CENTRAL EAST HEALTH INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP (CEHIP)
Council of Partners Meeting has been scheduled for
THURSDAY APRIL 13, 2000 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Place: Committee Room B, York Region Administrative
Centre
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, Ontario
Guest Speaker: Dr. Morton Beiser
Dr. Beiser is the Director of the Joint Centre of
Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS), David Crombie Professor of
Cultural Pluralism and Health, and the Program Head: Culture, Community and Health
Studies, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. In addition, he is a
Health Canada National Health Scientist.
Guests are welcome. RSVP to Dianne Bokor at (905) 764-6346
Ext. 1211 or <dbokor@cehip.org> by Fri. April 7, 2000. Refreshments and lunch will
be provided.
PRODUCT LAUNCH: Health Care in Canada - A Guide for
Ontario Newcomers, and a Resource Manual for Service Providers.
THURSDAY APRIL 13, 2000 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Place: At The Four Villages Community Health Centre
1700 Bloor St. W., 3rd Floor (one block east of keele
subway station)
Come and receive your FREE copy of these new materials for
newcomers, settlement workers, service providers and community volunteers!
"Health Care in Canada - A Guide for Ontario
Newcomers" is available in clear and accessible English as well as in 12 other
languages. The "Resource Manual" for service providers is also available.
Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by Friday
April 7, 2000
Tel. (416) 604-0640 Kasia at ext.235 or Dana at ext. 243
UPCOMING SESSIONS OF THE GTA FORUM
The
Portland Model of Urban Growth Management
THURSDAY APRIL 13, 2000 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Place: City of Toronto Archives Auditorium
255 Spadina Rd., Toronto (2 blocks north of Dupont subway
station; parking on site)
Speaker: Elaine Wilkerson, Director of Growth Management
Services, Metro,
Portland Oregon
Commentator: Ian Macdonald, President Emeritus, York
University (Professor Macdonald was the Deputy Minister in the Government of Ontario who
headed the preparation of the Toronto-Centred Region Plan)
Moderator: Shuguang Wang, Professor of Geography,
University of Toronto
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THURSDAY MAY 11, 2000
The GTA Portrait Project: Assembling the Big Picture
Tony Coombes, The Neptis Foundation
Further information about the GTA Forum or Forum events,
consult the website: http://www.yorku.ca/org/gtaforum/
Tel 416 480-2313 Email <gtainfo@yorku.ca>
ACTIVE PEOPLE: ACTIVE DEMOCRACY
TUESDAY APRIL 18, 2000 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. W.
(North side between Bedford & St. George subway
station)
Featured are:
Dr. Benjamin Barber: Director of the Whitman Center for the
Culture and Politics of
Democracy at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a leading
scholar on the subject of civic engagement, democratic theory and the civic movement.
Dr. Neil Nevitte: Professor in the Political Science
Department at the University of Toronto and a leading scholar in the area of public
opinion and political participation.
Ms. Elizabeth May: Executive Director of the Sierra Club of
Canada and an author, activist and advocate who deals with civic engagement on the
front-line.
This second seminar in the series Building the New City of
Toronto: Reflections on Civic Engagement will look at civic engagement and how our values
affect how we participate in the decisions that government makes. We will also hear about
front-line experiences on how to influence government decisions.
"At the first seminar, ‘Challenges of Civic
Engagement’, we learned that people want the opportunity to explore the different
value choices which underlie government decisions and want to know that their input is
affecting the decisions that are made. Your input will help create another successful
seminar and give the city valuable feedback on how the City can better involve people in
its decisions." Councillor David Miller
***Sign interpreters will be present.
CENTRAL EAST HEALTH INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP (CEHIP)
4TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP -- featuring
APRIL 27, 2000 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Lunch Provided)
Topic: Cancer Care Ontario
Place: Rose Room A, North York Memorial Community Hall,
5110 Yonge
Who: Dr. Robert Kyle, Durham Region Medical Officer of
Health, will be introducing this session, which will feature Dr. Eric Holowaty and staff
from his unit at CCO.
If you are interested in attending let Dianne Bokor know at
<dbokor@cehip.org>, or call her at (905) 764-6346 ext. 1211. Space is limited, so
you are encouraged to register early. Priority will be given to members of Partner
organizations.
BUILDING BRIDGES: Creating an Integrated Approach to
Women’s Health Care Representatives from across the country are expected to attend a
four day conference on women’s health at the Victoria Conference Centre from APRIL
29 – MAY 1, 2000.
Over a lifetime, women suffer more ill health than men and
utilize the health care system 25 per cent more often than men do. Participants at this
conference can provide insight into women’s health issues because of their first-hand
knowledge and experience as health care practitioners, researchers, policy makers, health
educators and frontline workers.
For further information about this conference including
concurrent session details,
visit the conference web site at http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/whb/bridges
or alternatively, contact the Women’s Health Bureau by
calling (250) 952-2256
Fax: (250) 952-2799 or via e-mail
<karen.felker@moh.hnet.bc.ca>
A conference on "Building A Human Rights Culture:
Tools for Transformation" will be held in Banff, Alberta, MAY 7-9, 2000,
organized by the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission. For more information
contact ICDR Inc., Suite 202, 10138 81 Avenue, Edmonton T6E 1X1, tel: 800-378-3199 or
780-437-8013, e-mail <Dorothy@icdr.com> or check the conference web site: http://www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca
A Canadian-European conference on the theme "Recasting
European and Canadian History: National Consciousness, Migration, Multicultural
Lives" will be held in Bremen, Germany, MAY 18-21, 2000. The conference is
organized by the European Network for Canadian Studies. Further information, contact Dr.
Christiane Harzig or Prof. Dr. Dirk Hoerder, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstrasse,
28359 Bremen.
Fax: 0421 218-3625; e-mail: <harzig@uni-bremen.de>
The 31st EUROFOR Conference will be on "Immigrant
Communities, Diasporas and Politics", Athens, MAY 25-28, 2000.
For further information e-mail
<migratio@zedat.fu-berlin.de> or visit the EUROFOR
website: http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~migratio/
The Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian
Studies will be on the topic "Canadian Cultures: The Challenge of Pluralism", at
the University of Alberta, Edmonton, MAY 27-29, 2000. The conference theme will be
"Representing our Differences: Canadian Cultures at Millennium Eve". The
conference intends to explore this theme from interdisciplinary angles ranging from
history, geography, literary studies, native studies, politics, sociology, and urban
studies. Secondary themes will include competing Canadian nationalisms, diasporas in
Canada, multiculturalism. For further information, contact Gregory Slogar, Director,
Communications and Programmes, Association for Canadian Studies; tel: (514) 987-7784; fax:
(514) 987-3481; e-mail: <acs-aec.communications@uqam.ca>
The Canadian Cultural Research Network (CCRN) is hosting a
colloquium on "Diversity and Culture: Beyond the Rhetoric" at the
University of Alberta on MAY 28-29, 2000. For more information, contact Donna
Cardinal; tel: 780-434-2635; fax: 780-434-3078; e-mail: <cardinal@web.net> or visit
the Congress web site: http://www.hssfc.ca/cong/CongressInfoEng.html
CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES
WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 2000 9-5p.m. Media training session
An opportunity for all those interested in improving their
media skills and networking with others committed to effective communication through the
media on refugee and immigration issues.
For more information, please contact Gitanjali at (514)
277- 7223 <ccrmedia@web.net>
CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES
SPRING CONSULTATION -- VANCOUVER JUNE 1-3, 2000
Global Migration: Bridging Practice, Policy and
Research
Learning from the past, planning for the future
CONFERENCE SITE
University of British Columbia, Woodward IRC Building, 2194
Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z3 (Right next to Vancouver
Hospital-UBC site)
CCR conferences are held twice a year and bring together
250-300 people from across Canada and beyond. Participants include refugees and
immigrants, representatives of NGOs, government, UNHCR, academics and others interested.
