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Patience Elabor-Idemudia B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Professor, Tenured

Sociology professor emeritus

Office
Arts 1015

Research Area(s)

  • Immigration, Migration and Human trafficking
  • International Development/Third World Develpment
  • Third World Women and Gender Issues
  • Transnationalism
  • Gender and Food Security

About me

Presentation at Conferences (Invited) 

Patience Elabor-Idemudia. 2013. “Between: Living in the Hyphen”. A paper presented as a panelist  on the Racism and Multiculturalism in Our Community” Awareness forum organized by Saskatchewan Intercultural Association (SIA) held at the Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon on March 19, 2013.
 
Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2013. Forced Migration and Transnational Feminist Communities: Devising Alternative Uses of Capital in Network Building. Paper presented at Canadian Women’s Studies Association Conference held in Vancouver BC, June 1-4.
 
Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2012. The Quality of Life of African Immigrant Women in Canada: A Study of Small-scale Women Entrepreneurs in the province of Alberta, Canada. Paper presented at the International Studies Association conference held at the Universidad in Buenos Ares, Argentina, August 1-4.
 
Patience Elabor-Idemudia 2012, “Ethnic Enterprises and Contribution to Integration of Immigrants in Canada: A study of African Women’s Small-scale Enterprises in Alberta” Paper presented at the International Studies Association 2nd Forum of Sociology on Socialization and  Democratization held in Buenos Ares, Argentina, August 1-4.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2011.  “In the Name of Religion: the Experiences of Vulnerable African Women and Children”.  A paper presented at the Winter Refresher Conference on the theme of Challenges to Christianity in the 21st Century, held at St. Andrew’s College, University of Saskatchewan, held in Saskatoon on February 27th - March 2nd. 

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2011. “The Exploitation of Migrant and Trafficked Women: A case study of trafficked African Women in the Netherlands”. A paper presented at the Women’s Studies Research Unit. University of Saskatchewan Workshop titled Transnational Gender Justice: Are we there Yet? Held on November 6, 2010 at Browsers’.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2009. “Identity in an Era of Transmigration and Transnationalism”. Paper presented at the 13th IASFM Conference held at the University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 28-July 2.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2009. “Migratory Trends and Implications for Rural Families in West Africa".  Invited paper presented at the New Directions in the Humanities Conference held at the Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing China, June 2-6.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2008. Transnationalism, Transmigration and Globalization: An Analysis of Trafficked Women and Foreign Remittances. A paper presented at the Women’s World Conference held in Madrid, Spain, July 2-7.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2007. “Participatory Action Research with “Local Communities” as Sites of Agency and Knowledge Production.” Paper presented as part of CIDA funded Invited panel on the theme Making Women: Globalization, Development and the Effects of International Agreements on Gender Relations for the Annual CWSA/ACEF Annual Conference held at the University of Saskatchewan, May 28-30.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005. "Reconstructing Women’s Sexuality in the Era of Globalization". Paper presented at the Women’s World 2005: 9th Interdisci-plinary Congress on Women, Seoul, Korea, June 19-24.

Patience E. Idemudia, Dec 2005. "PATWA Strategies for Combating Human Trafficking and Forced Labourin West Africa". A paper presented at the African Tourism Organization meeting in Banjul, The Gambia, December 5-7, 2005.

Patience E. Idemudia, 2005. "Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation:: ILO Perspectives". Paper presented at the MediaCom workshop organized in Lagos, Nigeria and held on Oct 16, 2005.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005. “Trafficking, Migration and the African Woman: Whither Now?” Paper presented at the 8th Interdisciplinary Conference of the International Association for the Study of Migration, Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 7-13.

