Jeffrey G. Reitz 

Jeffrey G. Reitz is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, R.F. Harney Professor Emeritus of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, Affiliated Faculty member at the Munk School of Global Affairs, at the University of Toronto, and former Chair in the University’s Department of Sociology. He has published extensively on immigration and inter-group relations in Canada, and he has frequently contributed to discussions of policies on immigration, multiculturalism and immigrant employment in Canada. Jeff is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2001) and recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Sociology Award of the Canadian Sociology Association (2005).

Jeff’s work has placed particular emphasis on understanding the distinctiveness of Canadian immigration experience through detailed comparisons with the United States, Australia, Britain, France and Germany. His most recent book, Reshaping the Mosaic: Canadian Immigration Policy in the 21st Century (coauthored with Ninette Kelley and Michael J. Trebilcock), is being published by University of Toronto Press.

His work frequently has used Environics survey data, and the 2010 Focus Canada survey was featured in “Pro-immigration Canada: Social and Economic Roots of Popular Views,” published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy (2011). He participated as an advisor in Environics Institute studies such as the Black Experience Project (2017), and Race Relations in Canada survey (2021).