CERIS MONTHLY BULLETIN

October 2004

Issue No. 64

This publication comes out each month to keep you informed about upcoming events in and around CERIS and the Metropolis Project including seminars, conferences, public consultations, new research resources, and meetings of the Management Board, its working committees, and its Partnership Advisory Council.

v CERIS Meetings

v News from CERIS, CERIS Researchers, and Partners

v CERIS Seminars

v Public Events, Conferences & Announcements

v Call for Papers and Proposals

v New Publications

v CERIS Working Paper Series

v New Documents in the CERIS Resource Centre

v New Documents in the CERIS Virtual Library

v Internet Resources

v Employment Opportunity

****** CERIS MEETINGS ******

CERIS MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETINGS

FRIDAY September 10, 2004 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

FRIDAY November 5, 2004 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. West, 7^th Floor, Room 702

**** NEWS FROM CERIS, CERIS RESEARCHERS, AND PARTNERS ****

CERIS RESEARCH RETREAT

Date: Friday, October 15, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The annual research retreat is an opportunity for CERIS faculty and community members as well as our government partners to network and share ideas on research priorities in the area of immigration and settlement.

This year's retreat will have two panels identifying key topics for research on immigration and settlement followed by a discussion period and lunch.

The federal partners panel will feature: Howard Duncan, Executive Head, Metropolis Project; Daryl Rock, Director, Strategic Programs and Joint Initiatives, SSHRC; Martha Justus, Manager, Research, Strategic Research and Statistics, Citizenship and Immigration Canada; Marie Moliner, Regional Executive Director, Canadian Heritage; and Joel Kealey, Counsel, Youth Justice Policy, Criminal Law Policy and Community Justice Branch, Department of Justice.

The local partners panel will feature: Elizabeth Gryte, Director, Settlement Programs, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Settlement Directorate / Port of Entry Ontario Region; Harvey Low, Senior Planning Analyst, City of Toronto Community and Neighbourhood Services Dept., Social Development and Administration Division; Patti Redmond, Director, Skills Investment Branch, Labour Market and Training Division, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities; and Don Embuldeniya, Research Analyst, United Way of Greater Toronto.

Lunch will be provided at 12:30.

If you are planning to attend, please RSVP by October 1 to Sue Ann Truong, 416-946-3113 or ceris.office@utoronto.ca

Location:

Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto

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POLICY MATTERS NO. 10

Immigrants in Canada: Their Changing Composition and Economic Performance

By Shuguang Wang and Lucia Lo

This study examines the changing composition and economic performance of Chinese immigrants to Canada between 1980 and 2000. In addition to a shift in origin, economic immigrants have increased and other classes have declined. At the same time, educational qualifications and Canadian language proficiency of Chinese immigrants have increased. Yet, despite their increased human capital, Chinese immigrants experience different economic outcomes in the Canadian labour market compared to Canada’s general population. For example, they still experience lower employment and self-employment income than the general population. Even those who came here as investors or entrepreneurs do not perform well; they make less than the salaried workers. This study suggests that it would take more than 20 years for

Chinese immigrants to close the earning gaps with the general population.

The paper is available in PDF format on the “What’s New” section of our website, or click

http://ceris.metropolis.net/PolicyMatter/PolicyMatters10.pdf

To link to the original report CERIS Working Paper Series # 30

http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/community/2004%20CWPs/CWP30_WangLo.pdf

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POLICY MATTERS NO.11

The Anatomy of an Urban Legend: Toronto’s Multicultural Reputation

By Michael J. Doucet

Urban legends are stories that are believed to be true, but have no basis in fact. In the late 1980s, an urban legend emerged about Toronto: the United Nations had declared Toronto to be the world’s most multicultural city. This report has two purposes. First, it explores the origin and spread of this urban legend. No evidence is found of a declaration by the United Nations or any of its agencies. Second, this report examines Toronto’s claim to such a title by investigating how Toronto expresses diversity, incidents of racial tension, and studies of immigrant and visible minority experience in Toronto. This report concludes that while Toronto has the ingredients to become a great multicultural city that will never be possible as long as the city’s major institutions fail to reflect the diversity of its residents.

The paper is available in PDF format on the “What’s New” section of our website, or click

http://ceris.metropolis.net/PolicyMatter/PolicyMatters_contents.htm.

