Curriculum Vitae
A. NAME
Tania Das Gupta
Full Professor, Department of Equity Studies,
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Tenured
Member of Graduate Faculty: yes
B. DEGREES
1987 PhD., Education Theory, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto
1981 MA, Education Theory, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of
Toronto
1979 BA (Hons.), Sociology, University of Toronto
C. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
7/2009-present
7/2009-12/2009
7/2005-6/2009
7/1996-6.2009
1991-1996
1991-Present
6/1990-8/1990
6/1991-8/1991
1988-1991
1986
1984
Cross-appointment: Full Professor, Department of Equity Studies and
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies,
York University, Toronto
Chair, Department of Equity Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts &
Professional Studies, York University, Toronto
Chair, School of Social Sciences, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and
Professional Studies, York University, Toronto.
Associate Professor, Sociology/School of Social Sciences,
Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York
University, Toronto.
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Atkinson College, York University,
Toronto
Cross-appointment: Faculty of Graduate Studies, York
University
Contract Instructor, Sociology, Atkinson College.
Contract Instructor, Sociology, Atkinson College.
Professor and Program Coordinator, Community Worker Program, George
Brown College, Toronto.
Teaching Assistant, Open College, Ryerson Polytechnical
Institute
Contract faculty, Sociology, Ryerson Polytechnical Inst.
D. ACADEMIC HONOURS
Research Development Fellowship, YUFA, 2009-10
Academic Activist Award, May Day and South Asian Heritage Month Celebrations, 2009
York University Merit Award, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010.
E. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
“Canadian Multiculturalism and Inclusion,” Fedcan Equity Matters Blog, Friday (4 March 2011).
<http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/03/04/canadian-multiculturalism-and-social-inclusion/>.
*Interviewed on CBC, Radio Canada International regarding Real Nurses and Others: Racism in
Nursing, Aug. 14, 2009.
*Television interview regarding Real Nurses and Others: Racism in Nursing, SUN TV, Aug. 14,
2009. Aired on Aug. 21, 2009, 5:30 pm.
*Reported in Alumni Matters, “The “new racism” plaguing Ontario’s healthcare system,” York
University, August, 2009.
*Interviewed live on CBC Ontario Morning re Real Nurses, July 31, 2009
*Interviewed on CBC Metro Morning re Real Nurses, July 27, 2009. Aired on July 31,2009.
*Reported in Caribbean Camera, July 15, 2009.
*Reported in “New Racism Pervades Nursing: Study,” The Liberal, July 18, 2009.
*Reported in Longwoods Health and Healthcare News, “Nurses Stung by Racism on the Job,
York U Research Finds,” July 14, 2009,
http://www.longwoods.com/articles/images/news_nurses_racism_jul1409.htm
*Television interview regarding Real Nurses and Others: Racism in Nursing, OMNI TV News,
July 17, 2009, 8 pm.
*Newspaper interview by Don Peat, “Nurses Abused,” Toronto Sun, July 15, 2009, p. 14.
*Interviewed on Y-File, “Real Nurses Looks at Racism in the Nursing Profession,” July 9, 2009,
http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=12826
* Press conference called by Workers Action Centre to launch report titled Working On the
Edge, Toronto, May 30, 2007.
Member of research team to produce the report Working on the Edge by the Workers’ Action
Centre, Toronto, May, 2007. The report highlights voices of precarious workers and was funded
by Heritage Canada and Law Foundation of Ontario.
*Consultant to Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) regarding grievance, Toronto, 2007
*Module Expert, Migration Module, Gender and Work Database Project, 2002-2005, Funded by
the CFI (Principal Investigator: Leah Vosko)
Created multi-media course materials on The Receiving Society: Institutional Responses to
Immigrants and Refugees, Joint Centre for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS),
Toronto, 2000-2001. These were updated in 2004.
Chaired panel: Cultural Continuities and Contradictions, International Conference on the
Making of the Islamic Diaspora,York University, Toronto, May 7-9, 2004.
*Interviewed by Saddeiqa Holder, School of Social Work, York University, for the creation of
internet course materials for EMPIRICAL project, Centre of Excellence for Refugee and
Immigration Studies (CERIS), 2004
F. GRADUATE SUPERVISION
Completed: 12 M.A. (9 supervised by me), 1 MSW, 17 PhD. (4 supervised by me)
In progress: 6 PhD. (2 supervised by me), 1 M.A. (1 supervised by me)
G. GRADUATE COURSES
2004
2004-05
2005
2007
2008
2011
Directed Reading Courses (SOCI6900.06 and SOCI6900.03)
Race and Ethnic Relations SOCI 6760.06, co-taught with Ester Reiter
Race and Ethnic Relations SOCI 6760.03
Race and Ethnic Relations SOCI 6760.03
Race and Ethnic Relations SOCI 6760.03
Race and Ethnic Relations SOCI 6760.03
H. EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING
2009 Co-Investigator, Standard Research Grant (SSHRC) titled “Transnational
Migration Trajectories of Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada,” PI: Dr.
