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 March 31, 2006.
v CERIS Working Paper and Policy Matters Series
v New Documents in the CERIS Resource Centre & Online
| **** CERIS MEETINGS **** |
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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
| ***** NEWS FROM CERIS, CERIS RESEARCHERS AND PARTNERS ***** |
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CERIS RESEARCH DOMAIN LEADERS: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Deadline: March 20, 2006
Nominations are open for the position of CERIS Research Domain Leader in two research areas:
Community, Neighbourhoods and Housing Domain
Economic Domain
CERIS Domain Leaders are responsible for stimulating research initiatives by affiliated CERIS researchers and developing and sustaining a network of community and researchers in each domain. The term of appointment is three years with possibility of renewal.
Nominations for the positions may be made by any CERIS-affiliated member; self-nominations are also encouraged. Nominations should include a brief expression of interest and a CV. The working principle that guides Domain distribution is that they are equally shared among qualified faculty members of the three founding universities (Ryerson University, University of Toronto, and York University). Currently there are vacancies from Ryerson University and York University.
Nominations should be sent to the CERIS office (ceris.office@utoronto.ca) no later than Monday, March 20 2006.
For a description of each domain, please see the CERIS
website:
http://ceris.metropolis.net/research-policy/research_content/domain_e.html
Please see CERIS Domain Leaders policy for
complete
information on duties and responsibilities:
http://ceris.metropolis.net/CERIS%20Policies/CERISDomainLeaders.pdf
| ***** CERIS SEMINARS ***** |
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Date: Mar 10, 2006
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Title: ESL for Ontario’s Newcomer Children
Presentation:
Supporting English Learners in Ontario Schools: Challenges for the Future?
Speaker: Paula Markus is the Program Coordinator, ESL/ELD for the Toronto
District School Board. She was previously the ESL Coordinator with the Etobicoke
Board of Education and has been involved in teaching and supporting English
Language Learners for the past 25 years
Presentation: How
settlement workers help parents understand the school system
Speaker: Peter Dorfman is the Provincial Coordinator for the Settlement
Workers in Schools (SWIS). SWIS is a partnership of Settlement Agencies, Boards
of Education and Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Presentation: Findings
from a recent Literature Review of ESL in Ontario
Speaker: Bonnie Mah is a recent graduate of Ryerson University’s Masters
program in Immigration and Settlement Studies
Presentation: Parent
Involvement as Education: A Broad-based Action-Research Literacy Approach in
Three Public Elementary Schools in the GTA
Speaker: John Ippolito, teaches foundations of education in the Faculty
of Education at York University. He is currently the project director for
Parent Involvement AS Education, a multi-year action research literacy
study.
Location: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Toronto (St.
George Subway Station, Bedford Street Exit)
Please RSVP:
ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call
(416) 946-3110
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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: The 'Housing Situations' of Immigrants
and Refugees in a Border City
Speakers:
Dr. Uzo Anucha, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of
Windsor
Colleen Mitchell, BSW, RSW,
Community-based researcher and project consultant, and acting Program Director
of the Glengarry project
Description:
This seminar will present findings from a
community-university research partnership that focused on the 'housing
situations' of immigrants and refugees in Windsor-Essex County, an area that
Census Canada Data (2001) names as the second fastest growing community in
Ontario after Toronto (this population growth is mainly due to immigration not
birth). Windsor-Essex also has Canada’s fourth largest proportion of
foreign-born population after Toronto, Vancouver and Hamilton. Drawing from
analysis of 2001 Census data and in-depth interviews, the research project
explored the interconnectedness of adequate and affordable housing, neighborhood
and community in the settlement and well-being of new immigrants and refugees.
The implications of the findings for an effective community response that
delineates policies and practices that better meet the housing needs of
newcomers will be discussed
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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
| **** PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS**** |
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POSSIBLE IMMIGRATION FRAUD
A group or organization in Toronto, calling itself "Choices" is asking non-status immigrants to pay $50 and complete an application form to get landing in Canada. It appears that many non-status immigrants have actually gone ahead and signed up for this 'amnesty program'.