To link to the original report CERIS Working Paper Series # 16

http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/other/doucet3.html

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RESOURCE CENTRE OPENING HOURS

This semester, the CERIS Resource Centre will be open on Mondays and Fridays from 9:30 to 4:30 and on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 12:00. For appointments, please contact the Resource Centre Coordinator, Dr. Wei Wei Da, at 416-946-8825 or weiwei.da@utoronto.ca

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STAFF CHANGE AT CERIS

Colleen Burke, CERIS Coordinator, will be taking a one year maternity leave as of October 18^th. We are pleased to welcome Maleksultan Kaba who will be replacing Colleen. Ms. Kaba will be starting on October 7^th, so many of you will have the opportunity to meet her at the research retreat.

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS

Are you interested in getting in touch with other graduate students who are working on issues related to immigration and settlement? Join the CERISGRADS list! The CERIS office uses this list to send out notices which are of particular interest to graduate students. Graduate students are also welcome to post to the list anything which they wish to share with other students. To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail message to listserv@listserv.utoronto.ca (upper or lower case is acceptable). In the BODY of the message type a command of the form:

subscribe cerisgrads-l firstname lastname

For example, if your name is Terry Lee, you would type:

subscribe cerisgrads-L terry lee

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OCASI PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

Date: October 20 to 22, 2004 at Geneva Park Conference Centre, Orillia

OCASI is pleased to announce its 2004 Annual Professional Development Conference. OCASI member agencies and other ISAP-funded organizations in Ontario are invited to attend this event. The Professional Development Conference will be preceded by an Executive Directors' Forum open to participants from ISAP-funded organizations. The Executive Directors Forum will take place on October 18, 19 and 20. For preliminary information regarding these events please click the following: Executive Directors Forum Preliminary Information and Professional Development Conference Preliminary Information and Invitation to join OCASI Professional Development Conference Advisory Committee

************ CERIS SEMINARS ***************

EFFECTIVE USE OF IMMIGRATION DATA

Date: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:00 – 2:30

A workshop organized by the CERIS Data Committee

Presenters include: Dr. Chiu Luk, City of Toronto and Ms. Kelly Tran, Statistics Canada

Do you want to learn how census and other data can be useful in your research?

Do you want to know more about the data that are available through CERIS?

The workshop will focus on data usage for immigration research including discussion of census tract data and introduction of other survey data collected by Statistics Canada. This workshop is ideal for researchers and students who are interested in immigration research and want to learn more about various data that are available through CERIS.

Please RSVP by October 11 at 416-946-3110 or ceris.office@utoronto.ca

Location (please note that this is not our usual venue for seminars):

Room 131, Banting Institute, University of Toronto, 100 College Street (at Elizabeth Street)

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IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: IMMIGRANT ACCESS TO REGULATED PROFESSIONS IN TODAY'S ONTARIO

Date: Friday, November 5, 2004 12:00 – 2:00

Presenters: Members of the Policy Roundtable Mobilizing Professions and Trades (PROMPT)

This policy paper summarizes the findings of a nine month research study. While the paper does consider the concept of regulation broadly, the primary focus is on the registration component of the regulatory process (i.e. gaining access to regulated professions). As well as providing a historical context for occupational regulation in Ontario and a systemic analysis of the barriers faced by internationally educated professionals, the paper highlights the legal obligation of regulators to ensure systemic barriers do not exist and proposes principles, values and mechanisms to strengthen the accountability of the registration process.

The paper outlines the urgency for making changes in how we regulate professions in Ontario. The study adds the perspective of internationally educated professionals to the growing discussion in Ontario about access to professions. The intent is to move towards a system of registration that equitably regulates professions in the interest of today’s public.

Please RSVP by November 1 to Wilhelmina Peter at 416-946-3110 or wilhelmina.peter@utoronto.ca

Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St. George Subway Station, Bedford Road Exit)

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CANADIAN ECONOMIC 'EXPERIMENT' IN DIVERSITY AND ITS IMPACT ON INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED ENGINEERING GRADUATES

Date: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:00 – 2:00

Presenter: Dr. Gurmeet Bambrah, Project Coordinator, Engineering Access Project, Council for Access to the Profession of Engineering (CAPE)

The presentation will attempt to capture the dynamics of the interplay between developmental and economic perceptions, immigration policy, labour market requirements and the regulation of the engineering profession in Canada.

