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 Governance Board, its working committees and Partnership Advisory Council.
The deadline for information to be included in the next Monthly Bulletin is February 28, 2006.
v CERIS Seminars
v News from CERIS, CERIS Researchers, and Partners
v Public Events, Conferences & Announcements
v Call for Papers and Proposals
v CERIS Working Paper and Policy Matters Series
v New Documents in the CERIS Resource Centre & Online
v CERIS Virtual Library
v Just Published
v Internet Resources
**** CERIS MEETINGS ****
Friday, March 31, 2006 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Friday, May 26, 2006 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. West, 7th Floor, Room 702
***** CERIS SEMINARS *****
Teen-Parent Relationships in the Settlement of Sri Lankan Tamils in Toronto
Date: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Speaker:
Dr. Vappu Tyyskä, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University
Description:
Interviews with 10 female and 10 male teens in the Toronto Sri Lankan Tamil
community explored areas of intergenerational conflict and consensus, with an
aim to shed light on the impact of immigration and settlement on the lives of
teens and their families. The study examined intergenerational patterns of
support (monetary, housework, giving/getting advice, schoolwork); family values;
mutual expectations; and degrees of freedom. Selected aspects of these will be
addressed, with attention to differences based on gender and the length of stay
in Canada, and associated policy and program implications.
Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St.
George Subway Station, Bedford Street Exit)
RSVP:
ceris.reception@utoronto.ca
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Date: Mar 3, 2006
Title: TBA
Speaker:
Dr. Gurmeet Bambrah, Coordinator, Council for
Access to the Profession of Engineering (CAPE)
Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St. George Subway
Station, Bedford Street Exit)
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Date: Mar 10, 2006
Title: Education domain seminar
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Date: Mar 31, 2006
Title: TBA
Speaker:
Dr. Anil Verma, Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Toronto
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Date: April 7, 2006
Title: TBA
Speaker: Dr. Uzo Anucha, Assistant
Professor, School of Social Work, University of
Windsor
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Date: April 21, 2006
Title: TBA
Speaker: Dr. Ilene Hyman, Research
Scientist & Assistant Professor, Centre for Research in Women's Health,
University of Toronto
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For previous seminar presentation materials, please visit
the CERIS website at:
www.ceris.metropolis.net
**** NEWS FROM CERIS, CERIS RESEARCHERS, AND PARTNERS ****
EMPIRICAL COURSES ON
MIGRATION – RYERSON UNIVERSITY
February 20-24, 2006, Toronto
The EMPIRICAL Project is a series of undergraduate level courses on immigration and settlement issues developed by leading Canadian scholars. In the Winter 2006 term, Ryerson University will offer one of the EMPIRICAL courses through the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education:
NEW COURSE
The Receiving Society – Responses to Migration CINT 915
Ryerson University
Are you interested in getting a university credit in one week? Do you want
to learn more about responses to migrants and migration among members of the
receiving society, analyze the most up to date research in a critical and
reflective manner, and understand the role of the media and policy in
contributing to attitudes and behaviour? If so, this course is for you!
The focus of the course will be on the determinants of responses to migrants and
migration through an examination of topics including racism, the media, legal
status, services available to newcomers, education and credential recognition,
and issues of housing discrimination. The goals of this course are to
familiarize students with factors known to contribute to negative or positive
responses to migrants and migration. In addition students will learn to apply
these factors to important practical issues in a critical and reflective manner
such as understanding trends over time in migration attitudes and looking at
present strategies that may be utilized to improve responses to migrants and
migration.
Monday to Friday 8:30am-6:00pm February 20-24, 2006 at Ryerson University
Cost $421.00 (plus materials)
Professor: Dr. Michelle P. Goldberg
Graduate from OISE/UT, and previous Senior Policy and Research Analyst with the
Ontario Government Access to Professions and Trades Unit.
mgoldberg@oise.utoronto.ca
To learn more about the instructor click
http://www.ryerson.ca/politics/facultyandstaff/bio_MichelleGoldberg.htm
To learn more about the course or to register click
http://ce-online.ryerson.ca/ce/calendar/default.asp?id=5§ion=course⊂=cert&cert=%20&mode=course&ccode=CINT%20915
Registration is still open for all continuing education students for the Winter 2006 term. For further details and to learn how to register online, please contact Ryerson Continuing Education:
Phone: 416-979-5035 Email:
ce@ryerson.ca
Website:
http://www.ryerson.ca/continuing/
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Faculty of Education professor honoured for his work in equity
York Faculty of Education Professor Carl James will receive an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in Sweden at a ceremony on Jan. 27. James, a former youth leader and community worker, is being recognized for his work in Toronto's ethnically and racially diverse communities and for his role, nationally and internationally, in research around equity as related to race, class, gender and citizenship.
A professor at York University's Faculty of Education since
1993, James has been working with teacher educators, teachers and
teacher-candidates since 1997 at Uppsala University and Sodertorn University
College in Stockholm. Over the years he has conducted research and published on
the experiences of minority youth and education, and continues to work
extensively in the community playing a major role in supporting the York-Westview
Partnership, a program that links local schools, York University and the
Jane/Finch community through a range of programs and initiatives designed to
promote equity and increase student's access to post secondary opportunities.
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CERIS Request For Proposals
The deadline for the CERIS RFP was January 23 and we received 19 proposals. The adjudication committees have started their work and the official announcement regarding successful proposal submissions will be made by April 12, 2006.
**** PUBLIC EVENTS, CONFERENCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS****
Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse, "Moving
Upstream Together" Conference,
Partnering For Ontario's Future
Health and Well-being
Dates: February 21-22, 2006
Location: 89 Chestnut, University of
Toronto
Join us to listen to provocative and exciting speakers, celebrate and learn from innovative actions and successful partnerships that have improved societal health. Meet new people and network with friends. Help us identify the changes Ontario needs to create strong social and policy commitments for prevention and health promoting initiatives. Most of all, be part of a forum that will pave the way for future 'prevention-building' strategies. This unique, bilingual working conference will also celebrate the 20th anniversaries of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse. Attend if your work is related to: promoting health, social services, child development, community or public health, poverty, housing, disease prevention, inclusion, policy, research, social advocacy. We can build bridges across sectors to achieve health for all in Ontario. Moving upstream is an idea whose time has come.
Highlights from this affordable and bilingual 2-day conference:
· Can we change the system? How?
· Where are the determinants of health?
· Breaking out of silos: The critical need for partnership
· Access alone is not enough: Solutions for Francophone communities
· How the private sector can help us paddle upstream
Register before February 14, 2006 at: www.opc.on.ca
“Moving Upstream Together” Conference
c/o Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1900
Toronto ON M5G 1Z8
Phone: 416-408-2249 ext. 224 or 1-800-397-9567 ext. 224
Fax: 416-408-2122
Email: movingupstream@opc.on.ca
Website:
www.opc.on.ca (keep checking as all the exciting conference details
unfold)
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EIGHTH NATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE
March 23-26, 2006, Vancouver, Canada
Immigration and Canada’s Place in a Changing World
National Metropolis conferences provide a forum for discussion among interested stakeholders, including policy analysts, academic researchers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations that deal with issues of immigration, diversity, and social inclusion. The conference will take place at the Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina, Vancouver, Canada (http://www.westinbayshore.com).
This event will highlight the fact that immigration is a key element of contemporary globalization, and that, to an important degree, Canada defines its place in the international community through its immigration policy. Canada receives immigrants from almost every country in the world and, through immigration, has become one of the most diverse societies worldwide. Canada has elected to frame its integration policy around the concept of multiculturalism, which has become a core element of Canadian identity. Canada has also chosen to offer naturalization to immigrants and their children, and citizenship is therefore also seen as an element of integration policy.
These issues will be explored in a series of plenary and workshop sessions at the conference.
