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 July 31th, 2006.
v CERIS Working Paper and Policy Matters Series
v New Documents in the CERIS Resource Centre & Online
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GOVERNANCE BOARD MEETINGS:
Friday, September 15, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Friday, January 19, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
Unless otherwise announced, meetings will be held from 2-4pm in Room 702 at the CERIS Toronto office, 246 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor.
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Date:
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Title: Integrative Antiracism: South Asians in Canadian Academe
Speaker: Dr. Edith Samuel, Assistant Professor in the Department of
Psychology at Atlantic Baptist University, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Dr.
Samuel's research interests are in the area of cross-cultural psychology,
immigration and settlement, and race, class and gender.
Description: This
presentation will examine the educational experiences of South Asian students
and faculty members from the perspective of ‘integrative antiracism’ – the study
of how the dynamics of social difference are mediated in people’s daily lives.
Specifically, Samuel analyses perceptions of and responses to racism in four
critical areas: faculty-student relationships, peer group interactions,
curriculum and the psychosocial dimension.
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: Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Title: The Socio-economic Conditions of Iranians in Canada: a Case Study of
Toronto
Speaker: Dr. Mahmoud Ketabi, Professor, Political Science, Dept. of
Social Science, University of Isfahan, Iran
Description: TBA
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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For previous seminar presentation materials, please visit the CERIS website at: www.ceris.metropolis.net
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Information on how to apply for affiliation with the Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement can be found on our website at: http://ceris.metropolis.net under ‘General Information’, ‘Centre Affiliation’.
The application form can be downloaded at
http://ceris.metropolis.net/oldvl/affiliates/AffiliationApplicationForm.pdf.
Please forward the completed application and accompanying documentation to
Colleen Burke, Coordinator (colleen.burke@utoronto.ca).
| ***** NEWS FROM CERIS, CERIS RESEARCHERS AND PARTNERS ***** |
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NEW DATA COMMITTEE CHAIR
At its June 9th meeting, the CERIS Governance Board approved the appointment
of Dr. Sandeep Kumar Agrawal as the new Chair of the CERIS Data Committee. Dr.
Agrawal is Associate Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning,
Ryerson University and received a CERIS RFP in 2005 to conduct research on
“Faith-Based Ethnic Communities: Process of Integration or Exclusion.” As the
Chair, he plans to develop and sustain networks with the Leaders and members of
the six CERIS domains, and encourage CERIS seminars on qualitative and
quantitative methods used in the Immigration and Settlements area and new and
innovative ways researchers can use existing datasets.
We wish to thank Dr. Eric Fong, outgoing Data Chair for his
excellent work in the past two years.
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2006 GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
CERIS is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2006
Graduate Student Research Award. This year we were able to award fifteen
students (8 at the Masters level and 7 at the Ph.D.) $500 each. The winners
were: James Bejar, Joanna Bodnitski, Becky Cunningham, Ping Deters, Huamei Han,
Faiza Hirji, Yvonne Lai, Srabani Maitra, Lina Nadar, A. Dahlia Phillips, Lisa
Quirke, Hongxia Shan, Chang Su, Masha Vucetic, and Kelly Woltman. Please see the
CERIS website for a full listing of the students, their affiliations and their
research projects.
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HOLD THE DATE!
The 9th National
Metropolis Conference will be held in Toronto at the Royal York Hotel, March
1-4, 2007.
More information coming soon
to:
http://www.metropolis2007.net/.
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JOB POSTING
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Position type: Full Time (Contract)
Location: Toronto
Application Deadline: July 14, 2006
The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT), a multi-service non profit organization serving survivors of torture and their families, requires an experienced Volunteer Coordinator.
The Position: The successful candidate will be responsible for all administrative aspects of the entire cycle of recruiting, selecting, training, placing and follow –up of volunteers, developing resource materials, updating and developing the agency’s webpage, preparing and editing monthly volunteer newsletter and First light, a semi annual journal. Some evening and weekend work is required.
Qualifications:
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Post –secondary education, and/or
equivalent experience
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Excellent communication, presentation
&outreach skills in French and English , both verbal and written
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Experience in volunteer management
and/ or in a volunteer driven environment
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Detail oriented and strong
organizational skills
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Able to work with and train volunteers
from diverse backgrounds
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Energetic and flexible, able to multi-
task, work independently and to tight deadlines
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Actively participate in revenue
generation through fundraising events
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Computer literate, excellent skills
data base management, desktop publishing and web publishing software and list
serve management experience required
Salary: This position is 40 hrs/week. The base salary is $35,000 per year plus benefits after successful completion of probationary period. Can qualify for RRSP after one year of employment.
