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Education and Career
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Honors
Peter S. Li (B.A., Hawaii; M.A. Northwestern; Ph.D. Northwestern) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, and Chair of Economic Domain, Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration. His research areas are race and ethnicity, Chinese Canadians, the Chinese diaspora, immigration, and multiculturalism. He has published over 60 academic papers and 10 books. Among his books are Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada (Oxford University Press, 1999), The Chinese in Canada (Oxford University Press, 1988, 1998), The Making of Post-War Canada (Oxford University Press, 1996), Racial Oppression in Canada (co-author, Garamond, 1988), Ethnic Inequality in a Class Society (Thompson, 1988), and Destination Canada: Immigration Debates and Issues (Oxford University Press, 2003).
He has served as a consultant and an advisor to serious federal departments, including Statistics Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Canadian Heritage, regarding policies of immigration, multiculturalism, race relations and social statistics. During the 1994 national consultations on immigration initiated by the federal government, he was appointed co-chair of a national expert panel to develop strategies on integration of immigrants. In 2005, he was appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada as a director of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development.
In 2001, he was given the “Living in Harmony” Recognition Award by the City of Saskatoon, Race Relations Committee, in recognition of a distinguished record of academic research, publication, and policy-related work on race and ethnic relations, immigration studies and racism in Canada. In 2002, he received the “Outstanding Contribution Award” from the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association for his contribution to sociology in Canada. He was president of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association for 2004-2005. Currently, he is the Vice-President of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, and the editor of the Journal of International Migration and Integration.
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Publications
Selected Publication:
Authored Books:
Li, Peter S.
2003 Destination Canada: Immigration Debates and Issues. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Li, Peter S.
1998 The Chinese in Canada, Second Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press. (First edition published in 1988)
Li, Peter S.
1996 The Making of Post-war Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Li, Peter S.
1988 Ethnic Inequality in a Class Society. Toronto: Wall and Thompson.
Bolaria, B. Singh and Peter S. Li
1988 Racial Oppression in Canada, second and enlarged edition. Toronto: Garamond Press. (First edition published in 1985).
Li, Peter S.
1981 Social Research Methods. Scarborough, Ontario: Butterworths.
Edited Books:
Li, Peter S. (ed.)
1999 Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada, Second Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press (first edition published in 1990), 414 pp.
Li, Peter S. and B. Singh Bolaria, (eds.)
1994 Essentials of Contemporary Sociology. Toronto: Copp Clark Longman, 410 pp.
Li, Peter S. and B. Singh Bolaria, (eds.)
1993 Contemporary Sociology: Critical Perspectives. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman, 657 pp.
Li, Peter S. and B. Singh Bolaria (eds.)
1983 Racial Minorities in Multicultural Canada. Toronto: Garamond Press, 169 pp.
Guest Editor of Special Issues for Academic Journals
Peter S. Li and Jean L. Kunz (eds.)
2004 Special Issue: The Role of Social Capital in Immigrant Integration. Journal of International Migration and Integration, Vol. 5, No. 2.
Abu-Laban, Sharon McIrvin and Peter S. Li (eds.)
1998 Special Issue: Canadian Immigration and Immigrant Adaptation at the Millennium. Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3.
Li, Peter S., (ed.)
1994 Special Issue: Racial and Ethnic Inequality. Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3.
Li, Peter S., (ed.)
1993 Special Issue: The Family and The Economy. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Autumn).
Papers in Refereed Journals:
Li, Peter S.
2005 “The rise and fall of Chinese immigration to Canada: Newcomers from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and Mainland China, 1980-2000.” International Migration 43(3): 9-32.
Li, Peter S.
2004 “On Immigrant Integration: Reply to Stoffman.” Journal of International Migration and Integration 5(4): 505-514.
Li, Peter S.
2004 Social capital and economic outcomes for immigrants and ethnic minorities.” Journal of International Migration and Integration 5(2): 171-190.
Li, Peter S.
2003 “The place of immigrants: Politics of difference in territorial and social space.” Canadian Ethnic Studies 35(2): 1-13.
Li, Peter S.
2003 “Deconstructing Canada’s discourse of immigrant integration.” Journal of International Migration and Integration 4(3): 315-333.
Li, Peter S.
2003 “Initial earnings and catch-up capacity of immigrants.” Canadian Public Policy 29(3): 319-337.
Li, Peter S.
2002 “Immigrants’ educational worth and years in Canada: A reply.” Canadian Public Policy 28(2): 321-325.
Li, Peter S.
2001 “The economics of minority language identity.” Canadian Ethnic Studies 33(3): 1-21.
Li, Peter S.
2001 “Immigrants’ propensity to self-employment: Evidence from Canada.” International Migration Review 35(4): 1106-1128.
Li, Peter S.
2001 “The racial subtext in Canada’s immigration discourse.” Journal of International Migration and Integration 2(1): 77-97.
Li, Peter S.
2001 “Chinese Canadians in business.” Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 10(1): 99-121.
Li, Peter S.
2001 “The market worth of immigrants’ educational credentials.” Canadian Public Policy 27(1): 23-38.