Plenaries are being planned on the following themes:
- Canada as a destination country: International comparisons
- The changing dynamics of asylum and their implications for Canada
- Citizenship and immigrant integration
- Partners in immigration: Sharing influence and impact
- Racism free workplace integration
- Borders and security in the 21st century
Conference Registration:
Before February 28 (not including GST)
Full Conference Registration $320
Full Conference Registration - Grad Students / Post Doc Fellowship $200
Full Conference Registration - Members of NGOs $200
For conference registration and information, please visit www.metropolis2006.net.
Accommodation:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina.
Conference delegate room rates are:
$110.00 per night, single or double occupancy.
Book your room early as space is filling quickly.
*Note: a limited number of rooms are available at the Government per diem rate of $100.00 per night within the group block. Government identification is required to be eligible for this rate. Please identify yourself as a Metropolis Conference Delegate to be obtain this rate.
More information is available on the conference website at
www.metropolis2006.net
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ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL
METROPOLIS CONFERENCE
October 2-6, 2006, Lisboa, Portugal
Deadline for workshop proposals:
February 28, 2006
Paths and Crossroads: Moving People, Changing Places
The organizers welcome all contributions that deal with issues such as:
- Co-development, decentralized cooperation and immigration
- Media and communication technologies
- Reshaping places: cultural and socio-economic changes
- Come and go: temporary migration, shuttle migration and people on the move
- Trafficking and illegal migration
- Redefining security and borders
- Transnationalism, diasporas and multiple belonging
- Integration and interaction in the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world
- Cosmopolitanism and the new symbolic economy of cities
- “Platform places” as migration interfaces
Submissions of proposals for workshops can be made to an adjudicated review process. A panel of experts will evaluate each workshop proposal on criteria such as quality, best fit with conference theme, overall programme structure and representation of different viewpoints. The panel will look to balance representation of world regions and gender.
Please submit workshop proposals via email to: metropolis2006@ceg.ul.pt
For more information, visit the conference
website at:
http://www.ceg.ul.pt/metropolis2006
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SKILLS FOR CHANGE NEW PIONEERS AWARDS
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North
Reception, Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
For tickets and information, call 416-658-3101 ext. 231.
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THE SUMMER COURSE ON REFUGEE ISSUES – YORK
UNIVERSITY
Dates: June 10 – 18, 2006
Location: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto
The Summer Course on Refugee Issues is an internationally acclaimed 8-day training for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration. The course involves a rigorous schedule of lectures, panels and discussions, and a simulation exercise. The course draws from academic and field-based experts for its faculty and, reflecting the mission of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies, serves as a hub for researchers, students, service providers and policy makers to share information and ideas.
Course Fee:
$850
After March 31, 2006:
$950
Sponsored applicants may be eligible for the $850 fee past March 31 if proof of
sponsorship is provided before this date. Fee includes course and all course
materials. Food and accommodation are not included. A limited number of tuition
subsidies are available.
For further information and application materials, visit: www.yorku.ca/crs
Contact: Irene Tumwebaze, Summer Course Coordinator
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Suite 315, York Lanes, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario MJ3 1P3
Phone: 416-736-5423
Email:
summer@yorku.ca
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An Anti Oppression Framework for Addressing Black Youth and Violence
Date:
March 21, 2006 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Location:
Ryerson University, Jorgenson Hall, 380 Victoria Street, POD 250
We recognize community agencies are working with people in the aftermath of the shootings. There is not a coordinated approach. This is a forum to dialogue and come up with a united approach. We need to take proactive measures to react and push community leaders and politicians to respond. What do communities and community agencies need. Our hope is a bringing together of community organizations will form a new comprehensive response and a policy framework to address these issues from a progressive anti-racist anti oppression perspective.
Chaired by Akua Benjamin, Director of the Ryerson University School of Social Work
Speakers:
Ø Trevor Gray, Black Queer Youth Initiative, Supporting Our Youth
Ø Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Ryerson University
Ø Notisha Massaqoi, Women's Health in Women's Hands
Remarks by Mayor David Miller
With food provided.
Childcare subsidy available call 416-979-5000 x4778.