Please RSVP by November 8 to Wilhelmina Peter at 416-946-3110 or wilhelmina.peter@utoronto.ca

Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St. George Subway Station, Bedford Road Exit)

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CULTURE BROKERING IN THE HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES

Date: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:00 – 2:00

Presenter: Dr. John Stone, Director, Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (CIRRIE)

Moderator: Dr. Nazilla Khanlou, CERIS Health Domain Leader

High immigration rates in the U.S. and Canada have resulted in cultural differences between the recipients of health services and those who provide such services. In the field of rehabilitation, culture influences attitudes towards disability and can affect communication between service providers and consumers. This presentation will discuss why some persons with disabilities from immigrant groups may find it difficult to identify with many of the cultural values and practices they encounter in the health services. It will also present “culture brokering” as a problem solving model, a process of mediating between the culture of the immigrant and the culture of the host country, as well as the culture of the service system itself.

Please RSVP by November 12 to Wilhelmina Peter at 416-946-3110 or wilhelmina.peter@utoronto.ca

Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St. George Subway Station, Bedford Road Exit)

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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN TORONTO: CURRENT ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!!!

Date: Friday, November 26, 2004 12:00 – 2:00

Presenters: Tam Goossen, Miriam DiGiuseppe, and Sheri Regier, of the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto (CSPC-T)

The CSPC-T has been conducting a comprehensive review of the delivery of English as a Second Language programs in the city of Toronto, and this presentation provides both an overview of current programming, trends over the past decade, current issues in ESL programming and funding, and recommendations for improving the delivery of ESL instruction at all levels.

Please RSVP by November 22 to Wilhelmina Peter at 416-946-3110 or wilhelmina.peter@utoronto.ca

Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St. George Subway Station, Bedford Road Exit)

***** PUBLIC EVENTS, CONFERENCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS*****

OPEN HOUSE AT THE CENTRE FOR REFUGEE STUDIES (CRS)

Date: Wednesday October 6, 2004 at 305 York Lanes, York University 4:30 – 6:30pm

Join CRS in officially welcoming Susan McGrath as CRS’ new Director as well as bidding a fond farewell to departing Director, Peter Penz. The Centre for Refugee Studies is engaged in research on refugee issues; it informs public discussion as well as policy development and practice innovation by international, governmental, advocacy and service organizations; and it supports teaching in refugee and migration studies.

Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Michele Millard by Monday October 4, 2004
(Email: mmillard@yorku.ca or Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 30391)

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DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND EVICTION PREVENTION

Date: Friday, October 15, 2004, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Organized by the Toronto Refugee Affairs Council

Topics to be covered at the workshop:

Tenant Rights under the Human Rights Code and illegal tenant selection practices
Strategies for challenging discrimination
The eviction process under the Tenant Protection Act; strategies to prevent eviction
Eviction prevention resources in Toronto

Presenter: Mr. John Fraser, Program Coordinator CERA (Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation)

Location: FRIENDS' HOUSE, 60 LOWTHER AVE. (St. George station - Bedford Exit)

R.S.V.P. to: Claire Chinn at 416-588-1612

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The University of Toronto’s Social Justice Cluster is pleased to present

MARGO OKAZAWA-REY

organizing against militarism: "loving in the war years?"

Date: Thursday October 28, 6:30 p.m.

Room 548, Faculty of Social Work, 246 Bloor St. W., at Bedford (Near St George Subway)

Margo Okazawa-Rey is co-founder of the East Asia-U.S.-Puerto Rico Women’s network against Militarism, Professor of Women’s Studies and Director of the Women’s Leadership Institute at Mills College, Oakland, CA. She is also Professor Emerita of Social Work at San Francisco State University.

Spoken Word over Beats and Music by MAEWON

Light refreshments served.

Part of the “activist scholarship and radical praxis” series.

