Wsevolod W. Isajiw

Wsevolod W. Isajiw, Ph.D. was a Canadian sociologist and scholar specialising in social thought, sociological theory, ethnic, immigration and pluralism studies. Born in 1933 in Lviv, Ukraine. He was educated at LaSalle College, The Catholic University of America, from which he holds his MA and PhD degrees and at Harvard University. He was the first appointee to the position of Chair of The Robert F. Harney Professorship and Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, at that time in the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto (1990-9) where he established the first interdisciplinary collaborative graduate program in ethnic studies in Canada, funded by the Secretary of State, and ran a series of highly successful annual conferences that were popular with students. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto where he lectured in sociology and sociological theory from 1970 until 1999. Dr. Isajiw died at the age of 89 at his home in Toronto, Canada.