Patience Elabor, 2004. “In their own Voices: Narratives of Nigerian Women trafficked into the Global Sex Industry.” Paper presented the 2nd International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, July 20-23.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. "Debunking the Myth of the 'Objectified, Passive' African Woman: Insights from Nigerian Women’s Struggles in Colonial Times and Beyond". Paper Presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, June, Winnipeg, MB.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. "Globalization, Migration and Trafficking of Women: An African Perspective". Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, June, Winnipeg, MB.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2003. "Feminism, Indigenous Practices and the Nigerian Woman". A paper presented at the XV ICAES 2K3 Conference titled Humankind/Nature Interaction: Past, Present and the Future, July, Florence, Italy.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2003. The role of Gender and Race in the Devaluation and Marginalization of Immigrant Women of Colour in Canada. A paper presented at the University of Saskatchewan organized Humanities Conference titled Justice, Culture and “Terror”: Reaffirming or Reforming Canadian’ Values After September 11, 2001. Delta Bessborough Hotel, September, Saskatoon, SK.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. "The African Dimension of International Sex Trafficking: The Narratives of Nigerian Women and Girls Engaged in the Industry". Paper presented at the 8th International World Women’s Congress held at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, July 21-26.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. Nigerian Youths and the Culture of Peace and Dialogue. Paper presented as a keynote presenter at a one-day forum on Youth, Dialogue, Peace and Democracy organized by the National Council of Arts and Culture, Benin Zonal Office, Benin City. Youth Centre, June, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. Participant at an International Conference on “Politics, Society and Rights in Traditional Societies: Models and Prescriptions for Contemporary Nation Building in Nigeria” organized by the Institute for Benin Studies in collaboration with the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja, Nigeria. University of Benin, May, Edo State, Nigeria.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2001. Participant at a seminar presentation on the “New Economy” presented by Professor Steve McBride, Visiting Professor, School of Management, Griffith University, November, Brisbane, Australia.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2001. "Women, Poverty and Development". Paper presented at the Sociology Faculty Series, University of Queensland, September, Brisbane, Australia.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2000. "Intersectionality of Race, Class and Gender in the Social Construction of Immigrant Women in Canada." Paper presnted ath the 4th Metrpolis Conference, March, Toronto, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2000. "Women’s Alliance Across Cultures: Understanding and Taking Action for Bridging". International Studies Association’s 41st Annual Convention, March, Los Angeles, CA.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1999. "Equity Issues in the Academy: A Canadian Perspective". 2nd National and International Conference of Black Women in the Academy II: Service and Leadership, June, Washington, DC.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1999. “My Mother the Feminist: Esan Women’s Movement’s Role in the Emancipation and Mobilization of Young Women in Benin City, Nigeria.” National Women’s Studies 20th Annual Conference, June, Albuquerque, NM.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1999. “The Racialization of Gender in the Social Construction of Immigrant Women in Canada: The Case Study of African Women.” One Field Many Perspectives: Building the Foundations for Dialogue, International Studies Association’s 40th Annual Convention, February, Washington, DC.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1998. "Participatory Research: A Tool in the Production of Knowledge in Development Discourse". Which Way for Women and Development?: Debating Concepts, Strategies and Directions for the 21st Century, Women and Development Conference organized at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Theatre Two, Borough of Manhattan Community College, October, New York City, NY.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1998. "Gender and International Political Economy: A Re-Visit of Economic Restructuring’s Impact on African Women". The Westphalian System in Global and Historical Perspective, International Studies Association’s 39th Annual Convention, March, Minneapolis, MN.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1997. "The Impact of Globalization on Women’s Lives". Communities, Cultures, Connections, Change, Festival ‘97: A Gathering of Women Conference, October, Saskatoon, SK.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1997. “Dilemmas and Debates in Development Discourse: Participation, Partnership and Empowerment Revisited.” Coping With Insecurity: Threats More Than Enemies, International Studies Association’s 38th Annual Convention, March, Toronto, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1996. "Globalization and its Impact on Women in the South." Summer Institute on Women's Rights as Human Rights, Centre for Feminist Research, June, York University, North York, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1996. "The Search for Educational Options/Alternatives in Africa II." Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, May, McGill University, Montreal , QC.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1996. "Diasporan African Families: Gender Roles of Women and Men at Home and in the Workplace." The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Self Fashioning, Binghampton University, April, Binghampton, NY.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1996. "Economic Restructuring and Population Movements: The Case of Africa." Health, Population Movements and Global Politics, 37th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, April, San Diego, CA.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1996. "Development’ Discourse and Practices: Implications for African Women." Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies, McGill University, May, Montreal, QC.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1995. "African Immigrant Women and Employment in Canada: A Situational Analysis." Canada In Crisis, Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, October, Gimli, MB.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1995. "Androcentric Dances in Anthropology and Biology: Gender, Methodologies and the Politics of Objectified Subjects." The Women, Gender and Science Question, Conference of Women, Gender and Science, University of Minnesota, May, Minnenapolis, MN.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1994. "Accessing the Educational System in Toronto." Teachers' Workshop of the African Studies Association Conference, November, Toronto, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1994. "Women's Struggles in Nigeria." Popular Feminism, 10th Anniversary Annual Lecture and Discussion Series, Centre for Women's Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, November, Toronto, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1993. "Structural Adjustment and Rural Women: An Impact Analysis." Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, May, University of Toronto, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1993. "Be It Resolved that Canadian NGOs Leave Africa." Debate Panelist, Ontario Africa Working Group, Plenary Session, October, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1993. "Environment, Debt, Development and Women." Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)-International Development Research Council Summer Institute, Learning and Governance, Collaboration with OISE Centre for Community and Global Transformative Learning, July, Toronto, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1992. "Women and Economic Reforms: Development or Burden?" International Council of Voluntary Agencies Panel Discussion, Gender Issues in Sustainable Developmen, Dag Hammerskjold Library, United Nations Headquarters, March, New York, NY. [Contribution to Fourth Meeting of Preparatory Committee of United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.]

