Contact and Bio Information


Irene Shankar

403-440-8661

Current Position:   Faculty

Institutional Affiliation:   Mount Royal University

Location:   Prairies

Sector:   Academic – Faculty
Expertise:  
  • Settlement and Service Provision
  • Social and Cultural Integration
  • Political and Civic Integration

Languages:   English

Description:  

Irene Shankar is faculty at Mount Royal University. She holds a Phd in sociology from the University of Alberta. Some of her research includes:

  • Through My Son: Immigrant Women Bargain with Patriarchy in the Women’s Studies International Forum
  • Elderly Immigrants and Refugees: An Annotated Bibliography. For Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration
  • Graduate Student Involvement in the Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration: An Evaluation of Academic and Professional Development for Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration.