Metropolis - Toronto Centre of Excellence

Externally Funded Projects

2002 Ali, Mehrunnisa, “Unaccompanied/Separated Minors Seeking Refugee Status in Ontario: A Review of the Documented Policies and Practices”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($19,320).

2002-2003 Kilbride, Kenise Murphy (with Co-Principal Investigator: Springer, J.), Research on the impact of migration on emergency shelter use. City of Toronto ($78,000).

2002 Murdie, Robert A. (member of research team), “Policies and Practices of Immigrant Integration in Cities: Comparing Canada, Québec, the United States and Scandinavia”. Foundation for Population, Migration and Environment ($74,400).

2001 – 2005 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “New Canadian Children and Youth Study”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($2,400,000).

2001 –2006 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “Cultural Syndromes, Coping, and the Psychosocial Impact of Illness Intrusiveness in Cancer”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($1,200,900).

2001 – 2002 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “Towards Context-Specific Mental Health Promotion, Policies and Strategies Among Immigrant and Refugee Female Adolescents”. Status of Women Canada ($22,742.55).

2001 - 2003 George, Usha (Principal Investigator), “Evaluation of the Settlement Worker in Schools Projects”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($258,915).

2001-2003 Kilbride, Kenise Murphy (with Co-Principal Investigator: Ali, M.), Research on immigrant parents= needs in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. Human Resources Development Canada ($442,000).

2001 Wortley, Scot, “Race, Perceptions of Social Justice and Deviant Behaviour Among Chicago and Toronto High School Youth”. National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR -- $160,000 US over three years).

2000 – 2003 Ali, Mehrunnisa (Co-Principal Investigator with Kenise Murphy Kilbride), “Improving Parenting and Family Supports for New Canadians with Young Children”. Human Resources Development Canada ($442,214).

2000 – 2003 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigator: Noh, S.), “A Community in Distress: Mental Health in the Tamil Community”.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($449,696).

2000 - 2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “New Canadian Children and Youth Study – Pilot”. Canadian Heritage ($10,000).

2000 – 2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “Education Media Project Immigration and Refugee Issues Computer Assisted Learning (Empirical).” Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($1,888,681).

2000 – 2002 Beiser, Morton (Co-Principal Investigator, Toronto, Principal Investigator: Mariam Stewart, University of Alberta), “Multicultural Meaning and Social Support Among Immigrants and Refugees”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($562,000) (Toronto $160,000).

2000 – 2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator with Co- Investigator: L. Simich), “Alone in Canada: A Self Help Manual for Single Newcomers”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($89,900).

2000 – 2001 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “A Study of Secondary Migration of Government Assisted Refugees to Ontario”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($64,000).

2000 – 2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “Strangers Becoming Us: A Teaching Resources Kit on Immigration, delivered to Canadian classrooms in grade four”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada ($315,680).

2000 – 2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “Strangers Becoming Us: A Secondary Teaching Resources Kit on Immigration, delivered to high school classrooms in Canada”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada ($217,416).

2000 – 2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “Online Content Enhancement Project (OCEP)”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($77,867).

2000 - 2003 George, Usha (Principal Investigator), “Adaptation of Existing Teleform Data Tracking System for School Base Settlement Workers in Ontario, including Web Accessed Tracking”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($ 477,010).

2000 - 2001 George, Usha (Principal Investigator with L. McDonald, University of Toronto), “Study on the Settlement Related Needs of Newly Arrived Immigrant Seniors in Ontario”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($ 93,962).

2000-2001 Kilbride, Kenise Murphy (with Co-Principal Investigator: P. Anisef), “Newcomer Youth at Risk”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($388,000).

2000-2001 Kilbride, Kenise Murphy (with Co- Principal Investigators: J. Ochocka, R. Janzen & P. Anisef), Research on immigrant parenting issues, in collaboration with several Ontario community groups. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($295,000).

2000-2003 Man, Guida Ching-Fan (Project Coordinator, Dept. Of Geography, Queen’s University), “Transnational Citizenship and Social Cohesion: Recent Immigrants from Hong Kong to Canada”. SSHRCC Strategic Research Grant

2000–2001 Truelove, Marie (Principal Investigator with S. Wang), “Locations of Newcomers and Programs/Services in Ontario”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($53,000).

1999-2002 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “Immigration, Resettlement, and Mental Health: Assessing Resettlement Impact”. Medical Research Council of Canada ($149,455).

1999-2000 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators: F. Hou, V. Kaspar, and S. Noh), “Changes in Poverty Status and Development Behaviours: A Comparison of Immigrant and Non- Immigrant Children in Canada”. Human Resources Development Canada ($26,000/Contract).

1999-2000 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “Ethnic Identity of Adolescents & Young Adults of Multi-Ethnic Heritage”. Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism Program) ($28,761).

1999-2000 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “Who Are I? Identity Formation and Negotiation Among New Canadian Youth”. Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism Program) ($29,265).