Please let your clients, friends and contacts know that there is no such program. This appears to be an attempt to mislead and defraud non-status immigrants.
Applicants are asked to pay the fee in cash. They are being asked to complete two forms that ask for name and contact information, and also Social Insurance Number and several questions about medical history, mental health, disabilities, and criminal history.
The organization or group is also letting it be known that they will only accept applications until Saturday March 4. Some applicants were told that one of the individuals from 'Choices' was at an Ottawa meeting with the CIC Minister on Friday last week and was told that if she put together a list of least 10,000 non-status immigrants who wanted to be landed that he might do something about it.
After receiving several anxious phone calls yesterday from
member organizations and members of the public who wanted more information on
this new 'amnesty' program, and after talking to a number of refugee/immigrant
advocates, we made the difficult decision to report this to the RCMP and Toronto
Police. If you have information that will help with the police investigation,
call Toronto Police Crimestoppers at 416-22-TIPS and mention file number
312-10105.
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WEBSITE LAUNCH
The Honourable Michael Colle, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, to attend launch of new website SkillsInternational.ca
A media conference and live launch of www.SkillsInternational.ca
March 10, 2006, 10:45 am, at The Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street.
Funded by The Ontario Trillium Foundation, SkillsInternational.ca is an on-line tool that unites pre-screened, internationally educated professionals with employers who need their skills.
This event is a simultaneous
launch in three communities linked by video conferencing. Please RSVP to COSTI
by calling 416.658.1600, or via email to
communications@costi.org.
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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PROTECTED PERSONS (September 2006 –
May 2007)
Deadline for applications is Friday, March 24, 2006 at 5:00 pm.
In 1999 The Maytree Foundation started a scholarship program for Protected Persons (formally known as Convention refugees). At this time they were unable to access student loans. The goals of the program were twofold:
1. To give financial support to these young people so they could attend University or Community College.
2. To work towards legislative change which would enable all protected persons to access student loans so they could attend a post secondary institution.
The Maytree Foundation has funded over 100 students since the beginning of the program. The success of our participants has been outstanding. As well, since August 1, 2004 Protected Persons are now eligible for both the federal and provincial portion of Canada Student Loans. These students will be charged domestic rates by the Colleges and Universities. They are indeed "Canadians in Waiting".
Although our main goal has been accomplished we plan to continue our scholarship program over the next few years. For complete information please visit our website at:
http://www.maytree.com/MaytreeInitiatives/FinancialAssistanceForImmigrantsAndRefugees/ScholarshipProgram.htm
For more information, please contact: Feven Haddish, Phone: 416-944-2627 x247 E-mail: fhaddish@maytree.com.
The Maytree Foundation, 170 Bloor Street West, Suite 804,
Toronto, ON M5S 1T9
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SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
Application deadline: Monday, March 20th,
2006
We are very excited to announce that Wellesley Central will be offering four scholarships valued at $2000 to attend the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 9th Conference - Walking the Talk: Achieving the Promise of Authentic Partnerships.
To apply for a scholarship please send us a letter (via e-mail) detailing a little about yourself (organizational affiliation, work experience, future goals), why you would like to go, what interests you about the conference and how you feel it would benefit the work that you do.
Submissions are due by Monday, March 20th, 2006. Applications should be sent to: wchc@wellesleycentral.com and addressed to Sarah Flicker, Director of Research.
For conference details visit:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html
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HOUSING AWARDS 2006
Deadline for submission: April 5, 2006
If you’ve created a unique
solution to enhance housing affordability in Canada, it’s time you received the
national recognition you deserve!
In 2006, CMHC will present up to 16 awards to honour the nation’s Best
Practices in Affordable Housing.
