WORKSHOP
ON HOUSING IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
Centre
for Equality Rights in Accommodation (416-944-0087) and
Ontario
Administration of Settlement & Integration Services
FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 2 -- 11:00 A.M. TO NOON
246
Bloor St West, 5th Floor, Room 548, University of Toronto
Session
Topic: Housing Discrimination in Toronto: the Housing Search
Experience of New Canadians
Speaker:
David Hulchanski, Housing New Canadians Research Working Group
Director,
Centre for Urban and Community Studies and Professor, Faculty of
Social Work, University of Toronto
UNIVERSITY
LUNCHTIME LECTURE SERIES
School
of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto (416-978-7757)
FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 2 -- 12:30 TO 1:30 P.M.
Northrop
Frye Hall auditorium, Room 003, Victoria University
73
Queen's Park Crescent East
Topic:
ON ACTING FOR THE HOMELESS
Speaker:
David Hulchanski, Founding Member, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
Director, Centre for Urban and Community Studies and Professor,
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Upcoming
Sessions of the GTA Forum
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 1 -- 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
City
of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Road
Topic:
AVENUES FOR CITIZEN INFLUENCE IN THE GTA
Speakers:
***
Engin Isin, Urban Studies Programme, York University:
"Models
of Regional Democracy."
***
Debbe Crandall, Executive Director, Save the Oake Ridges Moraine
(STORM): "Battling on Two Fronts: Complementing Local Concerns
and Provincial Politics."
***
Alan Broadbent, Chair, Avana Capital Inc and the Maytree Foundation:
"How
Greater Autonomy will Strengthen the GTA."
Moderator:
Beth Moore Milroy, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson.
___________________
THURSDAY
MARCH 29, 2001
BEHIND
THE SCENES IN MUNICIPAL PLANNING: The Role & Influence of the
Ontario Municipal Board
Speakers:
Helen Cooper, John G. Chipman and Stanley Makuch
Moderator:
Ross Paterson, Principal Planner (Policy), City Planning Division,
City of Toronto
For
more information please contact: <gtainfo@yorku.ca>
http://www.yorku.ca/gtaforum/gtainfo@yorku.ca
The
Policy Research Secretariat and the Centre de recherche inter-universitaire
sur les transformations et les régulations économiques et sociales (CRITÈRES)
are organizing a conference, scheduled for FEBRUARY 22, 2001 at
the Université de Montréal, entitled "Have the Factors of
Social Inclusiveness Changed?".
The
following questions will be discussed:
·Has
the basis for social inclusiveness changed in Canada?
·Which
factors are coming into play?
·To
what extent is there a link between the change in values and the
change in the basis for social inclusiveness?
·What
are the keys that citizens must possess to be included in the society
of today and tomorrow?
Upcoming
Events at the AMNI Centre
On
FEBRUARY 27, 2001 the Centre will present a workshop on
Aboriginal health with Dr. Lee Morrison, the Executive Director of
Community Social Planning Council Toronto.
On
MARCH 21, 2001 AMNI will host an open house to celebrate the
International Day for Elimination of Racism.
For
more information please contact Natalya Timoshkina, AMNI Centre
Coordinator, 416-829-5792. Light refreshments will be served.
The
Maytree Foundation Presents:
WHO
SHOULD GET IN? RETHINKING IMMIGRATION PRIORITIES
Do
we see immigration as being primarily about filling short-term labour
market gaps, or long-term economic strategies? Is it about reunifying
families or supplying enough young workers to the labour pool? Or is
immigration first of all about building a vibrant, diverse, healthy
society?
Are
we looking for only the wealthiest, best educated and most skilled, or
for anyone who truly wants to adopt this country as their home and has
the skills and the ability to land on their feet? Where do our
humanitarian commitments fit into the scheme, and should they be
subject to quotas?
What
are our priorities as a nation, and what role does immigration play in
meeting those priorities?
Panel:
Donna Dasko, Senior Vice President, Environics Research Group
Amy
Go, Director, Long Term Care, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care
Haroon
Siddiqui, Editorial Page, Editor Emeritus, The Toronto Star
Moderator:
Richard Gwyn, Columnist, The Toronto Star
WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 28, 2001 -- 2:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Place:
Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front Street West
The
forum is FREE but seating is limited. RSVP by February 23, 2001 to
Stephanie
Saunders, (416) 944-2627 ext. 241 or <ssaunders@maytree.com>
The
Maytree Foundation,170 Bloor Street West, Suite 804, Toronto, ON, M5S
1T9
Phone:
(416) 944-2627 Fax: (416) 944-8915 Visit: www.maytree.com
The
Bell Canada Welfare Research Unit at the Centre for Applied Social
Research, Faculty of Social Work is pleased to announce: "A
Series of Seminars"
starting
FEBRUARY TO MAY 2001, 12:30 P.M.-1:30 P.M. to be held at 246
Bloor St. West, Room 548, Faculty of Social Work, University of
Toronto
FEBRUARY
14, 2001
Nico
Trocme, Ph.D., Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and
Neglect
MARCH
7, 2001
Cheryl
Regehr, Ph.D., Stress and Trauma in Child Welfare Practice
APRIL
4, 2001
Elsa
Marziali, Ph.D., Pilot Study of Maltreating Caregivers with Severe
Personality Problems
MAY
2, 2001 -- T.B.A
Please
come and participate in these very informative sessions. Everyone is
welcome!
For
further information please contact Barb Fallon at 416-978-2527 or
email: <barbara.fallon@utoronto.ca>
RE-INVENTING
SOCIETY IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMY
J.J.R.
