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Sally Humphries

I joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph in 1994. I have an undergraduate degree in Social Anthropology/Latin American Studies, a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies and a PhD in Sociology. The interdisciplinary nature of my studies, which...

Patrick Parnaby

Dr. Parnaby completed his PhD in sociology at McMaster University in 2004 before joining the department of sociology and anthropology at the University of Guelph. Dr. Parnaby’s primary interest is in the sociology of risk and risk discourse as they relate to issues of expertise, social...

Kerry Preibisch

Kerry Preibisch is a sociologist specializing in the area of international migration and development. Her research interests are in the areas of gender and migration, international labour migration and global agro-food systems, im/migration issues in rural Canada, and rural development. Since...

Cecil Foster

Linda Hunter

Dr. Linda Hunter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology as well as the Department's Undergraduate Coordinator.

Dr. Hunter teaches sociological theory, and has also taught courses in gender relations, social deviance, introductory sociology and Canadian...

Myrna Dawson

A Canada Research Chair in Public Policy in Criminal Justice, Dawson joined the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at the University of Guelph in 2003. Her undergraduate degree is in Sociology and Law & Society from York University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology are from the...

Renee Sylvain

I joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph in 2002. I received my undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Wilfrid Laurier University and my M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Toronto. I spent two years at Dalhousie University as a...

Vivian Shalla

I joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph in 2001. I earned my M.Sc. from the University of Montréal and my Ph.D. from Carleton University, both in Sociology. Prior to joining the University of Guelph, I taught at the University of Ottawa and at...

David Walters

I joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in 2005. I received my BA and MA from the University of Western Ontario, and my PhD from McMaster University. My substantive areas of research include the sociology of education, immigration, and mental health; however, my primary area of...

Ed Hedican

I am a social anthropologist with graduate degrees from McMaster Univerity (M.A.) and McGill University (PhD.). My long term ethnographic interests have been with Canadian Aboriginal peoples, especially concerning the Ojibwa or Anishenabe peoples living north of Lake Superior. Research in this...

Elizabeth Finnis

I completed my PhD in Anthropology at McMaster University in 2006, and then undertook a SSHRC-funded post-doctoral fellowship at the Department of Anthropology and the Centre for Society, Technology, and Development at McGill University.

My research addresses issues of political...

MaDonna Maidment

MaDonna Maidment completed her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, Ottawa. A native of St. John's, she completed her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Sociology at Memorial University. Professor Maidment has worked as a researcher and policy analyst on...

Terisa Turner

Terisa Turner studied at the University of York (U.K.), Oberlin College (U.S.A.), and received her Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. As a United Nations energy specialist she has worked in Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East. She has edited Oil and Class Struggle...

Jeji Varghese

I completed my PhD (2005, Rural Sociology) in the Department of Rural Economy at the University of Alberta. My dissertation research focused on the social consequences of local ownership in six forest-dependent communities in Canada. Prior to joining the department in 2007, I conducted research...

Marta Rohatynskyj

I received both of my graduate degrees in Anthropology from the University of Toronto, after having completed a first degree in English Languages and Literature in the United States Since my initial work with the Őmie of Papua New Guinea, focused on the rare form of gender specific group...

Andrew Hathaway

Andy Hathaway does research in the areas of illicit drug use, harm reduction, human rights, and Canadian drug policy. His research on cannabis, spanning over a decade, examines use in marginalized and mainstream populations, and draws out implications for social...

Ron Stansfield

Ron Stansfield received his B.Sc. in Psychology from McMaster University, his M.A. in Criminology from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in Sociology from York University. Prior to becoming an academic he worked as a police officer, probation and parole officer, and human rights officer....

Mavis Morton

Professor Morton specializes in violence against women, women and the law, feminist criminology, justice and social policy, feminist participatory action research (FPAR), public sociology, community-engaged scholarship (research, learning and service). Professor Morton's previous work includes...

Bill O'Grady

Bill O’Grady received his B.A. and M.A. in Sociology from Carleton University, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto. Professor O’Grady has just completed a research project in Toronto that examined the enforcement activities of the Ontario Safe Streets...

Carolyn Yule

Broadly speaking, I am interested in the sociology of crime. Much ofmy work revolves around understanding the correspondence between crime and dynamic social contexts and life circumstances. I examine how life course events and processes shape stability and change in criminal and...

Linda Gerber

Belinda Leach

I studied social anthropology at Carleton University (BA 1984) and the University of Toronto (MA 1985, Ph.D. 1992) and came to the University of Guelph in 1993. I am interested in how forms of inequality are produced and reproduced socially and culturally through historical practices and changes...

Satsuki Kawano

Dr. Satsuki Kawano is a Japan anthropologist. After receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh (U.S.), she held positions at Harvard University (Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of World Religions) and the University of Notre Dame (Assistant Professor) before joining the University...

Lisa Kowalchuk

Lisa Kowalchuk received her B.A. in Sociology at McMaster University, her M.A. in Sociology from McGill University, and her Ph.D. in Sociology from York University. She taught for four years at St. Mary’s University in Halifax before joining U of Guelph in July 2004.