Download or request the Guidelines and Application Form (product number 63314)
by: visiting
www.cmch.ca; emailing your request to
callcent@cmhc.ca; OR calling 1 800
668-2642.
| **** PUBLIC EVENTS & CONFERENCES**** |
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LOCAL
VIOLENCE HURTS EVERYONE – A FOCUS ON YOUTH PANEL
DISCUSSION
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Health Centre, Education Centres A&B (back of the
cafeteria)
This presentation will include an address from the Chief Justice of Ontario followed by a panel discussion on youth violence. Topics of discussion to include the different types of youth violence and what causes them, the impact of violence on individuals, families and community, and what needs to be done in order to address the underlying issues that cause youth violence.
Keynote Speaker:
The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry, Chief Justice of Ontario
Panelists:
* Anthony Hutchinson, Professor of Social Work, Ryerson University * Adam
Chaleff- Freudenthaler, Director of Council Relations, Toronto Youth Cabinet *
January Wilson, Social Worker, SJHC
RSVP deadline: Friday, March 3
Please RSVP to Winnie Larsen, Social
Worker, SJHC, via e-mail at larsew@stjoe.on.ca
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Community Based Research Workshops at Wellesley Central:
CBR102 - Ethical Issues in Community-Based
Research
Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Facilitator: Helene Gregoire
Capacity Building Workshops at Wellesley Central:
CAP105 - Build Successful Alliances, Coalitions
and Partnerships!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Facilitator: Joan Roberts
CAP106– An Introduction to Financial Management
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Speaker: Joan Roberts, Richard Blickstead
CAP107– Become an Effective Communicator
Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Speaker: Michael Craig, Jayne Patterson
For more information or to register visit:
https://www.wellesleycentral.com
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REFORM RENTAL HOUSING IN TORONTO – PUBLIC FORUM
Thursday, March 9, 2006
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Toronto City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Queen St. West (Nathan Phillips Square)
The current Tenant Protection Act must be changed. Ontarians have a right to live in good affordable housing. Save the existing supply of affordable housing.
For more information visit
www.toronto.ca
call 416 392-0108 or email
tenantforum@toronto.ca
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VEUILLEZ PRÉVENIR LES ÉTUDIANT(E) DE DEUXIÈME CYCLE DE VOS INSTITUTIONS RESPECTIVES:
Date limite pout s’inscrire: Le 17 Mars 2006
Le Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne (CREFO) vous invite à participer au Séminaire d'été 2006 sur la francophonie sur le thème : L'immigration, l'inclusion et les transformations sociales au sein de la francophonie canadienne et internationale.
Le Séminaire aura lieu à l'Institut d'études pédagogique de l'Ontario de l'Université de Toronto (OISE/UT) du 5 au 23 juin 2006. Le Séminaire d'été mène à l'obtention de crédits universitaires de deuxième cycle et vise la formation des étudiants, intervenants, chercheurs, universitaires et professionnels travaillant au développement des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada ou qui s'intéressent à cette question.
Veuillez consulter le site internet du Séminaire
d'été 2006 à:
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/crefo/seminairedete.html
pour obtenir les directives et le formulaire de demande d'admission.
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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:
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Trevor Gray, Black Queer Youth Initiative,
Supporting Our Youth
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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. Wheel chair accessible.
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE
SEX TRADE IN TORONTO
Symposium & Fundraiser
March 24, 2006 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
York University, 4700 Keele St.,
Calumet College, Room 100, Toronto
$10 Professionals/ Community
Members
$5 Students
**Breakfast is Included**
Speakers Include:
Yukimi Henry (Director of Social Services - Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto);
John Fenn (John School - Streetlight Support Services); Wendy Lever (Sex Crimes
Unit Toronto Police Headquarters), Renna Weinberg (Crown Attorney)
Due to space limitations, please make sure that you register by Friday March 17, 2006 by contacting: Azi Razbani (416) 438-9419 ext. 255 or Vinita Puri (416) 925-4386 ext. 222
Organised by: HIV/AIDS
Prevention Project; East Metro Youth Services; John Howard Society of Toronto
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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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YOU ARE INVITED!
Seven Community Agencies have moved
into 1652 Keele Street.
