William Shaffir

William Shaffir is a Canadian sociologist. Shaffir has conducted studies on Canadian Jews, particularly on Hasidic Jews in Canada. He is the Associate Chair of the Sociology Department at McMaster University.^[1] He co-authored the book The Jews in Canada.^[2]

William Shaffir
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology, sociology of religion, ethnography
Institutions	McMaster University

Sociological research

William Shaffir has conducted a number of qualitative studies on Canadian Jewry.

Studies on Canadian Hasidim

Shaffir has conducted studies on several of the Hasidic groups in Montreal, including the Chabad-Lubavitch^[3][4] and Tosh^[5] Hasidic communities.

External links

• Shaffir's website on the Tosh community