MacLeod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto
MARCH
8-10, 2001
Conference
sessions will focus on the impact of global economic change, as seen
by leading Canadian and international scholars, in:
1.
International Relations: How is changing global inequality affecting
international cooperation? 2. Labour Relations: What is the impact of
changing labour market inequality on labour relations? 3. Culture and
Social Values: Is contemporary economic change reshaping our social
values, culture ? even religion? 4. Information and Knowledge: How are
knowledge institutions ? the media, education, science ? affected by
expanding domains of economic activity? 5. Nationalism and Migration:
Which direction of change is seen for nationalism and international
migration? 6. Politics: Can democratic politics successfully manage
contemporary economic change?
The
conference is sponsored by the University of Toronto Department of
Sociology and the R.F. Harney Professorship and Program in Ethnic,
Immigration and Pluralism Studies. Conference organizing committee:
Raymond Breton, Jeffrey G. Reitz
9th
NEW PIONEERS AWARDS
This
celebration of diversity will be held on THURSDAY MARCH 22, 2001
Westin
Harbour Castle, Metropolitan Ballroom (East), One Harbour Square
(Queen's Quay and Bay Street), Toronto.
*
Reception: 6:00 P.M. * Dinner and Awards Ceremony: 7:00
P.M.
Tickets:
Individual $75.00 Table (seating 10) $1,000
To
reserve your tickets please call 416-658-3101 ext.231.
UPCOMING
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
Canadian
Council for Refugees
REFUGEE
WOMEN FLEEING GENDER-BASED PERSECUTION
International
Conference, 4-6 MAY 2001, Montreal, Canada
The
draft agenda is available on the CCR web site, on the gender-based
persecution page: http://www.web.net/~ccr/gendagen.htm
Or
contact the CCR office and ask for a copy.
Conference
site: Hotel Maritime Plaza, 1155 rue Guy, Montreal (Quebec), Canada,
H3H 2K5 (Metro Guy-Concordia), Phone: 1-800-363-6255 or 514-932-1411
Fax:
514-932-0446 Web site: http://www.hotelmaritime.com
To
reserve, please contact the hotel directly (see numbers above) and
mention that you are with the Canadian Council for Refugees.
As
part of an ongoing project at the Institute for Social Research (ISF)
in Oslo on "Power and Democracy in Multicultural Norway",
there will be a seminar on the theme
"Power
and Democracy in Multicultural Societies", Rosendal, Norway,
MAY 17-20, 2001. The seminar's aim is to address the
contradictions and dilemmas attached to theories of multiculturalism,
citizenship and integration, with special focus on their impact on
welfare states in internationalized contexts. For more information,
contact
Grete
Brochmann, Research Director, Institute for Social Research, Postboks
3233 Elisenberg, N-0208, Oslo; tel: 47 23 08 61 00; fax 47 23 08 61
01; e-mail <gbr@isaf.no>
There
will be a conference on "Representing Diversity" at Carleton
University, Ottawa, MAY 18-19, 2001, with sessions on
"Political Culture in the New World", "Consociationalism",
"Language and Federalism", and "The Future of
Individual and Group Rights". The conference is in honour of the
work of Kenneth McRae. For more
information,
contact Stephen Brooks, e-mail: <brooks3@uwindsor.ca>
There
will be an international conference on "Voice or Exit:
Comparative Perspectives on Ethnic Minorities in Twentieth Century
Europe" to be held at the Humboldt University of Berlin, MAY
25-27, 2001. The organizers are Rainer Muenz (Humboldt-Universitaet,
Berlin), Rainer Ohliger (Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin), William
Safran (University of Colorado at Boulder), Zsuza Torok (Central
European University, Budapest). For more information on the conference
visit:
http://www.demographie.de/minorities
The
major "World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance" (WCAR) will take place in
South Africa, AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2001. A list-serve that
provides regular information on the conference has been established.
For more information on the conference or to subscribe to the
list-serve, send an e-mail to <lwiseberg.hchr@unog.ch>
The
Canadian Centre for Austrian and Central European Studies (CCAuCES) of
the University of Alberta and the Center for Austrian Studies (CAS) of
the University of Minnesota will jointly host a symposium,
"NATIONALIST MYTHS AND PLURALIST REALITIES IN CENTRAL
EUROPE," 25-27 OCTOBER 2001, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada.
Paper
abstracts, panel proposals, or questions may be directed to: Franz A.J.
Szabo, Director, Canadian Centre for Austrian and Central European
Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E6. E-mail:
<ccauces@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
or
Gerhard Weiss, Interim Director, Center for Austrian Studies,
University
of
Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55454, U.S.A. E-mail: <casahy@umn.edu>
Call
for Papers website: http://www.cas.umn.edu
Ethnicizing
the Nation
Canadian
Ethnic Studies Association Sixteenth Biennial Conference --
Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada NOVEMBER
2-4, 2001
Themes:
Sites of popular culture; Memory, place and politics; Generations:
continuity and change; Intersecting Ethnicities
http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/mhso/conferenceinfo.htm
METROPOLIS
CONFERENCES
The
Fifth Canadian National Metropolis Conference will be held in
Ottawa, Canada OCTOBER 16 - 20, 2001. For more information
please contact Steven Morris at <Steven.Morris@9522apx.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca>
The
Sixth International Metropolis Conference
will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands NOVEMBER
26 - 30, 2001.
Details
for Call For Workshop Proposals are now availble:
http://international.metropolis.net
If
you are interested in receiving more information please contact either
Rinus
Penninx at <penninx@pscw.uva.nl> or
Howard
duncan at <howard.duncan@9522apx.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca>
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