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CERIS
MONTHLY BULLETIN April
02, 2002 Issue
No. 39 This
publication comes out each month to keep you informed about upcoming events in
and around CERIS and the Metropolis project including seminars, conferences,
and public consultations, new research resources, and meetings of the
Management Board and its working committees, and the Partnership Advisory
Council. Please
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deadline for information to include in the next Monthly Bulletin is April 25,
2002. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *
Apologies to our Francophone colleagues; our email system does not permit the
incorporation of French accents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTENTS =}
CERIS Meetings =}
CERIS Monthly Seminars =}
Public Events and Conferences =}
Call for Papers and Proposals =}
News from CERIS, CERIS Researchers and Partners =}
CERIS Working Papers Series =}
Just Published =}
Internet Resources =}
New Documents in the CERIS Resource Centre ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****
MEETINGS ************************* CERIS
MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETINGS FRIDAY,
APRIL 05, 2002
B
2:00
- 4:00 P.M. FRIDAY,
MAY 24, 2002
B
2:00
- 4:00 P.M. At
the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. W., 5th Floor, Room 548 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CERIS
PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL (PAC) MEETING THURSDAY,
APRIL 04, 2002 B
2:30
- 4:30 P.M. At
the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. W., 5th Floor, Room 548 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****
CERIS
SEMINAR ********************** ATHE
SEPTEMBER 11th AFTERMATH AND ETHNIC MINORITIES/IMMIGRANTS IN
TORONTO@ WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 10, 2002 B
5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at
the CERIS offices: 246 Bloor Street West, 5th Floor, Room 548 (St.
George Station by Bedford Street Exit)
Presenters
include: Dr. Audrey Macklin from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law;
Ms. Julie Wang Morris, Columnist (Former Publisher) of Town Crier; Ms. Paula
De Coito, Executive Director of the Social Planning Council of Peel, and Mr.
Nouman Ashraf, Muslim Students Association, University of Toronto. Presentation
will be followed by discussion. All are welcome to participate. Refreshments
will be available. Further
information visit the CERIS web site: http://ceris.metropolis.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****
PUBLIC EVENTS AND CONFERENCES ***** West
End Social Services Team (W.E.S.S.T.) Information
Sharing & Networking Session THURSDAY,
APRIL 11, 2002, 11.30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Parkdale
Library, 1303 Queen St. West (at
Cowan Avenue). Wheelchair accessible. Topic:
Bill C-11, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act - Implications for
the City of Toronto & New Immigrants 11:30
- 12:30 Information
Sharing & Lunch (Please RSVP) 12:30
- 2:00 Speakers:
Kazi Hoque, Researcher and Policy Analyst, Community Social
Planning Council of Toronto; Bassel Martin, Communications and Public
Education Coordinator, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. Light
Lunch Provided. RSVP: Yasmin Khan. Tel: (416) 652-9772 Fax: (416) 652-7128 Email:
kyasmin@cspc.toronto.on.ca Co-sponsored
by: CSPC-T York/Toronto West Office & City of Toronto, Social Development
Division ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alternatives
to War and Militarization -- A Peace Conference 2002 FRIDAY
APRIL 12, 9 - 5
& SATURDAY APRIL 13,
10 - 5 The
Conference objectives are: -to
explore opportunities for progress in an unipolar and inequitable world;
-to propose resistance strategies and alternatives to war and the
militarization of state functions; -to
identify changes already underway that signal the possibility of a better
world There
is a $20 cost per day that includes lunch and coffee break Conference
Information: Tel: (416) 366-1656 ext. 274
e-mail: forumpub@stlc.com Web
site: www.stlc.com/forums.htm Sponsored
by: St. Lawrence Centre Forum and
The Ontario Voice of Women Endorsed
by: Transformative Learning Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The
Department of Sociology & Equity Studies in Education Speaker Series
presents: Afrocentricity,
Multiculturalism, and the Structure of Knowledge in the Western Academy by Dr.
