- Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto Metropolitan University
John Carlaw is an Assistant Professor in the Criminology department at Toronto Metropolitan University.
He was formerly a Senior Research Associate under the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration Program at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he co-led the Politics and Narratives of Migration research theme. His work explores the politics and social relations of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism.
His work has appeared in Canadian Diversity, the CERC/RCIS Working Paper Series, the Conversation, the Journal of Canadian Studies, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ The Harper Record 2008-2015, Nationalism and Ethnic Studies, and Studies in Political Economy.
John holds a PhD from the Department of Political Science, York University. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Project Lead of York University's Syria Response and Refugee Initiative, a refugee sponsorship and education initiative at York’s Centre for Refugee Studies. He has previously taught in the politics/political science departments at Trent University and the Glendon Campus of York University.
Experience
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2014–presentAffiliated Researcher, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
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2024–presentAssistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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2020–presentAffiliated Researcher, Global Labour Research Centre, York University
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2024–presentAffiliated Researcher, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS), Toronto Metropolitan University
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2024–presentAffiliated Researcher, Canada Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
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2023–2024Senior Research Associate under the Canada Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
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2021–2024Faculty Associate, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University
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2020–2024Contract Faculty, Glendon College Political Science Department, York University
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2020–2023Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the Canada Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
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2015–2019Project Lead, Syria Response and Refugee Initiative, York University Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Education
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2020York University, PhD, Political Science
Publications
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2022Blunt talk or faux outrage? The politics of expanding migrant worker programs under Canada’s former Conservative government (2006–2015), 102(3), 331-353., Studies in Political Economy
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2022(with Elke Winter) Conservatism and the Re-Communitarianization of Citizenship in Canada, Nationalism and Ethnic Studies
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2021Multiculturalism and its Adjectives: Situating Neoconservative Multiculturalism (pp. 34-41) and Le multiculturalisme et ses adjectifs: Situer le multiculturalisme néoconservateur (pp. 42-46). Vol 18, No. 1. December., Canadian Diversity/Diversité Canadienne
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2017Authoritarian Populism and Canada's Conservative Decade (2006–2015) in Citizenship and Immigration: The Politics and Practices of Kenneyism and Neo-conservative Multiculturalism, Journal of Canadian Studies
Grants and Contracts
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2023Contemporary Paradoxes and Struggles of Migration and Belonging in Canada
- Role:
- Principal Applicant
- Funding Source:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Professional Memberships
- Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS)
- Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA)
- International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Contact John for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @john_carlaw
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