The conferences offer a key opportunity for information-exchange, networking, strategy
development and consultation.
For Further Information: Canadian Council for Refugees,
6839 Drolet, #302,
Montreal, Qc, H2S 2T1 Tel. (514) 277-7223 Fax (514)
277-1447
email: <ccr2@web.net> website: www.web.net/~ccr/
CANADIAN HERITAGE
The Multiculturalism Program has begun to plan for the
third policy-research seminar designed to target the Multiculturalism program goals of
civic participation, social justice, and identity. This seminar, focusing on identity,
will be held in Halifax in the SUMMER/AUTUMN 2000. Like the previous seminars it
will be designed to bring researchers, community organizations, and policy makers together
to discuss what work has been done in the area, what research is ongoing, and what
research should be done to better target government policy.
More information on this seminar will be available in
subsequent issues of News Flashes or you can contact John Biles at
<john_biles@pch.gc.ca>.
A conference on "Citizenship, Conscience and Political
Education" sponsored by the Conference for the Study of Political Thought will be
held in the Palais des Congres, Quebec City, July 29-31, 2000. For further
information, contact Prof. James Moore, Concordia University, email:
<moore@netrover.com>, or visit the CSPT website: http://www.cspt.tulane.edu
There will be a conference on "Accommodating
Diversity: Learning From the Indian and Canadian Experiences", University of
Waterloo, AUGUST 8-10, 2000. It will bring together Canadian and Indian scholars
with the aim of collaborative and interdisciplinary scholarship, to establish linkages
between Canadian and Indian scholars, and to facilitate mutual learning. For more
information, contact James Walker, Professor, Department of History, International
Exchange Coordinator, Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1;
tel: 519-888-4567 ext. 3706; fax: 519-746-2658; e-mail:
<jwalker@watarts.uwaterloo.ca>
THE CHINESE ETHNIC ECONOMY
A conference on Comparative Perspectives on the Chinese
Ethnic Economy, organized by Professor Eric Fong, Department of Sociology, University of
Toronto, is scheduled for SEPTEMBER 1 - 2, 2000.
The topic of ethnic business is quite hot in both
academic and public discussions in Canada. In recent years, a large number of immigrants
from Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan have arrived in Canada. To this date, little
research has been done on these groups. The conference will provide researchers
much-needed opportunity to start developing works on this area in Canada. At the same
time, we hope to learn from research conducted in other places on the same topic. A
comparative perspective allows us to disentangle the interplay between culture and
structure that fosters the development of the Chinese ethnic economy in various places.
Participants in the conference include:
Richard Bernard, Department of Sociology, University of
Toronto;
Nora Chiang, Department of Geography, National Taiwan
University;
Yen-Fen Tseng, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan
University;
David Ip, Department of Sociology, University of
Queensland;
Peter Li, Department of Sociology, University of
Saskatchewan;
Wei Li, Department of Geography, University of Connecticut;
Ivan Light, Department of Sociology, University of
California;
Jan Lin, Department of Sociology, Occidental College;
Lucia Lo, Department of Geography, York University;
Chiu Luk, Policy and Research Urban Development Service,
City of Toronto;
Jeffrey Reitz, Dept. of Sociology / Robert F. Harney
Professor, University of Toronto; Michael Szonyi, Department of History, University of
Toronto;
Shuguang Wang, Department of Sociology, Ryerson Polytechnic
University; Chung-tong Wu, Faclty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales.
For further information, contact Eric Fong
fong@chass.utoronto.ca
Sponsored by Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at
the University of Toronto. For further information contact
<ethplur@chass.utoronto.ca>
RACE, GENDER, AND "REWRITING" WORKING-CLASS
AND MINORITY HISTORY
A faculty / graduate student symposium on "Race,
Gender, and "Rewriting" Working-Class and Minority History: North American
Persepctives," organized by
Professor Franca Iacovetta and Professor Ian Radforth of
the Department of History,
University of Toronto, will be held OCTOBER 12-15, 2000.
