Jeffrey G. Reitz

Jeffrey G. Reitz (Ph.D., FRSC) is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, and R.F. Harney Professor Emeritus of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies. He has published extensively on immigration and inter-group relations in Canada from comparative perspectives and has frequently contributed to discussions of policies on immigration, multiculturalism, and minority group employment in Canada. He is the co-author of Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity (2009); recent articles have appeared in the International Migration Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Social Science Research. Professor Reitz served as Chair in the University of Toronto’s Department of Sociology from 1980-1985, and he contributed for many years at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management. From 1999-2020, he was R.F. Harney Professor and Director of the Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies Program, and in 2002 brought the program to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. In 2000-2001 he was the Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard University, and he has been visiting professor or visiting scholar at other universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and Mexico. During 2012-2014 he was Marie Curie International Fellow at l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, and 2017-2018 he was Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the City University of New York Graduate Centre. He is a Research Fellow with the Institute for Research on Public Policy in Montreal.

Recent Publications

2023

Emily Laxer, Jeffrey G. Reitz & Jessica Stallone. “Challenging the Legitimacy of Exclusion: Muslim Women and Social Boundaries in Different Headscarf Policy Contexts,” Ethnic and Racial Studies 46,5 (2023): 987-1009. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2089535

Jeffrey G. Reitz & Melissa Hernandez Jasso. “Growth in High-Skilled Mexican Migration Northward: American and Canadian Destinations,” Migraciones Internacionales 14 (2023): 1-27.

2022

Jeffrey G. Reitz, Emily Laxer & Patrick Simon, “National cultural frames and Muslims’ economic incorporation: a comparison of France and Canada,” International Migration Review 56,2 (2022): 499-532. https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183211035725

Jeffrey G. Reitz, “Canada: Continuity and Change in Immigration for Nation-Building,” pp. 123-167 in: Controlling Immigration: A Comparative Perspective, 4rd Edition, ed. J.F. Hollifield, P.L. Martin, P.M. Orrenius, and François Héron. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 2022

Monica Mi Hee Hwang, Edward Grabb, Jeffrey G. Reitz (eds.). Social Inequality in Canada: Dimensions of Disadvantage, 7th edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2022.

2021

Richard Alba & Jeffrey G. Reitz, “The significance of mixed family backgrounds for mainstream integration in Canada,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47:4 (2021): 916-933. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1654162

Rupa Banerjee, Feng Hou, Jeffrey G. Reitz, & Tinting Zhang, “Evaluating Foreign Skills: The Effects of Credential Assessment on Skilled Immigrants' Labour Market Performance in Canada,” Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, 47, 3 (2021): 358-372. https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2021-014

Jeffrey G. Reitz and Melissa H. Jasso, “Mexican Migration to Canada: Trends and Prospects,” pp. 47-69 in Borders and Migration in North America at the threshold of the twenties/Fronteras y Migración en Norteamérica en el umbral de los veinte, eds. Graciela Martinex-Zalce and Mónica Verea, Mexico City: Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte (CISAN), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 2021.

2020

Irena Kogan, Eric Fong & Jeffrey G. Reitz, “Religion and integration among immigrant and minority youth,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46,17 (2020): 3543-3558. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1620408

Emily Laxer, Jeffrey G. Reitz and Patrick Simon, “Muslims’ political and civic incorporation in France and Canada: testing models of participation,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46,17 (2020): 3677-3702. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1620418

Emily Laxer, Jeffrey G. Reitz and Patrick Simon, “L’intégration civique des musulmans en France, au Québec et au Canada anglaise: quelle est l’incidence des ‘modèles’ nationaux?” [“Muslims’ Political and Civic Incorporation in France, Québec, and English-Canada: Do National ‘Models’ Play a Role?”]. Pp. 569-599 in Étudier le religieux au Québec: regards d’ici et d’ailleurs, eds. David Koussens, Jean-François Laniel and Jean-Philippe Perreault, Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 2020.

Jeffrey G. Reitz. “Popular Multiculturalism as Social Capital: Trends and Prospects,” Canadian Issues Fall 2020/Winter 2021 (“Multiculturalism @50 and the Promise of a Just Society”), 39-44.