Li, Peter S.
2000 “Earning disparities between immigrants and native-born Canadians.” Canadian Review Sociology and Anthropology 37(3): 289-311.
Li, Peter S.
2000 “Economic returns of immigrants’ self-employment.” Canadian Journal of Sociology 25(1): 1-34.
Li, Peter S. and Yahong Li
1999 “The consumer market of the enclave economy: A study of advertisements in a Chinese daily newspaper in Toronto.” Canadian Ethnic Studies 31(2): 43-60.
Li, Peter S.
1997 “Self-employment among visible minorities, white immigrants, and native-born persons in secondary and tertiary industries of Canada.” Canadian Journal of Regional Sciences 22 (1,2): 103-117.
Li, Peter S.
1995 "Racial supremacism under social democracy." Canadian Ethnic Studies 27 (1): 1-17.
Li, Peter S.
1994 "A world apart: The multicultural world of visible minorities and the art world of Canada." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 31: 365-391.
Li, Peter S.
1994 "Unneighbourly houses or unwelcome Chinese: The social construction of race in the battle over 'monster homes' in Vancouver." International Journal of Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies 1: 47-66.
Li, Peter S.
1994 "Self-employment and its economic return for visible minorities in Canada." New Approaches to Employee Management 2: 181-199.
Li, Peter S.
1993 "Labour reproduction and the family under advanced capitalism: Female labour force participation and fertility in twentieth century Canada." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 24: 367-385.
Li, Peter S.
1993 "Chinese investment and business in Canada: Ethnic entrepreneurship reconsidered." Pacific Affairs 66: 219-243.
Li, Peter S. 1992 "Race and gender as bases of class fractions and their effects on earnings." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 29: 488-510.
Li, Peter S.
1992 "Ethnic enterprise in transition: Chinese Business in Richmond, B.C., 1980-1990." Canadian Ethnic Studies 24: 120-138.
Li, Peter S. and Dawn Currie
1992 "Gender differences in work interruptions as unequal effects of marriage and childrearing: Findings from a Canadian national survey." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 23: 217-229.
Li, Peter S.
1990 "The emergence of the new middle class among the Chinese in Canada." Asian Culture 14: 187-194.
Li, Peter S. and Brian D. MacLean
1989 "Changes in the rural elderly population and their effects on the small town economy: The case of Saskatchewan, 1971-1986." Rural Sociology 54: 213-226.
Denis, Wilfrid B. and Peter S. Li
1988 “The politics of language loss: A Francophone case from Western Canada." Journal of Education Policy 3: 351-370.
Li, Peter S.
1988 "The economic cost of racism to Chinese-Canadians." Canadian Ethnic Studies 19: 102-l13.
Satzewich, Victor and Peter S. Li
1987 "Immigrant labour in Canada: The cost and benefit of ethnic origin in the job market." Canadian Journal of Sociology 12: 229-241.
Li, Peter S.
1985 "The use of oral history in studying elderly Chinese-Canadians." Canadian Ethnic Studies 17: 67-77.
Li, Peter S. and W.B. Denis 1983 "Minority enclave and majority language: The case of a French town in Western Canada." Canadian Ethnic Studies 15: 18-32.
Li, Peter S.
1982 "Chinese immigrants on the Canadian prairie, 1910-47." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 19: 527-540.
[Reprinted in G. Lowe and H. Krahn, (eds.), Working Canadians:
Reading in the Sociology of Work and Industry. 1984, pp. 117-125. Toronto: Methuen.]
[Reprinted in L. Tepperman and J. Curtis, (eds.), Readings in Sociology, 1988, pp. 315-323. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.]
Li, Peter S.
1977 "Occupational achievement and kinship assistance among Chinese immigrants in Chicago." Sociological Quarterly 18: 478-489.
Li, Peter S.
1977 "Fictive kinship, conjugal tie and kinship chain among Chinese immigrants in the U.S." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 8: 47-63.
Li, Peter S.
1976 "Ethnic businesses among Chinese in the U.S." Journal of Ethnic Studies 4: 35-41.
Encyclopedia Entry
Li, Peter S.
2006 “Canadian racial formation” in Nicole Watkins, ed., Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillian Reference USA.
Li, Peter S.
2004 “Chinese.” In The Oxford Companion to Canadian History. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Li, Peter S.
1999 “Chinese.” Pp. 355-373 in Paul R. Magocsi, ed., Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Chapters in Books:
Li, Peter S.
2005 “The search for social justice in the Chinese Canadian Redress Case: The Limits of Jurisprudence.” Pp. 383-398 in Micheline Labelle, Rachad Antonius, and Georges Leroux, eds., Le devoir de mémoire et les politiques du pardon. Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Presses de l’Université du Québec.
Li, Peter S.
2003 “Chinese diaspora in Occidental societies: Canada and Europe.” Pp. 134-151 in Dirk Hoerder with Christiane Harzig and Adrian Shubert, eds., Diversity in History: Transcultural Interactions from the Early Modern Mediterranean World to the Twentieth Century Postcolonial World. New York: Berghahn Books.
