Published November 3, 2011
by iris_author
Wednesday, 9 November | 12:30pm | 626 York Research Tower | York University
Qiang Zha (Education, York University) and Ruth Hayhoe (OISE)
As a result of globalization, academics have become more mobile and are tempted to move to institutions that have the most favourable research funding and work environment. The university is now viewed as a global magnet for academic talent, and a key institution that enhances competitiveness by connecting cities and nations to global flows of knowledge and talent. Then, what factors may influence and explain the direction of global brain flows?
This research intends to shed light on the relative strengths of the various factors that prompted a group of Canada Research Chair (CRC) holders originating from China to choose to work in Canadian universities, which is also happening against the backdrop of a gradual shift of the global centre of economic gravity towards Asia.
Qiang Zha is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, York University. This talk draws from his recently completed SSHRC- funded project, "China’s Move to Mass Higher Education: Implications for Democratization and Global Cultural Dialogue". He studied China’s move to mass higher education in terms of the policy-making process and the empirical experience.
Ruth Hayhoe is a specialist in comparative education and a leading Canadian Sinologist with over 30 years of engagement with Asia. She is a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), where she was chair of the Higher Education Group and associate dean. Dr. Hayhoe’s work has focused on higher education in China, and its dramatic shifts in interaction with the global community over the twentieth century.
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