Guida Man, York University, April 2009 ($100,488)
2005 Co-investigator, Standard Research Grant (SSHRC) titled ‘Professional Immigrant
Women Navigating the Canadian Labour market: A Study in Adult Learning,’ PI: Dr.
Roxana Ng, University of Toronto, October 2005 ($110,091)
2004 Co-Investigator, Research Cluster Grant (SSHRC) titled ‘A critical Comparison Between
Refugees and Immigrants in Canada,’ Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), York
University, September 2004 ($25,000)
2000-05 Co-Investigator, Community University Research Alliance (CURA, SSHRC) Grant
proposal dealing with “Contingent Workers” involving York University, University of
Toronto, McMaster University, Contingent Workers Labour Adjustment Group and other
labour and academic institutions. Principal Investigator: Leah Vosko, Research Chair,
School of Social Sciences, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, 20002005 ($1,000,000)
I. INTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING
2009 York Ad Hoc Sub-committee Conference Travel Grants, “Transnational
Identities: Twice Migrated South Asians in Canada,” 8th Biennial Conference of
the Asian Association of Social Psychology, New Delhi, India, December 11-14,
2009, $700.
2008 Atkinson Dean’s Office Conference Travel Funds, “Thinking Beyond Borders:
Global Ideas, Global Values,” Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Vancouver, Canada, May 31-June 8, 2008.
2007 SSHRC Conference Travel Grants, 12th International Metropolis Conference, Melbourne,
Australia, Oct.8-12, 2007, $1,200
Atkinson Dean’s Office Conference Travel Funds, 12th International Metropolis
Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Oct.8-12, 2007, $1,800
2005 SSHRC Conference Travel Grants, Third International Conference on New Directions in
the Humanities, UK, Aug. 2-5, 2005, $500
Atkinson Dean’s Office Conference Travel Funds, Third International Conference on
New Directions in the Humanities, UK, Aug. 2-5, 2005, $2,000
SSHRC Conference Travel Grants, Third International Conference on New
Directions in the Humanities, UK, Aug 2-5, $500
Atkinson’s Dean’s Office Conference Travel Grants, $2,000
2004 SSHRC Small Grants, “The Twice Migrated: Indian Immigrants From the Middle
East,” $1,100, Nov. 30.
J. PUBLICATIONS
Life time summary:
Books
3
Edited books
2
Edited special journals
3
Refereed chapters in books
14 + 4 reprints
Refereed articles in scholarly journals
12
Papers in refereed published conference proceedings
Book review in refereed journal
6
Technical reports
5
2
Non-refereed publications
4
Papers given at refereed conferences
25
Scholarly Books
Real Nurses and Others: Racism in Nursing. (Halifax: Fernwood Press, 2009),127 pages ,
ISBN978-1-55266-298-4
Edited Book:
Lead editor (with Carl James, Grace Edwards Galabuzi et al), Race and Racialization: Essential
Readings. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2007, 416 pages (ISBN 978-1-55130-335-2)
Chapters in Books:
*“Race and Migration,” in Immanuel Nesse, et al. Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. New York:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
*“Gulf Husbands and Canadian Wives In the South Asian Community: Transnationalism From
Below – A Classed, Gendered and Racialized Phenomenon,” in Transnational Voices: Global
Migration and the Experiences of Women, Youth and Children, Eds. Guida C. Man and Rina
Cohen, forthcoming.
*(co-authored with Pramila Aggarwal) “Indian Grandparents Living in Toronto,” in Indian
Diaspora: Voices of the Diasporic Grandparents and Grandparenting, Ed. Amarjit Singh,
forthcoming.
“Racism/Anti-Racism, Precarious Employment and Unions” in Daily Struggles – the Deepening
Racialization and Feminization of Poverty in Canada edited by Maria Wallis and Siu-ming
Kwok. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2008, p. 143-157. (Reprint)
“Racism/Anti-Racism, Precarious Employment and Unions” in Tania Das Gupta, Carl James,
Grace Edwards Galabuzi et al), Race and Racialization: Essential Readings. Toronto: Canadian
Scholars’ Press, 2007, p. 350-355 (Reprint)
Co-authored with Rebecca Hagey and Jane Turritin, “Racial Discrimination in Nursing” in
Interrogating Race and Racism, Vijay Agnew, eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007,
p.261-301.
“Immigrant Women’s Activism: The Last Thirty Years,” in Race, Racialization, and Antiracism
in Canada and Beyond, Genevieve Fuji Johnson and Randy Enomoto, eds. Toronto: University
of Toronto Press, 2007, p.105-116.
*“Racism and the Labour Movement” in Equalizing Labour: Union Responses to Equity in
Canada edited by Gerald Hunt and David Rayside. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007,
p. 235-277.
