Prentice Post (Summer 2015)

Highlights the Prentice Institute's activities, initiatives and research affiliations.Inside this issue: The Prentice Institute does research on the changing human population and its potential impacts on social and economic issues, and communicates its findings widely. The Prentice Institute and its research collaborators seek to understand long-term changes in the human and economic environments, within a historical context, with particular attention to the role human actions play in influencing those out-comes. We conduct and integrate research on the dynamics of Canadian and global demog-raphy and their impacts on economic well-being through migration, culture, trade and natural resource availability. We communicate widely the output of our work and that of others to stimulate fur-ther research and to enable individuals, governments, and corporations to make better-informed decisions. We educate students and future researchers. Director’s Note & Name our ‘Duck’ 1 Prentice Institute Publication 1 Prentice Institute Post—Docs 2 Prentice Institute News 3-4 Recognitions 5 Book Publications, 2013-2015 6-7 Public Lectures Spring 2015 8 Mission Statement 1 Di rec tor’ s Note Prentice Post Summer 2015 Prent ice Institute Publicat ion Summer 2015 is far from a time of fun in the sun for us in the Prentice Institute. It is full steam ahead with our many research and outreach endeavours. Many of us associated with the Prentice Institute are giving research papers at various conferences. And all are busy doing research and writing up our research for publication. The reach and recognition of the Prentice Institute grows each year locally, nationally and internationally. Our research is always peer-reviewed and academic. This gives the research we do a special credibility and helps build our reputation across the world. You will get a sense of the breadth and amount of research we are doing from checking the URL below. This will take you to a summary report of our research over only a two year period. It will be apparent why the reach and reputation of the Prentice Institute is growing by leaps and bounds. Wishing all our followers and supporters an enjoyable summer. ~Susan A. McDaniel Who is the ‘duck’ in gumboots? Well, let me introduce this duck, which is actually a gull. What everyone in the Prentice Institute refers to as a duck, seems to make an appearance every time I appear in any news story that includes a photo. This is one photogenic ‘duck’ so we thought maybe she/he has become our mascot. She/he may need a name. Suggestions welcome. The Prentice Institute has published a summary report showcasing the outstanding research done by our many afiliates at the University of Lethbridge, across Canada and over-seas. Covering the academic years of 2013- 2015, this publication highlights the numerous ways our affiliates contribute to their diverse fields of study. Included is how active many of them are in outreach to their communities and society at large. We are proud to present our research, please go to: http://issuu.com/ prenticeinstitute/docs/research_affiliate_book Prentice Post Summer 2015 2 Prent ice Inst itute Post Docs Prentice Institute Post Doc Dr. Jing Shen says goodbye Dr. Andrew Patterson joins us from the University of British Columbia where he completed his Ph.D. in Sociology. His research compares the impact of political regimes on population health. He finds a surprisingly strong relationship between democratic governance and population health. As part of his post-doctoral research, he intends to compare more regime types, further exploring the relationship between democracy, economic prosperity and health, attempting to discern why neither systems of accountability for leaders’ decisions nor social inequalities act as mediators. He is very keen to analyse causes and explanations of the relationship of governance to population health, relying on an ecological perspective. We are sad to see Jing leave our Institute early. She completes her journey here on April 30th and will return to her husband in Toronto shortly thereafter. We wish you well Jing, with all your future endeavours! Dr. Daniel Dutton is currently a Research Associate at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary. His training is in population health and economics and he has a special interest in how policy can change population-level health outcomes. In the past he worked for the Ontario Ministry of Finance before moving to Alberta for his Ph.D. On a side note, in a funny email exchange, Daniel wanted me to mention that he is very disorganized . I don’t believe it. The Prentice Institute has two new Post-Docs ~ July 2015 Dr . S e o n g - ge e Um, f o rme r p o s t - d o c t o r a l fe l l ow a t t he P r e n t ic e In s t i t u t e , i s n o t o n l y c o - a u t h o r wi th S u s a n McDa n i e l o f t h e re ce n t l y p u b l i s h e d 2 0 1 5 b o o k , S t at e s an d M ark e t s : Pu b l i c Po l i c y i n Can ad a (Ox f o r d Un i ve r s i t y P r e s s ) , b u t s h e h a s r e c e n tl y b e e n awa r d e d a p e rma n e nt j o b a s Re se a r c he r wi t h th e We l l e s l e y In s t i t u t e i n T o r o n t o . h t t p :/ /ww w.we l l e s l e yi n s t i t u t e .c om/ Congratulations Seong -gee! (We l l e s l e y i s d e d i c a t e d t o u r b a n h ea l t h ) Summer 2015 Prentice Post @PrenticInst The www.