How to Apply: Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to contact person shown below no later than Friday July 14, 2006. by email or fax.
CCVT thanks all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interview will be contacted. CCVT is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from equity seeking groups.
Job Contact Information:
Mulugeta Abai, Executive Director
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
194 Jarvis Street 2nd floor, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2B7
Fax: 416-363-1066
Email:
mabai@ccvt.org
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CALL FOR APPLICATION
Steering Committee Members for National Youth
Anti-Racism Network (NYAN)
Extended Deadline: July 15, 2006
NYAN is a youth-led network which aims to unite a critical national anti-racism youth voice in Canada, share resources and promote youth engagement. NYAN encourages young people to mobilize to combat racism and discrimination and promote diversity, with a particular emphasis on youth affected by racism, namely Aboriginal youth and youth of ethno-cultural background.
In an effort to renew its commitments and revitalize its action, NYAN is currently seeking 10 Steering Committee members (18-30 years old) to passionately and collaboratively work on the development of the network and to mobilize Canadian youth on anti-racism issues.
The role of the Steering Committee Member is to:
-Be the ears, the voice and the face of NYAN at the local, regional, national
and international levels;
-Provide constant feedback (mainly through emails) on the development of NYAN's
vision and mandate;
-Participate in the design and organization of activities, events, and projects,
as well as the maintenance of the listserv and website;
-Suggest, contribute and implement new ideas to encourage community mobilization
and youth engagement.
An ideal Steering Committee Member would:
-Be knowledgeable and passionate about social justice and diversity issues;
-Be willing to invest time, skills and energy!
-Have leadership and innovation skills;
-Demonstrate community engagement and youth outreach expertise;
-Belong to or work closely with minority and racialized communities in Canada;
-Have good communications, networking and project management skills;
-Be a youth (18-30 years old).
This is a volunteer position; NYAN Steering Committee members should be willing to contribute of their own time and energy to develop the Network. However, NYAN recognizes the importance of sustainability and growth and therefore will commit to identify funding opportunities in the short, medium and long terms.
The term and further re-election process is to be determined later; do not hesitate to apply by fear of commitment!
Please send your Resume and a short & sweet Letter of
Intent, by July 15, to:
nyaninfo@gmail.com
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Development of Curriculum Guidelines for Teaching LINC Levels 6 and 7
Citizenship and Immigration Canada is looking for qualified applicants to work on the curriculum guidelines for LINC Levels 6 and 7.
The deadline for submitting proposals is July 24, 2006.
Please direct all questions regarding this proposal to Irena Nikolova at Irena.Nikolova@cic.gc.ca . In order to ensure that all candidates receive the same additional information in response to their questions, we will not be replying to individual requests. A document entitled Questions and Answers related to this call for proposals will be made available to all candidates on www.settlement.org .
The link of the Call for Proposals can also be found on
CERIS website at:
http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/generalinfo/CallForProposals/CallForProposalsGeneral.htm
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REQUEST FOR RESOURCES
A CERIS Affiliate researcher is currently seeking assistance with a
literature review on the determinants of immigrant health in Canada. The review
is being conducted for the Public Health Agency of Canada. Its objectives are:
- To update research findings presented in Health Canada’s Immigration and
Health Report (Hyman, 2001) on the determinants of chronic health problems among
immigrants.
- To identify research gaps concerning the determinants of the health among
immigrants and to suggest future directions.
The literature review will include a MEDLINE search supplemented by a search of relevant Canadian websites (e.g., Metropolis, Centres of Excellence in Women’s Health) and queries to Canadian researchers working in this area.
If you have any reports, papers (published or in press), or presentations that you feel are relevant, please forward them to Ilene Hyman (i.hyman@utoronto.ca). Full-text documents would be appreciated.
Please distribute this request widely among your
associates.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Peer Reviewed Research Studies (PRRS) program
Infrastructure Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the second annual call for proposals under its Peer Reviewed Research Studies (PRRS) program.
PRRS is a key element in the department's commitment to foster the knowledge base and networks required to support and inform policy and decision making on issues related to public infrastructure and communities.
One of the key objectives of the PRRS program is to help build, connect and share multidisciplinary research on infrastructure and communities. The funding is awarded on the basis of merit, through a competitive peer review process executed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with assistance from Sciences and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC).