For more information www.socialjustice.utoronto.ca - Ph: 416 978 5716

Co-sponsored by the faculty of social work, East Asian Studies, IWSGS and the Asian Institute

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A WORKING CONFERENCE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE REGULARIZATION OF NON-STATUS IMMIGRANTS

Presented by the STATUS Campaign

Date: November 5-7, 2004 at Ryerson University, Toronto

For the last three years, members of the STATUS Campaign have been working together with other concerned grassroots groups and networks to build the groundwork for a national campaign to push for the regularization of non- status immigrants living in Canada. In November, 2004 STATUS will assemble the various stakeholders, labour and faith leadership, immigration and refugee rights advocates, settlement service providers, as well as non-status immigrants themselves, in order to arrive at a consensus on a proposal for regularization, and a strategy for achieving it. At the end of the day, STATUS hopes to reach an agreement around a fair and equitable mechanism for regularization.

For details, please contact:

STATUS CAMPAIGN

c/o OCASI

110 Eglington Avenue West, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M4R 1A3

Tel: (416) 322-4950x232

Fax: (416) 322-8084

E-Mail: tferguson@ocasi.org

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MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE

Date: November 9 - 29, 2004 in Jerusalem, Israel

This course examines effective practices in the fields of migration and integration, examining Israel's extensive practical experience with immigrant integration and multiculturalism, return and reintegration and diaspora-homeland partnerships.

The course emphasizes the application of ideas learned in the course to one's home country situation and work. This is achieved through small working groups and mentors, and through a final project in which participants prepare and present their proposal as to how they will upgrade current policies and practices, or develop new more effective ones.

Note: participants from what are considered developing countries must cover their flight expenses but their expenses in Israel are covered for them; participants from what are considered developed countries must cover both flight and hotel expenses, however there is no additional fee for the course itself.

Contact Information:

Rebecca Bardach
Director of Program Development
The Center for International Migration and Integration

Tel: ++972 2 655 7151

Fax: ++972 2 566 7893

Email: rebeccab@jdc.org.il

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WORKSHOPS BY STATISTICS CANADA

INTRODUCTION TO SURVEY SAMPLING

Date: November 17-19, 2004

A three day workshop presenting the basic concepts and techniques of sample design. Participants

will discover the practical considerations in designing a sample. The workshop is intended for those

who plan, design or analyse a sample survey. Cost: $750 or $699 for early registration 3 weeks prior

(plus applicable sales taxes).

To register for the above workshops, please contact:

Advisory Services, Central Region, Statistics Canada,

25 St. Clair Avenue East, 10^th Floor,

Toronto, Ontatio M4T 1M4

Phone: 1-800-263-1136 Fax: 1-877-287-4369

Email: Toronto.info@statcan.ca

Web site: http://www.statcan.ca?cgi-bin/workshop/wst.cgi?region=ontario

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THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE AWARD

The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT) announces the “Trevor Bartram Award”, “Amina Malko Award” and “Youth Award” for individuals who have made a sustained and innovative contribution in the community, demonstrating leadership, initiative, perseverance and originality. The Trevor Bartram Award will be given to individuals who have made significant achievement in organizational development, particularly in setting up new community based organizations, consistent with the human rights mandate of CCVT. The Amina Malko Award will be given to women who have made significant contribution in policy, advocacy and settlement service for new comers. The Youth Award will be given to youth who have made outstanding contribution in the area of human rights, community service and academic excellence.

Completed nomination forms will be accepted no later than October 29, 2004. For more information and the nomination forms please contact the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture at (416) 363-1066 or mabai@ccvt.org.

***** CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS *****

MULTICULTURALISM ISSUES IN CANADA

A Strategic Joint Initiative of SSHRC and the Multiculturalism Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage

Deadline: November 30, 2004

The objectives of the three-year (2003-06) Multiculturalism Issues in Canada program are to:

• facilitate and promote innovative policy-relevant research on multiculturalism issues in contemporary Canadian society;

• generate, disseminate and transfer knowledge that informs the development of policies, programs and practices that will help to foster and promote an inclusive society;

• help Canadian postsecondary and research institutions develop expertise in issues relevant to cultural, ethnic, racial and religious diversity; and,

• promote public dialogue about, and understanding of, multiculturalism and diversity issues.

Projects that will be considered must address one of three priority areas and are to be completed within 12 months (max grants are 50K). The three priority areas are:

governance and public institutions;
ethno-racial youth and intergenerational impact; and,
micro-data compiled by the Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS).

For more information, please visit: http://www.sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/multiculturalism_e.asp

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EXTERNAL RESEARCH PROGRAM

By Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Deadline: October 31, 2004

CMHC's External Research Program offers funding assistance to help Canadian researchers carry out research investigations on topics related to housing. The intent of the program is to encourage and draw out new ideas, innovative solutions, and better understanding of housing issues. ERP grants, which may be up to $25,000, are available for a limited number of research projects each year. Once the research studies are completed, CMHC will publish and disseminate the results through the Canadian Housing Information Centre.

For more information, please visit: http://www.cmhc.ca/en/prfias/gr/exrepr_001.cfm

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NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ON HOMELESSNESS

National Secretariat on Homelessness (NSH)

FALL 2004 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline for submissions: October 18, 2004 4:00 pm (Ottawa time)

The National Secretariat on Homelessness is requesting proposals for a joint research partnership targeting homelessness issues in Canada in the two following domains:

IMMIGRATION and JUSTICE

For more information, please visit www.homelessness.gc.ca/home/index_e.asp

Or http://www21.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/research/cfpimmigrationjusticefall2004/cfpimmigjusticefall2004_e.pdf

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JOURNAL OF INDIAN DIASPORA (JOID)

Call for Papers

There are more than twenty million people, whose roots lie in India, scattered throughout the world. Their ‘ways of life’ have facilitated the ‘Indianisation of the globe’. There have been many interesting studies on the Indian diaspora and they range from issues on culture and identity to ‘homeland’ socioeconomic development. In recent years, we are witness to a regenerative interest in the Indian diaspora, not only by those in media and academics, but also by the government and transnational agencies. There has been increasing focus on the discourses and frameworks that the members of diaspora themselves invent, apart from the existing perspectives.

It is in this context that a ‘Journal of Indian Diaspora’ (JOID) becomes important. It intends to give ‘voice’ by being a platform for delineation, discussion and publication. It can be accessed online on swaveda.com with a small subscription donation. The first issue of the JOID will be coming out soon and will be available on Swaveda from October 2004. It will have quality work on a range of issues from dispersal and settlement to culture and identity discourses.

For details, please write to joid_editors@yahoo.com

Editorial Team:

Aditya Raj, Montreal (Canada)

Bhaskar Teegela, Hyderabad (India)

Sumati Nagrath, Northampton (U.K)

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CHARITIES DIRECTORATE CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED POLICY

The Charities Directorate welcomes your feedback on the following consultation draft:

"Applicants Assisting Ethnocultural Communities"

The proposed policy outlines how organizations providing assistance to disadvantaged ethnocultural communities are potentially eligible for charitable registration.

The draft will be available for comment until November 30th, 2004 at

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/charities/policy/ethno-e.html.

***** NEW PUBLICATIONS *****

Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI)

Volume 5, No. 1

Labour Market Integration of Refugees in Norway Under Changing Macroeconomic Conditions By Svein Blom
Looking Back and Looking In: Re-Thinking Adaptation Strategies of Ghanaian Immigrant Women in Canada By Martha Donkor
Survival on the Margins: Summary of a Research Project on the Undocumented in Munich By Philip Anderson
Back and Forth and In-between: Albanian Return-Migrants from Greece and Italy By Lois Labrianidis and Antigone Lyberaki
A Political Economy Approach to Understanding the Economic Incorporation of Chinese Sub-Ethnic Groups By Lucia Lo and Lu Wang

Volume 5, No. 2

Social Capital and Economic Outcomes for Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities By Peter S. Li
Capital social et vie associative de quartier en contexte multiethnique: Quelques réfl exions à partir de recherches montréalaises By Annick Germain
Social Capital in the Context of Immigration and Diversity: Economic Participation in the Nordic Welfare States By Annika Forsander
Focusing on Children and Youth: The Role of Social Capital in Educational Outcomes in the Context of Immigration and Diversity By Yvonne Hébert, Xiaohong Shirley Sun, and Eugene Kowch

To subscribe to JIMI, please go to: http://jimi.metropolis.net/subscriptions.html

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Finding Room: Options for a Canadian Rental Housing Strategy

David Hulchanski, a leading housing policy expert, and Michael Shapcott, who has worked with community-based housing groups for more than two decades, have co-edited this new book which brings together a variety of experts on Canada’s nation-wide affordable housing crisis..

To mark its publication, CUCS Press is offering this new volume at a special price. The order form is available at www.urbancentre.utoronto.ca

********* CERIS WORKING PAPER SERIES *********

THE LATEST IN THE SERIES IS:

Nancy Mandell and Fiona Whittington-Walsh (2004). Building Bridges across Sectors: A Resource to Help Create Community and Academic Research Partnerships. CERIS Working Paper #33

Submissions to the Working Paper series, based on research in the fields of immigration and settlement studies, from faculty, graduate students, and members of community organizations are most welcome.

The current editor for the series is Dr. Michael Doucet, Department of Geography, Ryerson University, Email: mdoucet@ryerson.ca Phone: (416) 979-5000 ext. 6174 Fax: (416) 979-5362

Manuscripts, in both digital and hard copy form, should be sent to the editor in WordPerfect format, if possible. An abstract of 100 to 200 words and a list of key words must be provided with each manuscript. If accepted for publication, new Working Papers will be both printed and posted to the CERIS Virtual Library. The copyright for each Working Paper remains with the author(s).

Copies of recently published CERIS Working Papers may be ordered through the CERIS Office at $10.00 each plus postage. Previously published Working Papers can be downloaded from the Virtual Library on our website: <http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/VLFrame_E.html>

***** NEW DOCUMENTS IN THE CERIS RESOURCE CENTRE *****

For a list of new documents in the CERIS Resource Centre, please go to: http://ceris.metropolis.net/research-policy/NewdocList/newdoc%20list.htm

********** INTERNET RESOURCES **********

Driving Social Inclusion: Turning on a Paradigm

The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto has just completed an important collaborative project in cooperation with the Alternative Planning Group (consisting of the African Canadian Social Development Council, the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians, the Chinese Canadian National Council – Toronto Chapter, and the Hispanic Development Council). This project addressed both specific social inclusion issues identified by the African Canadian, Chinese Canadian, Hispanic Canadian, and South Asian Canadian communities, and focused on strategies for making Toronto a more inclusive city. The final report, “Driving Social Inclusion: Turning on a Paradigm” is available at http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/Research%20&%20Policy%20Updates/Social%20Inclusion%20Reports/Overall%20summary.pdf

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Immigrants in Canada’s Census Metropolitan Areas (Statistics Canada, August 2004)

The report looks at the settlement patterns of immigrants in Canada’s CMAs, and also documents some of their labour market experiences. Please click the link Immigrants in Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas for a PDF format of the report.

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Economic Integration and Security: New Key Factors in Managing International Migration

By Helene Pellerin for the Institute for Research on Public Policy

The author, an associate professor of political science at the University of Ottawa, observes that the multilateral initiatives for managing migration "have evolved within the larger context of regional economic integration, but also - increasingly since September 11, 2001 - in a context in which many countries are ever more preoccupied with the security of their borders."

http://www.irpp.org/choices/archive/vol10no6.pdf

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RESOURCES FROM SETTLEMENT.ORG

** Where do I find information on Adopting a Child? UPDATED! **

The Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services has information and resources to help you understand the adoption process.

http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000066

** Why should I get help to find work? **

There are many community agencies that provide services for newcomers to Ontario and even more agencies that provide services to all residents in a community.

http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000479

** Where can I get information on vaccinations and immunizations? UPDATED! **

You need to contact your local Public Health Division for more information about vaccinations and immunization. By January 1, 2005, the Ontario Ministry of Health will be paying for three more recommended vaccines for your children. Find out more.

http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000056

**Featured Discussion: My Aggressive Job Search**

A useful discussion about the difficulties of finding work, with some helpful suggestions from other Discussion Area members.

http://www.settlement.org/discuss/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2367

**Featured Region: London and Area**

Find help in London and Area: London, St. Thomas, Strathroy.

http://www.settlement.org/sys/regions_detail.asp?doc_id=1002914

******** EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*******

New Canadian Children and Youth Study

Research Coordinator - Toronto Team

Please click on the following link to reach the job description and application information: http://ceris.metropolis.net/generalinfo/info_content/joboppgeneral.htm

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

The Toronto CERIS office: Tel. 416-946-3110 Fax 416-971-3094

The York CERIS office: Tel. 416-736-5223 Fax 416 736-5752 E-mail: ceris@yorku.ca

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If you would like to add an event to the listings in this Electronic Bulletin, please forward the complete information to Sue Ann Truong at the CERIS office by fax or e-mail: ceris.office@utoronto.ca

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