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1991. "Structural Adjustment, Women and the Quality of Living in Their Households: A Nigeria Case Study." Fifth International Forum, Association of Women and Development, Learning Together/Working Together: A South-North Dialogue, November, Washington, DC.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1990. "Impact of Structural Adjustment on Women and Their Families in Nigeria." 33rd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, November, Baltimore, MD.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1990. "The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Women Farmers and Their Households: Case Study of Two Agricultural Development Projects in Bendel and Ogun States of Nigeria." Carter Lecture Series Conference, January, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Invited Lectures Outside U of S and Invited Conference Presentations
Patience E. Idemudia, 2006. “Hands together: Strategies to Combat Human Trafficking in Nigeria.” Paper presented at the two-day sub-regional conference organized by the Nigerian Police in collaboration with ECOWAS, March, Abuja, Nigeria.

Patience E. Idemudia, 2005. “PATWA Strategies for Combating Human Trafficking and Forced Labour West Africa.” Paper presented at the African Tourism Organization meeting, December 5-7, Banjul, The Gambia.

Patience E. Idemudia, 2005. “Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation: ILO Perspectives.” Paper presented at the MediaCom Workshop on Sexual Harassment, October 16, Lagos, Nigeria.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005. “Reconstructing Women’s Sexuality in the Era of Globalization.” Paper presented at the Women’s World 2005: 9th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Seoul, Korea, June 19-24.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005. “Trafficking, Migration and the African Woman: Whither Now?” Paper presented at the 8th Interdisciplinary Conference of the International Association for the Study of Migration, Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 7-13.