Complete information on the PRRS program, including funding
priorities, eligibility, selection criteria and projects awarded funding under
the first call for proposals is available on Infrastructure Canada's Research
Gateway website at:
www.infrastructure.gc.ca/research-recherche/rko/prrs/index_e.shtml
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NEW INITIATIVE OF THE MAYTREE FOUNDATION
abcGTA is a project to address the current imbalance between the proportion of immigrants, visible minorities and aboriginal peoples in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and their representation on public agencies, boards and commissions (abc) and nonprofit organizations. A web-based directory of diverse candidates allows organizations to search for potential board members from various communities. As a result of significant interest from voluntary sector organizations in diversifying their boards, we have launched a new recruitment drive to expand the directory of potential board candidates. Are you from a diverse community? Are you interested in becoming a member of a public or nonprofit board of directors? Current candidates come from all walks of life. What they have in common is their commitment to serving the public good. Volunteering on boards contributes to healthy public debate and engagement. As a board member, you can help develop solutions, policies and services so that organizations reflect the interest of all communities in the GTA.
Apply now to become an abcGTA candidate! For more
information please visit:
www.abcgta.ca
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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
The Strategic Policy Research Directorate, Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) Canada, is pleased to announce the launch of Research Opportunities - a publication designed to increase awareness about policy research opportunities available through the department.
Research Opportunities notifies the broad external research community of current and upcoming Requests for Proposals for policy research of interest to HRSD. This initiative is but one component of a broader effort to expand the level of external interest and participation in HRSD-sponsored policy research, and reflects the department's commitment to excellence in knowledge development and the creation of policy research to support evidence-based policy making. HRSD already supports an extensive policy research program, a significant portion of which is contracted to the external academic and researcher communities. Most HRSD research opportunities are posted on the federal contract tendering website, MERX. While this site works well for the bidding process, it has not been an effective mechanism for communicating our research needs to the external academic and researcher communities. Research Opportunities is designed to bridge this gap, by broadly circulating a brief description of available and planned research opportunities, as well as a link to the specific Request for Proposals on the MERX site.
We hope you will find Research Opportunities to be of interest and of value. That said, we welcome any comments or suggestions on how the publication could be more useful as a research planning tool. We encourage broad distribution of this document.
If you are interested in being added to the distribution
list, please contact Jennifer Scribner at
jennifer.scribner@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Refuge, Canada’s Periodical on Refugees
Deadline: October 1, 2006.
Vulnerability and Resilience:
Psycho-social Dimensions of the Refugee Experience
Guest Editor: Arancha Garcia del Soto, Director of Refugee Initiatives,
The Solomon Asch Centre, University of Pennsylvania
It is increasingly recognized that the personal and social well-being of
refugees lies at the core of international refugee protection. However the
simplicity of such a laudably humanitarian approach to refugee protection is
belied by serious analytical conundrums. The very definition of communities
through reference to their well-being, or its opposite suffering, engages both
ethical and methodological issues. Furthermore, the well-being and suffering of
refugees must be assessed, understood and addressed in the confounding context
of the host society. Despite these unresolved issues, many innovative programs
have been developed in recent years. At a concrete level, the cognitive,
emotional and socio-economic burdens imposed on individual refugees, their
families and communities are enormous. In response to these burdens, a
multiplicity of programs by a wide array of local and international actors have
been established in refugee camps, host societies, countries of reception and
elsewhere.
Refuge invites contributions which address the theoretical and practical
issues related to refugee well-being and which attempt to reconcile the
theoretical concerns with practical realities of program development and
administration. Refuge invites original articles, photography (black and
white) and other forms of representation which focus on any aspect of any aspect
of the individual and social well-being of refugees, and more generally forced
migrants.
As always, Refuge is willing to consider submissions outside the scope of
this particular theme which relate to forced migration and refugees. Refuge
also encourages submissions relating to, critical of or in dialogue with
material previously published in Refuge. Submissions may take a variety
of forms. Papers, not exceeding 30 pages or 7500 words, should be typed,
double-spaced and referenced using Chicago Manual of Style endnotes (see
style sheet at http://www.yorku.ca/crs for details.) Shorter papers, book
reviews and case comments are also welcome. A brief abstract (100-150 words)
and a two sentence institutional identification of the author must be provided.
All submissions must be word processed and sent by email attachment.
Nous acceptons aussi des articles en français. Le style doit être
conforme aux normes exigées pour les articles rédigés en anglais.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
3rd Annual GIS Conference and Exhibition
February 19-21, 2007
Crown Plaza Hotel, Kuwait
The conference will provide opportunities for you to share your knowledge with an audience of diverse industry professionals looking forward to high-quality information that will help them maximize their geospatial information. Join the prestigious group of presenters who provide valuable information about real-world applications of GIS technology.
