9TH NATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Workshop Presentations, Block A

 
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The following are workshops for which we have presentations to post. If your workshop is not listed here and you would like us to include your presentation on the website, please contact Rong Wu at
ceris.resourcecentre@utoronto.ca. For the complete workshop schedule, please visit the 9th National Metropolis Conference website (www.metropolis2007.net).  
 
Session #A-2 (Double Workshop)
Beyond SARS: Ethnic Organization's Role in a Highly Diversified Society
Topics of this workshop will include Toronto's ethnic organizations' actions during a public health crisis and beyond, ethnic organizations' active role in social fronts such as immigration settlements and socioeconomic integration, and ethnic media's functions in a multicultural society.
Organizer:
Weizhen Dong, University of Waterloo
Participants:
Chi Liu, Formosa Cultural Society of Ontario & Hong Fook Mental Health Association
Ron Hou, Formosa Cultural Society of Ontario
Kar C. Chan, Abstract, Presentation: From Feeling Distress to Being Empowered, the Chinese Community's Response to the SARS Crisis, Wellness Centre Mount Sinai
Kenneth Fung, Toronto Western Hospital
Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, CIHR-IGH/Health Care, Technology & Place Strategic Program
Jian Guan, Ryerson University
Sherry Yu, Bottom-up Multiculturalism: The Role of Ethnic Media in Vancouver, Simon Fraser University
Weizhen Dong, Ethnic Organization's Role in a Highly Diversified Society, University of Waterloo


Session #A-3 
Critical Issues on the Integration of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Canada
This workshop outlines the findings of our current research on immigrant and refugee youth. Papers discuss several issues related to psychosocial development, gender and professional training, sexuality, and other aspects related to successful adjustment.
Organizer:
Lori Wilkinson, University of Manitoba
Participants:
Esther Blum, University of Manitoba
Bong-Hwan Kim, University of Manitoba
Joyce Cabigting, University of Manitoba
Nancy Arthur, Gender and Immigration Research: Implications for Professional Education, University of Calgary
David Este, Gender and Immigration Research: Implications for Professional Education, University of Calgary
Priya Sharma, Sexuality Education Resource Centre
Paula Migliardi, Sexuality Education Resource Centre
Darren Lund, University of Calgary
Cheryl Veinotte, University of Calgary
Fariborz Birjandian, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
Barbara Leung, Alberta Learning


Session #A-4 (Double Workshop)
Responding to Diversity in Community Mental Health: Toward Cultural Empowerment
This workshop will feature "Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health", a Community University Research Alliance designed to explore, develop, pilot and evaluate how best to provide culturally effective mental health supports.
Organizer: Rich Janzen, Centre for Research and Education in Human Services
Participants:
Rich Janzen, Centre for Research and Education in Human Services
Debbie Douglas, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Joanna Ochocka, Centre for Research and Education in Human Services
Augie Fleras, University of Waterloo
Nora Jacobson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health / U of T
Don Roth, Canadian Mental Health Association
Donnamarie Dunk, Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network
Sarah Maiter, Wilfrid Laurier University
Laura Simich, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health / U of T
Anne Westhues, Wilfrid Laurier University


Session #A-8
What is the future of Multiculturalism? Canada in Comparison
This workshop will explore and compare Multiculturalism as policy and as social practice in Canada and other countries, with an emphasis on the insights gained from international comparison.
Organizer:
Patricia Wood, York University
Participants:
Rocky Serkowney, Multiculturalism, Canadian Heritage
Tariq Amin-Khan, Ryerson University
Myriam Bérubé, The Reception and Adaptation of West India Immigrants in Toronto, New York and London, University of Montreal
Reza Hasmath, University of Cambridge
Erika Wilkens, Syracuse University
Patricia K. Wood, York University


Session #A-9
The Challenges Facing Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Canada
This workshop examines the challenges that refugee and immigrant youth encounter. It explores these youth concerns with racism, employment, language and violence. It identifies solutions aimed at facilitating their process of integration and settlement.
Organizer: Amal Madibbo, University of Toronto
Participants:
John Shields, University of Ryerson
Nidhi Punyarthi, Gendering Adolescent AIDS Prevention
Ted Richmond, Laidlaw Foundation
Amal Madibbo, University of Toronto
Valery Chirkov, The Integration of Immigrant and Refugee Youth in Saskatoon, SK: Challenges and Potential Solutions, University of Saskatchewan
Koreen Geres, The Integration of Immigrant and Refugee Youth in Saskatoon, SK: Challenges and Potential Solutions, Walter Murray Collegiate Institute


Session #A-13 (Roundtable)  
Linguistic and Education System Integration Model for Immigrant Students, Part A
This roundtable is offered in French
This workshop questions, from a comparative perspective, various reception service and integration models for new immigrant students in several countries (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxemburg, Switzerland).
Organizer:
Françoise Armand, Immigration and Metropolis - Montreal
Participants:
Christiane Tonnar-Meyer, La scolarisation des enfants de langue étrangère au Luxembourg, Ministère de l'éducation nationale du Luxembourg
Claude Cortier, CNRS Lyon and INRP
François Sirois, Université de Montréal
Louise Fortin, Ministère de l'éducation Québec
Zita de Koninck, University Laval
Christiane Perregaux, University of Geneva


Session #A-16 (Roundtable) 
Growing Pains and Human Service Provision in Toronto’s Suburbs, Part A
Focusing on the 905 area, this workshop will discuss current human service provision, the looming crisis due to growth in these traditional middle-class and mono-cultural regions, and strategies and policy plans that promote social sustainability.
Organizer:
Lucia Lo, York University
Participants:
Simon Cheng, Human Services Planning York Region
Norm McLeod, Dept. of Social Services, Peel Region
Janice Chu, United Way of York Region
Paula DeCoito, Social Planning Council, Peel Region
Barbara Burton, United Way of Oakville
Catherine Campbell, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Culture, Tourism and Recreation
Lucia Lo, York University
Michael Johnny, York University


Session #A-17 (Roundtable) 
Growing Pains and Human Service Provision in Toronto’s Suburbs, Part B
Focusing on the 905 area, this workshop will discuss current human service provision, the looming crisis due to growth in these traditional middle-class and mono-cultural regions, and strategies and policy plans that promote social sustainability.
Organizer:
Lucia Lo, York University
Participants:
Cordelia Abankwa-Harris, Community Services and Housing Department, York Region
Sandra Solonik, Dept. of Social Services, Peel Region
Hugh Drouin, Social Services Department, Region of Durham
Adelina Urbanski, Social and Community Services, Halton Region
Elizabeth Gryte, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Stephen Lam, Catholic Community Services of York Region
Shelley White, United Way of Peel Region
Paul Anisef, York University
Valerie Preston, York University
 
Updated: November 15, 2007