*In April 2022, the university announced our new name of Toronto Metropolitan University, which will be implemented in a phased approach. Learn more about our next chapter.*
Dr. Harald Bauder
Dr. Harald Bauder is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, former director of the Graduate Program for Immigration and Settlement Studies (ISS) and the founding former director of TMCIS. He received a PhD in Geography in 1998 from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, and MA and BA degrees in Geography and Urban Studies from Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. In 2016, Dr. Bauder received the Sarwan Sahota Distinguished Scholar Award, 2016, which is Toronto Metropolitan University’s highest annual research award, and in 2015, he received the Konrad Adenauer Research Award, recognizing his life-time contribution to the academic and cultural exchange between the Federal Republic of Germany and Canada. He currently leads the international partnership project Urban Sanctuary, Migrant Solidarity and Hospitality in Global Perspective.
"Educating and training the future leaders: I can't think of anything that's more important."
– Dr. Harald Bauder (Director, Immigration and Settlement Studies Graduate Program; Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies, Ryerson University)
TMCIS occupies space in the traditional and unceded territory of nations including the Anishnaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and territory which is also now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This territory is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, as well as the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas.