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Catherine Haeck
Languages: English, French
Short Bio: Professor of Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Research Area: Human capital development of children and youth.
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Philip Merrigan
Languages: English, French
Short Bio: Professor of Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
Research Area: Public policy for young children and family economics.
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David Zarifa
Languages: English
Short Bio: Professor of Sociology, Nipissing University. He is the Canada Research Chair in Life Course Transitions in Northern and Rural Communities.
Research Area: Post-secondary education, and the transition from school to the workforce.
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Arthur Sweetman
Languages: English
Short Bio: Professor of Economics at McMaster University, and Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources.
Research Area: Physician incentives, health policy, immigrants integration to the labour market, and higher education policy.
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Ross Finnie
Languages: English, French
Short Bio: Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. He is the director of the Education Policy Research Initiative, and a member of the National Advisory Committee on Post-secondary Education Statistics.
Research Area: Post-secondary access, quality of the post-secondary experience, and accountability in the post-secondary system.
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Gerry Veenstra
Languages: English
Short Bio: Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia.
Research Area: Effects of racial and ethnic identity on physical and mental health, both in Canada and in international contexts.
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Abdie Kazemipur
Languages: English
Short Bio: Professor of Sociology, and Chair of Ethnic Studies at the University of Calgary.
Research Area: The socio-economic experiences of immigrants in Canada (particularly those from Islamic countries), and the socio-cultural developments in the Middle East.
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Céline Le Bourdais
Languages: English, French
Short Bio: Professor of Sociology, Research Chair in Social Statistics and Family Change at McGill University.
Research Area: The effect of recent socio-demographic changes on family dynamics and the family life course of women, men and children and their implications for family policy.
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Esme Fuller-Thomson
Languages: English
Short Bio: Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Toronto and Director of the Institute for Life Course and Aging.
Research Area: Adverse childhood experiences (maltreatment and parental divorce), grandparents raising their grandchildren, disability among older adults, and substance use among youth.