Patience Elabor, 2004. “In their own Voices: Narratives of Nigerian Women trafficked into the Global Sex Industry.” Paper presented the 2nd International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, July 20-23.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. Debunking the Myth of the “Objectified Passive” African Woman: Insights from Nigerian Women’s Struggles in Colonial Times and Beyond. Paper Presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, June, Winnipeg, MB.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. Globalization, Migration and Trafficking of Women: An African Perspective. Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, June, Winnipeg, MB.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2003. Feminism, Indigenous Practices and the Nigerian Woman. A paper presented at the XV ICAES 2K3 Conference titled Humankind/Nature Interaction: Past, Present and the Future, July, Florence, Italy.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2003. The role of Gender and Race in the Devaluation and Marginalization of Immigrant Women of Colour in Canada. A paper presented at the University of Saskatchewan organized Humanities Conference titled Justice, Culture and “Terror”: Reaffirming or Reforming Canadian’ Values After September 11, 2001. Delta Bessborough Hotel, September, Saskatoon, SK.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. Nigerian Youths and the Culture of Peace and Dialogue. Paper presented as a keynote presenter at a one-day forum on Youth, Dialogue, Peace and Democracy organized by the National Council of Arts and Culture, Benin Zonal Office, Benin City. Youth Centre, June, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. Participant at an International Conference on “Politics, Society and Rights in Traditional Societies: Models and Prescriptions for Contemporary Nation Building in Nigeria” organized by the Institute for Benin Studies in collaboration with the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja, Nigeria. University of Benin, May, Edo State, Nigeria.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2001. Invited participant at a seminar presentation on the “New Economy” presented by Professor Steve McBride, Visiting Professor, School of Management, Griffith University, November, Brisbane, Australia.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2001. “Women, Poverty and Development.” Sociology Faculty Series, University of Queensland, September, Brisbane, Australia.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2000. “Intersectionality of Race, Class and Gender in the Social Construction of Immigrant Women in Canada.” 4th Metropolis Conference, March, Toronto, ON.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2000. “Women’s Alliance Across Cultures: Understanding and Taking Action for Bridging.” International Studies Association’s 41st Annual Convention, March, Los Angeles, CA.
 

Teaching Record 2012-1015

Soc 242.3 - Introduction to the Sociology of Women's Studies

Soc 344.3 - Women, Gender & Development
Soc 203.3 - Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations
Soc 409.3 - Sociology of Development Undergraduate)
Soc 809.3 - Sociology of Development (Graduate)
WGST 812.3 - Indigenousl/ITransnational/International Gender Justice

 

Teaching Record 2006-2011

Soc 207.6 - Sociology of the Family

 

Soc 242.3 - Introduction to the Sociology of Women's Studies
Soc 344.3 - Sociology of Women and Development
Soc 203.3 - Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations
Soc 409.3 - Sociology of Development (Undergraduate)
Soc 809.3 - Sociology of Development (Graduate)
 
Other courses taught 1995-2006
Soc 203.3 – Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations
Soc 207.6 – Sociology of the Family
Soc 242.3 - Introduction to the Sociology of Women's Studies
Soc 344.3 - Sociology of Women and Development
Soc 345.3 – Evaluation and Applied Social Research
Soc 412/812.3 - Advanced Seminar in Ethnic Relations
Soc 442.3/842.3 – Advanced Seminar in Contemporary Development in Women’s Studies

Publications

Book Chapters

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2011.  Identity, Representation, and Knowledge Production. In George Sefa J. Dei (ed.), Indigenous Philosophies and Critical Education.  New York and Berlin: Peter Lang international Academic Publishers, pp.142-156.  

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2011.  Gender and Identity in a Globalized World. In James Dzisah and Henry Etzkowitz (eds.), The Age of Knowledge: the Dynamics of Universities, Knowledge and Society.  The Netherlands: Brill, pp.342-349.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2010. Transnational Migration and Loyalties: Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Class in Esther Chow and Tan Lin (Eds.) Gender and Social Transformation: Global, Transnational, and Local Realities and Perspectives, (Translated into Chinese Language). Beijing, China,: The Academic Social Science Press (ASSP), 25pp. 

