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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<\/em> (2023), Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity and Globalization<\/em> (2002) (with Yasmeen Abu-Laban). She is also co-editor (with Laura Macdonald and Jeff Ayres) of Transnational Activism in North America. <\/em>UK: Palgrave Press, 2025, and co-editor (with L. Pauline Rankin) of Counting Matters. Policy, Practice and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada<\/em> (2024) and (with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Pellerin) a co-editor of Governing International Labour Migration: Current Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas<\/em> (2008). She has contributed chapters and articles on issues such as labour migration, border control, transnational care labour and North American regional integration. In 2024 she was awarded the Carleton University Research Achievement Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Laura Macdonald, Christina Gabriel,<\/em><\/strong> Jeff Ayres, eds., Transnational Activism in North America. <\/em>UK: Palgrave Press, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Gabriel and L. Pauline Rankin, editors. Counting Matters. Policy, Practice and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada.<\/em> Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, (2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Ethel Tungohan, Christina Gabriel. Containing Diversity: Canada and the Politics of Immigration in the 21st Century.<\/em> Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Gabriel and Luisa Veronis \u201cCosmopolitan Paradox? The Labour Market Experiences of Newcomer Skilled Workers\u201d Cosmopolitan Civil Societies<\/em>, vol. 15, no. 3. 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christina Gabriel. \u201cThe RCSW and Immigration and Citizenship Policy: A Missed Opportunity?\u201d Feminism\u2019s Fight: Challenging Politics and Policies in Canada since 1970<\/em>. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, (2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNew Architectures for Migration Governance: NAFTA and Transnational Activism Around Migrants Rights,\u201d Special Issue Third World Quarterly<\/em>, vol. 42:1 (2021) pp. 68-85 [Equal co-author Laura Macdonald]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cContesting Gender Discrimination in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program,\u201d Canadian Ethnic Studies<\/em>, vol. 51:3. (2019). pp. 17-35 [Equal co-author Laura Macdonald]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The International Organization for Migration: Recruitment of Guatemalan Agricultural Workers to Canada”<\/a>. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies<\/em>. 44:10 (2018) pp. 1706-1724. [Equal co-author Laura Macdonald].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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