Guida Man
Associate Professor
Research Associate, Centre for Feminist Research
Research Associate, York Centre for Asian Research
Office: Kaneff Tower, 612
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 30269
Email: gman@yorku.ca
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Guida Man's research examines the interaction of im/migration and transnationalism; women and work; families; and immigrant communities in the context of globalization and neoliberal restructuring, using feminist research methodology, and an intersectional analysis. Currently, she is the Sole/Principal Investigator (2021- ) of a SSHRC PEG Grant ($24190) on "COVID19: Exploring the Experiences of Anti-Chinese/Asian Racism in the GTA”; the Sole/Principal Investigator (2020- ) of a SSHRC Insight Grant ($ 99,980) project entitled “Transnational Migration and Social Reproduction: Eldercare Work of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”; a Co-investigator (2016-22) of a SSHRC Insight Grant ($233,053) on “Developing a Comprehensive Understanding of Elder Abuse Prevention in Immigrant Communities” (PI: Sepali Guruge); a Co-investigator (2019-22) of a sub-grant ($39,201) from SSHRC Research Grant (BMRI) Building Migrant Resilience in Cities/Immigration et résilience enmilieu urbain on “Stalled Mobility? Income Inequality and Intergenerational Relationships Among Newcomer South Asian and Chinese Households in York Region” (PI: Nancy Mandell). She is also a Collaborator (2020-27) of a SSHRC Partnership Grant # 895-2020 1022 ($2.5 mill.) project entitled “Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada (PI: Sepali Guruge); and a Collaborator (2019-22) of a SSHRC Partnership Grant (2.5 mill.) “Migration and Resilience in Urban Canada: Discovering Strengths and Building Capacity” (PI: Valerie Preston).
Guida Man is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology.
Degrees
Ph. D. Sociology, University of TorontoResearch Interests
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
This pilot study proposes to examine the experiences of anti-Chinese/Asian racism and racialization during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the Chinese in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) using a sociological framework of analysis. We will be partnering with community agencies to help achieve our objectives for this study. The preliminary findings from this proposed study will deepen the understanding of racism and racialization against Chinese/Asians in Canada, and will help to mitigate its effects on the social, economic, and cultural well-being of these communities.
End Date:
- Month: Nov Year: 2023
Funders:
SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant
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Summary:
2020-27
Description:SSHRC Partnership Grant # 895-2020 1022 ($2.5 mill.)
Start Date:
- Month: May Year: 2020
End Date:
- Month: Apr Year: 2027
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
2020-23
$ 99,980
Principal Investigator, SSHRC Insight Grant # 435-2020-1356
Start Date:
- Month: May Year: 2020
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
SSHRC partnership grant $2.5 million. PI: Valerie Preston
Funders:
SSHRC
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The proposed study is a pilot project which expands on one of the applicant’s ongoing research on Eldercare Amongst Recent Chinese Immigrant Families in Toronto, supported by a SSHRC Small Grant (2016-2018) and a Minor Research Grant (2017-18). The proposed study during the applicant’s sabbatical leave aims to explore how carework is carried out by adult Chinese women in Hong Kong for their aging parents who reside either in Hong Kong or transnationally in Canada. Carework can be expressed in both tangible and intangible ways. Tangible carework includes the material forms of care such as economic support and the physical labour involved in the care of a family member; while intangible forms of carework includes emotional labour, such as expressing feelings of love and providing emotional support.
Start Date:
- Month: Nov Year: 2018
Collaborator Institution: Visiting Fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Funders:
YUFA
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Summary:
2019-22 Co-Investigator with Nancy Mandell, Amber Gazso, and Lawrence Lam. ($39,201). Sub-grant from SSHRC Research Grant (BMRI) Building Migrant Resilience in Cities/Immigration et résilience enmilieu urbain (PI: Valerie Preston)
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
Older adults are the fastest-growing age group in Canada. In 2011, an estimated 5 million
Canadians were 65 or older, and by 2050, about one in four Canadians is expected to be 65 or over. Elder abuse is already a growing problem with significant societal implications and, given these demographics, is critical to address. Scholars are increasingly focusing on elder abuse, but little is known about the risk factors -- which include complex social variables -- for elder abuse within immigrant communities or what interventions might best prevent elder abuse in these communities.
Purpose: The purpose of this multidisciplinary study is: first, to develop a comprehensive classification of risk factors for elder abuse in immigrant communities: because immigrants represent an increasingly large proportion of older adults in Canada, it is critical to clarify these complex variables and how they combine to increase older immigrants' risk of elder abuse; and second, to identify the most appropriate and culturally relevant strategies to address the risk factors in immigrant communities in Canada. The study builds on the literature and our own work in this area, and addresses a knowledge, policy, and practice gap identified by various stakeholders across Canada.
Theoretical approaches: Theoretically, our study is guided by the intersectionality perspective and an ecological framework, allowing us to critically examine the complexity surrounding multiple dimensions of social identity (e.g., gender, race, class, culture, immigration status) and how these interrelate at the micro (individual and family), meso (community), and macro (societal) levels.
Consistent with this theoretical framework, we will use a collaborative, community-based,
mixed-methods approach to enable stakeholders to actively determine where research should be
conducted, which factors are relevant to abuse, and strategies consistent with cultural beliefs, values, and preferences of the immigrant communities.
Research plan: We will conduct structured group interviews with older women and men who have experienced abuse, family members, and formal and informal leaders from immigrant communities, and social and settlement service providers in the Greater Toronto Area. We will include two established and two recent communities from both the East Asian and South Asian immigrant communities: Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, and Tamil. Our team has expertise conducting research on elder abuse in immigrant communities in Canada, has well-established working relationships with these communities, and has conducted research of this scale on related topics. Quantitative and qualitative data collected via structured group interviews will be analyzed at the level of particular group interview, subgroups, and communities, and will be integrated across communities to identify common and unique risk factors and intervention strategies. We will pay particular attention to various social dimensions including gender,
age, culture, length of stay in Canada, fluency in English, employment and income, and extended familyco-residence.
Potential impact: The proposed approach is comprehensive in that it will incorporate local knowledge and expert contributions from immigrant women and men, family members, community members, and service providers and policymakers at each phase of the study. As a result, the findings will be relevant so as to contribute to the well being and social needs of older men and women in immigrant communities. The findings will contribute empirically and theoretically, as well as to policy debate and practice change, which will have local, national, and international significance.
Start Date:
- Month: Aug Year: 2016
End Date:
- Month: Mar Year: 2024
Collaborator: Sepali Guruge
Collaborator Institution: Ryerson University, York University
Collaborator Role: PI
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
sshrc small grant
Start Date:
- Month: Oct Year: 2016
Funders:
SSHRC
Start Date:
- Month: Sep Year: 2015
Collaborator Institution: Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
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Description:
Man, Guida C. (2009-15) Research Project: Role: Principal Investigator Grant Awarded by: SSHRC Standard Research Grant Grant Amount: $100,488
Start Date:
- Month: Apr Year: 2009
End Date:
- Month: Mar Year: 2015
Collaborator: Tania Das Gupta, Roxana Ng, Kiran Mirchandani
Collaborator Institution: York University, University of Toronto
Collaborator Role: Co-investigators
Funders:
SSHRC Standard Research Grant
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Summary:
Income equality has declined for newcomers and there is every reason to believe that intergenerational mobility may have also stalled. Evidence suggests that recent migrants are experiencing lower rates of employment and living on the margin of skilled labour for a longer period of time after their arrival than cohorts who landed between 1961 and 1991 (Ruddick, 2003; Green et al, 2016). Racialized migrants are particularly susceptible to experiencing employment precarity and low- income (Fuller, 2015; Galabuzi, 2006). Even though newcomers were doing better financially by 2010 compared to the past thirty years, still the rate of low-income for recent migrants was 2.5 times higher than the rate for the Canadian-born (Statistics Canada, 2014). Racialized newcomers contend with income instability and establishingsocial supports in finding employment and negotiating family relations. Ethno-racial, diverse, and multi-generational households are the fastest growing form in urban Canada (Statistics Canada, 2017) suggesting that income in/security may be intergeneratinally shared in households. Newcomer income insecurity strains may be exacerbated by generational differences, such as in perceptions of how children should integrate into their new country and retain cultural knowledge and tradition (Hassan et al., 2008). South Asian and Chinese women’s greater responsibility for caregiving may reflect cultural discourses of loyalty and filial piety and the lack of affordable child care (Spitzer et al., 2003). There is limited research that addresses what enhances or hinders newcomers’ economic resilience and how, these factors affect their settlement in Canadian society. Clearly there remains a complex story to be told about recent immigrants and their continuing economic vulnerability in Canada. We explore how social, economic and cultural capital and strategies employed by newcomer South Asian and Chinese households impact their survival and intergenerational family relationships. Secondary questions include: How is income inequality differently experienced in the family households of recent Chinese versus South Asian migrants? What new income strategies do newcomers adopt? How do these strategies affect opportunities for income mobility for younger generations? How might intergenerational family relationships be preserved or strained by the income strategies of newcomers?
