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Rethinking the Pro- and Anti-Immigration Dichotomy: Contingencies and Complexities in Why Canada is an Immigrant ‘Welcoming’ Country
Vic Satzewich, Professor of Sociology, McMaster University and Past-President of the Canadian Sociological Association
Vic Satzewich is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University and Past-President of the Canadian Sociological Association. In 2007 he was awarded the Association’s Outstanding Contribution Award. His 2015 book Points of Entry: How Canada’s Visa Officers Decide Who Gets In (UBC Press) was awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Prize. His other books include The Ukrainian Diaspora (Routledge); Racism and the Incorporation of Foreign Labour: Farm Labour Migration to Canada Since 1945 (Routledge); Racism in Canada (Oxford University Press); ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada: A Critical Introduction (Oxford University Press); and First Nations: Race, Class and Gender Relations (with Terry Wotherspoon, University of Regina Press). His current SSHRC-funded research project is on immigration consulting.