Molefi Asante, Professor, African Studies, Temple University FRIDAY,
APRIL 12, 2002 - 6:00 P.M.,
252 Bloor St. W. , in the Boardroom 12-199. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UPCOMING
GTA FORUM SESSION Title:
Toronto the Good Enough: Why Don't we Care How the City Looks? THURSDAY,
APRIL 25, 2002 B
4:00 - 6:30 P.M. Place:
City of Toronto Archives Auditorium, 255 Spadina Rd. (One
block north of Dupont subway station; parking on site.) Convenor/Moderator: Catherine Nasmith, Architect;
Chair, Gardiner Lakeshore Task Force; past chair, Toronto Preservation
Board
Discussants: John
Barber, Urban Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail; George Kapelos, Architect
and Associate Professor, Ryerson University; Michael Kirkland,
Architect-Planner, Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of
Architecture, Landscape and Design;. Lecturer Harvard University Michael Prue,
MPP, Municipal Affairs and Housing critic, New Democratic Party; former Mayor
of East York; former Toronto city councillor and past board member, Heritage
Toronto. *** NOTICE:
THE MAY 28TH SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED. *** For
more information, write to Forum Coordinator: Frances Frisken, ffrisken@yorku.ca
or call 416-480-2313 or visit web site: http://www.yorku.ca/gtaforum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Journal
of the First Annual African Canadian Genealogical and Historical Conference,
MAY 4, 2002, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
This Conference, will explore the rich history of Ontario=s Underground
Railroad and the historical and genealogical impact of those black pioneers
that made their way to Freedom in the Queen=s Bush (now Grey County) in the
period of 1820 to 1865. Topic:
Does formal Ontario History properly reflect the African Canadian
Experience in Ontario? Contact
person: Greta Kennedy, Liaison, Special Projects, Grey County
greta@bmts.com Tel:
519-369-3119 Fax: 519-369-5882 E-mail:kfoster@greycounty.on.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Economic
Impacts of Immigration ( Calgary, Canada , 29
MAY 2002) http://cerf.mcmaster.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congress
of Social Sciences and Humanities, Toronto, Canada MAY
25-JUNE 1, 2002 http://www.hssfc.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Association
for Canadian Studies, Montreal, Canada JUNE 8-10, 2002 http://www.acs.-aec.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington is
organizing a conference on "Diversity and Citizenship in
Multicultural Nation
States", to be held at the Rockefeller Foundation's Study and Conference
Center in Bellagio, Italy on 17‑21
JUNE 2002. The conference will
include social scientists and educational researchers from 11
countries, to explore how different countries deal with issues of unity
and diversity in their citizenship education. For more information,
contact the conference organizer, Prof. James Banks, Director, Center
for Multicultural Education,
University of Washington, at jbanks@u.washington.edu,
or visit the Center's website at: http://depts.washington.edu/centerme/home.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
Laboratory of Anthropology at the Democritus University of Thrace and
the International Democritus Foundation are presenting their 4th
International Symposium on Ethnic Identities JULY
6‑9 2002. The symposium will
approach ethnic identity by investigating the causes, effects, and
national as well as international implications of post‑Cold war
security issues related to
cultural, religious and national identity. For
more information, contact: Efi Styliara, International Democritus Foundation,
P.O. Box
234, GR‑67100, Xanthi, Greece; Tel. 0030 5410 28333; email:
museum@he.duth.gr. Visit
their web site at: http://platon.ee.duth.gr/~xirot/labor/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Labour
Supply and Diversity B Locally to Globally International
Conference, SEPTEMBER 2-3, 2002, Goteborg,
Sweden For
Information about the Conference please contact: Katarina
Mlekov, GR + 46 (0) 31 335 50 81 or Staffan Nyqvist, GR +46
(0) 31 335 52 11 email: staffan.nyqvist@gr.to
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METROPOLIS CONFERENCES ************ SEVENTH
INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE The
Seventh International Metropolis Conference will take place in Oslo, Norway SEPTEMBER
9-13, 2002, with the theme of "Togetherness in Difference:
Citizenship and Belonging", with sub-themes on "Globalization and
the Politics of Migration", "Empowerment and the Effectiveness of
Citizenship", "Urban Textures", and "Gender in
Migration". The Metropolis
conferences have established themselves as an important international forum
for discussion amongst government decision-makers, researchers, and NGOs on
policies for managing migration and diversity in cities. For more information,
check the conference web site at: http://international.metropolis.net Or
contact the conference organizers by email at: oslo2002@metropolis.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ METROPOLIS
INTERCONFERENCE SEMINAR The
Croatian Centre for Strategic Studies will be hosting a Metropolis conference
entitled "Immigrants and Homeland" from MAY
9-12, 2002 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Contact
information: Mrs. Vlasta Brunsko, Don Frana Bulica 4, 20000 Dubrovnik,
Croatia, Tel. + 385 20 411 718 Fax. + 385 20 411 020 http://international.metropolis.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS ********** Call
for Papers: "The City and the Nation in Canada". The
prospects and problems of Canadian cities have become the focus of
active debate. Of particular concern is the relation between cities and
senior levels of government, and, more generally, the place of cities
within the Canadian nation. As a contribution to this discussion, the
Journal of Canadian Studies will be publishing a special theme issue, devoted
to cities in Canada. Papers
relating to all aspects of Canadian cities are welcome. However,
papers that examine the relation between Canadian cities and larger
jurisdictions (provinces, regions, or the nation) are especially
encouraged. As the leading publication for interdisciplinary studies in
Canada, the Journal of Canadian Studies welcomes papers that can
provide a cultural, historical,
sociological, political or other perspective on cities.
