Naomi Lightman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Calgary. Her areas
of research expertise include care work, migration, gender, inequality, and research
methodology. Her academic work has been published in variety of scholarly journals including
European Sociological Review, Journal of European Social Policy, International Migration
Review and the Social Politics. In addition, she is the co-author of the second edition of the
textbook Social Policy in Canada. Dr. Lightman has collaborated on research focused on
gender and inequality with various social agencies and government bodies including the
Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association, the Calgary Local Immigration Partnership, Social
Planning Toronto, the Wellesley Institute. Her current research involves community-based
interviews with immigrant women health care aides in long-term care in Calgary, examining how
the pandemic has impacted their livelihoods, health, and well-being.