To celebrate we are having an OPEN HOUSE!!
Mayor David Miller and Councillors Frances Nunziata and Frank Di Giorgio will be in attendance. Ribbon cutting Ceremony is at 4:00pm.
When: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Where: 1652 Keele Street
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact:
*Community Action Resource Centre: 416-652-2273 *Community Social Planning
Council of Toronto: 416-652-9772 *For Youth Initiative: 416-652-9618 *Somali
Immigrant Aid Organization: 416-653-8602 *Somali Immigrant Women’s Association:
416-656-7492 *Woman Abuse Council of Toronto: 416-944-9242 *York Hispanic
Centre: 416-651-9166
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COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH INFORMATION SESSION
The Centre for Urban Health Initiatives at the University of Toronto, and the Wellesley Central Health Corporation, are hosting an information session focused on enabling academics in their pursuit of community based research (CBR). Come to learn more about the merits of doing CBR, or to seek assistance with challenges you have faced. All are welcome.
Date: Tuesday, April 18th,
2006
Time: 9:30 - 11:00AM
Place: Wellesley Central Health Corporation, 45 Charles St. E. Suite 101
Toronto, ON M4Y 1S2 Phone: 416-972-1010
RSVP: No later than April 10th, 2006 to Galen Trull: cuhi.admin@utoronto.ca or 416-978-7223
Breakfast will be served.
For more information: Galen
Trull, Centre Coordinator, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives
www.cuhi.utoronto.ca
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DIVERSITY IN MIGRATION: GRADUATE STUDENT
CONFERENCE
April 27th and 28th, 2006
Centre for Refugee & Migration Studies,
York University (Keele Campus), Room 305, York Lanes Bldg, Toronto, ON
This year’s theme, Diversity in Migration, reflects the wide range of issues, approaches, and realities emerging in the study of human displacement today. In a spirit of open- ness we take diversity to include diversity of theory, of methodology, of ideology – as well as the diversity of human culture and history. Similarly, the term ‘migration’ reflects not only the movements of refugees & migrants, but also movement of culture, ideas, and historical or political economic forces.
Graduate students (Masters/PhD) from all disciplines are invited to present papers at this conference. Final drafts of conference papers will be reviewed and professionally evaluated (with feedback) by editorial staff at CRS’ internationally published journal, Refuge; one paper will be selected for publication in an upcoming edition. See below for suggested topics, which are offered as guidelines, not as constraints.
Suggested Themes/Topics: Forced or voluntary migration; Cultural and religious plurality; Internal displacement; Nationalism; Diaspora, exile; Crusades and racial profiling; Immigration/refugee law or policy; Ethnicity, identity, cultural politics; Transnationalism; Rhetoric and realities of diversity; Race/class/gender issues; Challenges of religious diversity.
Submission Guidelines:
1. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.
2. Panel suggestions are also welcome
3. All submissions should include a personal biographic profile of no more than
100 words.
4. Presentations will be 20 minutes each.
ABSTRACTS MAY BE SUBMITTED by Monday, April 10th,
2006 to CRS Student Caucus at:
crs_caus@yorku.ca
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CENTRE FOR URBAN HEALTH INITIATIVES (CUHI)
Spotlight on Urban Health Research Seminar Series:
"HIV vulnerability among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, and 2-Spirit youth who migrate to Toronto: A community-based research project"
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Time: 1:10 - 2:10pm
Location: Rm. 255 University College, University of Toronto, 15 King's College
Circle, Toronto, ON
Presented by:
*Robb Travers, PhD Candidate (Department of Public Health Sciences, University
of Toronto; Co-Principal Investigator, Youth Migration Project) *Andrea Ridgley,
MSW Project Coordinator, Youth Migration Project
Summary
This community-based research project brought together university-based
researchers who have experience with/commitment to community work and
representatives of community-based organizations who are interested in
research. Toronto is a magnet for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
transsexual (LGBT) and 2-Spirit people. As such, it draws youth from smaller
communities and cities, and from other countries who are searching for community
and who may lack social, emotional, personal, financial and health supports.
