Sara Hormozinejad

Sara Hormozinejad is a researcher for the project To Naturalize or Not? A Comparative Study of Understandings of Canadian Citizenship Among Eligible Migrants Who Naturalize and Those Who Opt Out, a project supproted by CERC Migration and Bridging Divides. It examines how eligible permanent residents in Canada understand and experience citizenship, comparing those who choose to naturalize with those who opt out. Prior to this role, Sara contributed to the Transnational House project at the CERC in Migration and Integration program, which examined the experiences of Iranian immigrants in Toronto regarding homeownership.

Sara is also a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto. Her SSHRC-funded dissertation project explores how migrants’ aspirations are shaped and evolve throughout their migration journeys – from emigration to settlement and return. Her research focuses on the social construction of migration aspirations and the temporality of the migration process. Sara holds an MA in Anthropology from the University of Toronto and a BA (Honours) in Anthropology from the University of Calgary. Before immigrating to Canada, she was a teacher in Iran.

With Goldring, L., Landolt, P., Borras, J., Elgueta, N., and Marshall, S. (2024).  (PDF file) Multiple Jeopardy: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-status families and workers in the GTA (external link) . Toronto: FCJ Refugee Centre, York University and the University of Toronto.

(2023). “‘Why did you return?’: North-South return migration and family ties in the case of Iran (external link) .” Socialpolicy.ch 2023(2):1–19.