Tony Winson

Anthony Winson (M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto) taught at Saint Mary's University and the University of Western Ontario before joining the University of Guelph. For much of his career he has been writing on agriculture, food and rural development issues related to Canada and the Third...

Linda Gerber

Linda received her first degree in nursing, before turning her attention to graduate studies in sociology. While still a graduate student, she became involved as a consultant in highway planning doing socio-economic impact assessment. After completing her master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Toronto, she spent three years as a research associate at Harvard's Center for Population Studies before joining the faculty in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph.

Professor Gerber's research has focused upon Canada's Native peoples, Canadian politics and ethnicity, but she has a broader interest in Canadian society (its demographic processes, its identity, and its fragility). Her publications are in the areas of Native studies, voting behavior, gerontology, ethnic relations and Quebec separatism.

Research Area(s):

Native communities, social demography, Canadian society, politics

Selected Publications:

2013 Macionis, John J. and Linda M. Gerber, Sociology, Eighth Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson Canada. (X 8: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013)

2006c (translation of 2006b) Gerber, Linda M. “Diversité urbaine: la composition des circonscriptions électorales et l’appui aux partis lors des elections fédérales canadiennes de

2004.” Canadian Journal of Urban Research: Revue canadienne de recherché urbaine édition spéciale (15:2): 123-138.

2006b Gerber, Linda M. “Urban Diversity: Riding Composition and Party Support in the Canadian Federal Election of 2004”, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, (15:2): 105-118.

2006a Gerber, Linda M. “The Ethnic, Immigrant, and Bilingual Composition of Ridings and Party Support in the Canadian Federal Election of 2004, Canadian Ethnic Studies (38:1): 65-82.

Gerber, Linda M. "Referendum Results: Defining New Boundaries for an Independent Quebec." Canadian Ethnic Studies (24:2): 22-34.

1990 Gerber, Linda M., "Multiple Jeopardy: A Socio-Economic Comparison of Men and Women among the Indian, Métis and Inuit Peoples of Canada." Canadian Ethnic Studies (22:3): 69-84.

1986 Gerber, Linda M., "The Federal Election of 1968: Social Class Composition and Party Support in the Electoral Districts of Ontario". Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology (23: 1): 118-135.

1984 Gerber, Linda M., "Community Characteristics and Out-Migration from Canadian Indian Reserves: Path Analyses". Canadian Review of Sociology And Anthropology (21: 2): 145-165.

1983 Gerber, Linda M., "Ethnicity Still Matters: Socio-Demographic Profiles of the Ethnic Elderly in Ontario". Canadian Ethnic Studies (15: 3): 60-80.

1978 Gerber, Linda M., "The Development of Canadian Indian Communities: A Two-Dimensional Typology Reflecting Strategies of Adaptation to the Modern World". Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology (16: 4): 404-24.

Media involvement:

2011 phone consult by Genevieve Napier (CBC producer) regarding the Harper government’s outreach among ethnic voters (Feb. 11th)

2010** panelist on The Current (CBC) with Linden MacIntyre as moderator (Dec. 17th), including John Ralston Saul, David Hulchanski, and Frank Cunningham—discussing “ The Disappearing Middle Class”

2009 consult by Barbara Jaffe of the Vancouver Sun regarding Harper’s gains in Vancouver’s most immigrant/ethnic communities (Nov. 22nd)

2009 phone interview, with Harris McLeod of Hill Times, regarding Jason Kenny’s outreach to the ethnic/immigrant communities (Ottawa, Sept. 9th)

2009 phone interview for the Vancouver Sun regarding the immigrant vote (April 5th)

2008** guest on The Agenda with Steve Paikin (TVO) to discuss the Conservatives outreach to women and minority voters with fellow panellists Andrew Cardozo, Raylene Lang-Dion, Megan Harris, and Greg Lyle (Oct. 28th)

2008 phone interview with Lynn Desjardins, reporter for “The Link” (Radio Canada International), on “my analysis of ethnic voting patterns”: broadcast live to the target audience of Canadians living abroad (Oct. 24th)

2008 phone interview for the Ottawa Citizen on ethnic voting patterns (Sept. 23rd)

1992 studio interview with Joyce Gaudet (CHYM, Guelph) on the socio-economic conditions of native men and women.

1986 studio interview with Guus Hazelaar (CJOY, Guelph) on class voting in Ontario electoral districts (Oct. 8th)

1985 studio interview with Guus Hazelaar (CJOY, Guelph) on outmigration from Canadian Indian Communities (Oct. 7th)

1984 studio interview with Guus Hazelaar (CJOY, Guelph) on the ethnic elderly of Ontario (Aug. 14th)

1982 studio interview with Guus Hazelaar (CJOY, Guelph) on the job search experience of female graduates in agriculture and veterinary medicine (Jan. 7th)

Email:

lgerber@uoguelph.ca

Phone:

53543

Office Number:

615

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