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute Prentice Institute 3 New a f f i l i at e He r b Eme r y Give the gift of reading A people-to-people initiative to rebuild school libraries in disaster-affected communities ReadWorld Foundation has sent over 30 boxes of donated books to Tacloban City, Philippines to help rebuild libraries in public schools affected by super typhoon Haiyan. This was made possible by the generosity of the Lethbridge community- schools, students, teachers, parents, colleagues, friends, residents, and West Lethbridge Lions Club. Update: It takes more than 1 box to reconstruct libraries damaged by the strongest typhoon ever recorded. The Lethbridge community has continued donate books and we need to ship them. We are looking for sponsors to help us send these books to the Philippines. Shipping cost of 1 standard box (18 x 18 x 33) is $90. Please contact readworld.foundation@gmail.com if you wish to become a sponsor. We accept individual, group, and corporate sponsorship. Prent ice Inst itute News The Prentice Institute is pleased to welcome Our Newest Research Affiliate (International) Dr. Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun, Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dr. Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun studies family, population and genomic medicine in global contexts. She was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Brit-ish Columbia (UBC) for AY2014-2015, while on sabbatical leave from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She is a graduate of New York University, and the author of Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore: Making Future Citizens (Routledge, 2012). More about her work can be found at http://works.bepress.com/shirleysun. ReadWorld Foundation Founding President, Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Glenda Bonifacio IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL? http://isthishowyoufeel.weebly.com/this-is-how-scientists-feel.html (James Byrne) In the Media 4 News Cont inues Prentice Post Summer 2015 Gender, Migration and the Work of Care, SSHRC Partnership Project Sub-Project Title: Demography, Economics and Policy Domain: Structural Factors a in the Supply & Demand for Care Under the direction of Susan McDaniel, Sub-project lead and Co-Investigator of overall project, participants gathered from across Canada to share ongoing research, discuss collaborations and set deliverable outcomes. The Workshop began with a social evening followed by an intensive day of presentations and round-table discussions. The major topics included: an overview of the larger project; global migration, inequality, ageing populations, transnationalism; temporary foreign workers, low-skilled vs high skilled, human capital, deskilling; pathways to migration, world system theory, institutional theory, social network theory; reproductive labour vs productive labour, comparison research, mutually dependent care chains; producer lead migration, consumer lead migration, retirement migration and many others. The working day ended with renewed connections and clear ideas where the research and collaborations are. Front Left - Right Zenaida Ravanera (Western University), Matthew Kerr (University of Lethbridge), Alex Zanidean (University of Lethbridge), Mon ica van Huystee (Citizenship and Immigration Canada), Seong-gee Um (University of Montreal), Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun (,Nanyang Technological University) Glenda Bonifacio (University of Lethbridge) Standing Left – Right Teresa Abada (Western University), Peter Kellett (University of Lethbridge), Leanne Little (University of Lethbridge), Susan McDaniel (University of Lethbridge), John Rietschlin (Employment & Social Development Canada), Ito Peng (University of Toronto) 03.11.2015 Economist and Prentice Institute Research Affiliate Richard E. Mueller from the University of Lethbridge lectured at UM (Universidad De Montevideo) On March 11, Richard E. Mueller