Prof. Fernando Nunes (Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Dr. Fernando Nunes is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Child and Youth Study, Mount St. Vincent University. He has over 20 years of experience as a volunteer activist, academic researcher and consultant within the fields of education and social services. He has taught courses, conducted research and authored publications on at-risk immigrant youth, ethnoracial diversity, critical pedagogy, minority academic underachievement, the integration of the Luso-Canadian community and the Portuguese Diaspora. His publications include: Portuguese-Canadians From Sea to Sea (1998) (the first national study on the Portuguese in Canada); Problems and Adjustments of the Portuguese Immigrant Family in Canada (1986) (The first book dealing with the integration of Portuguese-Canadians) and Portuguese-Canadian Women, Problems and Prospects (The first academic article on Luso-Canadian Women). More recent publications have included: Newcomer Youth at Risk in the School System (2001); The Portuguese in Canada: Special Theme Issue of the Portuguese Studies Review (2004); Marginalization, social reproduction and academic underachievement: the case of the Portuguese community in Canada (2003); Integration or Return? Towards and Effective Emigration Policy and Practice for a Neglected Diaspora: The Case of the Portuguese Emigrants (2003); and Gender Differences and Commonalities in the Integration of Luso-Canadians (2005). He is also the National Vice-President of the Portuguese-Canadian National Congress, and sits on the editorial board of a number of international academic journals. He has also served as a volunteer on the Boards of community organizations such as the Portuguese Interagency Network, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind-Toronto and the Toronto Community Care Access Centre. Fernando holds a Ph.D. (Education and Community Development), and an M.Ed. (Applied Psychology), from the Multicultural Focus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.