This research is being conducted by Shruti Chandrashekhar Nadkarni, Ph.D. Candidate, under the supervision of Professor Saba Safdar from the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph. This research will contribute to a PhD thesis.
The practice of sharing tea cuts across cultural and temporal lines. As a platform for social connection, chaa (Punjabi for ‘tea’) brings people together to soothe difficult conversations, celebrate milestones and share good news. This ubiquitous drink is the inspiration behind Chaa da Cup, a research project by Harnaaz (Naaz) Kaur Grewal-Greeno, MSW, B.Sc.
Aparna Swarup (visual artist, painter and photographer) and Susan Dobson (lens-based artist and professor at the University of Guelph) met in Dobson’s office to discuss photography, art and culture during Aparna’s six-week stay in Guelph.
Listen to the podcast conversation between Aparna Swarup and Prof. Dobson.
Read the full podcast transcript.
Read on for an abridged version of their conversation.
Sunand Sharma came to Guelph to attend a college in a city not different from his hometown, St. Catharines. It was a safe place, one in which he could learn, grow and go on to develop a career as a rising star in student leadership, citizenship and engagement.
Two awards each of $2500 annually for Masters’ students currently enrolled at the University of Guelph whose research focusing on India, South Asia and/ or Indian, South Asian diaspora.
During my fourth-year development class, I was tasked with writing a research paper on a development topic of my choosing. I was unsure where to begin, so I started researching different topics, and that’s when I came across women’s land rights. Women’s land rights is not a well-known development topic in the Global North and it was my hope that through my research I would be able to help bring awareness to women’s land rights.
Professor Sharada Srinivasan (Canada Research Chair in Gender, Justice and Development; Department of Sociology & Anthropology) is the editor of Becoming A Young Farmer: Young People’s Pathways Into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia. The book is based on international collaborative research in Canada, China, India and Indonesia, is open access and available now! It is part of the book series "Rethinking Rural" (Palgrave Macmillan).
Professor Karine Gagné (Department of Sociology & Anthropology) is co-author, with S. Chostak, of "Climate change beyond technocracy: citizenship and drought practices in the Indian Himalayas." The paper is published in The Journal of Peasant Studies.
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Anju Philip successfully defended her PhD dissertation, "The Impact of Social Networks on the Work-Life Choices of South Asian Women in Ontario, Canada” on December 6, 2023. Anju is graduating from the Department of Management at the Lang School of Business and Economics where she was working under the advisement of Dr. Sean Lyons and committee members, Dr. Sharada Srinivasan and Dr. Sandeep Mishra. Defense examiners were Dr. Jamie Gruman (University of Guelph) and Dr. Shaista Khilji (George Washington University).
CIRCLE is seeking researchers to participate in our webinar series. Any graduate students or faculty members undertaking research related to South Asia, India, or the South Asian and/or Indian diasporas are encouraged to contact us. Emphasis will be given to those in the College of Biological Sciences, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Ontario Agricultural College, or Ontario Veterinary College.