Li, Peter S.
2003 “Visible minorities in Canadian society: Challenges of racial diversity.” Pp. 117-153 in Danielle Juteau, ed., Social Differentiation: Patterns and Processes. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Li, Peter S. and Li Zong
2001 “Transnational Chinese businesses in Tianjin: Rethinking cultural affinity and economic performance.” Pp. 208-226 in Leo Douw, Cen Huang and David Ip, eds., Rethinking Chinese Transnational Enterprises: Cultural Affinity and Business Strategies. Richmond, UK: Curzon Press.
Li, Peter S.
1999 “Overseas Chinese networks: A reassessment.” Pp. 261-284 in Chan Kwok Bun, ed., Chinese Business Networks: State, Economy and Culture. Singapore: Prentice-Hall.
[Also appeared in Yu Chungshun, ed., Ethnic Chinese: Their Economy, Politics and Culture, 2000, pp. 107-134. Tokyo: Japan Times.]
Li, Peter S
. 1999 "Race and ethnicity." Pp. 3-20 in Peter S. Li, ed., Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada, Second Edition.. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Li, Peter S.
1999 “The multiculturalism debate.” Pp. 147-176 in Peter S. Li, ed., Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada, Second Edition.. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Li, Peter S.
1998 “The market value and social value of race.” Pp. 113-130 in Vic Satzewich, ed., Racism and Social Inequality in Canada. Toronto: Thompson.
Li, Peter S.
1997 “Asian Capital and Canadian Business: The Recruitment and Control of Investment Capital and Business Immigrants to Canada.” Pp. 363-379 in Wsevolod W. Isajiw, ed., Multiculturalism in North America and Europe: Comparative Perspectives on Interethnic Relations and Social Incorporation. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.
Li, Peter S.
1997 “Biases in benchmarking immigrants.” P. 112-118 in Baha Abu-Laban and Tracey M. Derwing, eds., Responding to Diversity in the Metropolis: Building an Inclusive Research Agenda. Edmonton: Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration.
Zong, Li and Peter S. Li
1994 "Different cultures or unequal life chances: A comparative analysis of race and health." Pp. 113-123 in B. Singh Bolaria and Rosemary Bolaria, (eds.), Racial Minorities, Medicine and Health. Halifax, N.S.: Fernwood Publishing.
Li, Peter S.
1992 "The economics of brain drain: The recruitment of skilled labour to Canada, 1954-86." Pp. 154-162 in Vic Satzewich, (ed.), Deconstructing a Nation: Immigration, Multiculturalism and Racism in '90s Canada. Halifax: Fernwood Press.
Li, Peter S.
1992 "The Chinese minority in Canada, 1858-1992: A quest for equality." Pp. 264-277 in Evelyn Huang and Lawrence Jeffery, (eds.), Chinese Canadians: Voices From a Community. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre.
Li, Peter S.
1990 "Race and ethnicity." Pp. 3-17 in P.S. Li (ed.), Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Li, Peter S.
1990 "Race and ethnic relations." Pp. 257-286 in L. Tepperman and R.J. Richardson (eds.), The Social World, Second Edition. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Dickinson, Harley, Wilfrid Denis and Peter S. Li
1988 “Respiratory disease in Saskatchewan: Some social and ecological variations.” Pp. 125-132 in Gurharn S. Basran and David Hay, eds., Politcal Economy of Agriculture in Western Canada. Toronto and Saskatoon: Garamond Press and Social Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan.
Li, Peter S.
1988 "Constructing immigrants' work worlds from oral testimonies." Pp. 149-155 in D.E. Moore and J.H. Morrison (eds.), Work, Ethnicity, and Oral History. Halifax: International Education Centre.
Li, Peter S.
1986 "Sociological methods of research." Pp. 35-57 in L. Tepperman and R.J. Richardson (eds.), The Social World. McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
Denis, Wilfrid B. and Peter S. Li
1984 "L'oppression des Fronsaskois de 1875 a 1983." Pp. 75-110 in A. Lalonde (ed.), La Langue, La Culture et La Societe des Francophones de l'Ouest. Regina: Centre d'etudes Bilingue.
Li, Peter S.
1983 "The Chinese-Canadian family." Pp. 134-150 in P.S. Li and B.S. Bolaria (eds.), Racial Minorities in Multicultural Canada . Toronto: Garamond Press.
Li, Peter S.
1983 "The limitations of survey research." Pp.16-23 in J.A. Fry (ed.), Contradictions of Canadian Society. Rexdale, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons.
Li, Peter S.
1980 "Income achievement and adaptive capacity: An Empirical Comparison of Chinese and Japanese in Canada." Pp. 363-378 in K.V. Ujimoto and G. Hirabayashi (eds.), Visible Minorities and Multiculturalism: Asians in Canada. Scarborough, Ontario: Butterworth.
Li, Peter S. and B. Singh Bolaria
1979 "Canadian immigration policy and assimilation theories." Pp. 411-422 in J. Fry (ed.), Economy, Class and Social Reality. Scarborough, Ontario: Butterworth.
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