Professor Sharada Srinivasan (Canada Research Chair in Gender, Justice and Development; Department of Sociology & Anthropology) is co-author, with S. I. Rajan, A.
This doctoral research study is conducted by Professor A. Ali (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph; Dr. Shivajan Sivapalan (The South Asian Autism Awareness Centre) and Sejal Katyal (Undergraduate Psychology Major, University of Guelph)
Dilshan Fernando, PhD Candidate, Sociology and International Development whose research focuses on workplace inclusion of people with disabilities in India is curator of a new People's Archive of Rural Ontario (PARO) story titled Importance of Community when Living with Disabilities: Melanie Bidiuk’s reflections.
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.
This doctoral research study is conducted by Anju Philip, PhD Candidate from the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph.
We are seeking participants for a two-part study investigating the meaning of work-life balance to currently or previously employed South Asian women living in Canada. This study also seeks to explore the personal networks that South Asian women belong to, and to what extent these networks impact their diverse choices surrounding work and life.
CIRCLE would like to thank all of the students who visited our table at the University of Guelph’s Club Days on January 18–19. It was our first time participating in the event and we loved meeting each of you. We received great questions about what we do and saw keen interest in opportunities with CIRCLE as a networking and development resource.
We look forward to getting to know students and faculty through our weekly Chai drop-ins on Thursdays at 10 a.m. (9th floor, MacKinnon Building).
Ashna Jassi successfully defended her PhD dissertation, "Caring for Elderly Canadian Punjabis: Understandings and Contributions of Adult Sons and Daughters" on 08 September 2022. She convocated from the Applied Social Psychology program on 11 October 2022. Her PhD dissertation advisory committee included Saba Safdar, Sharada Srinivasan and Paula Barata. Ashna's dissertation included two studies, which add to growing evidence of the involvement of Punjabi adult daughters in caring for their own elderly parents and parents-in-law in Canada.
We are seeking SIX curious, engaged undergraduate students at the University of Guelph to participate in a pilot virtual connection activity with students at Indian universities in 2022–23.
You can register here. The deadline to register is Friday, 30 September 2022.
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