Publications
The Infrastructure and Integration Lab’s commitment to understanding the dynamic relationship between infrastructure and community integration is reflected in a range of publications. Explore our research work, which delves into diverse communities across Canada and highlights the crucial intersection of infrastructure and societal well-being.
Evidence Brief Series
JULY-2023
Making Friends at Community Organisations: How do place-based community organizations promote friendship formation?
MAY-2025
Cosmopolitan Social Service Organizations: A Scoping Review
NOV-2025
Tao Po!: Spatial Workings of a Filipino Immigrant Hub
Articles and Books
Lauer, S., Wong, K. L. Y., & Yan, M. C. (2025). Social infrastructure, community organizations, and friendship formation: A scoping review. Community Development Journal, 60(2), 267–285.
Matsushita, B., & Lauer, S. (2025). Greedy for who? Interracial marriage and co-ethnic friendship groups. Families, Relationships and Societies (published online ahead of print 2025)
Lauer, S. (2024). Cosmopolitan social infrastructure and immigrant cross-ethnic friendship. Current Sociology, 72(1), 3-24.
Kong, C. K. P., Yan, M. C., Lauer, S., et al. (2023). Immigrant identifications and ICT use: A survey study of Chinese and South Asian immigrants in Canada. International Migration & Integration, 24, 885–910.
Lauer, S., & Yan, M. C. (2022). Social infrastructure and social capacity development among newcomers to Canada: The role of neighborhood houses in Vancouver. International Migration & Integration, 23, 911–929.
Lauer, S. R., & Yan, M. C. (Eds.). (2021). Neighbourhood houses: Building community in Vancouver. UBC Press.
Lauer, S., & Yan, M. C. (2021). Canadian immigrant youth and co-ethnic friendship group change. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(4), 639–658.
Honour Thesis
Gabrielle Abando
‘Tao Po!’ An exploration of the role of Filipino-Canadian neighbourhoods in anchoring and cultivating Filipino-Canadian community
Rowen J. Francisco
The radical potentials of queer friendship in disrupting mononormativity
Other Reports
Sean Lauer, Lok Yi Wong, Miu Chung Yan
Making friends at community organizations: How do place-based community organizations promote friendship formation?
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