1999-2001 George, Usha (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigator: A.K.T. Tsang, University of Toronto), “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Settlement Process of Refugees Sponsored by Afghan Association of Ontario”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($129,763).

1999-2000 George, Usha (Investigator), “An Ethnic Demography for Ontario”. Royal Bank Research Fellowship, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto ($10,000).

1999-2000 George, Usha (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigator: W. Shera, University of Toronto), “Evaluation of the Settlement Education Partnership in Toronto Pilot Projects”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($ 134,223).

1999-2000 Kilbride, Kenise Murphy (with Co- Principal Investigator: Paul Anisef), Research on the needs of 16- to 20-year-olds in the GTA who immigrated to Canada after their 6^th birthday, in collaboration with six Ontario agencies. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($304,000).

1999-2000 Kilbride, Kenise Murphy (with Co- Principal Investigator: Lucy D’Arcangelo), Research on the needs of and support for community college students who immigrated to Canada after their 12^th birthday. The Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University ($4,000).

7/99-12/99 Man, Guida Ching-Fan (Research Associate, Geography Dept. Queen’s University), “Transnationalism, Citizenship and Social Cohesion: Recent Immigrants from Hong Kong to Canada”. SSHRC

1999 Wortley, Scot “Race, Victimization and Life Course Trajectories.” SSHRCC Grant ($77,400 over four years).

1999 Wortley, Scot “Youth, Leisure and Victimization in Rural Ontario.” School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, General Research Grant ($2,000).

1998-2002 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “Gender and Ethnocultural Moderators of Illness- Intrusiveness Across the Life Span”. Medical Research Council of Canada ($398,287).

1998 Beiser, Morton (Co-Principal Investigator), “Pathways and Barriers to Mental Health Care Among Ethiopian Immigrants”. Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ($1,000).

1998 – 2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators: J. Rummens & I. Hyman), “Immigrant Perceptions of Mental Illness and Their Use of Mental Health Services”. SSHRCC ($161,619).

1998-2000 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigator: I. Hyman), “Pathways and Barriers to Mental Health Care Among Ethiopian Immigrants”. Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) Canadian Heritage ($40,000).

1998-2000 Beiser, Morton (Co-Principal Investigator), “Ensuring Cultural Equivalence of Mental Health Measures: Depression and Somatization”. Medical Research Council of Canada ($61,348).

1998-2001 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator with Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. J. Keystone), “Stress and Tuberculosis Among Immigrants”. Medical Research Council of Canada ($189,610).

1998 - 1999 George, Usha (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators: A.K.T. Tsang, University of Toronto and M.S. Mwarigha, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto), “Consultations on Settlement Services to African Newcomers”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($83,876).

1998-2000 Kilbride, Kenise Murphy Research on the implications of types of capital to be developed with immigrant and other minority children and their families, with a focus on teacher education. SSHRC grant ($4,000).

1997-1998 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “Growing Up Canadian: A Study of New Immigrant Children”. Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada ($10,700).

1997-1998 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator with Co-Principal Investigator: Michel Tousignant), “Health Patterns of Immigrant and Non-immigrant Children: Analysis of Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Children”. Human Resources and Development Canada ($10,000).

1997 - 1999 George, Usha (Co-Investigator with T. Bunston, L. Wells and D. Stewart, Principal Investigator: M. Meana, The Toronto Hospital), “Identifying Barriers and Incentives to Breast Cancer Screening Behaviour in West Indian Immigrant/Refugee Women 50 Years Old and Over”. Ontario Breast Cancer Foundation ($39,000).

1997 - 1998 George, Usha (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigator: A.K.T. Tsang, University of Toronto), “The Settlement and Adaptation of Former Yugoslavian Newcomers Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($71,598).

1996-1997 Beiser, Morton (Principal Investigator), “Immigration, Health and Acculturation”. Health Canada, National Health Research Development Program ($24,000).

1996-1998 Beiser, Morton (Co-Investigator), “Immigration and Childhood Mental Health: An Investigation of Korean Immigrant Children”. Medical Research Council of Canada ($226,685).

1996 - 1997 George, Usha (Co-Investigator with D. Hulchanski, University of Toronto and C. Vakilzad, Ontario Ministry of Housing, Principal Investigator: J. Michalski, University of Toronto), “Follow-up Study of Iraqi Refugees in Metropolitan Toronto”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($50,000).

1996 George, Usha (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators: E. Fuller-Thomson, D. Hulchanski, J. Michalski, D. Shewchuk and A.K.T. Tsang, University of Toronto), “Snapshot of Newcomers”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($21,853).

1996 George, Usha (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators: E. Fuller-Thomson, D. Hulchanski, J. Michalski, D. Shewchuk and A.K.T. Tsang, University of Toronto), “Snapshot of Service Delivery in Immigrant Serving Organizations”. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services ($39,503).