Funded by Health Canada's Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research Fund and Wellesley
Central Health Corporation, the Youth Migration Project emerged out of
increasing community concern for these youth and sought to understand their
vulnerability to HIV. This presentation will highlight the social determinants
of HIV vulnerability for migrant LGBT and 2-Spirited youth, and the implications
for service delivery and prevention programming.
Contact:
Galen Trull, Research Assistant
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives
Phone: (416) 978-7223 Email:
galen.trull@utoronto.ca
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COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DIVERSITY – International Meeting
Toronto, May 4-7, 2006
A first international meeting of community social planning leaders and practitioners from throughout the United States and Canada.
Program Highlights
Increasingly, diversity is a key issue for communities everywhere. This
conference will explore:
- diversity in promising partnerships for community planning and action
- diversity in emerging social and health issues, and in approaches to
addressing them
- diversity in the arenas in which councils are working for social justice
- cultural and ethnic diversity, successful perspectives and practices
- similarities and differences between Canada and the United States in community
social and health planning viewpoints and practices
The conference "early bird" registration fee by April 3 is $299.
For more information, please e-mail --
conference@communityplanning.org
Or visit website:
http://www.communityplanning.org
Co-Sponsors: National Association of Planning Councils (NAPC) - United
States; Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) - Canada
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Arts-Based Approaches to Community-Based Research
Date: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Time:
9:30 - 12:30am
Location: The Primrose Best Western Hotel / 111 Carlton Street/
Toronto / (corner of Jarvis and Calrton)
Fee:
$15.00CDN
Artistic approaches to research such as drawing, photography, video, theatre and story telling have been used as data collection, analysis and dissemination strategies. The goal of the symposium will be to highlight the interaction between CBR and the arts and provide participants with practical opportunities to learn about and workshop different artistic/research formats.
For more information and to sign up, go to:
http://www.wellesleycentral.com/SeminarDetail.csp?edid=99
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THE SUMMER COURSE ON REFUGEE ISSUES – YORK
UNIVERSITY
June 10 – 18, 2006
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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NATIONAL
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 obtain this rate.
More information is available on the conference website at
www.metropolis2006.net.
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WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES, 2006 FOUDATION
WORKSHOPS
Practical Skills in International Credential Evaluation
Date: April 6-7, 2006
Location:
Victoria Conference Centre, 720 Douglas St.,
Victoria BC
(Workshops are being held at various times of the year and in several different
locations, please visit
www.wes.org
for more information.)
Register Online at:
http://www.wes.org/ca/academic/workshops.asp
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INTERNATIONAL
IMMIGRATION FUTURES, Metropolis Inter-Conference
18-19 May 2006
Monash Centre, Prato, Italy
Immigration Futures will bring together some of the top academics, policy-makers and internationally-renowned migration thinkers to discuss future migration flows, competition for skilled labour, and the policies that countries might adopt to meet labour demands and demographic realities. Key themes include:
* The pattern of skilled migration flows
* Comparative approaches to the selection of skilled migrants
* The strategic advantages of permanent migration versus temporary programs
* The ethics of 'cherry-picking': out-migration and its impact on source
countries Circular Migration
To view the conference program or to register, please visit: http://www.monash.edu.au/cmo/immigrationfutures/index.html .
Immigration Futures is a Metropolis Inter-Conference event
that has been organized in collaboration with the Monash Institute for the Study
of Global Movements and the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
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THE 11th
BIENNIAL JERUSALEM CONFERENCE IN CANADIAN STUDIES
Jerusalem, July 2-6, 2006
The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and The Israel Association for Canadian Studies
The 11th biennial conference of the Israel Association for Canadian Studies and the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies will take place on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from Sunday, July 2nd until Thursday, July 6th, 2006. The conference will focus on the theme of Conflict Management and Resolution in its many facets: on the level of individuals, groups, cities and countries, in the spheres of environment, law, and politics, or through its representation within the arts.
