Victoria Esses

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  • Professor, Psychology; Director, Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations; Co-Chair, Pathways to Prosperity Partnership, Western University
Les drapeaux canadien et américain flottent au sommet du monument Peace Arch, au poste frontalier Douglas-Peace Arch, à Surrey, en Colombie-Britannique, en 2021. Depuis des décennies, les relations entre le Canada et les États-Unis se caractérisent par l’un des partenariats transfrontaliers les plus étroits au monde. Les récentes tensions politiques et économiques ont mis cette relation à rude épreuve. La Presse canadienne/Darryl Dyck

Comment le Canada et les États‑Unis sont entrés dans un cycle d’hostilité et comment ils peuvent y mettre fin

Victoria Esses, Western University; Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Hazel Rose Markus, Stanford University, and Prerna Singh, Brown University

La psychologie de la haine permet d’expliquer comment la rhétorique politique et les récits historiques peuvent transformer un différend diplomatique en hostilité.
For decades, the Canada-U.S. relationship has been defined by one of the world’s closest cross-border partnerships. Recent political and economic tensions have challenged that relationship. Canadian and U.S. flags fly atop the Peace Arch monument at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C., in 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The cycle of hate: How Canada and the U.S. entered a cycle of hostility and how they can break it

Victoria Esses, Western University; Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Hazel Rose Markus, Stanford University, and Prerna Singh, Brown University

The psychology of hate helps explain how threats, political rhetoric and historical narratives can transform a diplomatic dispute into lasting hostility.
An Air Canada plane at Pearson Airport in Toronto. By emphasizing both control and the benefits of immigration, leaders can preserve positive attitudes toward immigrants. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Canada’s immigration strategy: How reduced targets can preserve positive attitudes

Victoria Esses, Western University and Alina Sutter, Western University

The recently announced cuts to Canada’s immigration targets for the coming years are essential to maintain Canadians’ support for immigration and positive attitudes toward immigrants.
A family of asylum seekers cross the Canada-U.S. border just after the midnight deadline at Roxham Road from New York into Canada in March 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

How Twitter — now X — helps us understand Canadian values and attitudes toward asylum seekers

Laura French Bourgeois, Western University and Victoria Esses, Western University

The values of conservation and self-transcendence are used to express negative versus positive attitudes toward asylum seekers and may change in response to policy shifts.
Canada is generally viewed positively for its immigration policies, but more can be done to welcome those seeking to make Canada their home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

As Canada welcomes historic numbers of immigrants, how can communities be more welcoming?

Leah Hamilton, Mount Royal University; Awish Aslam, Western University; Priscila Ribeiro Prado Barros, Western University, and Victoria Esses, Western University

To make a success of Canada’s immigration targets, we must all work to make communities more welcoming to newcomers.
Stereotypes about the elderly having more than their fair share can be heightened during times of crisis when resources are seen to be scarce. (Shutterstock)

The pandemic played into ageist stereotypes, but intergenerational contact and co‑operation can overcome them

Victoria Esses, Western University; Alina Sutter, Western University; Joanie Bouchard, Université de Sherbrooke ; Kate Choi, Western University; Mamta Vaswani, Western University, and Patrick Denice, Western University

To reduce ageist perceptions of older people, we should encourage collectivist norms and the importance of acting for the common good.
Common approaches used to encourage internationally educated health-care professionals to work in smaller communities often focus primarily on attraction, but do not address the reasons why they tend to leave. (Shutterstock)

How rural Canada can attract and retain international health‑care providers: Address discrimination, provide support

Natalya Brown, Nipissing University; Melissa Kelly, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Victoria Esses, Western University

Small communities struggle to retain needed internationally educated health-care professionals. Challenges will persist until the compounding effects of social and professional isolation are addressed.

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