The symposium will feature presentations by David Roediger (University of Minnesota),
James Barrett (University of Chicago), Donna Babaccia (University of North Carolina), and
Grace Elizabeth Hale (University of Virginia).
For more information, contact the History Department,
University of Toronto, or
Franca Iacovetta <iacovett@scar.utoronto.ca>
Sponsored by Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at
the University of Toronto. For further information contact
<ethplur@chass.utoronto.ca>
The Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group at the
University of Western Ontario will be hosting an international conference on
"Diasporas and Transnational
Identities", London, Ontario, OCTOBER 19-22, 2000. The
conference organizers welcome paper submissions. The deadline to send submissions is April
30, 2000. The
conference is open to social sciences and humanities. For
further information contact Dr. Mireya Folch- Serra, Department of Geography, University
of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2; tel: 519-661-2111; fax: 519-661-3750
or e-mail: <dmitriev@julian.uwo.ca> or visit: http://publish.uwo.ca/~dmitriev/center.html
The Second Workshop on Contemporary Migration History will
be on "Assimilation - Diasporization - Representation: Historical Perspectives on
Immigrants and Host Societies in Postwar Europe", Humboldt-University, Berlin,
Germany, OCTOBER 27-29, 2000. The workshop will address questions of immigration in
and to Europe, in an historical and comparative perspective (1945 to the present), with an
emphasis on immigration history. The themes will include historical migration patterns and
migration systems, inclusion and exclusion of immigrants, interethnic relations in
immigration societies, ethnic politics and ethno-nationalism, "homeland
politics", minority rights and minority representation over time. Paper submissions
are
welcome. Abstracts for papers (max. 500 words) relevant to
the themes of the workshop should be sent by May 15, 2000 to the workshop organizers. For
further information or to send a paper proposal e-mail <mighistconf@rz.hu-berlin.de>
or visit the workshop web site: http://www.demographie.de/mighist
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE
VANCOUVER, NOVEMBER 13-17, 2000
The themes of the conference are:
*Investing in the Future: The Changing Face of Youth
*Managing Gateways and Managing Change *Building Social, Cultural and Economic Capital:
The Case for Migration *Creating Opportunity: Growth, Access and Equity
The call for workshop proposals and the conference
announcement can be found on the International Metropolis web site at www.international.metropolis.net
era21 end racism! activism for the 21st century
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA NOVEMBER 17-20,
2000
The 20th century has seen ample evidence of the
destructiveness of racism. As we approach the 21st Century and the International Year for
Mobilization against Racism and Racial Discrimination., not only is racism pervasive in
Canadian life, but it is dynamic, adaptable and changeable, fitting the contours of
contemporary social practices and dominant norms so that it is often invisible to those
who reproduce it. The current
challenge is both to counter the deleterious and egregious
effects of hate-motivated racism and racist crimes, and also to offset the more subtle
effects of racism as they
occur in ordinary practices and social discourses. This
challenge will be met in a major international conference that will bring together
community groups, NGOs, academics,
policy makers and practitioners, to re-think concepts,
practices and strategies for eliminating racism in the new millennium. era21 is a 3-day
working forum designed to
sharpen the tools for anti-racism practice in the 21st
century. Please check the web site for further information as it becomes available: http://www.era21.net
era21 is a 3-day working forum designed to sharpen the
tools for anti-racism practice in the 21st century.
For further information contact: Professor Audrey
Kobayashi, era21 co-chair
Department of Geography Fax: 604 822 6150 University of British Columbia
e-mail: <kobayasi@post.queensu.ca> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
A conference, organized by Professor Jeffrey G. Reitz and
Professor Ray Breton, is planned for MARCH 9-10, 2001. The title for the conference
is "Reinventing Society in the New Economy," and sessions are planned on a
variety of issues relating to ethnic diversity, social inequality, international
relations, and others.
Sponsored by Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at
the University of Toronto. For further information contact
<ethplur@chass.utoronto.ca>
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