All inquiries should be addressed to the conference secretariat.
Conference Chairperson and Chair of IACS Academic Committee:
Prof. Arie Shachar, The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905 Israel, E-mail: msariesh@mscc.huji.ac.il
Conference Coordinators:
Mrs. Liron Gur and Mrs. Alta Dayan
Fax: 972-2-582-6267 Tel: 972-2-588-1344 E-mail:
mscanada@mscc.huji.ac.il
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ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL
METROPOLIS CONFERENCE
October 2-6, 2006, Lisboa, Portugal
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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UNHCR International Refugee Law Courses on “Refugee
Protection and Human Rights”
General Refugee Law Courses:
37th Course (French language), 28 March - 1 April 2006
38th Course (English language), 9 - 13 May 2006
39th Course (Spanish language), 24 - 28 October 2006
40th Course (English language), 31 October - 4 Nov. 2006
Thematic course:
The Thematic course on "Refugee Protection and Human Rights" (English) is
tentatively scheduled on 20 - 23 November 2006 (to be confirmed at a later
stage).
Submissions should include the following
information/documents:
1. Dates of the course
2. Name(s), title(s) and Curriculum Vitae of candidate(s)
3. Half a page explaining the applicant's involvement in refugee matters and
what the candidate expects to gain from participating in the course.
Interested candidates are invited to submit the required documentation to Veronique Ivanovsky, PCS/DIP (ivanovsk@unhcr.org) with copy to Martin Gottwald, Snr. Training Officer, Protection Capacity Section, D.I.P, UNHCR Geneva (gottwald@unhcr.org) as of 20 February 2006.
For further information, please send an email to
canot@unhcr.org
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LANGUAGE COURSES
Penobscot School offers weekly language classes, weekend workshops,
immersions programs, and special celebrations throughout the year, all geared
toward language learning and international cultural exchange by the people of
Maine and all over the world.
To learn more about Penobscot School:
www.languagelearning.org/about.html
For info about courses, special programs and events, we encourage you
to visit our web site at: www.languagelearning.org/immweekends.html
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Positions in Migration Studies at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
1. Un poste complet de Professeure assistante en
ethnologie/anthropologie est mis au concours par la Faculté des lettres et
sciences humaines de l’Université de Neuchâtel (Suisse).
Description du poste: La durée de nomination est prévue pour une
période de 4 ans, avec prolongation possible de 2 ans. La personne titulaire
sera appelée à assurer ses activités auprès de l’Institut d'Ethnologie de
l’Université de Neuchâtel.
Exigences: titre de doctorat, expérience de la recherche et de
l’enseignement dans le domaine concerné
Entrée en fonction: 1er février 2007 ou date à convenir
Délai pour le dépôt des candidatures: 30 avril 2006. Ce délai peut être
prolongé.
L’Université de Neuchâtel encourage les candidatures féminines.
Les candidatures doivent être accompagnées d’un curriculum vitae détaillé
comprenant les activités d’enseignement et de recherche, des copies des titres
obtenus, d’une liste de publications (prière de ne pas les envoyer pour le
moment), d’une vision scientifique et de trois lettres de recommandations.
Les candidats sont invités à adresser leur dossier par courrier postal et
fournir une version électronique à la présidente du comité de recrutement, Mme
Ellen Hertz, professeure, Institut d’ethnologie, 2-4 Saint Nicolas, CH-2000
Neuchâtel (tél. + 41 32 718 17 17). ellen.hertz@unine.ch.
Même adresse pour les demandes de renseignements.
Pour plus de détails, visitez notre site
http://www2.unine.ch/lettres, puis
onglet « emploi »
2. Un poste de Professeure ordinaire en analyse des
processus sociaux est mis au concours par la Faculté des lettres et sciences
humaines de l’Université de Neuchâtel (Suisse).
Description des postes: Analyse des processus de migration et de mobilité
des populations (mouvements, mobilités et circulations des personnes et des
populations).