Sign language interpreter and wheel chair accessible.
***** CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS *****
Deadline for proposals: February 20, 2006
What are the experiences of an Asian Canadian youth?
What does it mean to you? Write about it!
Submission Deadline: February 15th, 2006
We are currently seeking creative writings on or by Asian Canadian youth from across the country about their diverse experiences and perspectives on being Asian Canadian. As part of the Asian Canadian Culture Online Project, selected writings will be featured online in our anthology to share your stories with other young Asian Canadians. This exciting national project aims to showcase the history, experiences, contributions and talents of Vietnamese, Filipino and Chinese Canadians and will be launched in Spring 2006.
Whether it is about growing up in a small town or what it was like to immigrate to Canada, or how to make your own version of bubble tea or pepperoni pizza.
We want your stories! We want to showcase your talent!
We are accepting all form of writing including:
Ø short stories
Ø essays
Ø poetry
Ø spoken word
Ø other
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Ø Please complete the application form and include:
Ø One anthology submission (max. 1500 words)
Ø A personal profile (100 words)
Ø A description about your submission (100 words)
Please submit a digital version (MS Word) of your original work. Submissions will not be returned.
Selected submissions will be notified by the end of March 2005.
To receive an application form or for more information please contact:
Lily Cheung
Project Coordinator
Chinese Canadian National Council
302 Spadina Avenue, Suite 507
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2E7
Tel: (416) 977-9871
Fax: (416) 977-1630
Email: lily@ccnc.ca
Web: www.ccnc.ca
The Chinese Canadian National Council acknowledges the support of Canadian Heritage.
**** CERIS WORKING PAPER AND POLICY MATTERS SERIES ****
Walters, David, Kelli Phythian and Paul Anisef. 2006. Understanding the Economic Integration of Immigrants: A Wage Decomposition of the Earnings Disparities between Native-Born Canadians and Immigrants of Recent Cohorts. CERIS Working Paper Series. No. 42. January 2006. 37 pp.
Simich, Laura, Joanna Anneke Rummens, Lisa Andermann and Ted Lo. 2006. Mental Health in Public-Health Policy and Practice: Providing Culturally-Appropriate Services in Acute and Post-Emergency Situations. CERIS Working Paper Series. No. 43. January 2006. 26 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 & ONLINE ****
The research reports for CERIS funded projects in previous years are available from CERIS website at http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/RFPReports/RFPReports.htm
or through the following path:
The homepage of CERIS Website -> “Research and Policy” ->
“Research Reports for CERIS Funded Projects”
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For a list of new documents in the CERIS Resource Centre, please go to: http://ceris.metropolis.net/research-policy/NewdocList/newdoc list.htm
For further information, contact Rong Wu at 416-946-8825 or ceris.resourcecentre@utoronto.ca
**** JUST PUBLISHED ****
UNESCO is pleased to announce the recent publication of Poverty, Gender and Human Trafficking: Rethinking Best Practices in Migration Management by Dr TD Truong.
[Thanh-Dam Truong (2006) Poverty, Gender and Human Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Rethinking Best Practices in Migration Management, UNESCO, 151 pages]
Many aspects of human trafficking remain poorly understood even though it is now a priority issue for many governments. Information available about the magnitude of the problem is limited. While the existing body of knowledge about human trafficking serves to raise public consciousness about the issue, it is still not rigorous enough to lend support to comprehensive action programmes addressing the different dimensions of the problem.
“Poverty, Gender and Human Trafficking: Rethinking Best Practices in Migration Management” describes the interconnectedness between human trafficking, gender and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on a critical analysis of migration processes in relation to human rights abuse. The author discusses the profiles, strengths and weaknesses of Best Practices in fighting human trafficking, the way they understand what brings about this phenomenon and their replicability.
For further information or to download the publication, visit www.unesco.org/shs/humantrafficking
**** INTERNET RESOURCES ****
Announcement
November 18, 2005
In response to the need of assuring the smooth transition of new immigrants sponsored by their families to immigrate to Canada as a result of the 2004 tsunami disaster, OCASI has produced a resource kit of information with the financial assistance of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, which is now ready for distribution to the affected communities and the general public.
Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, the Distribution Project of the Sponsor Information Kit aims to disseminate a kit that contains useful guidelines for both the newcomers and their sponsor families to follow in order to secure a successful and pleasant transition in time. The primary target recipients are those community groups that are affected directly by the 2004 tsunami, such as Sri Lankan, Somali, Thai, Indonesian and Indian. The kit is available in English, French, Tamil and Somali. New immigrants in general and their sponsor families can also benefit from this Kit.
Included in the kit is a series of 5 photo novellas that explains common mental health and substance abuse issues encountered by the communities, and the types of services available to assist those who seek help. The topics covered are depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, drugs, alcohol and gambling. They are available in English, with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder also available in Tamil.
Organizations or individuals can receive these materials, free of charge, by taking ONE of the following steps:
Complete the request form available online at www.settlement.org/tsunami , or
Download the request form, complete it and fax it to 416-292-9120
For details on the materials, please visit this website www.settlement.org/tsunami, or contact Elizabeth Lynn at e.lynn@cicscanada.com , or call her at 416-292-7505, x116.
** How hard is it to find work in Ontario? **
If you want to immigrate successfully as a skilled worker, you must find out
what employers expect, in your specific career, in the city where you plan to
settle. It is not easy to find work in Canada.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000683
** On Being Late For Class - Expectations at
school, at work, at play **
http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1003984
The following articles are part of the above booklet written for anyone who has questions about what might be considered correct behavior in the classroom, at an interview, at work and with friends.
** What are Canadian Etiquette Expectations At
Play? **
You share many common ways with your friends and relatives but nonetheless there
may be some situations that leave you wondering if you have handled things well.
This may be particularly true when you deal with people who are different than
you.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000688
** What are Canadian Etiquette Expectations At
School? *
This article is part of a booklet written for anyone who has questions about
what might be considered correct behavior in the classroom. A typical class will
include students from many different cultural, educational and religious
backgrounds.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000687
** What are Canadian Etiquette Expectations At
Work? *
Good manners on the job aren't just a matter of getting along. Good manners can
be required in getting and keeping a job.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000686
** How can I help someone get a visitor visa to
come to Canada? **
Sometimes a person applying for a Temporary Resident Visa to visit Canada is
asked to provide a letter of invitation from someone in Canada. Find out what
you need to know to write this letter.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000689
** What is an RRSP? **
A Registered Retirement Savings Plan is a savings plan that is "registered" with
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA). It allows you to save money for your
retirement on a tax-sheltered basis.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000267
** Newcomer Investor Education Kit: Investing
Guide for Newcomers to Ontario **
A series of 5 guides to help newcomers to Ontario better understand the
investment environment and what it means to invest money in Canada. This kit,
funded by the Investor Education Fund (IEF), is available in English, Arabic,
Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Urdu.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/guides_detail.asp?faq_id=4000671
Other guides in the kit:
Newcomer Investor Education Kit: Roles, Rights and Responsibilities
http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1003941
Newcomer Investor Education Kit: Choosing Your Financial Advisers http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1003940
Newcomer Investor Education Kit: The Basics of Investing http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1003939
Newcomer Investor Education Kit: A Step-by-Step Guide To Making a Complaint http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1003938
Please visit www.settlement.org for more information and helpful resources.
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and Web Site Virtual Library depends on donations of paper and disk copies of
relevant research documents from CERIS affiliates and partners. You can help us
build up these valuable resources!
The Toronto CERIS office: Phone 416-946-3110 Fax 416-971-3094
The York CERIS office: Phone 416-736-5223 Fax 416-736-5752 Email ceris@yorku.ca
Visit the CERIS Website: http://ceris.metropolis.net
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If you would like to add an event to the listings in the Bulletin, please forward the complete information to Kim Dalgleish at the Toronto CERIS office by fax or email: ceris.reception@utoronto.ca
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