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Myer Siemiatycki

Myer Siemiatycki

Professor Emeritus
EducationPhD (History): York (Can.)

Spoken Languages

English, French

Biography

Myer Siemiatycki is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, which he served as Chair from 1991 to 1996.  He received his B.A. from McGill University, his M.A. from University of Sussex (UK), and his Ph.D. from York University (Canada).

A member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Myer was the founding Director (2004-2008) of the Interdisciplinary MA program in Immigration and Settlement Studies.

In 2012, Dr. Siemiatycki was appointed as the first Jack Layton Chair (opens in new window) , a position he held until 2015.

Myer is a frequent media commentator on political matters. His career achievements include: Distinguished Educator Award, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (1992); Ryerson Popular Professor Citation, Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities (2003 thru 2006 inclusive): Research Domain Leader, the Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration & Settlement (2001-06), Ryerson University Faculty Service Award. Active in the Ryerson community, Myer has contributed to organizing such campus events as the Ryerson Union Fair, and Ryerson Holocaust Education Programming.

Three decades of teaching at Ryerson have passed quickly, but not fond recollection of fine students I have known.

  • Review of Unions and the City: Negotiating Urban Change, ed. Ian Thomas MacDonald (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2017) 26 pp. Labour/Le Travail 82 (Fall 2018): 258-260.
  • "The Great War, the State, and Working-Class Canada" (with Craig Heron).  In Working Lives: Essays in Canadian Working-Class History, ed. Craig Heron, 317-351.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018.  [Reprinted from The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925, Craig Heron (ed.), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.]
  • 鈥淣ew 鈥楶eople鈥檚 Party鈥� about personal power.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; Toronto Star op. ed., 19 September 2018, A15.
  • Review of Making A Global City: How One Toronto School Embraced Diversity, by Robert C. Vipond (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017, 249pp.) Historical Studies in Education (Spring 2018): 195-97.
  • 鈥淐leaners Against Precarity: Lessons from a Vulnerable Workforce鈥� (with Sean Patterson and Jenny Carson).  In Precarious Employment: Causes, Consequences and Remedies, ed. Wayne Lewchuk, Stephanie Procyk and John Shields, 109-122.  Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2017.
  • 鈥淭he Eruv as Contested Jewish Space in North America.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America, ed. John Corrigan.  Series: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. John Barton.  London and New York: Oxford University Press, October 2017.  Will also appear online in the  section of the online Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. 
  • 鈥淐anada 150: The Jewish Imprint.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Our Immigration Saga: Canada@150  ACS Canadian Issues/AEC Themes Canadiens: (Spring 2017): 31-34.
  • 鈥淥ntario鈥檚 Multiple Identities: Politics & Policy in a Diverse Province.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; In The Politics of Ontario, ed. Cheryl Collier and Jonathan Malloy, 274-292.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.
  • ""  (op. ed.)  The Caribbean Camera, 30 September 2016.
  • "." (op. ed.)  Torontoist, 15 September 2016.
  • ".鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Toronto Star (op. ed.), 12 January 2016, A11.
  • "King of the Ward." In The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood, eds. John Lorinc, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg and Tatum Taylor, 56-59. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2015.
  • 鈥淐ontinuity and Change in Canadian Immigration Policy.鈥� In Immigration Experiences in North America: Understanding Settlement and Integration, eds. Harald Bauder and John Shields, 93-117.  Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 2015.
  • The Impact of Ombudsman Investigations on Public Administration: A Case Study and Evaluation Guide (with Andrea Noack, Jocelyn Kane, Marc Valade, Fiona Crean, April Lim, and Graeme Cook). Research report for the Office of the Toronto Ombudsman/ International Ombudsman Institute, 2015. (93 pp.)
    • en Fran莽ais:  (avec Andrea Noack, Jocelyn Kane, Marc Valade, Fiona Crean, April Lim, et Graeme Cook). Bureua de l'Ombudsman de Toronto/Institut International de l'Ombudsman, 2015.
  • 鈥溾�� (with Andrea Noack). Toronto Star, 23 March 2015.
  • 鈥淣on-Citizen Voting Rights and Urban Citizenship in Toronto.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Journal of International Migration and Integration 16:1 (2015): 81-97.
  • 鈥溾�� (with Sean Marshall).  Maytree Foundation Report, October 2014, 44pp.
  • 鈥溾�� [with Jenny Carson (History, Ryerson)]. Just Labour 22 (Autumn 2014): 168-185. 
  • 鈥溾�� (OpEd with Matti Siemiatycki). Toronto Star 21 February 2014.
  • 鈥淭oronto: Integration in a City of Immigrants.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; In Immigration, Integration, and Inclusion in Ontario Cities, ed. Caroline Andrew (University of Ottawa), John Biles (Metropolis Project), Meyer Burstein (Consultant), Vicki Esses (University of Western Ontario), Erin Tolley (Queen's University), 23-48.  Montr茅al and Kingston:  McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012.
  • 鈥淭hink Piece.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; In Governance Gridlock: Solving the Problem for 21st Century City-Regions, ed. Anne Golden and Sophie Knowles, 75-77.  Toronto:  Ryerson School of Urban and Regional Planning, 2013.
  • 鈥淭aking it to the Streets: A Municipal Role in Immigrant Integration.鈥�  Maytree/Cities of Migration, Practice to Policy: Lessons From Local Leadership on Immigrant Integration (2012): 15-18.
  • Diverse Pathways to Immigrant Political Incorporation: Comparative Canadian and U.S. Perspectives (ed. with Sarah J. Mahler). Special Issue, American Behavioral Scientist 55:9 (September 2011).
    •  鈥淚ntroduction鈥� (with Sarah J. Mahler).  American Behavioral Scientist 55:9 (September 2011): 1123-1130.
    •  鈥淕overning Immigrant City: Immigrant Political Representation in Toronto.鈥�  American Behavioral Scientist 55:9 (September 2011): 1214-1234.
  • Review of Municipalities and Multiculturalism: The Politics of Immigration in Toronto and Vancouver by Kristin Good. Canadian Public Administration 54:2 (June 2011): 312-314.
  • 鈥淚s it party time for municipal elections?鈥�  Toronto Star (op-ed), 25 October 2010, A23.
  • 鈥�.鈥� Toronto: Mowat Centre Policy Innovation,  July 2010.
  • "" (with Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos).  Toronto: Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, 28 May 2010 (25 pp).
  • 鈥淢arginalizing Migrants: Canada鈥檚 Rising Reliance on Temporary Foreign Workers.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Canadian Issues (Spring 2010): 60-63.
  • 鈥淭oronto Election 2010:  Toronto鈥檚 Lost Voters.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; The Mark, 12 March 2010.
  • "The View From Ontario: Immigration, Diversity & Multi-Level Government Response." Diversite Canadienne 8:1 (Hiver/Winter 2010):  37-41.
  • Electing a Diverse Canada : The Representation of Immigrants, Minorities, and Women, ed. (with Caroline Andrew, John Biles, and Erin Tolley).  Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008.
    • 鈥淩eputation and Representation: Reaching for Political Inclusion in Toronto.鈥�&苍产蝉辫; In Electing a Diverse Canada : The Representation of Immigrants, Minorities, and Women, ed. Caroline Andrew, John Biles, Myer Siemiatycki and Erin Tolley, 23-45.  Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008.
  • 鈥淚nvisible City: Immigrants Without Voting Rights in Urban Ontario,鈥� Our Diverse Cities 4 (Fall 2007): 166-168.
  • 鈥淪tate and Media Construction of Transnational Communities: A Case Study of Recent Migration from Hong Kong to Canada鈥� (with Valerie Preston). In Organizing the Transnational: Labour Politics, and Social Change, eds. Luin Goldring and Sailaja Krishnamurti, 25 鈥� 39. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007.
