Gary Tran
Biographic Data
| ID | 632541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary Tran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary |
| FAMILY NAME | Tran |
| SIGNATURE | TRAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2460-6520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We Are the Real, Original Refugees
This paper unpacks 20 Vietnamese-Canadians’ sentiments of indifference toward or opposition to Canada’s resettlement of Syrian refugees. I argue that participants center their understanding of ‘refugee’ around their diasporic journeys on boats to memorialize their visceral suffering and to position themselves as deserving of entry into Canada atop a hierarchy of legitimacy. In doing so, participants police ‘refugee’ as an identity category to rea…
“We’re dating after marriage”
Drawing on narratives of three Vietnamese women who agreed to participate in đám cưới giả (“fake wedding”) arrangements with Canadian citizens to enter Canada, this paper examines the paradoxical consequences of marriage migration policies. I introduce the concept of strategic intimacies to highlight the ways that Vietnamese women in these arrangements deliberately draw on social and economic capital to perform intimacy under manufactured setting…
Public universities as real estate developers in the age of “the art of the deal”
It is widely known that universities can be significant players in urban development and, to fund development, some universities have become players in the new financial markets of interest-rate swaps and similar securities. Even in these studies, however, it is rare for university governance to be studied systematically. This article analyzes the capital projects processes of public universities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to shed light on the p…
Life Expectancy Varies in Local Communities in Chicago
Life Expectancy Varies in Local Communities in Chicago
We Are the Real, Original Refugees
This paper unpacks 20 Vietnamese-Canadians’ sentiments of indifference toward or opposition to Canada’s resettlement of Syrian refugees. I argue that participants center their understanding of ‘refugee’ around their diasporic journeys on boats to memorialize their visceral suffering and to position themselves as deserving of entry into Canada atop a hierarchy of legitimacy. In doing so, participants police ‘refugee’ as an identity category to rea…
Life Expectancy Varies in Local Communities in Chicago
Public universities as real estate developers in the age of “the art of the deal”
It is widely known that universities can be significant players in urban development and, to fund development, some universities have become players in the new financial markets of interest-rate swaps and similar securities. Even in these studies, however, it is rare for university governance to be studied systematically. This article analyzes the capital projects processes of public universities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to shed light on the p…
“We’re dating after marriage”
Drawing on narratives of three Vietnamese women who agreed to participate in đám cưới giả (“fake wedding”) arrangements with Canadian citizens to enter Canada, this paper examines the paradoxical consequences of marriage migration policies. I introduce the concept of strategic intimacies to highlight the ways that Vietnamese women in these arrangements deliberately draw on social and economic capital to perform intimacy under manufactured setting…
We Are the Real, Original Refugees
This paper unpacks 20 Vietnamese-Canadians’ sentiments of indifference toward or opposition to Canada’s resettlement of Syrian refugees. I argue that participants center their understanding of ‘refugee’ around their diasporic journeys on boats to memorialize their visceral suffering and to position themselves as deserving of entry into Canada atop a hierarchy of legitimacy. In doing so, participants police ‘refugee’ as an identity category to rea…
Gender Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Vietnamese (2 works) · Accounting (1 works) · Business (1 works)