from the University of Lethbridge visited the UM. He met with authorities and students and lectured in the cycle of seminars of the School of Economics. Researchers Alejandro Cid, Ana Balsa, Marcelo Caffera, Ignacio Presno and Daniel Ferrés attended his talk. He presented his research on access to post-secondary education and also reported the attendance rates to university among children who were immigrants or were born to immigrant parents. He finds that these children are more likely to attend post-secondary education than non-immigrant youth. www.um.edu.uy/international/news/148- economist-from-the-university-of-lethbridge- at-the-um/ Prentice Post Summer 2015 5 25 years ~ Pamela Winsor, Education 15 years ~ James Graham, New Media - Abdie Kazemipur, Sociology - Heidi MacDonald, History Richard Mueller, Economics and Wei Xu, Geography 10 years ~ Henning Bjornlund (retired 2015), Economics and Bonnie Lee, Health Science Retiree Recognition ~ Peter McCormick, Political Science 40 years ~ Reginald Bibby, Sociology, and Peter McCormick Prentice Institute Research Affiliate Annual Long Service Awards and Retiree Recognition, UofL May 2015 The sun never sets on the age of e-globalization Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Constantine Passaris troymedia.com Electronic interconnectedness - e-globalization - is the virtual glue that holds the contemporary global economy together. U of L sociologist & Prentice Institute Research Affiliate Kazemipur wins prestigious book award Dr. Abdie Kazemipur, a University of Lethbridge professor of sociology and the University Scholar research chair in social sciences, has been named by the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) as this year’s recipient of The John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award for his recent book The Muslim Question in Canada: A Story of Segmented Integration (2014, UBC Press). Reg Bibby 6 Please take the time to check out all of our affiliates publications, news releases, conferences and opportunities on the Prentice Institute website www.uleth.ca/prenticeintsitute Prentice Post Summer 2015 Book Publicat ions 2013-2015 7 Prentice Post Summer 2015 To be added or removed from the Prentice Institute Newsletter list please email prentice@uleth.ca Summer 2015 Prentice Post 8 For more videos from the Prentice Institute go to the website at ww.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute or type Prentice Institute on YouTube We had a well r ounded and infor mative ar r ay of Br own Bag lectur es this last semester and ar e alr eady wor king on our upcoming sessions. We encourage all of you to watch our webpage for upcoming Brown Bag events. Friday 9 January 2015 “Canadian Families and Care-Related Expenses” Karen Duncan, Associate Professor, Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba Thursday 5 February 2015 “Host Cities and the Olympics: An Uneasy Relationship?” Harry H. Hiller, Director of The Cities and the Olympics Project and Faculty Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Calgary Thursday 12 March 2015 “The Resource Curse: The Challenges of Managing an Economy Dependent on Volatile Commodity Prices” Herbert Emery, Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Program Director for Health Policy in the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary and Managing Editor of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques Thursday 9 April 2015 “International Development, Poverty, and Income Differentials: A Special Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa” Alexander Darku, Associate Director, Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, Associate Professor, Economics Department, University of Lethbridge Wednesday 22 April 2015 “Personalized Medicine and Asian DNA: Pharmacogenomics and Market Forces” Dr. Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun, Associate Professor, Sociology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore The Prentice Institute Brown Bag Series – Winter & Spring 2015 On Thursday, March 12, 2015 the Prentice Institute hosted an evening Cafe Conversation discussion panel at Osho Restaurant. Panelists included Trevor Harrison, Associate Dir ector Pr entice Institute, Pr ofessor of So-ciology, UofL and Director of Parkland Institute, Herbert Emery, Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Program Director for Health Policy in the School of Public Policy, UofC and Managing Editor of Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de politiques Geoffrey E. Hale, Professor, Department of Political Science, UofL. Moderated by Pamela Winsor, Pr entice Institute Resear ch Affiliate Pr ofessor , Faculty of Education, Uof