Department of Geography
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL
A1B 3X9

Office: SN2015
Tel: (709) 864-8984
Fax: (709) 864-3119
Email: ypottiesherm[at]mun[dot]ca
Twitter: @ypsherm

	Sustainable Communities & Regions
	Society, Knowledge & Values

RESEARCH

Dr. Yolande Pottie-Sherman is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador specializing in immigration, diversity, and demographic change. At Memorial, she co-leads the Adaptive Cities and Engagement Space, a research collective promoting social justice in small and medium-sized cities. Her current research projects focus on the geographies of housing, immigration, and care infrastructure in Canadian cities and the role of immigration in Canada’s child care workforce.

For a complete list of publications, please see her Google Scholar page.

EDUCATION

Post-doc (2015) – Dartmouth College
PhD (2013) – University of British Columbia
MA (2008) – Queen’s University
BA (2006) – McGill University

TEACHING

GEOG 3620 – International Migration
GEOG 3701 – Urban Geography
GEOG 4700 – Adaptive Cities and Communities
GEOG 6800 – Urban Geography (Graduate)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Pottie-Sherman, Y. (2024). Immigration policy and less-favoured regions and cities: comparing urban Atlantic Canada and the US Rust Belt. In Triandafyllidou, A., Moghadan, A., Kelly, M., & Sahin-Mencutek, Z. (Eds). Migration and cities: conceptual and policy advances. Springer: IMISCOE Research Series.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-55680-7_6

Pottie-Sherman, Y. & J. Christensen. (2024). Immigration, housing, and infrastructure deficits in the urban North: situating northern immigration policy and equitable prosperity within a context of chronic housing need. In Canada’s urban infrastructure deficit: toward democracy and equitable prosperity. School of Cities: University of Toronto.
https://stateofcitiessummit.ca/report

Pottie-Sherman, Y., J. Christensen, M. Foroutan, & S. Zhou. (2024). Navigating the housing crisis: a comparison of international students and other newcomers in a mid-sized Canadian city. Canadian Geographies. 68(1): 44-56.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cag.12869

Biggar, J., J.A. Veloso & Y. Pottie-Sherman (2024). Constraints on social infrastructure facing newcomer communities in Halifax. In Canada’s urban infrastructure deficit: toward democracy and equitable prosperity. School of Cities: University of Toronto.
https://stateofcitiessummit.ca/report

Graham, N. & Y. Pottie-Sherman. (2024). Immigration by ‘dragon’s den?’ An assessment of international graduate entrepreneur immigration pathways in Canada. In Elmi, M., W. Cukier,, Z.H. Chavoushi, and G.Y. Mo (Eds.). Immigrant entrepreneurship in Canada: challenges and opportunities, pp. 323-344. Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-69642-8_14

Pham, T.T.H., J. Biggar, & Y. Pottie-Sherman. (2024). Revisiting small and mid-sized cities in Canada: old questions, new challenges/Revoir les petites et moyennes villes du Canada: questions d'hier, défis d'aujourd'hui. The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe canadien, 68(1), 4-11.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cag.12902