Topics to be addressed could include: *
the role of cities within provincial, national and international
economies *
the significance of cities as sites of political action and activism *
the place of cities within Canadian arts and literature *
fiscal and tax relations between cities and senior levels of
government *
the place of cities within evolving conceptions of Canadian identity
and Canadian nationalism *
the relation between Canadian cities and towns and rural areas *
provincial and federal perspectives on urban issues and challenges *
the significance of cities as actors within the Canadian political
system *
the impact on cities of amalgamation or other reforms imposed by
senior governments *
contemporary debates concerning jurisdiction over housing,
transportation and other areas of special concern to cities *
the impact of federal and provincial infrastructure policies on
Canadian cities *
the place of Canadian cities within provincial and federal social
policies *
the impact of immigration and demographic changes on Canadian cities Proposals
for papers addressing these or other relevant themes should be
submitted by 1 June 2002. Manuscripts will be required by 1 November
2002.
Please
send proposals and manuscripts to: Professor
Stephen Bocking, Editor, Journal of Canadian Studies, Trent University,
Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8 e‑mail:
Sbocking@trentu.ca
fax: 705‑748‑1569 telephone: 705‑748‑1011 x1520 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL
FOR PAPERS ON ASYLUM MIGRATION United
Nations University and World Institute for Development Economics Research Conference
on Poverty, International Migration and Asylum, Helsinki, Finland, 27-28
SEPTEMBER 2002. The
conference will focus on two major themes: the economic consequences of
immigration, and issues associated with asylum migration. 1)
Asylum migration: patterns and trends 2)
Asylum migration: modes and methods 3)
Asylum migration: implications for receiving states
4) Asylum migration: implications for countries of origin
5) Asylum migration: public policy responses. Selected
conference papers, together with a policy summary, will be included in a
conference volume, edited by Professor George Borjas (Harvard University) and
Dr. Jeffery Crisp (Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, UNHCR). Those
interested in participating in the conference are invited to submit by 30
April 2002 the application form downloadable from the wider web site
www.wider.unu.edu. Those interested in presenting a paper are asked to include
a title and one-page abstract of their proposed contribution. Early
applications will be given preference. Applications from younger researchers
and from researchers in developing countries are especially welcome. WIDER
will cover the cost of accommodation and meals in Helsinki during the period
of the conference. It may also be
possible to contribute to the travel expenses of those unable to cover their
travel costs from other sources. Applications
and further communications should be sent by e-mail, fax or mail as follows:
APPLICATION FORM IN WORD. E-mail: migration@wider.unu.edu Fax:
+358 9 615 99333, WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, 00160 Helsinki, Finland See
also: http://www.wider.unu.edu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ****
NEWS FROM CERIS, CERIS RESEARCHERS AND PARTNERS ** CERIS
Director Dr. Morton Beiser was appointed recently as the Chair of the
Immigration Medical Advisory Board for Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Congratulation! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CERIS
VOLUNTEER Dhananjay
Samant has joined CERIS as a volunteer co-op placement from the Dufferin-Peel
Co-op Centre. He is helping to
update and incorporate the CERIS Integrating Database.
