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Sean Lauer
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Latest funding
- $63,664
Exploring Inter-Ethnic Relationships in the Settlement Sector
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $28,435
Making Friends at the Neighbourhood House: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Examination of Friendship Formation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $157,688
Exploring Inter-Ethnic Relationships in the Settlement Sector
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
No publications available.
Exploring Inter-Ethnic Relationships in the Settlement Sector
Principal investigators: Tsang, Ka Tat A.
Keywords: inter-ethnic relationships; settlement; newcomer; multiculturalism; cross-cultural practice
Making Friends at the Neighbourhood House: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Examination of Friendship Formation
Principal investigators: Lauer, Sean R.
Keywords: friendship; community organizations; social infrastructure; neighbourhood houses; settlement houses; social ties and connections; social cohesion and integration;
Exploring Inter-Ethnic Relationships in the Settlement Sector
Principal investigators: Tsang, Ka Tat
Keywords: inter-ethnic relationships; settlement; newcomer; multiculturalism; cross-cultural practice
Making Friends at the Neighbourhood House: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Examination of Friendship Formation
Principal investigators: Lauer, Sean R.
Keywords: friendship; community organizations; social infrastructure; neighbourhood houses; settlement houses; social ties and connections; social cohesion and integration;
Making friends and connections through community organizations
Principal investigators: Lauer, Sean R.
Keywords: asocial society; community organizations; friendship; social connections
Belonging in Unceded Territory
Principal investigators: Ellermann, Antje
Keywords: settler colonialism; immigration; identity; Indigenous peoples; reconciliation; diversity; public opinion; deliberation; dialogue
The possibilities and challenges of a place-based approach to strengthening urban communities: a case study of neighbourhood houses in Vancouver
Principal investigators: Yan, Miu Chung
Keywords: place-based policy; community development; neighbourhood house; settlement house; third sector organization; immigrant integration
Neighbourhood inequality, diversity, and change: trends, processes, consequences, and policy options for Canada's large Metropolitan areas
Keywords: neighbourhood change; divided cities; socio-spatial inequality; concentrated poverty; housing; gentrification; labour market restructuring; immigrant settlement; Aboriginal issues; urban schooling; crime and safety; urban policy; Canada
Immigration and the structure of cross-ethnic personal ties
Principal investigators: Lauer, Sean R.
Keywords: immigration; social capital; community; marriage
The labour market transitions of newly arrived immigrant youth: a tri-provincial study
Principal investigators: Wilkinson, Lori A.
Keywords: immigrant youth; school-to-work transitions; integration
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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