Publications Kanagaratnam, P., Rummens, Joanna Anneke.  “War Trauma and Psycho-Social Dynamics within the Tamil Diaspora: Nationalist Sentiment as a Protective Mental Health Factor” In Cheran Rudhramoorthy (ed.), Tortured Landscape: Selective Essays on Tamil Nationalism.  Sage Publications.  (in press 2009) Rummens, Joanna Anneke. “Creating Spaces:  Linking Migration and Diversity Research with Policy/Practice Needs.”  In Rodríguez-García, Dan (ed.) Managing Immigration and Diversity in Quebec and Canada: A Transatlantic Dialogue with Catalonia, Spain, and Europe . Barcelona, Spain : CIDOB Foundation www.cidob.org. (in press 2009).  Translated into French, Spanish, and Catalan Rummens, Joanna Anneke. “Building an Effective Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Partnership between Government, Universities and Civil Society to Enhance Decision-Making and Optimize Policy/Practice Outcomes.” In Rodríguez-García, Dan (ed.) Managing Immigration and Diversity in Quebec and Canada: A Transatlantic Dialogue with Catalonia, Spain, and Europe . Barcelona, Spain : CIDOB Foundation www.cidob.org . (in press 2009) Translated into French, Spanish, and Catalan Ferrari, M., Tweed , S., Rummens, Joanna Anneke., Skinner, H. and McVey, G. “Exploring the Feasibility, Cultural Competences, and Accessibility of Health Materials and Strategy for the Prevention of Weight-Related Problems:  Are We Meeting the Needs of Immigrant Parents?”   Qualitative Health Research, pg 1259-1272. Rummens, Joanna Anneke. “How Are We Doing? Educational and Linguistic Integration Outcomes Among Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth in Canada . Contact, Teachers of English as a Second Language, Summer 2009. Simich, L., Andermann, L., Rummens, Joanna Anneke, and Ted, L. Post- Disaster Mental Distress Relief: Health Promotion and Knowledge Exchange in Partnership with a Refugee Diaspora Community. Refuge, Vol. 25. No.1, [2008: 44-54]. Rummens, Joanna Anneke., Tilleczek, K., Boydell, K., and Ferguson , B.  “Understanding and Addressing Early School Leaving Among Immigrant and Refugee Youth.” Why Do Students Drop Out of High School?: Narrative Studies and Social Critiques. Kate Tilleczek (ed.). Edwin Mellen Press, 2008: 75-101. Mueller, M., Tilleczek, K., Rummens, Joanna Anneke, and Boydell, K.  “Methodological Considerations for the Study of Youth and School Disengagement.”  Why Do Students Drop Out of High School?:  Narrative Studies and Social Critiques.  Kate Tilleczek (ed.).  Edwin Mellen Press, 2008: 35-73.  Tilleczek, K., Ferguson, B., Rummens, Joanna Anneke, and Boydell, K. “How Do Youth Leave School ?  Current Lessons from Youth Who Know.”  Education Canada (Autumn 2006:  19-22). Rummens, Joanna Anneke.  “Operationalizing Diversity Intersections:  Race and its Related Grounds in Human Rights Policy.”  Policy Dialogue on Racial Discrimination, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Toronto , October 2004. www.ohrc.on.ca/en/issues/racism/racepolicydialogue/jarracepolicydialogue/jar Rummens, Joanna Anneke. “Identity and Diversity: Overlaps, Intersections and Processes.” Canadian Ethnic Studies. Special Issue: Intersections of Diversity, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2003:10-25. Rummens, Joanna Anneke. “Ethnic Ancestry, Culture, Identity and Health: Using Ethnic Origin Data from the 2001 Canadian Census.” Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, 2003: 84-112. Beiser, Morton, Sam Noh, Violet Kaspar, Feng Hou and Joanna Rummens. “Southeast Asians Refugees’ Perceptions of Racial Discrimination in Canada ." Canadian Ethnic Studies, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, 2001: 46-70. Noh, Sam, Morton Beiser, Violet Kaspar, Feng Hou and Joanna Rummens. “Perceived Racial Discrimination, Depression and Coping: A Study of Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada ." Journal of Health and Social Behaviour, Vol. 40, No. 3, 1999: 193-207. Rummens, Joanna Anneke and Rajko Seat. “Assessing the Impact of the Kosovo Conflict on the Mental Health and Well Being of Newcomer Serbian Children and Youth in the Greater Toronto Area: Research Report.” CERIS Working Paper #25, Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, May 2003, 56 pp. Rummens, Joanna Anneke. “Addressing the Canadian Context: Identity Research Gaps and Policy Recommendations” Conference Proceedings, Policy-Research Seminar on Ethnocultural, Racial, Religious and Linguistic Diversity and Identity, Halifax , November 1-2, 2001. Ottawa : Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism) 2004. Rummens, Joanna Anneke. Canadian Identities: An Analytic Research Guide. Ottawa : Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism), 2001, 160 pp. Rummens, Joanna Anneke. "Canadian Identities: An Interdisciplinary Overview of Canadian Research on Identity". Ottawa: Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism), 2000, 56 pp. Translated into French under the title: Identités canadiennes: Un survol interdisciplinaire de la recherche canadienne sur l'identité. www.pch.gc.ca