  • 鈥淒ual Citizenship among Hong Kong-Canadians: Convenience or Commitment?鈥� (with Valerie Preston and Audrey Kobayashi). In Dual Citizenship in Global Perspective: From Unitary to Multiple Citizenship, eds. Thomas Faist and Peter Kivisto, 203-226. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
  • "" Toronto Star, 27 October 2006, A21.
  • "The Municipal Franchise and Social Inclusion in Toronto: Policy and Practice." Toronto: Community Social Planning Council of Toronto and Inclusive Cities Canada, 2006.
  • 鈥淭ransnational Urbanism: Toronto at a Crossroads鈥� (with V. Preston and A. Kobayashi). In Transnational Identities and Practices in Canada, ed. Vic Satzewich and Lloyd Wong, 91-110. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2006.
  • 鈥淒iversity Our Strength: The Toronto Experience.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Transition (Summer 2006): 11-15.
  • 鈥淩茅ponses urbaines a la diversit茅: le cas de Toronto.鈥� In La religion dans la sph猫re publique, ed. S. Lefebvre, 115-136. Montr茅al: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al, 2005.
  • 鈥淐ontesting Sacred Urban Space: The Case of Eruv.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Journal of International Migration and Integration 6:2(Spring 2005): 255-270.
  • 鈥淪uburban Success: Immigrant and Minority Electoral Gains in Suburban Toronto鈥� (with Andrew Matheson). Canadian Issues / Th猫mes canadiens: Newcomers, Minorities and Political Participation in Canada (Summer 2005): 69-72.
  • 鈥淚ntroduction鈥� (Guest Editor). Canadian Issues / Th猫mes canadiens: Immigration and the Intersections of Diversity (Spring 2005): 3-4.
  • 鈥淣ewcomer Services in the Greater Toronto Area: An Exploration of the Range and Funding Sources of Settlement Services鈥� (with April Lim, Lucia Lo, and Michael Doucet). CERIS Working Paper 35 (January 2005): 1-59. A report of the Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS) 鈥� Toronto.
  • 鈥淚ntegrating Community Diversity in Toronto: On Whose Terms?鈥� (with T. Rees, R. Ng and K. Rahi). In World In A City, ed. Paul Anisef and Michael Lanphier, 373-456. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
  • 鈥淓thno-Racial Political Representation in Toronto: Patterns and Problems鈥� (with Anver Saloojee). Journal of International Migration and Integration. Vol. 3:2 (Spring 2003): 241-273.
  • 鈥淭ransnationalism & Civic Participation: Hong Kong Migration to Canada鈥� (with V. Preston). CARS (Canadian American Research Symposium) 1:1 (Fall 2003): 40-45.
  • 鈥淔ormal and Non-Formal Political Participation by Immigrants and Newcomers鈥� (with Anver Saloojee). Canadian Issues / Th猫mes canadiens: Immigration (April 2003): 42-44.
  • 鈥淢aking Space for Mosques: Struggles for Urban Citizenship in Diasporic Toronto鈥� (with Engin Isin). In Race, Space and the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society, ed. Sherene Razack, 185-209. Ottawa: Between the Lines Press, 2002
  • 鈥淢ultiple Identities and Marginal Ties: Russian Jewish Youth in Toronto鈥� (with Paul Anisef, and Etta Baichman-Anisef). CERIS Working Paper 19 (October 2002): 1-29. A report of the Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)- Toronto.
  • 鈥淓thnoracial political representation in Toronto: Patterns and problems鈥� (with Anver Saloojee).  Journal of International Migration and Integration 3:2 (Spring 2002): 241-273.
  • 鈥淭he Great War, the State and Working Class Canada鈥� (with Craig Heron). In The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925, ed. Craig Heron, 11-42. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
  • 鈥淚mmigration, Diversity and Urban Citizenship In Toronto鈥� (with Engin Isin). Canadian Journal of Regional Science XX:1-2 (Spring-Summer 1998): 73-102.
  • 鈥淭he Stanley Cup Strike of 1925.鈥� In NHL Stanley Cup Centennial Book, ed. D. Diamond, 60-66. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1992.
  • 鈥淢unitions and Labour Militancy: The Hamilton Machinists' Strike of 1916.鈥� In Canadian Labour History: Selected Readings, ed. David J. Bercuson, 119-137. Toronto: Copp Clark, 1987.

鈥� (PDF file) Young Workers and Ontario's Workforce Recovery (opens in new window) " (with 19 Student Peer Leaders of the Ryerson Young Workers Rights Hub).  Submission to the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee, 30 July 2021.

Myer's research interests typically explore intersections of immigration, urban and labour studies in Toronto.