Associate Professor

Balsillie School, Departments of Geography and Environmental Studies (WLU)

Contact Information

Office Number 3C12
Phone Number: 884 0710 extension 2263
Email Address: mwaltonroberts @ wlu.ca
Personal Websites: http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id+1057&ct_id=912&f_id=35

Education

PhD UBC 2001
MA UBC 1996
BA (hons) Manchester, 1991

Areas of Specialization

Immigration
Gender
Ethnicity
India
Cultural aspects of the economy

Short Bio

Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts is a human geographer trained in the UK and Canada who focuses on international migration. Her research has operated on two broad tracks; Indian emigration and transnational migrant networks; and immigration to second and third tier cities in Canada. Her recent work focuses on a number of projects including; 1) Analysis and exploration of the links between trade and immigration using a comparative framework examining the Canada-India and Australia-India contexts; 2) The education and international migration of nurses from India; 3) Immigrant attraction, retention and settlement in second tier cities; and 4) Comparative analysis of emigration circuits from Punjab and Kerala in India. Dr. Walton-Roberts has published a number of journal articles and book chapters relating to immigration, gender, and cultural dimensions of the economy. She is currently the director of Laurier's International Migration Research Centre.

Most recent scholarly publications

Janzen, R., Walton-Roberts, M. and Ochocka, J. (forthcoming 2010) "Chapter 6: Waterloo Region" In Immigration, Integration and Inclusion in Ontario Cities. Editors Caroline Andrews, John Biles, Meyer Berstein, Vicki Esses and Erin Tolley. McGill-Queen's University Press

Walton-Roberts, M. (2009) "Indo-Canada trade and immigration linkages: A case of regional (dis) advantage?" Working Paper Metropolis BC/Asia Pacific Foundation

Walton-Roberts, M. (forthcoming, 2009) "Diasporan philanthropy in Punjab's health sector: A transnational perspective" in Sikh Diaspora Philanthropy: Global Giving for Local Good. Edited by V. Dusenbury and D.S. Tatla, Oxford University Press India.

Walton-Roberts, M. (2008) "Immigration, the university and the tolerant second tier city". CERIS (Ontario Metropolis) working paper series, 69.

Walton-Roberts, M. (2008) "Weak ties, immigrant women and neoliberal states: Moving beyond the public/private binary" Geoforum 39.1: 499-510.

 
Recent academic/professional awards

Affiliation, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. ( July 2008-2009)

Honorary Associate, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University , Sydney Australia

Director, International Migration Research Centre, WLU, 2008-2011

Cross appointment to the Laurier Balsillie School of Graduate Programs, 2008

Adjunct professor Department of Geography Waterloo University, 2008