spring 1997): 364-381.

______. "Managing Workforce Diversity for Competitiveness: the Canadian Experience," International Journal of Manpower 17.4/5 (1996): 14-29.

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Nan Weiner
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Professor Nan Weiner is the faculty representative for Industrial Relations on the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies collaborative program committee. She teaches IRE 3630H/MGT 2615H—Workplace Diversity and Inclusivity in the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Collaborative Program. Interests include public and private sector workplace equity issues, such as human rights, pay equity, employment equity, anti-harassment and diversity.

Selected Publications

Weiner, Nan. "Fair Pay." In Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: An International Comparison, edited by Harish C. Jain, Peter J. Sloane, and Frank M. Horwitz. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003.

______. "Workplace Equality: Human Rights, Employment, and Pay Equity." In The Handbook of Canadian Public Administration, edited by C. Dunn. Oxford University Press, 2003.

______, J. Helen Beck, and Jeffrey G. Reitz. "Addressing Systemic Racial Discrimination in Employment: The Health Canada Case and Implications of Legislative Change," Canadian Public Policy 28.3 (September 2002): 373-394.

______. "Effective Redress of Pay Inequities," Canadian Public Policy 28 (Supplement, May 2002): S101-S115.

______. Making Diversity Work. Scarborough: Carswell, 1997.

______. Employment Equity: Making it Work. Toronto: Butterworths, 1993.

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Program Director:
 Jeffrey G. Reitz
Courses, 2010-2011

Program Administrator:

Momo Kano Podolsky


Collaborating Departments:

Anthropology
European, Russian, & Eurasian Studies
Geography
History
Industrial Relations & Human Resources
Nursing Science
Political Science
Religion
Social Work
Sociology
Sociology & Equity Studies in Education
Theory & Policy Studies in Education
Women & Gender Studies