Dr. Tony Fang, the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Economic and Cultural Transformation for Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador H.
Dr. Tony Fang is the newly appointed Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Cultural and Economic Transformation at Memorial. An economist, Dr. Fang comes to Memorial University from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where he was director of the master of international business program and an associate professor of human resources management and employment relations. He previously taught at Toronto
's York University and at the I. Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba. The mandate of the $2-million chair is to promote research in the areas of global and local cultures, immigration, diasporas, demographic change and strategies for immigration retention and integration. These areas directly align with Dr. Fang’s research interests and accomplishments, which include a recent role as the domain leader in economic and labour market integration at Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement–Ontario Metropolis Centre and a recent stint as president of the Chinese Economists Society. Dr. Fang has a PhD in industrial relations and human resource management from the University of Toronto. His areas of research interest encompass issues of compensation and benefits, high performance workplace practices, pension, retirement policy and the aging workforce, education, immigration and minimum wages, union impact on wages, innovation and firm growth, pay equity and employment equity. He has published in such journals as Strategic Management Journal, Industrial and Labor Relations Review (Cornell), Industrial Relations (Berkeley), British Journal of Industrial Relations, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Public Policy, China Economic Review, Journal of World Business, Journal of Labor Research, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Management History, Social Indictors Research and Perspectives on Labour and Income. He has also received nine research awards from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and five research grants from Human Resource and Development Canada.
“My ultimate goal is to make Memorial the place to study global migration, and cultural and economic transformation in North America,” said Dr. Fang. As chair, he says he hopes to establish a research centre, a speakers' series and an academic journal, all addressing issues of global migration and cultural diversity.
08/06/2022
As Monica Abdelkader at Association for New Canadians (ANC) told Sarah Smellie, the island's car dependency is a long-standing problem for many newcomers. An example of an area where immigrant solutions can involve seemingly unconnected improvements - eg better support for transit. See the linked report from the St John's Local Immigration Partnership presented to the council in 2018. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j_haWQ_3PLl1iGPQDvY_dc-l5w9-JY0E/view?usp=sharing
A good example of a support service for newcomers that helps them not just by meeting basic needs but by enabling them to learn about and participate more fully in the social and cultural Life of the province
17/05/2022
📢The first in person job fair for Ukrainians in Newfoundland and Labrador is happening this week- Thursday, May 19th at College of the North Atlantic, Prince Phillip Drive Campus.
👥The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, with the collaboration with our team and our friends from ANC, is pleased to announce that this coming Thursday, we will host a fair job in-person to help Ukrainians that arrived in our province find a job.
Are you interested in hiring a Ukrainian and attending the job fair in person? Please follow this link: https://forms.gle/PZwyrxjZoAqqhkAW6.
Are you interested in hiring and Ukrainian, but you can't attend the job fair in person, and you want to do it virtually? Please follow this link: https://forms.gle/2zfNT8bjmtnkpgr56.
Please note that if another organization will attend on behalf of your company, we are asking that you sign up individually.
📅DEADLINE TO REGISTER: Wednesday May 18th at 12pm.
09/05/2022
As Ukrainians start arriving at St John's airport, we hope the effort to encourage them here and support them is also the start of vital long-term improvements that will help all newcomers and ensure the province's sustainability.
Good to hear Michael Patrick Holden telling CBC Newfoundland and Labrador many Ukrainian would-be immigrants value our natural beauty and want to settle in rural NLTwo thirds of international immigrants settle in the NE Avalon but the demographic crisis is hitting hardest further afield.
Wanda Cuff-Young at Work Global Canada also talked about the resumes from Ukraine she sees, highlighting the qualifications some applicants have but also the licensing barriers that they can face in fully using their professional skills. She thinks the influx of young families could be a significant opportunity to address our demographic challenges. As she says there's a lot of help needed to support them. If you want to lend a hand, visit Newfoundland & Labrador Help/Host for Ukrainians...
21/04/2022
Thank you CBC Newfoundland and Labrador for inviting me on to discuss some of the underlying reasons for inflation at present and how the public can reduce their financial risk
As the province reaches out to Ukrainian refugees, a new poll we commissioned for our research shows NL may be the province most open to immigration
Warmer welcome
Residents of N.L are increasingly in favour of immigration
16/02/2022
Dr. Klaus Zimmerman's lecture on COVID-19 and global mobility is coming up this Friday, February 18, 2:30 NDT! If you plan on attending, please register at the link in the attached poster. The Zoom link is also included in case there are issues with the registration form.
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