Alina Sutter

Biographic Data

ID3673112
NAMEAlina Sutter
GIVEN NAMESAlina
FAMILY NAMESutter
SIGNATURESUTTER A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Western Ontario London Canada
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS20
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • Public Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration in Smaller Canadian Communities

    Victoria M Esses, Alina Sutter et al.ARTICLECanadian ethnic studies2024

    Canadian immigration programs are increasingly emphasizing regionalization in order to contribute to the population base of smaller Canadian communities and to address local labour market needs. Despite frequent Canadian national surveys of public attitudes toward immigrants and immigration, however, little is known about the warmth of the welcome presented to immigrants in regions outside of the large metropolises. The current study involved a r…

  • Discrimination Experienced by Immigrants, Racialized Individuals, and Indigenous Peoples in Small‐ and Mid‐Sized Communities in Southwestern Ontario

    Open AccessMamta Vaswani, Alina Sutter et al.ARTICLECanadian Review of Sociology/Revue…2023Cited by: 3References: 7

    We investigate discrimination experiences of (1) immigrants and racialized individuals, (2) Indigenous peoples, and (3) comparison White non-immigrants in nine regions of Southwestern Ontario containing small- and mid-sized communities. For each region, representative samples of the three groups were recruited to complete online surveys. In most regions, over 80 percent of Indigenous peoples reported experiencing discrimination in the past 3 year…

  • Ageism toward older adults during the Covid‐19 pandemic

    Open AccessAlina Sutter, Mamta Vaswani et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Issues2022Cited by: 10References: 62

    A cross‐national representative survey in Canada and the U.S. examined ageism toward older individuals during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic, including ageist consumption stereotypes and perceptions of older people's competence and warmth. We also investigated predictors of ageism, including economic and health threat, social dominance orientation, individualism and collectivism, social distancing beliefs, and demographics. In both count…

  • North American Attitudes toward Immigrants and Immigration in the Time of Covid-19

    Open AccessVictoria M Esses, Alina Sutter et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2021Cited by: 6References: 19

    Using a cross-national representative survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, we examine predictors of attitudes toward immigrants and immigration in Canada and the United States, including general and COVID-related nationalism, patriotism, and perceived personal and national economic and health threats. In both countries, nationalism, particularly COVID-related nationalism, predicted perceptions that immigration levels were too high and n…

  • The portrayal of refugees in Canadian newspapers

    Open AccessStelian Medianu, Alina Sutter et al.ARTICLEIdeAs2015Cited by: 1References: 12

    News media make an essential contribution to the way in which the public processes and understands controversial issues such as the arrival of refugees in western countries. Indeed, they can have an important role in shaping the public’s responses to these issues by framing arguments to encourage a particular interpretation of an issue. The current research investigates how refugees were portrayed before and after the controversial arrival of a s…