Welcome to Dhanajay! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EMPIRICAL
WEB SITE LAUNCHED Check
out the latest information on the development of undergraduate immigration
curriculum through the EMPIRICAL project at: www.empirical.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Findings
from the 2001 research on Francophone Immigration in Toronto will be presented
at the annual conference of ACFAS, the Association francophone pour le savoir
on May 16, 2002 at Laval University. Farmer
D., Chambon, A., Labrie, N. Urbanite
et immigration au sein des francophonies: dtude de la dynamique communautaire
franco-torontoise et des rapports d=inclusion et d=exclusion.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABOUT
THE HMONG RESOURCE CENTRE Located
in St. Paul, MN, the Hmong Cultural Center=s Resource Centre is one of
the most comprehensive centralized collections and lending libraries of
Hmong‑related books, PhD dissertations, indexed articles and
Hmong language literature in the
United States. The collection also includes several exhibits of Hmong cultural
artifacts. The
Hmong Resource Centre is located in the Hmong Cultural Center=s offices at: 995
University Avenue, Suite 214, Saint Paul, MN 55104. Contact:
Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD, Director, Hmong Resource Center. Phone:
651‑917‑9937 E‑Mail: hmongcultural@hotmail.com,
www.hmongcenter.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****
CERIS WORKING PAPERS ***************** Doucet,
Michael J. 2001. The Anatomy of an Urban Legend: Toronto=s Multicultural
Reputation. CERIS Working Paper Series #16. April 2001. 91 pp. {985} Siemiatycki,
Myer, Tim Rees, Roxana Ng and Khan Rahi. Integrating Community Diversity in
Toronto: On Whose Terms? CERIS Working Paper Series, No. 14. March 2001. {985} Lo,
Lucia, Valerie Preston, Shuguang Wang, Katherine Reil, Edward Harvey and Bobby
Siu. 2000. Immigrants Economic Status in Toronto: Rethinking Settlement and
Integration Strategies. CERIS Working Paper Series. #15-2000. 78 pp. {985} Kilbride,
Kenise Murphy. 2000. A Review of the Literature on the Human, Social, and
Cultural Capital of Immigrant Children and Their Families with Implications
for Teacher Education. CERIS Working Paper Series. #13-2000. 26 pp. {985} Troper,
Harold. 2000. History of Immigration since the Second World War: From Toronto
AThe Good@ to Toronto AThe World in a City@. CERIS Working Paper Series.
#12-2000. 61 pp. {985} Burnaby,
Barbara, Carl James, and Sheri Regier. 2000. The Role of Education in
Integrating Diversity in the Greater Toronto Area. CERIS Working Paper Series.
#11-2000. 94 pp. {985} Murdie,
Bob and Carlos Teixeira. 2000. Toward a Comfortable Neighbourhood and
Appropriate Housing: Immigrant Experience in Toronto. CERIS Working Paper
Series. #10-2000. 75 pp {985} CERIS
Working Papers can be ordered for $5.00 each or can be downloaded from our
website: http://ceris.metropolis.net.
You will find it under the "Virtual Library". For further information and a list of previously-published
Working Papers contact the CERIS office or visit our website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******
JUST PUBLISHED ************************* The
Centres of Excellence for Women's Health program has
published their fourth Research Bulletin. If you would like a hard
copy, please respond with your mailing address.
What Makes Us Healthy, What Makes Us Sick Table
of contents: 1)
The midlife health needs of women with disabilities.
2) The effects of social isolation and loneliness on the health of
older women. 3) Immigration and
perinatal risk.
4)
Public health vs. chemoprevention. 5) Restructuring and
women's health: The fisheries crisis
in Newfoundland. 6) Out in the
cold: Lesbian health in Northern
BC. 7) Empowerment in the context of poverty: Low- income
mothers in Saskatoon. 8)
Affirming immigrant women's health practices
in PEI. Mary
Ann Martell, Maritime Centre of Excellence for Women's Health PO
Box 3070, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J
3G9 Tel: 902-420-6739 Fax: 902-420-6752 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New
Research on Settlement.org A
Study of the Settlement Needs and Issues Experienced by
Sudanese Newcomers in Windsor/Essex County Link:
http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1002909 This
qualitative study examines the settlement needs and issues experienced by
Sudanese Newcomers in the Windsor/Essex County Area. Individual interviews
were held with twenty‑one Sudanese newcomer, ten
service providing organizations and five key informants.
Recommendations are made in the
areas of service provision, employment, programming, education,
initial settlement programming, housing and social integration. Author:
David Osman and James Allen, Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex
County (March 2001) To
find the latest research , go to
the website settlement.org and follow the links: More
reports and Publications. See Reports and Publications Posted in the last 30
days. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
Canadian Woman Studies/Les cahiers de la femme (CWS/cf) is proud and exited to
announce the publication of its recent special issue on AWomen and HIV/AIDS@.
Researchers, healthcare providers, educators, activists, and women
living with HIV/Aids come together to consider the vast range of concerns to
women affected by the disease. Guest
edited by a diverse group of women actively working in this area , Amy
Andrews, June Larkin, Claudia Mitchell, Relebohile Moletsane, and Esther
Tharao, this issue identifies key issues that impact on women=s vulnerability
to HIV infection and, if they have already contracted the infection , affects
their ability to access the necessary treatment, support, and care. To
order , please send cheque or money order to: Canadian Women Studies 212
Founders College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3 Tel:
(416) 736-5765 Email: cwscf@yorku.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A
special issue of Asian and Pacific Migration Journal has been published (Vol.
10, No. 1, 2002). Edited by Eric Fong and Linda Lee, the issue focuses on the
Chinese ethnic economy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marie
McAndrew AImmigration et diversite a l=ecole@
Montreal: Les presses de l=Universite
de Monréal, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samuel
Noh, Fong Hou, Violet Kaspar and Joanne Rummens ASoutheast Asian Refugees=
Perceptions of Racial Discrimination in Canada@
Canadian
Ethnic Studies Vol. XXIII, No. 1, 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Defending
Immigrant Rights, the latest Activist Resource Kit from
Political Research Associates, will help you understand the
anti‑immigrant movement, respond to its common arguments and
organize against its right‑wing campaigns. Cathi
Tactaquin, Director of NNIRR, calls it AA very timely guide for
all activists concerned about the attack on immigrant rights.
User friendly and full of
information and resources.@ For
more information see: http://www.publiceye.org/ark/immigrants/im_main.html
For
order contact: Political Research Associates, 1310 Broadway, #201,
Somerville, MA 02144, Tel. 617-666‑5300. The cost is $15 regular or $10 low income, plus $3.50 shipping.
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) 310‑8th
St., Ste. 303, Oakland, CA 94607, 510-465-1984, 510-465-1885 (fax) Visit
web site at: www.nnirr.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****
INTERNET RESOURCES *************** CHARITIES
AND ADVOCACY 3
policy papers on "How Can the Law on Charities and Advocacy be Changed to
Better Serve Immigrants and Refugees" are now available online.
IMPACS commissioned papers from Ontario Council of Agencies Serving
Immigrants (OCASI), Affiliation
of Multicultural Societies & Service Agencies of BC (AMSSA), and Canadian Ethnocultural Council (author Rashmi
Luther, PhD.) with the support of
the Maytree Foundation. You'll
find the PDF links at the bottom of
http://www.impacs.org/policy/haveyoursay.html.
You can request an
electronic or hard copy from the organizations that wrote them or from: brendad@impacs.org. *** THE
FINAL REPORT OF THE CHARITIES AND ADVOCACY PROJECT: ALet
Charities Speak: the Report of the Charities and Advocacy Dialogue@ is
available for downloading at http://www.impacs.org/pdfs/letcharitiesspeak_final.pdf Those
consulted said that it is time to loosen or remove the current limitation on
advocacy by charities - a healthy democracy demands it.
Ninety-one percent of those surveyed said that the law on charities and
advocacy must change, and eighty-seven percent of those said that legislative
reform (vs. challenges in the court) was the way to go.
With that mandate, this year the coalition will try to actually change
the law. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW
AMID WORKING PAPERS: Ulla
Holm: The Implication of the Concept of the French State‑Nation and
"Patrie" for French
Discourses on (Maghrebi) Immigration, AMID Working Paper Series 6/2002. Copies
of AMID Working Papers are available for DKK 25.00 each.
Please contact Julie Larsen (julie@humsamf.auc.dk).
Also, the papers are available as free download files (PDF) at:
http://www.humsamf.auc.dk/amid/publi.html The
following six papers are available: 1/2001
Morten Ejrnæs: Integrationsloven B en case, der illustrerer etniske
minoriteters usikre medborgerstatus.
(Short English abstract included: The Danish Integration Law ‑ a case
illustrating the uncertain citizenship status of ethnic minorities). 2/2001
Tomas Hammar: The Ugly Duckling and the Academy. 3/2002
Jeffrey H. Cohen: Social Responses to Migration among Rural Oaxacans: Outcomes
in Sending and Receiving
Communities. 4/2002
Bulent Diken: Justification and Immigration in the Network Society ‑ A
New Ambivalence?
5/2002
Ulf Hedetoft: Discourses and Images of Belonging: Migrants between "New
Racism", Liberal Nationalism
and Globalization. 6/2002
Ulla Holm: The Implication of the Concept of the French State‑Nation and
"Patrie" for French
Discourses on (Maghrebi) Immigration. Academy
for Migration Studies in Denmark (AMID), SPIRIT and SPIRIT‑Europe. *****
The
Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark (AMID) offers its news.
