Nancy Mandell

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Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at York University

Nancy Mandell is a Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at York University. She is also a faculty associate at York University’s Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) and Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). Her research and teaching interests include gender, family, aging, intergenerational relations, migrant settlement, qualitative research methods and community-academic research partnerships. Recently she has published articles and book chapters on rising income inequality in Canada, economic insecurity among senior immigrant families, the contradictory role of families in settlement and integration, intergenerational transnational exchanges in later life families, challenges facing international students, the senior digital divide, and critiques of aging.

Contact

Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext: 66905
Email: mandell@yorku.ca

gender, aging, intergenerational relations, migrant settlement, qualitative research methods and community-academic partnerships

  • Stalled Mobility? Income Inequality and Intergenerational Relationships Among Newcomer South Asian and Chinese Households in York Region

  • Mandell, N., Borras, J., Phonepraseuth, J. & Lam, L., University-To-Work Transition: Experiences of Chinese and South Asian International Students. In Leaving to Learn: Mapping the Place of Resilience in the Journeys of International Students to Canada, edited by S. Ghosh, L. Veronis and M. Walton-Roberts. UBC Press, forthcoming.
  • Mandell, N., Phonepraseuth, J., Borras, J., Lam, L. Gazso, A., & Man, G. The Role of Families in the Settlement and Integration of Newcomers to Canada. In Resilience and Integrating International Migrants in Cities in Canada, edited by V. Preston, J. Shields and T. Bedard. McGill-Queens University Press, forthcoming.
  • Borras, J., Phonepraseuth, J., Mandell, N., & Lam, L. (March 2023). “University-to-Work Transitions: Experiences of Chinese and South Asian International Students”, Metropolis Canada Conference, Ottawa, ON.
  • Mandell, N., Phonepraseuth, J., Borras, J., & Lam, L. (2022). South Asian and Chinese International Students in Canada: The Role of Social Connections in their Settlement and Integration. Comparative & International Education, 51 (1), 75-91.
  • Mandell, N., Phonepraseuth, J., Borras, J., Lam, L. Gazso, A., & Man, G. (June 2022). “Is Settlement a ‘Family Affair’? Families as Sources of Support and Stress during Settlement”. Qualitative Analysis Conference and Couch-Stone Symposium Conference, St. John’s, NL.
  • Mandell, N., Borras, J., Phonepraseuth, J., & Lam, L. (May 2022). “University-to-Work Transitions: Experiences of Chinese and South Asian International Students”, Canadian Sociological Association.
  • Mandell, N., Borras, J., Phonepraseuth, J., & Lam, L. (April 2022). “University-to-Work Transitions: Experiences of Chinese and South Asian International Students”, BMRC-IMRU Webinar.
  • Phonepraseuth, J., Borras, J., Mandell, N., & Lam, L. (June 2021). “Studying Abroad: Experiences and Challenges of South Asian and Chinese International Students”. Canadian Sociological Association, Edmonton, AB.
  • Phonepraseuth, J., Borras, J., Mandell, N., Lam, L., Gazso, A., & Man, G. (June 2021). “Is Settlement a ‘Family Affair’? Families as Sources of Support and Stress during Settlement”. Canadian Sociological Association, Edmonton, AB.
  • Gazso, A., Borras, J., Phonepraseuth, J., Mandell, N., Lam, L., & Man, G. (June 2021). “Life Course Capital and Income (In)Security among Recently Arrived Canadian Immigrants from South Asia and China”. Canadian Sociological Association, Edmonton, AB.
  • Mandell, N., Phonepraseuth, J., Borras, J., Lam, L. Gazso, A., & Man, G. (May 2021). “Is Settlement a ‘Family Affair’? Families as Sources of Support and Stress during Settlement”. BMRC-IMRU Webinar, Toronto, ON.
  • Mandell, N., J. Borras, J. and J. Phonepraseuth. (2018). Recent Canadian Immigrant Seniors: A Literature Review of Settlement Experiences and Services: Knowledge Synthesis Report. CERIS/IRCC.