Collaborator: Nancy Mandell, Amber Gazo, Larry Lam
Collaborator Institution: York University
Collaborator Role: CI
Funders:
SSHRC
Books Man, Guida & R. Cohen, eds. 2015. Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work. and Identity. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 356pp.
Man, Guida & R. Cohen, eds. 2015. Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work. and Identity. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 356pp.
Man, Guida and Elena Chou. 2019b. “Migration, Gender Relations and the Negotiation of Identity Amongst Chinese Professional Immigrant Women in Canada”, in Negotiating Canadian Identities (chapter 5), edited by Jessica Li, McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 94-116.
Man, Guida and Elena Chou. 2019a. “Global Restructuring, Gender, and Education Migration: Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, in Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions, edited by Ann H. Kim and Min-Jung Kwak. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 177-196.
Man, Guida and Elena Chou. 2017. "Gendered Practices of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals", in L.L. wong, ed., Trans-Pacific Mobilities: The Chinese and Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press, pp. 222-236.
Man, Guida. 2015. “Maintaining Family Through Transnational Strategies: The Experience of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada” In Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity, edited by G. Man and R. Cohen, 33-51. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Cohen, Rina and Guida Man. 2015.“Introduction.” In Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Families, Work, and Identity, edited by G. Man and R. Cohen, 1-14. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Man, Guida. 2014. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, 4rd Edition, pp. 477-495.Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Man, Guida. 2014. “Transnational Mothering: Examining Transnational Strategies of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families”, in Gender and Family in East Asia, Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series, pp. 141-159. N.Y.: Routledge Pub.
Man, Guida. 2014. “Transnational Mothering: Examining Transnational Strategies of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families”, in Gender and Family in East Asia, Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series, pp. 141-159. N.Y.: Routledge Pub. Man, Guida. 2014. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, 4rd Edition, pp. 477-495.Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Man, Guida. 2013. “Families in the Chinese Diaspora: Transnational Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese Families in Canada”, in International Handbook of Chinese Families, edited by Chan Kwok-bun, New York: Springer, chap. 9, pp. 157-168.
Mujahid, Ghazy, Ann H. Kim and Guida C. Man. 2011. “Transnational Intergenerational Support: Implications of Population Aging in China for the Chinese in Canada”, in Canadian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: The China Challenge, edited by Huhua Cao and Vivienne Poy. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. http://www.chinaeam.uottawa.ca/Canada-China/
Man, Guida. 2010. “Global Migration, Gender, and Inequality: Chinese Immigrant Women’s Employment Experience in Canada”, in Canadian Society: Global Perspectives, edited by T. McCauley, Toronto: De Sitter Press, pp.129-142.
Man, Guida. 2009. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, 3rd Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, pp. 477-495. (Reprinted from 2nd ed.)
Man, Guida. 2007. “Racialization of Gender, Work, and Transnational Migration: The Experience of Chinese immigrant women in Canada”, Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada, edited by Sean Hier and Bolaria Singh, Peterborough: Broadview Press, pp. 235-52.
Man, Guida. 2007. “Racialization of Gender, Work, and Transnational Migration: The Experience of Chinese immigrant women in Canada”, Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada, edited by Sean Hier and Bolaria Singh, pp. 235-52. Peterborough: Broadview Press.
Man, Guida. 2006. “Globalization and the Erosion of the Welfare State: Exploring the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 2nd ed., pp. 306-316. Toronto: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
Man, Guida. 2004. “Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: Examining Local and Transnational Networks”, in Chinese Women and their Network Capital, Asian Women and Society Series, edited by K.E. Kuah-Pearce, pp. 44-69. London: Marshall Cavendish International.
Man, Guida. 2003. “The Experience of Women in Recent Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” In Voices: Essays on Canadian Families, edited by M. Lynn. Second Edition, pp.221-244. Toronto: Nelson Publishing.
Man, Guida. 2002. “Negotiating New Lives: The Experience of Immigrant Women from Hong Kong and China in Canada”, in Essays on Ethnic Chinese Abroad Vol. II, Women, Political Participation and Area Studies, edited by Tsun-Wu Chang & Shi-yeoung Tang, pp.39-56. Taipei: Overseas Chinese Association.
Man, Guida. 2001. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, pp.420-440. 2nd Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Man, Guida. 1998. “Effects of Canadian Immigration Policies on Chinese Immigrant Women (1858-1986)”, in Asia-Pacific and Canada: Images and Perspectives, pp.118-133. Tokyo: The Japanese Association for Canadian Studies.
Man, Guida. 1997. “Women's Work is Never Done: Social Organization of Work and the Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada”, in Advances in Gender Research, edited by V. Demos and M. Texler Segal, Vol. 2., pp.183-226. Greenwich: JAI Press Inc.
Man, Guida. 2008. Reviewed Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism by Xiaoping Li, in Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. 40, 3.
Guruge, Sepali, Souraya Sidani, Guida Man, Atsuko Matsuoka, Parvathy Kanthasamy, and Ernest Leung 2021. “Elder abuse risk factors: Perceptions among older Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, and Tamil immigrants in Toronto”, Journal of Migration and Health (JMH), Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100059
Guruge, Sepali , Hasina Amanzai, Atsuko Matsuoka, Anupama Aery, Souraya Sidani, Ernest Leung, Mikael Wardak, Guida C. Man. 2021. “Risk Factors of Elder Abuse: Voices of Punjabi Immigrant Older Women and Men in the Greater Toronto Area”, The Journal of Aging and Social Change, Common Ground Open, Volume 11, Issue: 2, September 03, Common Ground Research Networks the DOI hyperlink: https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v11i02/67-82.
Guruge, Sepali, Souraya Sidani, Atsuko Matsuoka, Guida Man, and Diane Pirner. 2019. “Developing a comprehensive understanding of elder abuse prevention in immigrant communities: a comparative mixed methods study protocol”, BMJ Open, Jan. 21.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022736
Man, Guida. 2019. “Social Reproduction and Transnational Migration: Navigating Institutional Processes in Childcare by Women in Middle-Class Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada”, in Canadian Ethnic Studies/etudes ethnique au Canada, Vol. 51 no. 3, 117-136.
Man, Guida. 2019. “Social Reproduction and Transnational Migration: Navigating Institutional Processes in Childcare by Women in Middle-Class Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada”, in Canadian Ethnic Studies/etudes ethnique au Canada, Vol. 51 no. 3, 117-136 (published Jan. 2020). DOI: 10.1353/ces.2019.0023
Man, Guida and E. Chou. 2017. “Transnational familial strategies, social reproduction, and migration: Chinese immigrant women professionals in Canada”, Journal of Family Studies, p. 1-17. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QPISA39ZMTY3ZJPAXSDD/full?target=10.1080/13229400.2017.1402805
Das Gupta, Tania, Guida Man, Kiran Mirchandani, and Roxana Ng. 2014. “Class Borders: Chinese and South Asian Canadian Professional Women Navigating the Labor Market”,in Asian Pacific Migration Journal (APMJ) 23 (1): 55-83.
Man, Guida C. 2012. “Working and Caring: Examining the Transnational Familial Practices of Work and Family of Recent Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 3 pp.199-212. Also available online at http://iji.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.88/prod.1414
Kobayashi, Audrey A., Valerie Preston, and Guida Man. 2006. “Transnationalism, Gender, and Civic Participation: Canadian Case Studies of Hong Kong Immigrants”, in Environment and PlanningA, Vol. 38 (9) September, pp. 1633-1651. www.envplan.com.
Man, Guida. 2004. “Gender, Work and Migration: Deskilling Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in Women’s Studies International Forum, Special Issue on ‘Out of Asia: Skilling, Re-skilling and Deskilling of Female Migrants,’ edited by P. Raghuram, and E. Kofman. Elsevier Ltd. Vol. 27, Issue 2, June-July, pp. 135-148.
Man, Guida. 2004. “Gender, Work and Migration: Deskilling Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in ScienceDirect, Elsevier Ltd. http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0277539504000172
Man, Guida. 2002. “Globalization and the Erosion of the Welfare State: Effects on Chinese Immigrant Women”, in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, special issue on ‘Women, Globalization and International Trade’, Vols. 21/22, Nos. 4/1, p.26-32.
Man, Guida. 1999. Member of Guest Editorial Board of Special Issue of Canadian Women’s Studies Journal: Immigrant and Refugee Women, Vol. 19, No. 3.
Preston, Valerie and Guida Man. 1999. “Employment Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Women: An Exploration of Diversity,” in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, v. 19, no. 3, Fall, p.115-122.
Man, Guida. 1998. Editor. Refuge, special issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective II” March/April 1998. Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1997. Editor. Refuge, special issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective I” Oct./Nov. 1997. Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1997. “Women, Work and Migration: Interviewing the Everyday Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” In Bulletin of the International Oral History Journal/Boletin de la Asociacion Internacional de Historia Oral, Vol. 1, No. 2, Dec.(In English, Portguese and Spanish).