AMID-NEWS
2, March 2002, can be downloaded at: http://www.humsamf.auc.dk/amid/newsletter.htm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CANADA=S
IMMIGRATION POLICY AND OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGES.
A
study published by the Commissioner of Official Languages Dr.
Dane Adam, concludes that the Government of Canada=s immigration and
integration policies do not go far enough in contributing to the vitality of
Canada=s two official language groups. The
study, entitled AImmigration and the Vitality of Canada=s Official Language
Communities: Policy Demography and Identity@, was prepared for the Office of
the Commissioner by Dr. Jack Jedwab of the McGill Institute for the Study of
Canada. It is the first study of
its kind to analyze this important issue in depth. The study and this press
release are available on our web site at: http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The
Autumn/Winter 2001 of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) journal
APerspectives@ focuses on Immigration and Refugee Issues.
Check it out at: www.crr.ca/EN/Publications/ePubHome.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canadian
Policy Research Network publishes a working paper series on a range of
diversity related topics. The
most recent paper entitled, AThe Canadian Diversity Model: A Repertoire in
Search of a Framework@ is now available on-line at http://www.cprn.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CERIS
WEBSITE IN LIVING SOUND An
audio report from the recent CERIS seminar (on the ethnic media) can now be
accessed on our web site
http://ceris.metropolis.net From
time to time we get requests for accounts or even transcriptions of our
seminar proceedings. This initiative is at the experimental stage, as a possible
means of reporting on seminars in a timely manner without requiring a large
investment of staff time. Check
it out and let us know what you think! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACCESS
FOR FOREIGN-TRAINED IT PROFESSIONALS: AN EXPLORATION OF SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO
EMPLOYMENT. Funded
by: Department of Canadian Heritage: Multicultural Program JobStart
and Skill for Change The
report can be downloaded free of charge at www.skillsforchange.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A
RESOURCE HANDBOOK FOR PROMOTING ACCESS TO PROFESSIONS AND TRADES FOR
FOREIGN-TRAINED PEOPLE IN ONTARIO. Making
a Change Together Written
by: Centre for Research and Education in Human Services; Skills for Change Funded
by: Access to Professions and Trades Unit, Ontario Ministry of Training,
Colleges and Universities. Department
of Canadian Heritage: Multicultural Program. This
Handbook is available in PDF format from the following web sites:
www.equalopportunities.on.ca www.crehs.on.ca www.skillsforchange.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE
ANTI-TERRORISM ACT - BILL C-36 BACKGROUND, OVERVIEW, RECENT CHANGES AND
REMAINING CONCERNS. The
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) has prepared a short
document outlining some of the key issues of concern to social justice groups,
Canadian Bar Association and Canadian Civil Liberties Association about Bill
C-36. Also considered are changes to the Bill and outstanding
concerns.
Download
your copy of the paper at http://www.ocasi.org.
Further information
contact Bassel Martin at 4160322-4950 ext237 or bmartin@ocasi.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill
C-11, The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act became law in Canada 1
November 2001. The Act and accompanying document can be found on line at
http://cic.gc.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *****
NEW DOCUMENTS IN THE CERIS
RESOURCE CENTRE ** Immigration
Policy Adelman,
Howard. 2002. The New Immigration Regulations. Final version of presentation
at Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, January 22, 2002. 20 pp.
{120-4} Metropolis
Project. 2001. Brain Gain, Brain Waste, Grain Drain: Using the diversity model
to attract and keep talent in Canada. Metropolis Conversation Series B
Conversation Four. Ottawa, January 2001. Booklet. 16 pp. {120-4} Metropolis
Project. 2001. Economic and Social Performance Outcomes of Recent Immigrants:
How can we improve them? Metropolis Conversation Series B Conversation Five.
Ottawa, February 2001. Booklet. 22 pp. {120-4} Immigrant
Services/Planning Miedema, Judy Maan. 2001. Faith and Refugee Resettlement: A
case for wholistic planning. Master thesis, University of Guelph, Ontario. 86
pp. {320-7} Policy/Services
Evaluation Power
Analysis Inc. 2002. Evaluation du Programme d=Aide au Reetablissement. Rapport
Final. Experts en Evaluation de Programme, Enquete et Analyse de Donnees.
January 2002. {128} |