Christina Gabriel
Citizenship and Migration; Gender and Politics; Canadian Political Economy
| Degrees: | BA (Ryerson Polytechnical) MA, PhD (York) |
| Phone: | 613-520-2600 x 1213 |
| Email: | christina.gabriel@carleton.ca |
| Office: | A623 Loeb |
On sabbatical July 2024 – December 2024
Professor
Christina Gabriel is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Institute of Political Economy. Her specific research interests focus on citizenship and migration, gender and politics, regional integration and globalization. She is the co-author (with Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Ethel Tungohan) of Containing Diversity: Canada and the Politics of Immigration in the 21st Century (2023), Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity and Globalization (2002) (with Yasmeen Abu-Laban). She is also co-editor (with L. Pauline Rankin) of Counting Matters. Policy, Practice and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada (2024) and (with Hélène Pellerin) a co-editor of Governing International Labour Migration: Current Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas (2008). She has contributed chapters and articles on issues such as migration, border control, transnational care labour and North American regional integration. In 2024 she was awarded the Carleton University Research Achievement Award.
Selected Publications
Christina Gabriel and L. Pauline Rankin. Counting Matters. Policy, Practice and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, (2024).
Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Ethel Tungohan, Christina Gabriel. Containing Diversity: Canada and the Politics of Immigration in the 21st Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (2023).
Christina Gabriel. “The RCSW and Immigration and Citizenship Policy: A Missed Opportunity?” Feminism’s Fight: Challenging Politics and Policies in Canada since 1970. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, (2023).
“New Architectures for Migration Governance: NAFTA and Transnational Activism Around Migrants Rights,” Special Issue Third World Quarterly, vol. 42:1 (2021) pp. 68-85 [Equal co-author Laura Macdonald]
“Contesting Gender Discrimination in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program,” Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 51:3. (2019). pp. 17-35 [Equal co-author Laura Macdonald]
“The International Organization for Migration: Recruitment of Guatemalan Agricultural Workers to Canada”. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 44:10 (2018) pp. 1706-1724. [Equal co-author Laura Macdonald].