PETER LI is Professor of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan. He has been researching and writing about race and ethnic relations, immigration, and multiculturalism for over 20 years. One of the groups he studies extensively is the Chinese in Canada. Among his books are: Social Research Methods (Butterworths, 1981), Racial Oppression in Canada 2/e (co-author with B. Singh Bolaria, Garamond, 1988), and Ethnic Inequality in a Class Society (Wall and Thompson, 1988), Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada (edited, Oxford, 1990), The Making of Post-War Canada, (Oxford, 1996) and the Chinese in Canada, 2/e (Oxford, 1998). He serves as a periodic consultant and advisor to the federal government regarding policies of immigrantion, multiculturalism and race relations. During the 1994 national consultations on immigration initiated by the federal government, he co-chaired an expert panel to develop strategies on integration of immigrants. In addition to teaching and writing, he speaks regularly at universities and academics conferences. Currently, he is studying self-employment among immigrants in Canada.
