Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights

Funder: SSHRC
Project Dates: 2011-2016
Principal Investigator: Nancy Nicol (York University)
Co-Applicants: Barry Adam (University of Windsor), R. Douglas Elliott (Charter Rights lawyer, Toronto), Gareth Henry (519 Church St. Community Centre), Adrian Jjuuko (HRAPF), Helen Kennedy (Egale Canada), El-Farouk Khaki, Gary Kinsman (Laurentian), Lydia Makoroka (AIDS Committee of Toronto), Monica Mbaru (International Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Commission, ILGHRC), Nick Mulé (York University), Kyle Scanlon (519 Church St. Community Centre), Pam Shime (Global Advocacy & Leadership Institute), Kim Vance (ARC International), Phyllis Waugh (Rainbow Health Ontario), Charmaine Williams (U. of T).
Collaborators: Aditya Bondyopadhyay (ILGLaw), Naisargi N. Dave (U. of T), Enakshi Dua (York University), David Murray (York University), Monica Tabengwa (Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana), Maurice Tomlinson (University of Technology, Jamaica), Jennifer Hyndman (York University).

Envisioning is an international project that will foster research links between Canada and the global south. It will explore the impact of laws that criminalize sexual orientation and gender identity, the ways in which LGBT and human rights groups are organizing to resist this criminalization, and the implications for human rights policy formation, social services, and immigration and refugee policies.

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Transnational Migration Trajectories of Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada

Funder: SSHRC
Project Dates: 2009-2013 (parental leave: 2010-2011)
Principal Investigator: Guida Man (York University)
Co-Applicants: Tania Das Gupta (York University), Kiran Mirchandani (University of Toronto), Roxanna Ng (University of Toronto)

This study focuses on the transnational migration trajectories of work and family of immigrant women professionals from Mainland China and India. The study addresses three fundamental areas of inquiry: transnational migration, women’s work including work in the home and in the paid labour force, and global labour market restructuring. Specifically, this study examines how immigrant women professionals adopt transnational migration strategies to negotiate the conflicting demands of paid work and household work in the context of the complicated and contradictory processes of globalization and transnationalism. The myriad transnational strategies  immigrant women professionals utilize in negotiating their work and family life will be examined.

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Racialization, Racism and the University

Funder: SSHRC
Project Dates: 2010-2012
Principal Investigator: Frances Henry (York University)
Co-Applicants: Audrey Kobayashi (Queen’s University); Malinda Smith (University of Alberta); Peter Li (University of Saskatchewan); Enakshi Dua (York University); Carl James (York University); Carol Tator (York University)

This study will be the first of its kind to address the status of racialized and indigenous scholars in Canadian universities. As a national, multidisciplinary team of scholars, we will undertake a national analysis of Canadian universities with a more detailed analysis of ten universities that represent a diversity of regions and institutions. The study will gather data required to make an accurate assessment of the representation and position of racialized minorities within Canadian universities, and will analyze these data to reveal patterns of discrimination and racism with a particular focus on three questions: 1) How does the pattern of racism vary according to gender, sexuality, ability, age, and different kinds of racializations? 2) Are there any differences between institutions? 3) How do patterns of racialization affect the mission of universities to deliver equitable education and research and thus fulfill their public responsibility?

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Women’s Human Rights, Macroeconomics and Policy Choice

Funder: SSHRC
Project Dates: 2010-2011 (renewed until 2012)
Principal Investigator: Barbara Cameron (York University)
Co-Applicants: Isabella Bakker (York University), Meg Luxton (York University), Leah Vosko (York University)
Other researchers: Bonnie Diamond (Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action), Katie McInturff (Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action), Farha Leilani (Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation), Joyce Hancock (Independent Consultant), Nancy Baroni (FAFIA), Sarah Lugtig (Manitoba Human Rights Commission), Shelagh Day (Poverty and Human Rights Centre), Andree Cote (Public Service Alliance of Canada), Yvonne Peters (Independent Consultant)

The “Women’s Human Rights, Macroeconomics and Policy Choices” project mobilizes knowledge on the political economy of women’s human rights reflected in the growing body of literature that uses a human rights lens to analyze government policy. The specific focus of the project is research that addresses the connections among macroeconomic policy, public policies that particularly impact the paid and unpaid work of women, and women’s access to human rights. The project is designed to engage members of local organizations concerned with women’s human rights in the real-world policy process related to the development of the annual federal budget. These organizations are involved in the project through their affiliation with the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA), an umbrella for seventy-five organizations concerned with women’s human rights.