COVID-19 and Punjabi Migration

Project Title	COVID-19 and Punjabi Migration
Project Investigator/s at JGU	Dr. Sugandha Nagpal (JSIA)
Funding Agency	Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, (SSHRC)
Collaborating Institution/s	York University, Canada
Duration	2021-22
Project Status	Completed
Description	Prof. Sugandha Nagpal of the Jindal School of International Affairs, and her team won a funding for the project titled “Covid 19 and Punjabi Migration”. In partnership with Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS), the project’s goals are to understand the shifting needs, obstacles, concerns and coping strategies around settlement among young newcomer Punjabis (ages 18–35) in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in the context of COVID-19. The project aims to assess the specific needs and obstacles that GTA based Punjabi incomers face and to help formulate support strategies and to further improve immigrant settlement services in the GTA in the face of the pandemic. The project has been funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Engagement Grant. This research has been approved by York University Research Ethics Board.