Man, Guida. 1997. “Women, Work and Migration: Interviewing the Everyday Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” In Historia, Antropologia y Fuentes Orales, No. 17, p.7-22 (In Spanish).
Man, Guida. 1995. “The Experience of Women in Recent Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Families from Hong Kong: An Inquiry into Institutional and Organizational Processes.” In Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2-3, p.303-325.
Man, Guida. 1998. Guest Editor. Refuge, Special Issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective II” March/April 1998. Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1997. Guest Editor. Refuge, special issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective I” Oct./Nov. 1997. Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1998. “Introduction: Refugee and Immigrant Women as Workers.” In REFUGE, Vol. 17, No.1, Feb., p.1-3.
Man, Guida. 1998. “Migration and the Transformation of Work Processes: Voices of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” In REFUGE, Vol.17, No.1, February, p.21-25.
Man, Guida. 1997. “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective: An Introductory Note”, in REFUGE, Vol.16, No.4, Oct., p.1-3.
Man, Guida. 1990. “Difficulties Confronting Chinese Immigrant Women”, Modern Times Weekly, June 1st, p.4. (Translated into Chinese language by Shu Chi)
Man, Guida. 1990. “Dispelling the Media Image: Women in Recent Chinese Immigrant Families,” Ethnocultural Notes & Events, University of Toronto, May/June, p.3.
(2012) “Issues on Transnational Migration of Work and Family: Perspective from Immigrant Women”, Graduate Program in Sociology Workshop Series, March 5. [invited]
(2012) “Negotiating Work and Family Transnatonally: Exploring the Experiences of Chinese and Indian Immigrant Women Professionals in Toronto”, paper to be presented at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), March 15-18, Toronto.
(2012) “Negotiating Work and Family: Exploring the Transnational Migration Practices of Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper to be presented at the National Metropolis Conference, Feb. 29-March 2, Toronto.
(2011) Man, Guida and Roxana Ng “Learning to Live Transnationally: Immigrant Women Professionals’ Work and Family Trajectories”, International Conference on Researching Work and Learning December 4 - 7, East China Normal University, Shanghai.
2011 Man, Guida and Roxana Ng “Migration Trajectories of Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at Women's Worlds 2011, July 3-7, Ottawa-Gatineau.
2011 “Transnational Migration, Work, and Family Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) Joint Conference, March 31-april 3, 2011, Honolulu.
2010 “From Hong Kong to Canada and Back Again: Examining the Gendered Experiences of Return Migrants”. Paper presented at the Home Sweet Home: Return Migration to Hong Kong and its Implications Conference, University of Toronto, Feb. 17. [invited by organizer]
2010 “Globalization, Gender and Inequality: Examining Chinese Immigrant Women’s Employment Experience in Canada”. Paper presented at the conference on Economic and Social Integration of Migrants and Immigrants: A Comparative Approach, University of Saskatchewan, August 30-31. [invited by U of Saskatchewan]
2010 “One Foot in Canada, and One Foot in China: Transnational Family and Gender Relations of Chinese Women Professionals”, paper presented at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, August 2-5, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (virtual participation)
2010 “Transnational Migration, Work, and Family Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) 7th International Conference, May 7-9, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2009 “Gender, work, and family: Globalization and the transnational migration of professional Chinese immigrant women in Canada”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), Carlton University, Ottawa, May 26-29.
2009 “Globalization and the Transnational Practices of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the International Sociological Association (ISA), RC32 Gender and Transformation: Global, Transnational and Local Realities and Perspectives, Beijing, July 17-19.
2009 “Mobilizing Class Transnationally: Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market” paper presented at the Canadian Association for the Studies of Adult Education (CASAE) 28th Annual Conference, May 25 to 27, 2009, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. (Coauthors: Roxana Ng, Kiran Mirchandani, Tania Das Gupta, Guida Man, Willa Lichun Liu, and Hongxia Shan)
2008 “Globalization and the Transnational Trajectory of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the International Conference on Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 12-13.
2008 “Globalization, Transnational Migration, and Women’s Work: Exploring Chinese and Indian Immigrant Women Professionals’ Experiences in Canada”, paper presented at Women’s World Conference, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, July 3 - 9.
2008 “I Am Here and I Am There: Globalization and Transnational Experience of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the Canadian Sociology Association Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 2-5.
2008 “Learning to be an immigrant: Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market”, roundtable presentation with Roxana Ng, Guida Man, and Hongxia Shan at the Canadian Association for the Studies of Adult Education (CASAE) 27th Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 31-June 3.
2008 “Transnational Class Mobility: Professional Immigrant Women Navigating the Labour Market” paper presented at the 8th Annual Critical Race and Anticolonial Studies Conference of Researchers and Academics of Colour for Equality (R.A.C.E.), Ryerson University, Toronto, November 14-16. (Co-authors: Tania Das Gupta, Roxana Ng, Guida Man, Kiran Mirchandani, Hongxia Shan)
2008 “Transnational Migration, and the Family and Career Trajectories of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the Gender and Family in East Asia International Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dec. 12-13.
2007 “Globalization, Transnational Migration, and Women’s Work: Exploring the Experiences of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada” , paper presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association 9th Annual Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec. 8.
2007 “Transnational Migration, Work, and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) 6th International Conference, Peking University, Beijing, Oct. 20-23.
2007 “Transnational Migration and Diasporic Communities: Exploring Women’s Experience in Chinese Communities in Canada”, paper presented at the Canadian Sociology Association (CSA) Annual Meeting, University of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 29-June 1.
2007 “Transnational Migration, Work, and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the 5th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, American University of Paris, France, 17-20 July.
2006 “Globalization and the Racialization of Gender: Exploring the Experience of Precarious Employment of Skilled Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto”. Paper presented at the Migration between East and West: Normalizing the Periphery Workshop organized by Research School for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University; Institute for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University of Amsterdam; International Institute for Asian Studies, Amsterdam/Leiden; David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University; April 2-5, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. [invited and funded by IIS/Xiamen U/HK Baptist U]
2006 “Learning to be Good Citizens: Informal Learning and the Labour Market Experiences of Professional Chinese Immigrant Women.” Round Table Presentation by Roxana Ng, Guida Man, Hongxia Shan, and Willa Liu at the Canadian Association for the Studies of Adult Education 25th Annual Conference, May 28-30, 2006, York University.
2006 “Learning to be Good Citizens: Transnational Migration and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at Diversity in Diaspora: The Chinese Overseas, International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) conference, Dec. 4-6, Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2006 “Transnational Migration, Gender, and Identity: Exploring Chinese Immigrant Women’s Experience in Canada”, paper presented at the Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, July 20-23.
2006 “Work, Family Relations, and Transnational Migration: Examining Chinese Immigrant Women’s Experience in Toronto”, paper presented at the the 41st Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, York University, May 29-June 1.
2005 “Gender and Transnational Migration: Examining Chinese Immigrant Women’s Experience in Canada”, paper presented at the Fourth International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS), Shanghai, Aug. 20-24.
2005 “Globalization, Gender, and Precarious Employment: Exploring the Experience of Skilled Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto”, paper presented at Women’s Worlds 2005: 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Seoul, Korea, June 19-24.
2005 “Transnational Migration and Women’s Experience in Chinese Immigrant Communities in Canada”, paper presented at the 40th Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, May 31-June 3.
2005 “Transnational Migration and Women’s Experience in Chinese Immigrant Communities in Canada.” Paper presented at the conference entitled People on the Move: The Transnational Flow of Chinese Human Capital at the Center on China’s Transnational Relations, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Oct. 20-22. [invited and funded by HKUST]
2004 “Gender and Skilled Migration: The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada,” paper presented at the American Sociological Association 98th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Aug.14-17.
2004 “Gender and Skilled Migration: The Experience of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the 39th Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 3-6.
2004 “Globalization and Gendered Skilled Migration: The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the International Institute of Sociology (IIS), 36th World Congress, Beijing, China, July 7-11.
2004 “Globalization and the Proletarianization of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada,” Japanese Association of Canadian Studies Conference, Tokyo, Sept. 18-19 (Did not attend due to conflict with teaching).
2004 "Globalization, the Neoliberal State, and the Deskilling of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the 5th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Elsinore, Denmark, May 10- 14.
2003 “Gender, Migration, and the Neoliberal State: Institutionalized Policies and the Deskilling of Chinese Immigrant Women,” paper presented at the 38th Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, Halifax, June 1-4.
2002 “Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: An Exploration of Economic Networks and Social Capital,” paper presented at the First International Symposium on Chinese Women and their Network Capital, Hong Kong, June 20-21.
2002 “Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: Intersections of Race, Gender and Class,” paper presented at the American Sociological Association 97th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Aug.16-19.
2002 “Globalization and the De-skilling of Chinese Immigrant Women,” paper presented at the 37th CSAA Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 29-June 1.
2001 “Social Construction of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: An Exploration in Race, Gender, and Class.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 96th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, Aug. 18-21.
2001 “The Impact of Transnational Migration in Canada.” Workshop on Tranationalism in the Pacific Rim: The China-Hong Kong-Canada Connections, University of Hong Kong, May 19.
2001 “Transnational Families: The Experience of Hong Kong Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at the Asian American Studies Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Ont., March 28-30.
2000 “Racism, Sexism, and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at ERA 21 Against Racism Conference, Vancouver, B.C., November 17-19.
2000 “Settlement Experiences of Mandarin-speaking Immigrant Women in Toronto: An Investigation in the Relations of Gender, Race and Class.” Paper presented at the Fourth National Metropolis Conference, Toronto, March 22-25.
2000 “The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women: An Exploration in Gender, Race, and Class.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 95th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Aug. 12-16.
1999 “Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class.” Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Conference, Havana, Dec. 10-12.
1999 “Downward Mobility: The Employment Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in the Greater Toronto Area.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Gendered Mobilities in Asia, Hong Kong, Nov. 25-26.
1999 “Fitting the Master Plan: Migration and Transformation of the Subcontractual Relations of Chinese Immigrant Wives to their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston MA, March 11-14.
1999 “Migration and the Transformation of the Social Relations of Chinese Immigrant Wives to their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, March 4-6.
1999 “Racism, Sexism, and Canadian Immigration Policies: Effects on Chinese Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 6-10.
1999 “Social Organization of Mothering and the Challenges Experienced by Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Canada.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 6-8.
1998 “Collecting on Overseas Chinese: Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the International Convention of Asia Scholars, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, June 25-28.
1998 “Fitting Her In: Migration and Changes in Chinese Immigrant Wives’ Subcontractual Relations to Their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31-June 3.
1998 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Experience of Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Seminar Series, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, April 1. [invited and funded by HKUST]
1998 “Migration and Social Organization of Mothering: Challenges Confronted by Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Canada.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 21-25.
1998 “Migration and the Transformation of Work Arrangements: The Experience of Women from Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Families.” Paper presented at the 1998 International Studies Association (ISA) Conference, Minneapolis, Minesota, March 17-21.
1998 “The Effect of Canadian Immigration Policies on Chinese Immigrant Women (1858 to 1986).” Asia Pacific Conference on Canadian Studies, Japanese Association of Canadian Studies (JACS), Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, March 27-28. [invited and funded by JACS]
1997 “Fitting the Master Plan: Migration and Changes in the Social Relations of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Wives to Their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, August 9-13.
1997 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Experience of Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the New York Consortium on Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship and the International Sociological Association Conference, New York City, New York, June 5-7.
1997 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Lived Experience of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” Paper presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, April 16-20.
1997 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Lived Experience of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference, San Diego, California, April 17-20.
1997 “Migration and the Transformation of Paid Work Arrangements: The Experience of Women from Middle-Class Chinese Families.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 8-11.
1997 “The Effect of Canadian Immigration Policies on the Entrance of Chinese Immigrant Women (1858 to 1986).” Paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies, Southeast Conference, Savannah, Georgia, Jan. 17-19.
1996 “Deconstructing the Media Image: Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women and the Social Organization of Work.” Paper presented at the XI International Oral History Conference: Communicating Experience, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden, June 13-16.
1996 “Hong Kong Middle-class Immigrant Women in Canada: An Investigation in the Social Organization of Work.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 91th Annual Meeting, New York City, New York, August 16-20.
1996 “Social Organization of Work and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Seminar Series, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, March 12. [invited]
1996 “The Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Immigrant Families in Canada: An Inquiry in the Social Organization of Paid and Unpaid Work.” Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Conference, Xiamen, China, November 18-22.
1995 “Developing a Gendered Analysis of Work: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations for the Study of Immigrants in Canada.” Workshop co-chaired with Ann Denis at the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Thirteenth biennial Conference, Gimli, Manitoba, October 20-23.
1995 “The Experience of Women in Chinese Immigrant Families: An Inquiry in the Social Organization of Paid and Unpaid Labour.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Universite du Quebec, Montreal, June 4-7.
1995 “The Social Organization of Paid and Unpaid Labour: Hong Kong Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Thirteenth Biennial Conference, Gimli, Manitoba, Oct. 20-23.
1994 “Canada's New Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women from Hong Kong: An Experiential Account.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 89th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, August 5-9.
1994 “Lives in Canada for Women in the New Chinese Immigrant Families from Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Comparative Perspectives Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec. 19-21.
1994 “The Experience of Women in Recent Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women from Hong Kong: An Inquiry in Institutional and Organizational Processes.” The 15th Nihon University International Symposium: Work and Family Life of International Migrant Workers, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 5-7. [invited and funded]
1993 “The Astronaut Phenomenon: Examining Consequences of the Diaspora of the Hong Kong Chinese.” Paper presented at the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies 21St Annual Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 15-17.
1993 “The New Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the 34th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Hong Kong, August 22-28.
1992 “Information Session - Development of an Information Tool: Dialogue Between Researchers and the Advisory Committee - CRIAW,” panel discussion at the 16th Annual Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women Conference, Toronto, November 13-15
1992 “Toronto's New Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women from Hong Kong - An Experiential Account.” Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Atlantic Association of Sociologists and Anthropologists, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 12-15.
1992 “Unequal Gender Divisions: Women in Dual-Career Commuter Families.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, May 30-June 2.
1991 “Chinese Women in Canada: Production and Reproduction.” Paper presented at the Canadian Asian Studies Association Conference, Brock University, St. Catharines, October 5-7.
1991 “Effects of the Canadian Immigration Policy on the Chinese Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at the Chinese-Canadian Social Scientists Association Meeting, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, May 24.
1991 “Silent Partners: The Experience of Women in Chinese Immigrant Families from Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the Canadian Women Studies Association, Learned Societies Conference, Queen's University, Kingston, May 29-June 1.
1990 Dispelling the Media Image: Women in Chinese Immigrant Families From Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the 33rd International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, University of Toronto, August 19-25.
Ng, R., Man, G., Shan, H. 2008. “Learning to be an immigrant: Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market.” Leona English, and Janet Groen (Eds). Proceeding of the 27th Adult Education of Canadian Association of Studies in Adult Education (CASAE). Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia, 406-408. http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2008/Schedules/CASAE%202008%20program%20may%2016%20(2).html
Ng, R., Man, G., Shan, H., Liu, W. 2006. “Learning to be good citizens: Informal learning and the labour market experiences of professional Chinese immigrant women.” Leona English, and Janet Groen (Eds). Proceeding of the 25th Adult Education of Canadian Association of Studies in Adult Education (CASAE). Toronto: York University, 266-267. Retrievable at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2006/cnf2006.html
Man, Guida. 2006.“Globalization and the Racialization of Gender: Exploring the Experience of Precarious Employment of Skilled Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto”. In Migration between East and West: Normalizing the Periphery, Manual of Symposium, April 2-5. Xiamen: Research School for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Xiamen University.
Man, Guida. 2001. “Negotiating New Lives: The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” In Proceedings I: The 4th International Chinese Overseas Conference, April 26-28. Taipei: Centre for Academic Activities, Academia Sinica.
Man, Guida. 2000. “Racism, Sexism and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women.” Conference presentation published in Era 21 Against Racism Conference Website. http://geog.queensu.ca/era21/papers/man.htm.
Man, Guida. 1996. “Deconstructing the Media Image: Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women and the Social Organization of Work.” In Communicating Experience: IX International Oral History Conference, Vol 1. Migration and Ethnic Identity, p.141-153. Goteborg: University of Goteborg.
Man, Guida. 1995. “The Astronaut Phenomenon: Examining Consequences of the Diaspora of the Hong Kong Chinese.” In Managing Change in Southeast Asia: Local Identities, Global Connections, Proceedings of the 21st Meetings of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, October 15-17, 1993. Edited by J. DeBernardi et al. p.269-281. University of Alberta.
Man, Guida. 1992. “Dispelling the Media Image: Life in Canada for Women of Recent Middle-Class Immigrant Families from Hong Kong.” In Contacts Between Cultures, East Asia: History and Social Sciences, Vol.4, p.454-458. Queenston: Edwin Mellon Press.
Usha Geroge, Ka Tat Tsang, Guida Man, and Wei Wei Da. 2000. Needs Assessment of Mandarin-speaking Newcomers. Toronto: South East Asian Services Centre. Unpublished report, 55pp.