Exigences: titre de doctorat, expérience de la
recherche et de l’enseignement dans le domaine concerné
Entrée en fonction: 1er février 2007 ou date à convenir.
Délai pour le dépôt des candidatures: 15 avril 2006. Ce délai peut être
prolongé.
L’Université de Neuchâtel encourage les candidatures féminines.
Les candidatures doivent être accompagnées d’un curriculum vitae détaillé
comprenant les activités d’enseignement et de recherche, des copies des titres
obtenus, d’une liste de publications (prière de ne pas les envoyer pour le
moment), d’une vision scientifique et de trois lettres de recommandations.
Les candidats sont invités à adresser leur dossier par courrier postal
et fournir une version électronique à la présidente du comité de recrutement,
Mme Ellen Hertz, professeure, Institut d'ethnologie, Faculté des lettres et
sciences humaines de l’Université de Neuchâtel, 2-4 Saint-Nicolas, CH-2000
Neuchâtel, (tél.+41 32 718 17 17) e-mail :
ellen.hertz@unine.ch. Même adresse pour obtenir des renseignements.
Pour plus de détails, visitez notre site
http://www.unine.ch/lettres puis onglet « emploi »
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SKILLS FOR CHANGE IS HIRING
Application Deadline: March 10th
Teach in Ontario -
Facilitator/Counsellor
Closing date: Start immediately
Role: To facilitate Sector-specific Overview and Orientation, Occupational
Terminology, and Job Search to Internationally Trained Teachers (ITTs).
http://www.skillsforchange.org/temp/teachinontario_counsellor.pdf
Teach in Ontario - Coordinator
Closing date: Start immediately
Role: To oversee the operational delivery of the Teach in Ontario
http://www.skillsforchange.org/temp/teachinontario_coordinator.pdf
Teach in
Ontario - Intake Counsellor
Closing date: Start immediately
Role: To develop and deliver information and assessment sessions, provide
individual couselling, assess language proficiency of Internationally Trained
Teachers (ITTs) including goal setting and referral within the Consultation
Centre.
http://www.skillsforchange.org/temp/teachinontario_intake_counsellor.pdf
Please submit covering
letter and chronological résumé in confidence to:
Jalileh Helalat, IAT Coordinator
791 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario M6C 1B7
Fax: (416) 658-6292
E-mail:
helalat@skillsforchange.org
No phone calls please
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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
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POLICY MATTERS NO. 25
Gender, Immigration and Labour Market Integration: Where We Are and What We
Still Need to Know
By Evangelia Tastsoglou and Valerie Preston
Summary: On the basis of a review of the current literature examining how gender influences immigrants’ links to employment and an equity-based reconceptualization of economic integration, we make three basic recommendations: (1) Future research must consider economic and labour market integration not just as outcomes, but as processes by which differential categories of immigrants obtain appropriate and remunerative employment. (2) It should take account of the subjective and objective dimensions of integration with particular attention to the links between home and work for immigrant workers. (3) In order to achieve these goals, new means of assessing economic and in particular labour market integration, more comparative research, and more qualitative and longitudinal research are needed.
Previously published Policy Matters can be downloaded from the CERIS website at: www.ceris.metropolis.net .
For an in-depth version of
this paper see: Evangelia Tastsoglou and Valerie Preston, Gender, Immigration
and Labour Market Integration: Where We Are and What We Still Need to Know,
published by Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal/Revue
d’études sur les femmes, Vol. 30, No. 1,
2005, pp.46-59.
| **** NEW DOCUMENTS IN THE CERIS RESOURCE CENTRE & ONLINE **** |
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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
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Labor Movement: How Migration Regulates Labor Markets
Author: Harald Bauder, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada
Description:
Throughout the industrialized world, international migrants serve as
nannies, construction workers, gardeners and small-business entrepreneurs. Labor
Movement suggests that the international migration of workers is necessary for
the survival of industrialized economies. The book thus turns the conventional
view of international migration on its head: it investigates how migration
regulates labor markets, rather than labor markets shaping migration flows.