  • Mandell, N., L. Lam, J. Borras, and J. Phonepraseuth. (2018). Living on the margins: Economic security among senior immigrants in Canada. Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 29.
  • 2011. Mandell, N. and Whittington-Walsh, F. ”Building Bridges Across Sectors: Academic-Community Research Protocol”, pp. in R. Berman (ed), Corridor Talk, Innana Publications.
  • 2011. Mandell, N. and King, K. “Emotional Labour and Feeling Rules in Academic-Community Research Projects”, pp. in R. Berman (ed). Corridor Talk, Innana Press.
  • 2011. Mandell, N. “Aging securely in an insecure world”, National Metropolis Conference, Vancouver, March 24.
  • 2010. Mandell, N., Kim, A., Luxton, M., Preston, V., and Robson, K. “Aging Securely: Senior Canadian Immigrants”, International Council for Canadian Studies,: Ageing Societies: The Dynamic of Demographic Change in Canada, Montreal, May 29.
  • 2009. Kim, A., Mandell, N., Luxton, M., Preston, V. and Robson, K. “The economic security of immigrant seniors: framing the questions”, 11th National Metropolis Conference, Calgary, Alberta, March 21.
  • 2008. Mandell, N., King, K. & Whittington-Walsh, F. “Community-Oriented Research: Opportunities and Challenges”, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants Conference “Settlement without Boundaries”, Ryerson University, June 26.
  • 2008. Mandell, N. “Qualitative Research Methods: Why Pursue Community-Academic Research Relationships?”, Department of Sociology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden, May 21.
  • 2006. King, K. and Mandell, N. “Community-Academic Research Relationships: Putting in the Time”, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, York University, June 2.
  • 2006. King, K. and Mandell, N. “It Takes Time: Feelings Rules and Emotional Labour in Community-Academic Research Partnerships”, Symbolic Interaction and Ethnographic Research Conference, Niagara Falls, May 17.
  • 2005. Whittington-Walsh, F. King, K. and Mandell, N. “Building Bridges Across Sectors: A Resource to Help Create Community and Academic Research Partnerships”, Canadian Psychology Association, Qualitative Research Section, Ottawa, June 8.
  • 2004. Blondeau, B., Whittington-Walsh, F. and Mandell, N. “Bridges or Boundaries: The Politics of Identity in Community-based Research”, Crossroads: Critical Issues in Community-Based Research Partnerships, Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut, June 12, 2004.
  • 2004. Whittington-Walsh, F. and Mandell, N. “Community-Academic Research Partners: Dialogues and Strategies”, Building Bridges Across Sectors: A Resource to Help Build Community and Academic Research Partnerships”, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May.
  • 2004. Mandell, N. and Whittington-Walsh, F. and In Collaboration With Disabilities and Physical Differences Initiative, Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women, Intercede: For the Rights of Domestic Workers, Caregivers and Newcomers, North York Women’s Centre, Older Women’s Network, Women and Rural Economic Development, Women and Substance Abuse, Building Bridges Across Sectors: A Resource to Help Create Community and Academic Research Relationships, Working Paper # 33, Toronto: Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS), pp. 1-34.
  • 2004. Mandell, N. and Whittington-Walsh, F. “Protocols to Enhance Community-Academic Research”, Bridging Communities: Community Theory and Practice in a Changing World, Wilfred Laurier University, Brantford Campus, September 30-Oct.2.
  • 2003. Mandell, N. and Whittington-Walsh, F. “Building Alliances across Sectors: A Resource to Help Enhance Community and Academic Research Partnerships”, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Sept. 3.
  • 2002. Mandell, N. “Facilitating Community-Academic Research Partnerships", Keynote Speaker, Building Partnerships for a South Carolina Women’s Well-Being Research and Activism Agenda, University of South Carolina: Women’s Studies Program, February 26.
  • 2001. Mandell, N. “Designing Innovative Community-Academic Research Partnerships”, Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, January 12-14.

Presentations