Man, Guida.1991. Commuter Families in Canada: A Research Report. Study conducted for the Demographic Review Secretariat, Health and Welfare Canada, September, 98pp.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOCI3860 6.0 | A | Women, Work and Family | LECT |
Guida Man's research examines the interaction of im/migration and transnationalism; women and work; families; and immigrant communities in the context of globalization and neoliberal restructuring, using feminist research methodology, and an intersectional analysis. Currently, she is the Sole/Principal Investigator (2021- ) of a SSHRC PEG Grant ($24190) on "COVID19: Exploring the Experiences of Anti-Chinese/Asian Racism in the GTA”; the Sole/Principal Investigator (2020- ) of a SSHRC Insight Grant ($ 99,980) project entitled “Transnational Migration and Social Reproduction: Eldercare Work of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”; a Co-investigator (2016-22) of a SSHRC Insight Grant ($233,053) on “Developing a Comprehensive Understanding of Elder Abuse Prevention in Immigrant Communities” (PI: Sepali Guruge); a Co-investigator (2019-22) of a sub-grant ($39,201) from SSHRC Research Grant (BMRI) Building Migrant Resilience in Cities/Immigration et résilience enmilieu urbain on “Stalled Mobility? Income Inequality and Intergenerational Relationships Among Newcomer South Asian and Chinese Households in York Region” (PI: Nancy Mandell). She is also a Collaborator (2020-27) of a SSHRC Partnership Grant # 895-2020 1022 ($2.5 mill.) project entitled “Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada (PI: Sepali Guruge); and a Collaborator (2019-22) of a SSHRC Partnership Grant (2.5 mill.) “Migration and Resilience in Urban Canada: Discovering Strengths and Building Capacity” (PI: Valerie Preston).
Guida Man is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology.
Degrees
Ph. D. Sociology, University of TorontoResearch Interests
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
This pilot study proposes to examine the experiences of anti-Chinese/Asian racism and racialization during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the Chinese in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) using a sociological framework of analysis. We will be partnering with community agencies to help achieve our objectives for this study. The preliminary findings from this proposed study will deepen the understanding of racism and racialization against Chinese/Asians in Canada, and will help to mitigate its effects on the social, economic, and cultural well-being of these communities.
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal/Sole Investigator
End Date:
- Month: Nov Year: 2023
Funders:
SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant
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Summary:
2020-27
Description:SSHRC Partnership Grant # 895-2020 1022 ($2.5 mill.)
Project Type: FundedRole: Collaborator
Start Date:
- Month: May Year: 2020
End Date:
- Month: Apr Year: 2027
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
2020-23
$ 99,980
Principal Investigator, SSHRC Insight Grant # 435-2020-1356
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal Investigator
Start Date:
- Month: May Year: 2020
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
SSHRC partnership grant $2.5 million. PI: Valerie Preston
Project Type: FundedRole: Collaborator
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
The proposed study is a pilot project which expands on one of the applicant’s ongoing research on Eldercare Amongst Recent Chinese Immigrant Families in Toronto, supported by a SSHRC Small Grant (2016-2018) and a Minor Research Grant (2017-18). The proposed study during the applicant’s sabbatical leave aims to explore how carework is carried out by adult Chinese women in Hong Kong for their aging parents who reside either in Hong Kong or transnationally in Canada. Carework can be expressed in both tangible and intangible ways. Tangible carework includes the material forms of care such as economic support and the physical labour involved in the care of a family member; while intangible forms of carework includes emotional labour, such as expressing feelings of love and providing emotional support.
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal Investigator
Start Date:
- Month: Nov Year: 2018
Collaborator Institution: Visiting Fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Funders:
YUFA
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Summary:
2019-22 Co-Investigator with Nancy Mandell, Amber Gazso, and Lawrence Lam. ($39,201). Sub-grant from SSHRC Research Grant (BMRI) Building Migrant Resilience in Cities/Immigration et résilience enmilieu urbain (PI: Valerie Preston)
Project Type: FundedRole: Co-investigator
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
Older adults are the fastest-growing age group in Canada. In 2011, an estimated 5 million
Canadians were 65 or older, and by 2050, about one in four Canadians is expected to be 65 or over. Elder abuse is already a growing problem with significant societal implications and, given these demographics, is critical to address. Scholars are increasingly focusing on elder abuse, but little is known about the risk factors -- which include complex social variables -- for elder abuse within immigrant communities or what interventions might best prevent elder abuse in these communities.
Purpose: The purpose of this multidisciplinary study is: first, to develop a comprehensive classification of risk factors for elder abuse in immigrant communities: because immigrants represent an increasingly large proportion of older adults in Canada, it is critical to clarify these complex variables and how they combine to increase older immigrants' risk of elder abuse; and second, to identify the most appropriate and culturally relevant strategies to address the risk factors in immigrant communities in Canada. The study builds on the literature and our own work in this area, and addresses a knowledge, policy, and practice gap identified by various stakeholders across Canada.
Theoretical approaches: Theoretically, our study is guided by the intersectionality perspective and an ecological framework, allowing us to critically examine the complexity surrounding multiple dimensions of social identity (e.g., gender, race, class, culture, immigration status) and how these interrelate at the micro (individual and family), meso (community), and macro (societal) levels.
Consistent with this theoretical framework, we will use a collaborative, community-based,
mixed-methods approach to enable stakeholders to actively determine where research should be
conducted, which factors are relevant to abuse, and strategies consistent with cultural beliefs, values, and preferences of the immigrant communities.
Research plan: We will conduct structured group interviews with older women and men who have experienced abuse, family members, and formal and informal leaders from immigrant communities, and social and settlement service providers in the Greater Toronto Area. We will include two established and two recent communities from both the East Asian and South Asian immigrant communities: Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, and Tamil. Our team has expertise conducting research on elder abuse in immigrant communities in Canada, has well-established working relationships with these communities, and has conducted research of this scale on related topics. Quantitative and qualitative data collected via structured group interviews will be analyzed at the level of particular group interview, subgroups, and communities, and will be integrated across communities to identify common and unique risk factors and intervention strategies. We will pay particular attention to various social dimensions including gender,
age, culture, length of stay in Canada, fluency in English, employment and income, and extended familyco-residence.
Potential impact: The proposed approach is comprehensive in that it will incorporate local knowledge and expert contributions from immigrant women and men, family members, community members, and service providers and policymakers at each phase of the study. As a result, the findings will be relevant so as to contribute to the well being and social needs of older men and women in immigrant communities. The findings will contribute empirically and theoretically, as well as to policy debate and practice change, which will have local, national, and international significance.
Project Type: FundedRole: CI
Start Date:
- Month: Aug Year: 2016
End Date:
- Month: Mar Year: 2024
Collaborator: Sepali Guruge
Collaborator Institution: Ryerson University, York University
Collaborator Role: PI
Funders:
SSHRC
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Summary:
sshrc small grant
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal Investigator
Start Date:
- Month: Oct Year: 2016
Funders:
SSHRC
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Project Type:
Funded
Collaborator Institution: Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
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Project Type:
Funded
Role: Research Advisor
Start Date:
- Month: Sep Year: 2015
Collaborator Institution: Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
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Description:
Man, Guida C. (2009-15) Research Project: Role: Principal Investigator Grant Awarded by: SSHRC Standard Research Grant Grant Amount: $100,488
Project Type: FundedRole: Principal Investigator
Start Date:
- Month: Apr Year: 2009
End Date:
- Month: Mar Year: 2015
Collaborator: Tania Das Gupta, Roxana Ng, Kiran Mirchandani
Collaborator Institution: York University, University of Toronto
Collaborator Role: Co-investigators
Funders:
SSHRC Standard Research Grant
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Summary:
Income equality has declined for newcomers and there is every reason to believe that intergenerational mobility may have also stalled. Evidence suggests that recent migrants are experiencing lower rates of employment and living on the margin of skilled labour for a longer period of time after their arrival than cohorts who landed between 1961 and 1991 (Ruddick, 2003; Green et al, 2016). Racialized migrants are particularly susceptible to experiencing employment precarity and low- income (Fuller, 2015; Galabuzi, 2006). Even though newcomers were doing better financially by 2010 compared to the past thirty years, still the rate of low-income for recent migrants was 2.5 times higher than the rate for the Canadian-born (Statistics Canada, 2014). Racialized newcomers contend with income instability and establishingsocial supports in finding employment and negotiating family relations. Ethno-racial, diverse, and multi-generational households are the fastest growing form in urban Canada (Statistics Canada, 2017) suggesting that income in/security may be intergeneratinally shared in households. Newcomer income insecurity strains may be exacerbated by generational differences, such as in perceptions of how children should integrate into their new country and retain cultural knowledge and tradition (Hassan et al., 2008). South Asian and Chinese women’s greater responsibility for caregiving may reflect cultural discourses of loyalty and filial piety and the lack of affordable child care (Spitzer et al., 2003). There is limited research that addresses what enhances or hinders newcomers’ economic resilience and how, these factors affect their settlement in Canadian society. Clearly there remains a complex story to be told about recent immigrants and their continuing economic vulnerability in Canada. We explore how social, economic and cultural capital and strategies employed by newcomer South Asian and Chinese households impact their survival and intergenerational family relationships. Secondary questions include: How is income inequality differently experienced in the family households of recent Chinese versus South Asian migrants? What new income strategies do newcomers adopt? How do these strategies affect opportunities for income mobility for younger generations? How might intergenerational family relationships be preserved or strained by the income strategies of newcomers?
