2004 Working Papers

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04-01

Commemoration, Redress, and Reconciliation in the Integration of Immigrant Communities: The Cases of Japanese-Canadians and Japanese-Americans (583 KB)

AUTHORS: Rosa Sevy and John Torpey, University of British Columbia

04-02

Immigrant Public Finance Transfers: A Comparative Analysis by City (784 KB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz and Sergiy Pivnenko, RIIM, Simon Fraser University

04-03

Regional Immigration and Dispersal: Lessons from Small- and Medium-sized Urban Centres in British Columbia (1.5 MB)

AUTHORS: Margaret Walton-Roberts, Wilfrid Laurier University

04-04

The Economic Experiences of Refugees in Canada (Revised) (896 KB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz, Sergiy Pivnenko, RIIM, Simon Fraser University, and Morton Beiser, CERIS Centre of Excellence, University of Toronto

04-05

Immigration, Place and Health: South Asian Women's Accounts of Health, Illness and Everyday Life (542 KB)

AUTHORS: Isabel Dyck, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia

04-06

Sharing the Wealth, Spreading the "Burden"? The Settlement of Kosovar Refugees in Smaller B.C. Cities (1.3 MB)

AUTHORS: Kathy Sherrell and Jennifer Hyndman, Simon Fraser University; and Fisnik Preniqi, Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia

04-07

Interjurisdictional Competition in Law Enforcement (1.2 MB)

AUTHORS: Nicolas Marceau, Université du Québec à Montréal, and Steeve Mongrain, SFU

04-08

Responding to the Changing Needs of the Chinese Community in Vancouver: The Contribution of SUCCESS (1973-1998) (578 KB)

AUTHORS: Shibao Guo, University of Alberta

04-09

Ethnicity and Social Capital in Canada (2.1 MB)

AUTHORS: Amanda Aizlewood and Ravi Pendakur, Dept. of Canadian Heritage

04-10

Global Minds, Local Bodies: Kosovar Transnational Connections Beyond British Columbia (510 KB)

AUTHORS: Kathy Sherrell and Jennifer Hyndman, Simon Fraser University

04-11

Colour My World:Has the Minority-Majority Earnings Gap Changed over Time? (3.2 MB)

AUTHORS: Krishna Pendakur, Simon Fraser University, and Ravi Pendakur, Dept. of Canadian Heritage

04-12

The Quest for an Inclusive City: An Exploration of Sri Lankan Tamil Experience of Integration in Toronto and Vancouver (658 KB)

AUTHORS: Leonie Sandercock with Leslie Dickout and Tanja Winkler, School of Community & Regional Planning, University of British Columbia

04-13

Immigration Policy: Methods of Economic Assessment (714 KB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz

04-14

An Exploration of the Korean-Canadian Community in Vancouver (1.1 MB)

AUTHORS: Min-Jung Kwak, University of British Columbia

04-15

Transnational Economies of Export Education (720 KB)

AUTHORS: Daniel Hiebert and Min-Jung Kwak, University of British Columbia

04-16

Attitudes Towards Work: Ethnic Minorities and Immigrant Groups in Vancouver (1.6 MB)

AUTHORS: Harald Bauder, University of Guelph

04-17

The Quest to Negotiate Equitable Civic Engagement: Response of Toronto's Sri Lankan Tamil Community to Social Development Planning in Canada's Largest Multicultural Metropolis (553 KB)

AUTHORS: Leslie Dickout, University of British Columbia

04-18

Immigrant Status and Unmet Health Care Needs in British Columbia (818 KB)

AUTHORS: Zheng Wu and Christoph M. Schimmele, University of Victoria

04-19

Size Matters: Attracting New Immigrants to Canadian Cities (2.1 MB)

AUTHORS: Jennifer Hyndman and Nadine Schuurman, Simon Fraser University

04-20

The Evolving Relationship between Immigrant Settlement and Neighbourhood Disadvantage in Canadian Cities, 1991-2001 (3.1 MB)

AUTHORS: Heather A. Smith

04-21

The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship Revised Version 08/05 (1.2 MB)

AUTHORS: Don J. DeVoretz and Sergiy Pivnenko, RIIM

04-22

To Stay or to Move? Chinese Migrant Workers in Cities (947 KB)

AUTHORS: Kenny Zhang, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Minghuan Li, Xiamen University, China.

Commentaries

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Title

04-01

Report of RIIM Activities: 2003-2004 (1.3 MB)

AUTHORS: Daniel Hiebert, Co-director, RIIM (UBC)

04-02

RIIM Public Consultation Retreat July 8, 2004: Summary of Proceedings (535 KB)

AUTHORS: Daniel Hiebert, Co-director, RIIM (UBC)