Usha George
Professor Faculty of Community Services School of Social Work Toronto, Ontario ugeorge@torontomu.ca
Expert In
City building and social justice
Community and mental health
Diversity and organizational change
Health and well-being
Health services and policies
Immigrant and multicultural health
Immigration and settlement
Immigration policy in Canada
Justice, equity and society
Newcomer settlement and integration
Race and race relations
Social development
Urban innovation
Bio/Research
Dr. Usha George is recognized for her expertise in newcomer settlement and integration. She is a professor in the School of Social Work at Toronto Metropolitan University and former academic director of the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS). Dr. George is the form...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Usha George is recognized for her expertise in newcomer settlement and integration. She is a professor in the School of Social Work at Toronto Metropolitan University and former academic director of the Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement (TMCIS). Dr. George is the former interim vice-president of research and innovation and the dean of the Faculty of Community Services (2006-2017). In 2015, she was awarded the Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership. Dr. George came to Toronto Metropolitan University in 2006 from the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, where she had been the associate dean since 1999. She is the past director of the Ontario Metropolis Centre of Excellence for Immigration and Settlement.
Her main areas of teaching, research, and professional activity are social work with diverse communities and newcomer settlement and integration, with an emphasis on examining policies and programs to ensure newcomers have the supports they need to settle and become contributing members of Canadian society. Her scholarly work has attracted over C$24 million in research grants and contracts. She is well-published and is often sought by the media for her views on immigration.
Dr. George immigrated to Canada in 1990 and worked as the executive director of the then-South Asian Family Support Services in Scarborough and as the senior program director of the Social Planning Council in Toronto. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, an MA in Sociology from Loyola University of Chicago, and an MA in Sociology and Social Welfare from the University of Kerala.
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Her main areas of teaching, research, and professional activity are social work with diverse communities and newcomer settlement and integration, with an emphasis on examining policies and programs to ensure newcomers have the supports they need to settle and become contributing members of Canadian society. Her scholarly work has attracted over C$24 million in research grants and contracts. She is well-published and is often sought by the media for her views on immigration.
Dr. George immigrated to Canada in 1990 and worked as the executive director of the then-South Asian Family Support Services in Scarborough and as the senior program director of the Social Planning Council in Toronto. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, an MA in Sociology from Loyola University of Chicago, and an MA in Sociology and Social Welfare from the University of Kerala.
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