Project Type: FundedRole: CI
Collaborator: Nancy Mandell, Amber Gazo, Larry Lam
Collaborator Institution: York University
Collaborator Role: CI
Funders:
SSHRC
All Publications
Man, Guida and Elena Chou. 2019b. “Migration, Gender Relations and the Negotiation of Identity Amongst Chinese Professional Immigrant Women in Canada”, in Negotiating Canadian Identities (chapter 5), edited by Jessica Li, McGill-Queen's University Press, pp. 94-116.
Man, Guida and Elena Chou. 2019a. “Global Restructuring, Gender, and Education Migration: Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, in Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions, edited by Ann H. Kim and Min-Jung Kwak. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 177-196.
Man, Guida and Elena Chou. 2017. "Gendered Practices of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals", in L.L. wong, ed., Trans-Pacific Mobilities: The Chinese and Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press, pp. 222-236.
Man, Guida. 2015. “Maintaining Family Through Transnational Strategies: The Experience of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada” In Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity, edited by G. Man and R. Cohen, 33-51. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Cohen, Rina and Guida Man. 2015.“Introduction.” In Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Families, Work, and Identity, edited by G. Man and R. Cohen, 1-14. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Man, Guida. 2014. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, 4rd Edition, pp. 477-495.Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Man, Guida. 2014. “Transnational Mothering: Examining Transnational Strategies of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families”, in Gender and Family in East Asia, Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series, pp. 141-159. N.Y.: Routledge Pub.
Man, Guida. 2014. “Transnational Mothering: Examining Transnational Strategies of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families”, in Gender and Family in East Asia, Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series, pp. 141-159. N.Y.: Routledge Pub. Man, Guida. 2014. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, 4rd Edition, pp. 477-495.Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Man, Guida. 2013. “Families in the Chinese Diaspora: Transnational Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese Families in Canada”, in International Handbook of Chinese Families, edited by Chan Kwok-bun, New York: Springer, chap. 9, pp. 157-168.
Mujahid, Ghazy, Ann H. Kim and Guida C. Man. 2011. “Transnational Intergenerational Support: Implications of Population Aging in China for the Chinese in Canada”, in Canadian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: The China Challenge, edited by Huhua Cao and Vivienne Poy. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. http://www.chinaeam.uottawa.ca/Canada-China/
Man, Guida. 2010. “Global Migration, Gender, and Inequality: Chinese Immigrant Women’s Employment Experience in Canada”, in Canadian Society: Global Perspectives, edited by T. McCauley, Toronto: De Sitter Press, pp.129-142.
Man, Guida. 2009. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, 3rd Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, pp. 477-495. (Reprinted from 2nd ed.)
Man, Guida. 2007. “Racialization of Gender, Work, and Transnational Migration: The Experience of Chinese immigrant women in Canada”, Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada, edited by Sean Hier and Bolaria Singh, Peterborough: Broadview Press, pp. 235-52.
Man, Guida. 2007. “Racialization of Gender, Work, and Transnational Migration: The Experience of Chinese immigrant women in Canada”, Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada, edited by Sean Hier and Bolaria Singh, pp. 235-52. Peterborough: Broadview Press.
Man, Guida. 2006. “Globalization and the Erosion of the Welfare State: Exploring the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 2nd ed., pp. 306-316. Toronto: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
Man, Guida. 2004. “Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: Examining Local and Transnational Networks”, in Chinese Women and their Network Capital, Asian Women and Society Series, edited by K.E. Kuah-Pearce, pp. 44-69. London: Marshall Cavendish International.
Man, Guida. 2003. “The Experience of Women in Recent Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” In Voices: Essays on Canadian Families, edited by M. Lynn. Second Edition, pp.221-244. Toronto: Nelson Publishing.
Man, Guida. 2002. “Negotiating New Lives: The Experience of Immigrant Women from Hong Kong and China in Canada”, in Essays on Ethnic Chinese Abroad Vol. II, Women, Political Participation and Area Studies, edited by Tsun-Wu Chang & Shi-yeoung Tang, pp.39-56. Taipei: Overseas Chinese Association.
Man, Guida. 2001. “From Hong Kong to Canada: Immigration and The Changing Family Lives of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong,” in Family Patterns, Gender Relations, edited by B. J. Fox, pp.420-440. 2nd Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Man, Guida. 1998. “Effects of Canadian Immigration Policies on Chinese Immigrant Women (1858-1986)”, in Asia-Pacific and Canada: Images and Perspectives, pp.118-133. Tokyo: The Japanese Association for Canadian Studies.
Man, Guida. 1997. “Women's Work is Never Done: Social Organization of Work and the Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada”, in Advances in Gender Research, edited by V. Demos and M. Texler Segal, Vol. 2., pp.183-226. Greenwich: JAI Press Inc.
Man, Guida. 2008. Reviewed Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism by Xiaoping Li, in Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. 40, 3.
Books Man, Guida & R. Cohen, eds. 2015. Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work. and Identity. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 356pp.
Man, Guida & R. Cohen, eds. 2015. Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work. and Identity. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 356pp.
Guruge, Sepali, Souraya Sidani, Guida Man, Atsuko Matsuoka, Parvathy Kanthasamy, and Ernest Leung 2021. “Elder abuse risk factors: Perceptions among older Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, and Tamil immigrants in Toronto”, Journal of Migration and Health (JMH), Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100059
Guruge, Sepali , Hasina Amanzai, Atsuko Matsuoka, Anupama Aery, Souraya Sidani, Ernest Leung, Mikael Wardak, Guida C. Man. 2021. “Risk Factors of Elder Abuse: Voices of Punjabi Immigrant Older Women and Men in the Greater Toronto Area”, The Journal of Aging and Social Change, Common Ground Open, Volume 11, Issue: 2, September 03, Common Ground Research Networks the DOI hyperlink: https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v11i02/67-82.
Guruge, Sepali, Souraya Sidani, Atsuko Matsuoka, Guida Man, and Diane Pirner. 2019. “Developing a comprehensive understanding of elder abuse prevention in immigrant communities: a comparative mixed methods study protocol”, BMJ Open, Jan. 21.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022736
Man, Guida. 2019. “Social Reproduction and Transnational Migration: Navigating Institutional Processes in Childcare by Women in Middle-Class Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada”, in Canadian Ethnic Studies/etudes ethnique au Canada, Vol. 51 no. 3, 117-136.
Man, Guida. 2019. “Social Reproduction and Transnational Migration: Navigating Institutional Processes in Childcare by Women in Middle-Class Mainland Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada”, in Canadian Ethnic Studies/etudes ethnique au Canada, Vol. 51 no. 3, 117-136 (published Jan. 2020). DOI: 10.1353/ces.2019.0023
Man, Guida and E. Chou. 2017. “Transnational familial strategies, social reproduction, and migration: Chinese immigrant women professionals in Canada”, Journal of Family Studies, p. 1-17. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QPISA39ZMTY3ZJPAXSDD/full?target=10.1080/13229400.2017.1402805
Das Gupta, Tania, Guida Man, Kiran Mirchandani, and Roxana Ng. 2014. “Class Borders: Chinese and South Asian Canadian Professional Women Navigating the Labor Market”,in Asian Pacific Migration Journal (APMJ) 23 (1): 55-83.
Man, Guida C. 2012. “Working and Caring: Examining the Transnational Familial Practices of Work and Family of Recent Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 3 pp.199-212. Also available online at http://iji.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.88/prod.1414
Kobayashi, Audrey A., Valerie Preston, and Guida Man. 2006. “Transnationalism, Gender, and Civic Participation: Canadian Case Studies of Hong Kong Immigrants”, in Environment and PlanningA, Vol. 38 (9) September, pp. 1633-1651. www.envplan.com.
Man, Guida. 2004. “Gender, Work and Migration: Deskilling Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in Women’s Studies International Forum, Special Issue on ‘Out of Asia: Skilling, Re-skilling and Deskilling of Female Migrants,’ edited by P. Raghuram, and E. Kofman. Elsevier Ltd. Vol. 27, Issue 2, June-July, pp. 135-148.
Man, Guida. 2004. “Gender, Work and Migration: Deskilling Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, in ScienceDirect, Elsevier Ltd. http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0277539504000172
Man, Guida. 2002. “Globalization and the Erosion of the Welfare State: Effects on Chinese Immigrant Women”, in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, special issue on ‘Women, Globalization and International Trade’, Vols. 21/22, Nos. 4/1, p.26-32.
Man, Guida. 1999. Member of Guest Editorial Board of Special Issue of Canadian Women’s Studies Journal: Immigrant and Refugee Women, Vol. 19, No. 3.
Preston, Valerie and Guida Man. 1999. “Employment Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Women: An Exploration of Diversity,” in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, v. 19, no. 3, Fall, p.115-122.
Man, Guida. 1998. Editor. Refuge, special issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective II” March/April 1998. Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1997. Editor. Refuge, special issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective I” Oct./Nov. 1997. Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1997. “Women, Work and Migration: Interviewing the Everyday Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” In Bulletin of the International Oral History Journal/Boletin de la Asociacion Internacional de Historia Oral, Vol. 1, No. 2, Dec.(In English, Portguese and Spanish).
