Graduate Programs
Dr. Tanya Basok
Professor
Director, Centre for Studies in Social Justice
Ph.D.,1988, York, Sociology
International Migration, International Development, Ethnicity
Dr. Tanya Basok research focuses principally on migration and migrant rights. She has conducted research on violations of human rights in Central America, refugee movements, refugee settlement in Central American countries, the Canadian refugee policy and its application, professional certification of former Soviet Jewish physicians in Canada, anti-Semitism and nationalism in the former Soviet Union, volunteer retention in community agencies concerned with Social Justice, Mexican migrant workers in Canada, organized labour’s and grassroots advocacy for migrant rights in Canada and the U.S. and, more recently, the rights of female migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean. She is particularly interested in how the notions of citizenship rights and human rights have been articulated and negotiated by grassroots and international organizations to advance the rights of migrants.
Tanya Basok teaches courses on Social Justice, International Development, and Migration.
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Room: 251 CHS ♦ 519-253-3000 Ext. 3498 ♦ basok@uwindsor.ca