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Dr. Norman Okihiro
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Background
Dr. Okihiro has a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts from the University of Toronto, as well as a PhD from York University.
Research
My research has centred around the themes of inequality and disadvantage, including differential access to higher education, patterns of burglary, illegalized economic crime in the outports and seniors’ drug use in Nova Scotia. More recently, I have focused on new barriers to qualitative research. My latest research compares the wartime and post-war Japanese Canadian experience with the experience of Japanese Ameicans and other Nikkei, with special emphasis on the ramifications for civil rights.
Selected Publications
Books
Mounties, Moose and Moonshine: The Patterns and Context of Outport Crime. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997
Losers and Winners: The Pursuit of Equality and Social Justice in Higher Education. Paul Anisef and Norman Okihiro. Toronto: Butterworths, 1982
Burglary: The Victim and the Public. Irvin Waller and Norman R. Okihiro. Canadian Studies in Criminology Series. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978
Selected papers/reports/presentations
“Civil “Rights and Discrimination Against Nikkei in Canada and the Continental United States: A Comparison .” Paper presented at the Annual Meting of the American Association of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Las Vegas, Nevada, February 6, 2009
“The Traditional Field Researcher As An Endangered Species In Canada.” Paper presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada Feb. 6-9, 2007
“Seniors’ Prescription Drug Use in Nova Scotia.” Coauthored with Nanciellen Davis, Jane Gordon, and Hazel MacRae. Research Report of the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, Mount St. Vincent University. Revised February, 2005. 105 pages plus appendices
“The Impact of Internment and Forced Dispersal on the Social Adaptation of Japanese Canadian Wartime Survivors: The Sansei in Eastern Canada” Report prepared for the Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation. 42 pages, single-spaced, 1996
“The Impact of Internment and Forced Dispersal on the Social Adaptation of Japanese Canadian Wartime Survivors: The Nisei in Eastern Canada” Report prepared for the Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation. 50 pages, single-spaced, 1996