Man, Guida. 1997. “Women, Work and Migration: Interviewing the Everyday Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” In Historia, Antropologia y Fuentes Orales, No. 17, p.7-22 (In Spanish).
Man, Guida. 1995. “The Experience of Women in Recent Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Families from Hong Kong: An Inquiry into Institutional and Organizational Processes.” In Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2-3, p.303-325.
Man, Guida. 1998. Guest Editor. Refuge, Special Issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective II” March/April 1998. Toronto: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1997. Guest Editor. Refuge, special issue on “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective I” Oct./Nov. 1997. Centre for Refugee Studies, York University.
Man, Guida. 1998. “Introduction: Refugee and Immigrant Women as Workers.” In REFUGE, Vol. 17, No.1, Feb., p.1-3.
Man, Guida. 1998. “Migration and the Transformation of Work Processes: Voices of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” In REFUGE, Vol.17, No.1, February, p.21-25.
Man, Guida. 1997. “Refugee and Immigrant Women: An International Perspective: An Introductory Note”, in REFUGE, Vol.16, No.4, Oct., p.1-3.
Man, Guida. 1990. “Difficulties Confronting Chinese Immigrant Women”, Modern Times Weekly, June 1st, p.4. (Translated into Chinese language by Shu Chi)
Man, Guida. 1990. “Dispelling the Media Image: Women in Recent Chinese Immigrant Families,” Ethnocultural Notes & Events, University of Toronto, May/June, p.3.
(2012) “Issues on Transnational Migration of Work and Family: Perspective from Immigrant Women”, Graduate Program in Sociology Workshop Series, March 5. [invited]
(2012) “Negotiating Work and Family Transnatonally: Exploring the Experiences of Chinese and Indian Immigrant Women Professionals in Toronto”, paper to be presented at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), March 15-18, Toronto.
(2012) “Negotiating Work and Family: Exploring the Transnational Migration Practices of Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper to be presented at the National Metropolis Conference, Feb. 29-March 2, Toronto.
(2011) Man, Guida and Roxana Ng “Learning to Live Transnationally: Immigrant Women Professionals’ Work and Family Trajectories”, International Conference on Researching Work and Learning December 4 - 7, East China Normal University, Shanghai.
2011 Man, Guida and Roxana Ng “Migration Trajectories of Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at Women's Worlds 2011, July 3-7, Ottawa-Gatineau.
2011 “Transnational Migration, Work, and Family Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) Joint Conference, March 31-april 3, 2011, Honolulu.
2010 “From Hong Kong to Canada and Back Again: Examining the Gendered Experiences of Return Migrants”. Paper presented at the Home Sweet Home: Return Migration to Hong Kong and its Implications Conference, University of Toronto, Feb. 17. [invited by organizer]
2010 “Globalization, Gender and Inequality: Examining Chinese Immigrant Women’s Employment Experience in Canada”. Paper presented at the conference on Economic and Social Integration of Migrants and Immigrants: A Comparative Approach, University of Saskatchewan, August 30-31. [invited by U of Saskatchewan]
2010 “One Foot in Canada, and One Foot in China: Transnational Family and Gender Relations of Chinese Women Professionals”, paper presented at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, August 2-5, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (virtual participation)
2010 “Transnational Migration, Work, and Family Experiences of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) 7th International Conference, May 7-9, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2009 “Gender, work, and family: Globalization and the transnational migration of professional Chinese immigrant women in Canada”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), Carlton University, Ottawa, May 26-29.
2009 “Globalization and the Transnational Practices of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the International Sociological Association (ISA), RC32 Gender and Transformation: Global, Transnational and Local Realities and Perspectives, Beijing, July 17-19.
2009 “Mobilizing Class Transnationally: Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market” paper presented at the Canadian Association for the Studies of Adult Education (CASAE) 28th Annual Conference, May 25 to 27, 2009, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. (Coauthors: Roxana Ng, Kiran Mirchandani, Tania Das Gupta, Guida Man, Willa Lichun Liu, and Hongxia Shan)
2008 “Globalization and the Transnational Trajectory of Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada”, paper presented at the International Conference on Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 12-13.
2008 “Globalization, Transnational Migration, and Women’s Work: Exploring Chinese and Indian Immigrant Women Professionals’ Experiences in Canada”, paper presented at Women’s World Conference, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, July 3 - 9.
2008 “I Am Here and I Am There: Globalization and Transnational Experience of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the Canadian Sociology Association Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 2-5.
2008 “Learning to be an immigrant: Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market”, roundtable presentation with Roxana Ng, Guida Man, and Hongxia Shan at the Canadian Association for the Studies of Adult Education (CASAE) 27th Annual Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 31-June 3.
2008 “Transnational Class Mobility: Professional Immigrant Women Navigating the Labour Market” paper presented at the 8th Annual Critical Race and Anticolonial Studies Conference of Researchers and Academics of Colour for Equality (R.A.C.E.), Ryerson University, Toronto, November 14-16. (Co-authors: Tania Das Gupta, Roxana Ng, Guida Man, Kiran Mirchandani, Hongxia Shan)
2008 “Transnational Migration, and the Family and Career Trajectories of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the Gender and Family in East Asia International Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dec. 12-13.
2007 “Globalization, Transnational Migration, and Women’s Work: Exploring the Experiences of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada” , paper presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association 9th Annual Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec. 8.
2007 “Transnational Migration, Work, and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) 6th International Conference, Peking University, Beijing, Oct. 20-23.
2007 “Transnational Migration and Diasporic Communities: Exploring Women’s Experience in Chinese Communities in Canada”, paper presented at the Canadian Sociology Association (CSA) Annual Meeting, University of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 29-June 1.
2007 “Transnational Migration, Work, and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the 5th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, American University of Paris, France, 17-20 July.
2006 “Globalization and the Racialization of Gender: Exploring the Experience of Precarious Employment of Skilled Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto”. Paper presented at the Migration between East and West: Normalizing the Periphery Workshop organized by Research School for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University; Institute for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University of Amsterdam; International Institute for Asian Studies, Amsterdam/Leiden; David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University; April 2-5, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. [invited and funded by IIS/Xiamen U/HK Baptist U]
2006 “Learning to be Good Citizens: Informal Learning and the Labour Market Experiences of Professional Chinese Immigrant Women.” Round Table Presentation by Roxana Ng, Guida Man, Hongxia Shan, and Willa Liu at the Canadian Association for the Studies of Adult Education 25th Annual Conference, May 28-30, 2006, York University.
2006 “Learning to be Good Citizens: Transnational Migration and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at Diversity in Diaspora: The Chinese Overseas, International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) conference, Dec. 4-6, Department of Historical and Heritage Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2006 “Transnational Migration, Gender, and Identity: Exploring Chinese Immigrant Women’s Experience in Canada”, paper presented at the Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, July 20-23.
2006 “Work, Family Relations, and Transnational Migration: Examining Chinese Immigrant Women’s Experience in Toronto”, paper presented at the the 41st Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, York University, May 29-June 1.
2005 “Gender and Transnational Migration: Examining Chinese Immigrant Women’s Experience in Canada”, paper presented at the Fourth International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS), Shanghai, Aug. 20-24.
2005 “Globalization, Gender, and Precarious Employment: Exploring the Experience of Skilled Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto”, paper presented at Women’s Worlds 2005: 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Seoul, Korea, June 19-24.
2005 “Transnational Migration and Women’s Experience in Chinese Immigrant Communities in Canada”, paper presented at the 40th Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, May 31-June 3.
2005 “Transnational Migration and Women’s Experience in Chinese Immigrant Communities in Canada.” Paper presented at the conference entitled People on the Move: The Transnational Flow of Chinese Human Capital at the Center on China’s Transnational Relations, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Oct. 20-22. [invited and funded by HKUST]
2004 “Gender and Skilled Migration: The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada,” paper presented at the American Sociological Association 98th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Aug.14-17.
2004 “Gender and Skilled Migration: The Experience of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the 39th Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 3-6.
2004 “Globalization and Gendered Skilled Migration: The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the International Institute of Sociology (IIS), 36th World Congress, Beijing, China, July 7-11.
2004 “Globalization and the Proletarianization of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada,” Japanese Association of Canadian Studies Conference, Tokyo, Sept. 18-19 (Did not attend due to conflict with teaching).
2004 "Globalization, the Neoliberal State, and the Deskilling of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada”, paper presented at the 5th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Elsinore, Denmark, May 10- 14.
2003 “Gender, Migration, and the Neoliberal State: Institutionalized Policies and the Deskilling of Chinese Immigrant Women,” paper presented at the 38th Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) Annual Meeting, Halifax, June 1-4.
2002 “Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: An Exploration of Economic Networks and Social Capital,” paper presented at the First International Symposium on Chinese Women and their Network Capital, Hong Kong, June 20-21.
2002 “Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: Intersections of Race, Gender and Class,” paper presented at the American Sociological Association 97th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Aug.16-19.
2002 “Globalization and the De-skilling of Chinese Immigrant Women,” paper presented at the 37th CSAA Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 29-June 1.