Co-authored with Cynthia Cranford and Leah F. Vosko, “Thinking Through Community
Unionism” in Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada
edited by Leah F. Vosko. Canada: McGill Queen’s University Press, 2006, p. 353-377
“Racism/Anti-Racism, Precarious Employment and Unions” in Precarious Employment
Employment:Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada edited by Leah F. Vosko.
Canada: McGill Queen’s University Press, 2006, p. 318-334.
“Families of Native Peoples, Immigrants and People of Colour” in Open Boundaries: A
Canadian Women’s Studies Reader edited by B. Crow and L. Gotell. Toronto Prentice-Hall,
2005, p. 199-216. (Reprint)
Refereed Articles in Scholarly Journals:
“The Challenges of a ‘Multicultural’ Classroom: Some Reflections,” Atlantis: A Woman’s
Studies Journal, Vol. 35.2 (forthcoming).
“Twice Migrated: Political Economy of South Asian Immigrants From the Middle East to
Canada,” International Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 3, Issue 9, 2005-06.[www.HumanitiesJournal.com], p. 263-274
Technical Reports:
“Some Effects on Nurses of Race, Colour or Ethnicity: Summary of Das Gupta’s Survey of
Nurses, November 2001-May 2002,” Implementing Accountability for Equity and Ending Racial
Backlash in Nursing, Centre for Equity in Health and Society, Canadian Race Relations
Foundation, Toronto, April 2005.
“Report of the SSHRC Research Cluster on Refugees and Forced Migration: A Cross Sector
Research Agenda for the Protection of Refugees and Forced Migrants, Co-authored with Susan
McGrath, Tracey Derwing, Jean Renaud and Sharryn Aiken, Centre for Refugee Studies, York
University, 2005. http://www.yorku.ca/crs/Research/refugeeresearchreport.pdf
Papers Presented At Conferences:
“Navigating Neoliberal Globalization: Immigrant Women in Canada,” Women’s World
Conference, Ottawa, July 2011.
“ Restructuring, resistance and knowledge production on campus: the story of the Department of
Equity Studies at York University,” paper presented at Critical Ethnic Studies and the Future of
Genocide Conference, University of California, Riverside, California, March 10-12, 2011.
“Twice migrated South Asian Canadians: race, gender and class relations in the transnational
field,” paper presented at Assessing the Complexities of South Asian Migration,' Waterloo,
Ontario, May 19-21, 2011.
“Re-Visiting the politics of multiculturalism and citizenship in post-9-11 Canada,” Paper
presented at the 10th Annual Critical Race and Anti-Colonial Studies Conference, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, October 8-10, 2010.
Ng, R., Mirchandani, K., Liu, W.l., Shan, H., Das Gupta, T., Man, G. (2009) Mobilizing class
transnationally: Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market. In Sara
Carpenter, Marilyn Laiken & Shahrzad Mojab (Eds.), Proceedings of the Canadian Association
for the Studies of Adult Education (CASAE) 28th Annual Conference, May 25-27, Ottawa.
Paper titled: “Becoming ‘Canadian’: Discourses of Race, Ethnicity and Diaspora in TwiceMigrated South Asian Canadians,” Conference Organized by Chair in Multiculturalism: ReThinking Multiculturalism: Brazil, Canada, and the United States, York University, Toronto, Jan.
29-30, 2010.
Paper titled: “Transnational Identities: Twice Migrated South Asians in Canada,” 8th Biennial
Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, New Delhi, India, December 12,
2009.
Paper titled: “Transnationalism From Below: A Classed, Gendered and Racialized
Phenomenon,” Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), Congress of the Humanities and
Social Sciences, Ottawa, May 29, 2009.
Paper titled: “Transnational Class Mobility: Professional Immigrant Women Navigating the
Labour Market,” (with Roxana Ng, Kiran Mirchandani, Guida Man, Hongxia Shan), The 8th
Critical Race and Anti-Colonial Studies Conference, Researchers and Academics of Colour for
Equality (RACE), Ryerson University, Toronto, Nov. 14, 2008.
Paper titled: “Transnationalism From Below – A Classed, Gendered and Racialized
Phenomenon,” Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), Congress of the Humanities and the
Social Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 4, 2008.
Presented paper titled: “Transnationalism From Below: Twice-Migrated South Asian Immigrants
in Canada,” 12th International Metropolis Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 8-12, 2007.
“Twice Migrated: Political Economy of South Asian Immigrants From the Middle East to
Canada,” Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Cambridge, UK,
Aug. 4, 2005
Other Publications/Contributions
Book Reviews in Refereed Journal:
*Review of Global Cities At Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour. New York: Pluto Press,
2010 (forthcoming).
*Class and Race formation in North America by James W. Russell in Labour/Le Travail, volume
66 (Fall 2010), p. 259-261.
Re-Thinking Anti-Racisms: From Theory To Practice edited by Floya Anthias and Cathie Lloyd
in Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2004, 33, 2