Assuming a critical view of orthodox economic theory, the book illustrates how
different legal, social and cultural strategies towards international migrants
are deployed and coordinated within the wider neo-liberal project to render
migrants and immigrants vulnerable, pushing them into performing distinct
economic roles and into subordinate labor market situations.
Drawing on social theories associated with Pierre Bourdieu and other prominent thinkers, Labor Movement suggests that migration regulates labor markets through processes of social distinction, cultural judgement and the strategic deployment of citizenship. European and North American case studies illustrate how the labor of international migrants is systematically devalued and how popular discourse legitimates the demotion of migrants to subordinate labor. Engaging with various immigrant groups in different cities, including South Asian immigrants in Vancouver, foreigners and Spataussiedler in Berlin, and Mexican and Caribbean offshore workers in rural Ontario, the studies seek to unravel the complex web of regulatory labor market processes related to international migration.
Recognizing and understanding these processes, Bauder
argues, is an important step towards building effective activist strategies and
for envisioning new roles for migrating workers and people. The book is a
valuable resource to researchers and students in economics, ethnic and migration
studies, geography, sociology, political science, and to frontline activists in
Europe, North America and beyond.
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AMID Working Papers
(Papers are based on presentations at
the 13th Nordic Migration Conference, Aalborg/AMID 18-20 November 2004.)
AMID Working Paper Series
49/2006
Jens Lintrup: "Middle Eastern and North African Cultures - Barriers to
Industrial Growth?"
AMID Working Paper Series
50/2006
Simon Turner: "Inside-Outside: Political Transformation in Burundi and its
Diaspora"
AMID Working Paper Series
51/2006
Anika Liversage: "The Interrelation of Trajectory and Identity - the
re-education of a high-skilled immigrant"
Please find all AMID Working
Papers at:
http://www.amid.dk/pub/index.html
You can also find the paper in an integration database made by Ministry of
Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs at:
http://www.integrationsdatabasen.dk/index.jsp
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** 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. More than 90,000 print copies have been distributed across Ontario, and they are available for download at http://www.settlement.org/invest. Also, please fill out the one page evaluation form for the kit to help us determine how effective they are and what other financial information newcomers need.
** Where can I find ethnocultural and community media? **
Ethnocultural media is an important part of
Canadian media. You can find multilingual programming in print, radio and on
TV.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000381
** What is an RRSP? **
A Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is a savings plan that allows you to save money for your retirement on a tax-sheltered basis. This year's RRSP deadline is March 1, 2006. http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000267
** Where can I find help with my income tax return? **
Each year you must submit an Income Tax and Benefit Return to tell the government how much money you earned and how much tax you paid. Find out where you can get help to complete the forms. http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000150
** Workers' Guide to Occupational Health & Safety **
The multilingual Workers' Guide is an easy-to-read source of information that will answer your questions about employee rights, workers' compensation, WHMIS, and much more - 2000. http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1004013
** A Series of Multilingual Fact Sheets Related to Woman Abuse **
Woman Abuse Fact Sheets, This multilingual factsheet defines woman abuse, dispels myths and discusses the impact of abuse on women and their children - June 2002. http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1004012
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Children Exposed to Woman Abuse This multilingual booklet was developed for women who have experienced violence in their family. It defines woman abuse, dispels myths and discusses the impact of abuse on women and their children - March 2005. http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1004011
Creating a Safety Plan, This multilingual information package offers many suggestions and ideas that an abused woman can use to create a safety plan for herself and her children - July 2005. http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1004010
** ESL School Readiness Workbooks **
These bilingual workbooks have activities for
parents and their children to do together - 2005.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/library_detail.asp?doc_id=1004001
** What is Enhanced Language Training (ELT)? **
Enhanced Language Training (ELT) programs offer
labour market levels of language training and job-specific language training to
adult immigrants to help them enter and remain in jobs commensurate with their
skills and qualifications.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000690
Please visit
www.settlement.org for more
information and helpful resources.
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