2001 “Social Construction of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada: An Exploration in Race, Gender, and Class.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 96th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, Aug. 18-21.
2001 “The Impact of Transnational Migration in Canada.” Workshop on Tranationalism in the Pacific Rim: The China-Hong Kong-Canada Connections, University of Hong Kong, May 19.
2001 “Transnational Families: The Experience of Hong Kong Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at the Asian American Studies Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Ont., March 28-30.
2000 “Racism, Sexism, and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at ERA 21 Against Racism Conference, Vancouver, B.C., November 17-19.
2000 “Settlement Experiences of Mandarin-speaking Immigrant Women in Toronto: An Investigation in the Relations of Gender, Race and Class.” Paper presented at the Fourth National Metropolis Conference, Toronto, March 22-25.
2000 “The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women: An Exploration in Gender, Race, and Class.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 95th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Aug. 12-16.
1999 “Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class.” Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Conference, Havana, Dec. 10-12.
1999 “Downward Mobility: The Employment Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in the Greater Toronto Area.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Gendered Mobilities in Asia, Hong Kong, Nov. 25-26.
1999 “Fitting the Master Plan: Migration and Transformation of the Subcontractual Relations of Chinese Immigrant Wives to their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston MA, March 11-14.
1999 “Migration and the Transformation of the Social Relations of Chinese Immigrant Wives to their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, March 4-6.
1999 “Racism, Sexism, and Canadian Immigration Policies: Effects on Chinese Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 6-10.
1999 “Social Organization of Mothering and the Challenges Experienced by Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Canada.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 6-8.
1998 “Collecting on Overseas Chinese: Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the International Convention of Asia Scholars, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, June 25-28.
1998 “Fitting Her In: Migration and Changes in Chinese Immigrant Wives’ Subcontractual Relations to Their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31-June 3.
1998 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Experience of Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Seminar Series, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, April 1. [invited and funded by HKUST]
1998 “Migration and Social Organization of Mothering: Challenges Confronted by Chinese Immigrant Mothers in Canada.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 21-25.
1998 “Migration and the Transformation of Work Arrangements: The Experience of Women from Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Families.” Paper presented at the 1998 International Studies Association (ISA) Conference, Minneapolis, Minesota, March 17-21.
1998 “The Effect of Canadian Immigration Policies on Chinese Immigrant Women (1858 to 1986).” Asia Pacific Conference on Canadian Studies, Japanese Association of Canadian Studies (JACS), Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, March 27-28. [invited and funded by JACS]
1997 “Fitting the Master Plan: Migration and Changes in the Social Relations of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Wives to Their Husbands’ Work.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, August 9-13.
1997 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Experience of Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the New York Consortium on Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship and the International Sociological Association Conference, New York City, New York, June 5-7.
1997 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Lived Experience of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” Paper presented at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, April 16-20.
1997 “Juggling Household Work and Paid Work: The Lived Experience of Middle-Class Women from Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Families in Canada.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Conference, San Diego, California, April 17-20.
1997 “Migration and the Transformation of Paid Work Arrangements: The Experience of Women from Middle-Class Chinese Families.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, St. John's, Newfoundland, June 8-11.
1997 “The Effect of Canadian Immigration Policies on the Entrance of Chinese Immigrant Women (1858 to 1986).” Paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies, Southeast Conference, Savannah, Georgia, Jan. 17-19.
1996 “Deconstructing the Media Image: Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women and the Social Organization of Work.” Paper presented at the XI International Oral History Conference: Communicating Experience, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden, June 13-16.
1996 “Hong Kong Middle-class Immigrant Women in Canada: An Investigation in the Social Organization of Work.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 91th Annual Meeting, New York City, New York, August 16-20.
1996 “Social Organization of Work and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Seminar Series, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, March 12. [invited]
1996 “The Experience of Women in Middle-Class Hong Kong Immigrant Families in Canada: An Inquiry in the Social Organization of Paid and Unpaid Work.” Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Conference, Xiamen, China, November 18-22.
1995 “Developing a Gendered Analysis of Work: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations for the Study of Immigrants in Canada.” Workshop co-chaired with Ann Denis at the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Thirteenth biennial Conference, Gimli, Manitoba, October 20-23.
1995 “The Experience of Women in Chinese Immigrant Families: An Inquiry in the Social Organization of Paid and Unpaid Labour.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Universite du Quebec, Montreal, June 4-7.
1995 “The Social Organization of Paid and Unpaid Labour: Hong Kong Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Thirteenth Biennial Conference, Gimli, Manitoba, Oct. 20-23.
1994 “Canada's New Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women from Hong Kong: An Experiential Account.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association 89th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, August 5-9.
1994 “Lives in Canada for Women in the New Chinese Immigrant Families from Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) Comparative Perspectives Conference, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec. 19-21.
1994 “The Experience of Women in Recent Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women from Hong Kong: An Inquiry in Institutional and Organizational Processes.” The 15th Nihon University International Symposium: Work and Family Life of International Migrant Workers, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 5-7. [invited and funded]
1993 “The Astronaut Phenomenon: Examining Consequences of the Diaspora of the Hong Kong Chinese.” Paper presented at the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies 21St Annual Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 15-17.
1993 “The New Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” Paper presented at the 34th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Hong Kong, August 22-28.
1992 “Information Session - Development of an Information Tool: Dialogue Between Researchers and the Advisory Committee - CRIAW,” panel discussion at the 16th Annual Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women Conference, Toronto, November 13-15
1992 “Toronto's New Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women from Hong Kong - An Experiential Account.” Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Atlantic Association of Sociologists and Anthropologists, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 12-15.
1992 “Unequal Gender Divisions: Women in Dual-Career Commuter Families.” Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, May 30-June 2.
1991 “Chinese Women in Canada: Production and Reproduction.” Paper presented at the Canadian Asian Studies Association Conference, Brock University, St. Catharines, October 5-7.
1991 “Effects of the Canadian Immigration Policy on the Chinese Immigrant Women.” Paper presented at the Chinese-Canadian Social Scientists Association Meeting, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, May 24.
1991 “Silent Partners: The Experience of Women in Chinese Immigrant Families from Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the Canadian Women Studies Association, Learned Societies Conference, Queen's University, Kingston, May 29-June 1.
1990 Dispelling the Media Image: Women in Chinese Immigrant Families From Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the 33rd International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, University of Toronto, August 19-25.
Ng, R., Man, G., Shan, H. 2008. “Learning to be an immigrant: Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market.” Leona English, and Janet Groen (Eds). Proceeding of the 27th Adult Education of Canadian Association of Studies in Adult Education (CASAE). Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia, 406-408. http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2008/Schedules/CASAE%202008%20program%20may%2016%20(2).html
Ng, R., Man, G., Shan, H., Liu, W. 2006. “Learning to be good citizens: Informal learning and the labour market experiences of professional Chinese immigrant women.” Leona English, and Janet Groen (Eds). Proceeding of the 25th Adult Education of Canadian Association of Studies in Adult Education (CASAE). Toronto: York University, 266-267. Retrievable at http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/cnf2006/cnf2006.html
Man, Guida. 2006.“Globalization and the Racialization of Gender: Exploring the Experience of Precarious Employment of Skilled Chinese Immigrant Women in Toronto”. In Migration between East and West: Normalizing the Periphery, Manual of Symposium, April 2-5. Xiamen: Research School for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Xiamen University.
Man, Guida. 2001. “Negotiating New Lives: The Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women in Canada.” In Proceedings I: The 4th International Chinese Overseas Conference, April 26-28. Taipei: Centre for Academic Activities, Academia Sinica.
Man, Guida. 2000. “Racism, Sexism and the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women.” Conference presentation published in Era 21 Against Racism Conference Website. http://geog.queensu.ca/era21/papers/man.htm.
Man, Guida. 1996. “Deconstructing the Media Image: Middle-Class Hong Kong Chinese Immigrant Women and the Social Organization of Work.” In Communicating Experience: IX International Oral History Conference, Vol 1. Migration and Ethnic Identity, p.141-153. Goteborg: University of Goteborg.
Man, Guida. 1995. “The Astronaut Phenomenon: Examining Consequences of the Diaspora of the Hong Kong Chinese.” In Managing Change in Southeast Asia: Local Identities, Global Connections, Proceedings of the 21st Meetings of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, October 15-17, 1993. Edited by J. DeBernardi et al. p.269-281. University of Alberta.
Man, Guida. 1992. “Dispelling the Media Image: Life in Canada for Women of Recent Middle-Class Immigrant Families from Hong Kong.” In Contacts Between Cultures, East Asia: History and Social Sciences, Vol.4, p.454-458. Queenston: Edwin Mellon Press.
Usha Geroge, Ka Tat Tsang, Guida Man, and Wei Wei Da. 2000. Needs Assessment of Mandarin-speaking Newcomers. Toronto: South East Asian Services Centre. Unpublished report, 55pp.
Man, Guida.1991. Commuter Families in Canada: A Research Report. Study conducted for the Demographic Review Secretariat, Health and Welfare Canada, September, 98pp.
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