Wenona Giles

Wenona Giles

Job Title: 
Full Professor
Discipline: 
Anthropology
Education: 

1987 PhD Anthropology, University of Toronto

1980 M.A. Anthropology, University of Toronto

1972 Education degree, University of British Columbia

1971 B.A. English and French Literature, University of Santa Clara

1970 Diplôme de Langue et des Lettres Françaises, Université d'Aix-Marseille

Institution(s): 
Professor, School of Social Sciences, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University and Resident Faculty, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Memberships: 

Canadian Ethnic Studies
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Canadian Women’s Studies Association
American Anthropological Association
International Association for the Study of Forced Migration

Current Research Projects: 

2008-2015       Senior Co-investigator. SSHRC Cluster Grant: A Canadian Refugee Research Network: Globalizing Knowledge.                       CAN$ 2.1million

Completed Research Projects: 

2008 Principal Investigator. SSHRC Conference Grant for June 15-18, 2008. Conference: “Refugees and the Insecure Nation: Managing Forced Migration in Canada”. CAN$20,000

2007 Principal investigator. Open Society Institute (Budapest) for Women in Conflict Zones Conference: Revisioning and Reimagining the Future. May 15th – 18th. Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia. CAN$ 21,844

2007 Principal Investigator. Research Study: Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration , women and transitional justice. Grant Awarded by: International Centre for Transitional Justice. Grant Amount: US$ 2,000

2005-08 Principal Investigator. SSHRC Standard Grant for project: The Globalization of Homelessness in Long-Term Refugee Camps. CAN $163,327

2000 Publishing subsidy. Aid to Scholarly Publications Committee, Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada for manuscript: Immigration and Nationalism: Two Generations of Portuguese Women in Toronto. Paid to University of Toronto Press. CAN$7,000

2000 Principal investigator. Ford Foundation, New York for follow-up funding for A Comparative Study of the Issues Faced by Women as a Result of Armed Conflict: Sri Lanka and the Post-Yugoslav States: CAN $56,000

1998-99 Principal investigator. Ford Foundation, New York for A Comparative Study of the Issues Faced by Women as a Result of Armed Conflict: Sri Lanka and the Post-Yugoslav States CAN $236,677

1998-99 Principal investigator. Open Society Institute (Budapest) for A Comparative Study of the Issues Faced by Women as a Result of Armed Conflict: Sri Lanka and the Post-Yugoslav States CAN $64,000

1996-99 Principal investigator. SSHRC Women and Change Strategic Grant for an International Network Concerning Women in Conflict Zones. CAN $73,000

1993 Co-investigator. Swedish International Development Agency Grant for Conference: Refugee Women and Gender Issues: Development Implications CAN$70,236

1991-92 Principal investigator. SSHRC Women and Work Strategic Grant: Immigrant Women in the Informal Economy in Toronto. CAN $8,000

1989-91 Principal investigator. Social Science Research Council Post Doctoral Fellowship (University of Montreal) - for Research Project entitled: Portuguese Women in Toronto: Expressions of Socio-Political Involvement. CAN$50,520

1990-91 Principal investigator. Secretary of State Research Grant. Research Project entitled: Portuguese Women in Toronto: Expressions of Socio-Political Involvement. CAN $17,270

1989-91 Co-investigator. Secretary of State - Canadian Ethnic Studies funded research project entitled: Ethnicity, Gender and Urban Labour Markets in Canada. CAN$24,335

Geographical Locations: 
Kosovo
Kenya
Sri Lanka
Serbia and Montenegro
former Yugoslavia
Dadaab
Keywords/phrases: 
Migration and Forced Migration; the Gender Relations Economic and Political Migration
Gender and Militarization; Ethnicity
Nationalism and Gender
Women and Development
Phone (work): 
+1 416 736 2100 ext. 66340
Languages: 
en
fr