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005. Immigrant Integration in Canada: Policies, Programs and Challenges. In Carl James (ed.), Possibilities and Limitations: Multicultural Policies and Programs in Canada. Halifax: Fernwood Books, pp 58-75.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005. Blacks, Recent Immigration. In The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. “Participatory Research: A Tool in the Production of Knowledge in Development Discourse.” In Kriemild Saunders (ed.) Feminist Post-Development Thought: Rethinking Modernity, Post-Colonialism and Representation. London: Zed Publishing, pp. 227-242.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2000. “Challenges Confronting African Immigrant Women in the Canadian Workforce.” In George Sefa Dei and Agnes Calliste (eds.), Anti-Racist Feminism: Critical Reader in Race and Gender Studies. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, pp. 91-110.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2000. “The Retention of Knowledge of Folkways as Basis for Resistance.” In George Sefa Dei, Budd Hall and Dorothy Golden Rosenberg (eds.)Indigenous Knowledge in Global Context: Multiple Readings of our World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 102-119.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1999. “Gender and the New African Diaspora: African Immigrant Women in the Canadian Labour Force”. In Isidore Okpewho, Carole Boyce Davies and Ali A. Mazrui (eds.), The African Diaspora: African Origins and New World Self-Fashioning. Indiana: Indiana University Press, pp. 234-253.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1996. “Immigrant Women and Employment in Canada: A Situational Analysis.” In Linda Clippindale (ed.), Feminist Voices: Memories and Visions: Celebrating 20 Years of Feminist Research with CRIAW, 1976-1996. Ottawa: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, pp. 133-143.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1994. "Nigeria: Agricultural Exports and Compensatory Schemes: Rural Women's Production Resources and Quality of Life." In Pamela Sparr (ed.), Mortgaging Women's Lives: Feminist Critiques of Structural Adjustment. London: Zed Publishing Ltd., pp. 134-164.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1992. "Women and Economic Reforms: Development or Burden?" In Gender Issues in Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development Series No. 4. Geneva: International Council of Voluntary Agencies, pp. 17-42.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1991. "The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Women Farmers and their Households in Bendel and Ogun States, Nigeria." In Christina Gladwin (ed.), Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, pp. 128-150.

Publications: Research Monographs
Eze Onyekpere and Patience Idemudia, 2006. ILO Proposed Strategies for Combating Trafficking in Persons and Forced Labour through Nigeria’s Poverty Reduction Scheme (NEEDS AND SEEDS). ILO-PATWA Publication: 43.

Patience Idemudia and Sola Ehindero, 2005. Baseline Study of Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in Kwara, Kano, Cross River and Lagos States in Nigeria. An ILO-PATWA Publication: 56.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia and Victoria Nwogu, 2005. Prevention of Human Trafficking through the Monitoring of Private Employment. Report of a training workshop for Nigeria Labour Ministry Officials held in Abuja, Nigeria, July 21-23. An ILO Publication: 38.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia and John Mihevc, 1993. Beyond Adjustment: Responding to Health Care Crisis in Africa. Toronto: Inter-Church Coalition on Africa, 47 pp.

Papers in Refereed Journals
Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004-2006. In their Own Voices: Narratives of Nigerian Women trafficked into the Global Sex Trade Industry. International Journal of the Humanities, 2(3),HC04-0308-2004: 2583-2596. Edited by Tom Nairn and Mary Kalantzis.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2003. Migration, trafficking and the African woman. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, African Feminisms III, 58: 101-116.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2003. Race and Gender Analyses of Trafficking: A Case Study of Nigeria. Canadian Woman Studies/Cahiers de la Femme, Spring/Summer, 22,(3)(4): 116-123.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2001. Equity Issues in the Academy: An Afro-Canadian Woman’s Perspective. Journal of Negro Education: A Howard University Quarterly Review of Issues Incident to the Education of Black People. Black Women in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities, 70(3): 192-203.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1999. The Racialization of Gender in the Social Construction of Immigrant Women in Canada: A Case Study of African Women in a Prairie Town in a Prairie Province. Canadian Woman Studies/Cahiers de la Femme, Fall, 19: 34-42.

Contributed Papers in Published Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. The African Dimension of International Sex Trafficking: The Narratives of Nigerian Women and Girls Engaged in the Industry. Proceedings of the 8th International World Women’s Congress held at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda July 21-26. Edited by Nite Tanzarn, Vicki Owens and Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Department of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. The Human Rights Section, pp 320.

Technical Reports Relevant to Academic Field
Patience Idemudia, 2006. Terminal Report, Action program against forced labour and human trafficking in West Africa (January-June 2006), submitted through CODEV to the Department for International Development (DFID), Government of the United Kingdom, June.

Patience Idemudia, 2006. Report of Advocacy Workshop on Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Law Enforcement in English-speaking West Africa, UN House, Abuja, Nigeria, June 22-23.

Patience Idemudia, 2006. Report of Foreign Service Officials’ (FSOs) Training on the Protection of Migrant Workers Abroad: Protecting Human Rights. Two-day workshop organized by ILO-PATWA, UN House, Abuja, Nigeria, June 13-14.

