Social Demography and Migration
Faculty in this area examine population dynamics, including family demography, population health, and patterns of crime and violence. Areas of particular strength lies in the study of migration, with faculty research in areas such as international migration, policy, and the economic and social integration of children of immigrants. Additional areas of strength are family dynamics, and demographic methods.
Research Stories
Current Projects
- Vulnerable families and individuals: Risk and resilience over the adult life course
Roderic Beaujot, Zenaida Ravanera and Jianye Liutopicspoverty, vulnerable population groups, family, life course, resilience
- The social, cultural and human capital factors that shape the children of immigrants' economic and social integration
Teresa Abadatopicsimmigrant integration, social factors, culture, human capital
- Gender, Interpersonal Risk and Childbearing
Roderic Beaujottopicsgender, fertility
- A Comparison of Filipino Immigrants’ Economic Integration in Canada and the United States
Teresa Abadatopicsimmigration policies, labour market, Canada, U.S., Filipino immigrants
- Welcoming Communities Initiative: Measuring Outcomes
Roderic Beaujottopicsimmigration, integration
- Population Change and Lifecourse
Roderic Beaujot, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Byron Spencer, Céline Le Bourdais, Kevin McQuillan, Paul Bernard, Susan McDaniel, Zheng Wutopicslife course, population change
- Population Change and Public Policy
Roderic Beaujottopicspopulation, immigration, public policy
Completed Projects
- Family Transformation and Social Cohesion
Roderic Beaujottopicssocial cohesion, gender, family, parents and children, intergenerational transmission of social capital
Faculty Experts in Social Demography and Migration
Teresa Abada, Associate Professor
Director, Collaborative Graduate Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations (MER)
Acting Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at Western
- Social, cultural, human capital
- Migration
- Immigrant health
- Immigrant integration
- Economic and social integration of children of immigrants
519-661-2111 x83690
tabada@uwo.ca
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Kate H. Choi, Associate Professor
Director, Centre for Research on Social Inequality
- Social Demography
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Inequality
- Family Sociology
- Racial Inequality
- Quantitative Methodology
Jasmine Ha, Assistant Professor
- International migration
- Migration statistics
- International education
- Globalization
- Sustainability
519-661-2111 x85118
jasmine.ha@uwo.ca
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Michael Haan, Associate Professor
Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at Western
- Demography
- Immigrant settlement
- Labour market integration
- Migration
- Data development
- Longitudinal data analysis
Rachel Margolis, Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Department of Sociology
- Demography
- Social inequality
- Family change
- Aging
519-661-2111 x82850
rachel.margolis@uwo.ca
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Howard Ramos, Professor
Chair, Department of Sociology
- Political sociology
- Immigration
- Equity, diversity, inclusion
- Social change
- Media studies
- Secondary cities
519-661-2111 x85142
howard.ramos@uwo.ca
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Andrea Willson, Associate Professor
- Social inequality over the life course
- Aging and the life course
- Health effects of socioeconomic status across generations
- Quantitative research
Yoko Yoshida, Associate Professor
- Immigration and integration
- Social statistics
- Race and ethnicity
- Social inequality
- Inequality in health
519-661-2111 x85045
yoko.yoshida@uwo.ca
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Anna Zajacova, Professor
- Social epidemiology
- Health inequalities
- Demography
- Lifecourse and aging
- Ethnicity
- Quantitative methods
519-661-2111 x85123
anna.zajacova@uwo.ca
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