Aida Parnia is a critical demographer and sociologist who uses quantitative methods to study migration, health, and labour, with close attention to how populations are counted — what the data captures, and who it leaves out. She is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto, where her dissertation, The Archives of Expendable Labour: A Critical Quantitative Study of Labour Migration in Canada, examines the lives of temporary residents and labour migrants in Canada. Her earlier work addressed socioeconomic, racial, and gender-based inequalities in health. In her teaching, she is committed to demystifying statistics for students who think numbers aren't for them and giving them the confidence to understand, critique, and use data. Since 2020, she has taught statistics for social sciences as a course instructor and teaching assistant in undergraduate and graduate courses.
Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies