The Bulletin 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 Partnership Advisory Council.
The deadline for information to be included in the next Monthly Bulletin is June 15, 2005.
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 CERIS Working Paper Series
v New Documents in the CERIS Resource Centre
v CERIS Virtual Library
v Internet Resources
**** CERIS MEETINGS ****
Friday, June 17, 2005 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Friday, September 16, 2005 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2005 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. West, 7th Floor, Room 702
**** NEWS FROM CERIS, CERIS RESEARCHERS, AND PARTNERS ****
CERIS 2005 RFP RECIPIENTS
CERIS is pleased to announce the results of our 2005 RFP competition. We received twenty-five excellent applications from seven Ontario Universities. CERIS had a budget of $140,000 for the RFP. After an adjudication process involving committees of CERIS Domain Leaders, CERIS Executive Committee members and community representatives, eleven finalists were selected. We wish to thank everyone who submitted applications and to congratulate the recipients. The following projects were approved for funding by the CERIS Management Board on April 8, 2005:
Naomi Adelson, Department of Anthropology, York University
Community Partner: Canadian Cambodian Association of Ontario
Title: Toward Equitable Reproductive Health & Health Services for Cambodian Refugee Women: An Ethnographic Analysis
Amount: $14,000.00
Ranu Basu, Department of Geography, York University
Community Partner: People for Education
Title: Maintaining ‘Spaces of Integration’ in an Era of Devolution: Exploring the Geographies of Language and Education Policy in Toronto’s Elementary Schools
Amount: $7,700.00
Karen Bird, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
Community Partner: Canadian Arab Federation, Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
Title: Defining lines: Redistricting, Redistribution and Minority Representation
Amount: $13,202.96
Nadia Caidi, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
Community partner: Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, Council of Agencies Serving South Asians, Toronto Chinese Community Services Association, South Asian Women’s Centre
Title: Information Practices of Ethno-Cultural Communities
Amount: $14,000.00
Hayley Hamilton, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto
Title: Immigrant Children in Treatment: Pathways and Adherence to Care
Amount: $13,612.00
Sandeep Kumar, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University
Community Partner: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada, Hindu Sabha
Title: Faith Based Ethnic Communities: Process of Integration or Exclusion
Amount: $13,856.25
Agnes, Meinhard, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Ryerson University
Title: Multiculturalism and Successful Integration: The Role of Ethnocultural/Immigrant Organizations
Amount: $14,000.00
Bruce Newbold, Department of Geography, McMaster University
Title: Building a Profile of Health Related Services: Hamilton’s Immigrant and Refugee Communities
Amount: $13,897.00
Roxana Ng, OISE, University of Toronto
Community Partner: Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
Title: Learning to be Good Citizens: Informal Learning and the Labour Market Experiences of Professional Chinese Immigrant Women
Amount: $14,000.00
Peter Nyers, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
Community Partner: Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Campaign, Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre, Central Neighbourhood House, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
Title: Access Not Fear: Non-Status Immigrants & City Services
Amount: $14,000.00
Margaret Walton-Roberts, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Title: Immigrant Settlement and Retention in Second Tier and Small Urban Regions. A Case Study of Kitchener-Waterloo, and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Amount: $7,700.00
For details of recipients of previous CERIS RFPs, please visit:
http://ceris.metropolis.net/research-policy/RFP/RFP%20winners/RFP%20winners%20by%20year.htm
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CERIS Graduate Student Research Award 2005
We received 35 applications for CERIS’ Second Annual Graduate Student Research Award, and would like to thank all applicants. Graduate students will be notified as soon as the results of the competition are confirmed.
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POLICY MATTERS NO. 18
The Third Sector: Neo-Liberal Restructuring, Governance, and the Remaking of State-Civil Society Relationships
By Bryan Mitchell Evans and John Shields
This paper analyzes the role of non-profit organizations, or NGOs, in the delivery of social services within the framework of a restructured state-societal relationship. It argues that under neo-liberal restructuring, the third sector has become an agent of the state in producing and delivering social services. This contract relationship between the state and NGOs, however, is moving the third sector away from its core mission, commercializing its operations, and compromising its autonomy. This paper suggests that this new role for NGOs has implications for the development of social capital, the enhancement of social
cohesion, and the health of civil society. For immigrant serving agencies, which are part of the third sector, this restructuring has significant implications for community development and the successful integration of newcomers into Canadian society.
The paper is available in PDF format on the “What’s New” section of our website, or click
http://ceris.metropolis.net/PolicyMatter/2005/PolicyMatters18Adob.pdf
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RESOURCE CENTRE
The CERIS Resource Centre will be closed on the following days:
May: 10, 16, 17, 24, 27, 31
June: 21, 28
**** CERIS SEMINARS ****
TORONTO'S ETHNIC ENCLAVES: SITES OF SEGREGATION OR COMMUNITIES OF CHOICE?
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:00 – 2:00
The seminar will present findings of the on-going research about the social geography of ethnic neighbourhoods in the GTA. The seminar will address three questions:
1) How does a particular ethnic group come to be concentrated in a neighbourhood, transforming it into an enclave?
2) Does this residential concentration lead to social 'segregation' or does it fulfill people's housing needs and promote community building?
3) From the metropolitan perspective, what are the policy implications of the emergence of ethnic enclaves?
The presentation will be based on the analysis of the 2001 and 1996 census data, complemented by field observations and information obtained by interviews with community leaders in selected neighbourhoods.
Presenters:
Dr. Mohammad Qadeer - Professor Emeritus, Queen's University; CERIS Fellow; and Adjunct Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University
Dr. Sandeep Kumar - Associate Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University
Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St. George Subway Station, Bedford Road Exit)
RSVP: dgrosven2000@yahoo.ca
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ISAP SERVICES TO MANDARIN SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS FROM MAINLAND CHINA
This seminar on a CERIS study funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) was held last month. Below are the links to the final report to CIC, and CIC’s response to the recommendations.
http://atwork.settlement.org/downloads/atwork/ISAP_Mandarin_Final_Report.pdf
http://atwork.settlement.org/sys/atwork_library_detail.asp?doc_id=1003781
**** PUBLIC EVENTS, CONFERENCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS****
10TH INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE
Date: October 17-21, 2005 in Toronto, Canada
The 10th International Metropolis Conference will feature some of the world's key thinkers who will stimulate debate on questions such as:
How does increasing diversity affect the economic, social, cultural, justice, and political aspects of the world's cities?
What are the benefits and challenges of diversity for our societies?
To what extent are national migration policies consistent with the interests of the cities that become home to migrants?
What are our best available policy and program options? How can they be made transferable from one setting to another?
What are the respective roles of national and local governments in ensuring the best outcomes for all? What ought to be the role of international and intergovernmental organizations in managing migration?
How can we more effectively take advantage of the wealth of research that is being carried out worldwide on these issues?
Registration is now open and available online.
Early Bird (to July 31, 2005): CAD $900 (taxes not included)
Special rate for students and NGO’s
Metropolis 2005 Conference Secretariat
Tel: 1-416-392-4990
E-mail:
metropolis2005@toronto.ca
Project Manager: Robert Davis
Visit the website at: www.toronto.ca/metropolis/index2.htm
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UNLOCKING THE POWER OF DIVERISTY
A one-day conference exploring issues of immigration in Canada
Presented by the Royal Bank Chair in Public & Economic Policy, and the Royal Bank Chair in Applied Social Work Research, University of Toronto
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:30 - 4:00
Featuring:
A keynote address by the Hon. Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
“Building a Stronger Canada Together: The Future of Immigration”
Seminar Topics Include:
* Economic Integration of Immigrants to Canada
Peter Li, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan
* Tapping Immigrants' Skills
Jeffrey Reitz, R.F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
* The Way Forward
Usha George, Royal Bank Chair in Applied Social Work Research, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto; Director, CERIS
Location: Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto
Free and open to the public. Seating is limited and advance registration is required.
For complete details or to register, please contact: events@artsci.utoronto.ca or 416-978-6046.
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TRAUMA and GLOBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
3rd Annual Global Health Research Conference
Date: May 27& 28, 2005 McLeod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Toronto
The conference is in collaboration with Departments of Psychiatry of University
of Toronto and University of Manchester and the Centre for International Health
with Romeo Dallaire giving Keynote. James Orbinski will respond. May 27 focuses
on trauma and health in a global context.
Distinguished speakers and panellists will analyze the sociopolitical context in
which trauma occurs, as well as the clinical-biological mechanisms through which
trauma affects individual health and well-being. May 28 focuses on international
health mental health and will feature presentations by leading mental health
experts on dimensions of depression, one of the most common mental disorders all
over the world. The conference's final session will address mental health
repercussions of physical trauma, dangerous occupations (e.g. journalists),
HIV/AIDS and childhood development under adverse circumstances.
Poster Abstracts can be submitted to joanne.bedasie@utoronto.ca
Online registration is available from:
http://www.uofttix.ca or 416-978-8849
For information contact j.kopelow@sympatico.ca or 416-787-1060
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FORUM MAASTRICHT 2005 CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION IN EUROPE
Date: 26-27 May 2005 at Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Forum Maastricht is a discussion platform for politicians, policy-makers, social partners, researchers and the world of higher education, launched by Maastricht University. Forum Maastricht 2005 will put the European migration and integration policies on the agenda, from a local, national, European and global perspective.
For additional information, please visit: http://www.unimaas.nl/forum-maastricht
Conference secretariat:
Ms. Anja Ronken, Conference and Events Office, Maastricht University
Tel: 31 43 388 59 80 Fax: 31 43 388 59 81 Email: anja.ronken@fd.unimaas.nl
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HEALTH EQUITY AND DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 2005
Date: June 10 – 12, 2005
This conference is a Toronto summit that focuses on health needs and issues in relation to diversity. It unites professionals, organizations, and communities to challenge the exclusion and barriers faced by marginalized communities in accessing the health care system. By holding this conference, international best practices and perspectives leads to a voice and action in these concerns through local and global awareness.
Location: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West
Mailing Address: Health Equity & Diversity Conference, Toronto 2005
c/o Chinese Canadian National Council
302 Spadina Ave., Suite 507, Toronto ON M5T 2E7
Fax: 416-977-1630
Email: proposals@healthequityanddiversity.com
Visit the website for details: www.healthequityanddiversity.com
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12th BIENNIAL SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY CONFERENCE
Date: June 16 – 18, 2005 at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton
Program information and registration forms are now available online for ‘Forging Social Futures’.
Visit the website at http://www.ccsd.ca/cswp/2005/
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CUexpo2005 - Community-University Research Partnerships
Leaders in Urban Change - International Conference
Date: September 15 - 18, 2005 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Participants of CUexpo2005 will share research findings on urban/inner city issues, and explore ways of developing effective research partnerships. The conference will strengthen the understanding of, and support for, the unique and diverse nature of research involving collaboration of university and community partners.
For more information, email cuexpo@uwinnipeg.ca and visit the website:
http://ius.uwinnipeg.ca/cuexpo/index.htm
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ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN URBAN COMMUNITIES
4th International Conference on Urban Health
Date: October 26-28, 2005 at the Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
Hosted by the Centre for Research on Inner City Health and St Michael’s Hospital, this year’s conference has a particular emphasis on social justice in urban communities and promises to have strong community representation. Abstract submission opened in early April for the following topic areas: Conceptualizing and measuring social justice; Environmental justice; Healthcare availability and access; Health status of disadvantaged populations; International perspectives on urban health; Interventions to improve the health of urban communities; Models of participatory community research; and Policies promoting social justice.
Online submission will be available at www.crich.ca
For mail-in details, availability of scholarships or more information, call 416-864-5486
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SSHRC FUNDING FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is investing $1 million to help Canadian nonprofit and community organizations contribute more effectively to the economic and social development of their communities, including social and health services, community housing, tourism, and local and regional development. A team of 58 Canadian and international researchers will examine the contributions made by the social economy sector to the general economy and to regional development.
For more information, visit: www.sshrc.ca.
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CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES
The Canadian Council for Refugees is gathering information on the impact of the safe third country agreement, implemented 29 December 2004, with a view to preparing a six-month report, to be prepared by the CCR in collaboration with other NGOs.
The information includes:
- cases of people who applied at the US-Canada border since December 29 and were turned back to the US;
- cases of people accepted under one of the exceptions but who had problems at the border;
- any indications of people being gouged by smugglers or being put at risk because of irregular border crossing to avoid being excluded due to safe third;
- cases of people in the US who inquired about making a claim in Canada but are prevented by safe third, and face a difficult situation in the US.
Contact information:
Janet Dench
Canadian Council for Refugees/
6839 Drolet #302
Montréal, QC, H2S 2T1
Tel: (514) 277-7223 Fax: (514) 277-1447
Email: ccr@web.ca Website: http://www.web.ca/~ccr
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Deadline: Applications are due before 4 pm on May 20th, 2005.
George Brown College's Centre for Community Services & Development in collaboration with The Maytree Foundation announces a Career Development Experienced Practitioner Certificate Program, an eight-month, part-time certificate program tailored to meet the needs of employment counsellors working with immigrants and refugees. This program is designed for working professionals who want to increase their skill in providing employment counselling and career guidance to immigrants and refugees. Applications can be downloaded from Maytree's website, http://www.maytree.com/employcoun05.htm
Applications are also directly available from Jennifer Matiece at George Brown College at
(416) 415-5000 ext. 2738.
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SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH
May is South Asian Heritage month. There are a number of events taking place in Toronto as part of this month. For more information, check out the website at http://www.southasianheritage.com/newhtmls/sahmevents04.html
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WILLIAM P. HUBBARD AWARD FOR RACE RELATIONS
The deadline for nominations is Friday, May 16, 2005.
Named in honour of the City's first African-Canadian councillor, this award
is given to a person whose outstanding achievement and commitment has fostered a
positive race-relations climate in Toronto.
All recipients must be residents of Toronto. Nomination forms can be downloaded
from the Access, Equity and Human Rights Awards page,
www.toronto.ca/civicawards, or by calling 416-392-8592.
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SETTLEMENT.ORG AND SUN MEDIA ANNOUNCE TODAY'S CANADIAN
This magazine, produced monthly by the Toronto Sun with editorial input from the staff at Settlement.Org, will feature many stories and resources about employment, housing, immigration, and much more. Information from the Settlement.Org web site will be reproduced in the magazine, along with other feature articles by Sun writers.
One of the features each month will be an opportunity for newcomers to share their experiences. The first month's issue will be out in July and will feature Canada Day. For that reason, the magazine is looking for individuals who will become Canadian Citizens on July 1st. The focus of the article will be what it means to be a new Canadian today.
Please send an email to tc@ocasi.org if you are becoming a Canadian citizen on Canada Day and would be willing to talk to a reporter and have your picture taken. Please note: Not everyone who contacts us will necessarily be interviewed by the writers.
***** CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS *****
2005 CIHR OUTREACH INITIATIVE FOR NGO's
A Canadian Institutes of Health Research program led by the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA)
Application Deadline: May 11, 2005
This initiative aims to develop communications-related partnerships with Canadian non-governmental, non-profit, and community-based organizations. An important element of CIHR's communications and marketing strategy is to effectively communicate with various publics. The legislation that created CIHR commits the organization to knowledge translation. The purpose is to inform individuals about health research in Canada - the successes, the innovation, the impact, the future - and create greater understanding of health research and its impact on a healthier population.
For more information, visit http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8602.html
Proposals can be sent by email to: richard.briere@douglas.mcgill.ca or by mail to:
Richard Brière, PhD, Assistant Director, INMHA
Douglas Hospital, 68-75 blvd. Lasalle, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3
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WELLESLEY CENTRAL HEALTH CENTRE – RFP
Deadline: 5 pm on May 20, 2005
Over the past 25-30 years, Canadian health care has been criticized as overly institutional, financially unsustainable, socialistic, and inimical to the interests of the consumer. In Ontario, this period has been marked by transformation, restructuring, reallocation of funds and cuts to services not protected by the Canadian Health Act (e.g. homecare, physiotherapy, optometry, etc). What impact has this had on urban health?
Wellesley Central is committed to promoting the health of urban communities through rigorous community-based research. We are seeking proposals from health economists, social science researchers and community partners to address the impacts of this restructuring. Specifically, we are seeking proposals that will:
1. Identify a basket of health services which have been cut since 1990.
2. Identify who has filled these gaps and how (e.g. privatized services, individual citizens, other social service agencies, etc).
3. Quantify the economic and social costs of cuts/redistribution in Toronto.
4. Work with a community advisory panel on creating economically viable policy alternatives.
Wellesley Central welcomes proposals for up to $35,000 to do this work. Please submit a letter of intent (5 page maximum), outlining strategies, methodologies, timeline, budget, and why you are well positioned to do this work, to sarah@wellesleycentral.com
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DIASPORA DIALOGUES ISSUES OPEN CALL FOR NEW SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: June 15, 2005
Diaspora Dialogues, launched in April 2005, encourages newcomers to explore what Toronto means to them through narrative. The project includes a mentoring component where selected emerging voices will be partnered with an established writer to gain feedback on their work. Selected final stories and poetry will be published in a book anthology and on the Diaspora Dialogues website, and some will also be published or read through mainstream print and radio outlets as well as in a new monthly literary festival.
Please mail to:
Diaspora Dialogues
The Maytree Foundation
170 Bloor Street West, Suite 804
Toronto, ON M5S 1T9
For further information contact Jamila Khanoum Allidina at
416-830-8993 or
jamila@diasporadialogues.com
********* CERIS WORKING PAPER SERIES *********
THE LATEST IN THE SERIES IS:
Mooers, Colin. 2005. Multiculturalism and Citizenship: Some Theoretical Reflections. CERIS Working Paper Series. #37. 20 pp.
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 list.htm
*****CERIS VIRTUAL LIBRARY******
Please go to: http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/VLFrame_E.html
********** INTERNET RESOURCES **********
Governments Failing Newcomers: Highly Skilled Immigrants Being Forced to Use Food Banks
Preliminary results from the 2005 Annual Survey on skilled immigrants being forced to rely upon foodbanks to survive in Toronto
This report builds a strong and compelling case for greater financial support from the federal government to help the province of Ontario aid immigrant settlement to quicken the pace of their integration into the Canadian economy- benefitting both the immigrants and the long-term health of the Canadian economy.
http://www.dailybread.ca/media/publications/Report%20on%20immigrant%20use%20of%20food%20banks.pdf
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Somali Canadians Today Website
Visit the website at: www.somalicanadians.ca
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Migration without borders: An investigation into the free movement of people, published recently by the Global Commission on International Migration and UNESCO reviews related ethical and human rights aspects of the MWB scenario, the economic, social and practical issues raised by free movement of people and summarizes the major findings of the project.
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IMISCOE Newsletter
To provide comprehensive theoretical and empirical knowledge that can form a reliable basis for policy, 19 established European research institutes have established a Network of Excellence in the domain of International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE). The Network brings together some 300 selected, highly qualified researchers. Based on their wide-ranging skills and experience in international comparative research, the institutes implement an integrated, multidisciplinary, rigorously comparative research programme, with Europe as its central focus.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to the IMISCOE Newsletter, please contact info@imiscoe.org
(Karen Kraal: Communication and Dissemination officer at the IMES).
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** Do I really need the PR Card to travel back to Canada? **
It is possible, yes, if you are a Permanent Resident in Canada and are travelling on a commercial carrier/transportation company (air, train, bus).
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000607
** What do I need to know about travelling to the United States? **
Residents in Canada must obtain a non-immigrant visa in order to enter the United States. Canadian Citizens generally do not require a visa to enter the United States.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000597
** What are the average monthly rents for apartments across Ontario? **
The cost of renting an apartment will depend on the size (bedrooms), the area you choose to live in, age and condition of the place you're renting.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000180
** What financial assistance is available to people with disabilities? **
In Ontario, financial assistance and employment supports are available for people with a recognized disability through the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP).
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000370
** Is it safe to use my credit card on the Internet? **
Shopping on the Internet - e-shopping - is clearly catching on with Canadians. There is a lot to consider when shopping on the Internet.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000157
** How do I apply for a job? **
To apply for a job in Canada, you usually are asked to submit a résumé and a cover letter. The résumé is your opportunity to demonstrate what you can do for an employer based on your experience.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000391
** Can I get financial help to go to school? **
The Ontario government estimates that costs range from $3,000 per year for a student attending a college of applied arts and technology while living at home to $10,000 per year for a student who moves away to attend university.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000283
** What are my rights and responsibilities as a Canadian Citizen? **
Becoming a Canadian citizen means that you acquire certain rights and responsibilities.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000343
** How can I compare the living cost and the salary between my country of origin and Canada? - Updated! **
You can compare by visiting the labour market information area in the Employment section where you will find some great links. You'll find resources such as the Ontario Wage Survey which "represents a comprehensive review of wages paid to workers in 215 different occupations by 15,316 Ontario businesses.”
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000208
** OHIP: Requesting a Review of your OHIP Eligibility **
If it is determined that you are not eligible for OHIP coverage or that you are no longer eligible, you may request a review of the ministry's decision by the General Manager of OHIP.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/news_offsite_frame.asp?anno_id=2005281
** Should I get help with my immigration application from an immigration consultant
or lawyer?**
It is not necessary to use the services of a consultant. No priority or special treatment is given to the file of an applicant who uses the services of an immigration consultant.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000555
** $75 million initiative to bring more IEPs into health care system ** http://www.settlement.org/sys/news_offsite_frame.asp?anno_id=2005294
** Ministry of Education to Encourage Parental Involvement ** http://www.settlement.org/sys/news_offsite_frame.asp?anno_id=2005287
** Enhanced Language Training Announcement ** http://www.settlement.org/sys/news_offsite_frame.asp?anno_id=2005292
** Targeted Funding Works, but Thousands of Students are Still at Risk ** http://www.settlement.org/sys/news_offsite_frame.asp?anno_id=2005259
** Toronto Employment Survey 2004 results ** http://www.settlement.org/sys/news_offsite_frame.asp?anno_id=2005275
** ACTEW Launches Skills and Knowledge Profile Online ** http://www.settlement.org/sys/news_offsite_frame.asp?anno_id=2005274
** The Spring edition of the Canadian Newcomer Magazine is available ** http://www.settlement.org/site/cnmag/spring05/home.asp
**Featured Discussion: Getting help - first steps after landing **
http://www.settlement.org/discuss/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2737
**Featured Discussion: Free elementary school education **
http://www.settlement.org/discuss/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2984
**Featured Region: Hamilton and Area**
(Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook, Hamilton, Stoney Creek)
http://www.settlement.org/sys/regions_detail.asp?doc_id=1003068
**Featured Region: Halton Region**
(Oakville, Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton)
http://www.settlement.org/sys/regions_detail.asp?doc_id=1002945
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