Socio-cultural impact of South Asian communities in Canada | Dr. Satwinder Bains.

Описание: Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains is an Associate Professor in Social Cultural Media Studies, College of Arts. Her current research interests include migration, settlement, and integration; cross-cultural education and curriculum implementation; race, racism, and ethnicity; identity politics; South Asian Canadian Diaspora studies, Punjabi cultural historiographies. Her academic articles can be found in the International Journal of Heritage Studies, The Asia-Pacific Journal, Religions, Women’s Studies International Forum, Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care and books such as Unmooring the Komagata Maru: Charting Colonial Trajectories; Diverse Spaces: Examining Identity, Heritage and Community within Canadian Public Culture; Gender Issues and Challenges in Twenty First Century; Interpreting Ghadar: Echoes of Voices Past as well as in other public spaces.

Satwinder has extensive years of professional work experience in community development and has worked extensively with not-for-profit organizations in the area of cross-cultural mental health, immigrant women, youth and families and board development on diversity and equity. diversity, cross cultural development, women’s rights and socio-religious interfaith dialogue She has served the community as a diversity educator, community developer and community activist in the field of anti-racism and immigrant settlement integration. She is a consummate community advocate and volunteer and has assisted numerous community organizations develop and grow. She continues to serve on numerous committees and organizations locally, nationally and internationally.