Patience Idemudia, 2006. Report of Training Workshop for Labour and Factory Inspectors on Identifying and Combating Human Trafficking and Forced Labour Workshop organized by the ILO-PATWA in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Labour & Productivity, Gubabi Royal Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, June 1-2.

Patience Idemudia, Victoria Nwogu, and Eric Okrah, 2005. Progress report, Action program against forced labour and human trafficking in West Africa (July-December 2005), submitted through CODEV to the Department for International Development (DFID), Government of the United Kingdom, December.

Patience Idemudia, Victoria Nwogu, and Eric Okrah, 2005. Progress Report, Action program against forced labour and trafficking in West Africa (January-June 2005), submitted through CODEV to the Department for International Development (DFID), Government of the United Kingdom, June.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia and Nayyar Javed, 2004. “Saskatoon Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Violence and Abuse in their Communities.” PrairieAction Foundation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 23 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, Karen Wood, Joan Sanderson, and Amanda Lavalle, 2004. “A Participatory Action Research (par) Approach to Assessing Healing Programs for Aboriginal Women at Tamara's House.” Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre, Regina, SK, 23 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1992. "The Debate on Adjustment in Africa," In Hunger 1992: Second Annual Report of the State of World Hunger - Ideas That Work, Bread for the World Institute on Hunger and Development, Washington, DC, pp. 68-69.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 1992. "Grappling With Economic Crisis in Nigeria," In Hunger 1992: Second Annual Report of the State of World Hunger - Ideas That Work, Bread for the World Institute on Hunger and Development, Washington, DC, pp. 70-71.

Book and Manuscript Reviews

Cecil Foster, 2008. Blackness and Modernity: The Colour of Humanity and the Quest for Freedom. Montreal: McGill- Queen’s University Press. 613p. for Canadian Journal of Ethnic Studies.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2008. Review of Njoki Wane and Larissa Cairncross’ Equity in Practice: Transformative training Resource. Centre for anti-Racism Studies, University of Toronto, 46p.

 

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2008. Review of Njoki Wane and Larissa Cairncross’ Facilitator’s Guide for Equity   in Practice: Transformative training Resource. Centre for anti-Racism Studies, University of Toronto, 28p.

 

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. Review of chapters 8, 9, and 10 of Ann-Marie Ambert’s Changing Families: Relationships in Context, Canadian Edition. Toronto: Pearson Education.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005. Review of Harriet Lyons and Andrew Lyons (eds.), Trafficking and Prostitution among Nigerians in Palermo, special issue of Anthropologica journal entitled The New Anthropology of Sexuality, 20 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2005 and 2004. Review, Individual- and Community-level Determinants of Support for Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Canada, Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, May and December, 32 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. Review, Compulsory White Heterosexuality: The Politics of Racial and Sexual Loyalty, The Socialist Journal, November, 18 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. Review, The Quest for New Directions in Humanities in Africa: Ethnic Conflicts and Human Rights Violation in Africa, The International Journal of Humanities, September, 47 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. Review, Rehabilitation of Natural Law: Needless Metaphysics or Serving the Common Good? The International Journal of Humanities, August, 12 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2004. Review, Postmodern Politics and Anti-Globalisation Struggles, The International Journal of Humanities, August, 28 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2003. Review of Democratic Development: Gender Insights from the Grassroots of Nigeria.: Ms 20952. A manuscript for potential publication in the Canadian Journal of Developement Studies, 15 pp.

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2002. Evaluated SSRCH research grant application received from Professor Gilian Creese entitled “African Immigrant Women in Vancouver.”

Patience Elabor-Idemudia, 2001. Review of Augie Fleras and Jean Leonard Elliott, Unequal Relations, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education, Canada, Chapters 6 to 9, 1999. An Introduction to Race, Ethnic, and Aboriginal Dynamics in Canada.

Research

Development Food Security Gender Human Trafficking Migration Race Relations Transnationalism

Development, Sex and Gender, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Transnationalism, Family Studies, Human Trafficking, Human Rights and Globalization