Shirin Shahrokni, York University

Research

Gender immigration racial capitalism labour market inequalities immigration policies francophone immigrants postcolonial theory Ontario

Latest papers

The collective roots and rewards of upward educational mobility.
The British journal of sociology · 2018 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Not a Single Story: Impacts of Race, Gender, and Geographical Provenance on the Employment Trajectories of Highly Skilled Francophone Immigrants in Ontario
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$21,634
Undelivered Promises of Immigration? Examining the Integration Pathways of Toronto's University-Educated Immigrants from France through an Intersectional Approach
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$47,974
Asian International Students to Canadian Universities: Examining the Racialization of Chinese, Indian and Korean Students in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$285,882

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

The collective roots and rewards of upward educational mobility.

Shahrokni S

The British journal of sociology2018First author

DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12349 PMID: 29392711

Not a Single Story: Impacts of Race, Gender, and Geographical Provenance on the Employment Trajectories of Highly Skilled Francophone Immigrants in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shahrokni, Shirin

Keywords: immigration; racial capitalism; labour market inequalities; gender; immigration policies; francophone immigrants; postcolonial theory; Ontario

$21,634

Undelivered Promises of Immigration? Examining the Integration Pathways of Toronto's University-Educated Immigrants from France through an Intersectional Approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Shahrokni, Shirin

Keywords: International migration; Intersectionality; Francophone immigrants outside Quebec; Race; Gender; Language; Integration; Employment; Context of reception; Toronto

$47,974

Asian International Students to Canadian Universities: Examining the Racialization of Chinese, Indian and Korean Students in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Montsion, Jean Michel

Keywords: international students; Canadian universities; ethnicity; racialization; student migration; student integration; migrant integration; transition pathways; Vancouver; Winnipeg; Toronto; Montréal; Halifax

$285,882

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Gender Dear Professor Shahrokni, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The collective roots and rewards of upward educational mobility." (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Not a Single Story: Impacts of Race, Gender, and Geographical Provenance on the Employment Trajectories of Highly Skilled Francophone Immigrants in Ontario" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]