Valerie Preston is Associate Professor at York University where she teaches urban social geography. Formerly Associate Director of the Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, she chairs the Data Committee for CERIS. Currently, she is involved in several research projects examining the employment experiences in the Greater Toronto Area of women from Hong Kong and China, public reactions to retail developments targeting Chinese newcomers, and the impact of transnationalism on citizenship issues. She has published numerous articles about gender, race and labour markets and residential mobility in the United States and Canada.