Conference topics:
-Emergency Response (hurricanes, flood, energy shortages, etc.
-Natural Resources Management
-Planning and Community
-Urbanization effects on the working landscape
-Water Resources
-Educational Applications and other technologies
-Energy supply, demand, cost and shortages
-Remote sensing and data acquisition
-Cartography
-Law and GIS (ownership of data, copyright legality)
-Image Analysis
-e-Government GIS programs
-Applications (business, environment, local government, etc.)
Papers for presentation will be accepted based on
single-page abstract submitted in Word to: papers@gulfgis.com.
Authors should provide name, their position and their affiliation in the
abstract. More information:
www.gulfgis.com Tel: +965 2405015
Fax: +965 2405018
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SPEAKER SERIES: RACIAL PROFILING
National Anti-Racism Council of Canada
July 11, 2006, 6:00-8:00pm
Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Ave., (2 blocks north of Queen on
Spadina), Room 120
Our two speakers will introduce the topic followed by a discussion period. Come discuss and help us stimulate action and change.
About our Speakers
•Dr. Frances Henry
Dr. Frances Henry, Professor Emerita, is one of Canada's leading experts in the
study of racism and anti-racism. Since the mid seventies when she published the
first study of attitudes towards people of colour, she has consistently
pioneered research in this field. Her most recent co-authored (with Carol Tator)
book is on racial profiling in policing and also demonstrates how profiling is
carried out in other institutional arenas of society. Published by the
University of Toronto Press in April, 2006, it is called Racial Profiling in
Canada: Challenging the myth of a ‘few bad apples’.
•Kripa Sekhar
Executive Director/ South Asian Women’s Centre, she will be focusing on visible
and hidden processes of racial profiling. She has made significant
contributions at the local, national and international level in addressing
issues related to women particularly marginalized women.
RSVP TO: Ana Teresa
Email: anateresa@narcc.ca
Phone: (416) 979-3909 ext: 1
Web site:
www.narcc.ca
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WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES, 2006 FOUNDATION WORKSHOPS AND
CERTIFICATION
Practical Skills in International Credential Evaluation
Date: September 21-22, 2006 Location: Dalhousie University, Student
Union Bldg, 6136 University Ave, Rm. 303, Halifax NS
Date: October 24-25, 2006 Location: Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Ontario, 69 Bloor St. East, Toronto ON
Register Online at:
http://www.wes.org/ca/academic/workshops.asp
World Education Services and Educational Testing Service
Canada joint application:
* Certify their English ability by taking the Test of English for
International Communication (TOEIC). Examinees will receive a Certificate plus a
Score Description that they can include on their résumé to demonstrate their
English proficiency.
* Convert their educational credentials from any country in the world into
Canadian equivalents. WES describes each certificate, diploma or degree that
they have earned and states its academic equivalency in Canada.
Canadian employers have stated that English ability and credential equivalency are two critical factors in hiring immigrants. Our joint application makes it easy for skilled and professional immigrants to improve their chances of securing employment in their field in Canada! For example, internationally trained nurses or physiotherapists can use their TOEIC results to meet requirements for professional associations in Canada. The College of Nurses of Ontario, and the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, among others, recognize and accept the TOEIC test.
WES is the provincially mandated evaluation service of the Government of Ontario and a member of the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada.
For TOEIC-WES Brochure, please visit website: http://www.wes.org/ca/PDF/faxbackorderform_ETS_WES.pdf
World Education Services (WES), 45 Charles Street East,
Suite 700 Toronto, ON M4Y1S2
http://www.wes.org/ca
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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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CONFERENCE: Skills, Jobs and Immigrants: What’s Working,
Who’s Working ?
October 12-13, 2006
Hart House, University of Toronto
Organized by The Centre for the Study of Education and Work, OISE/UT and the
Toronto Training Board (TTB)
Overall goals:
·To highlight innovative approaches to the effective and equitable integration
of immigrants into the Canadian labour force.
·To provide examples of innovative projects that link learning and jobs that can
be adopted or adapted by other organizations.
·To engage employers, labour, community organizations, and all levels of
government in a dialogue about innovative and rights-based models, and to seek
their support for these initiatives.
·To bring together labour, community, business and academic representatives to
share knowledge and to develop a critical analysis of current policy and
practice using an equity framework.
What to expect - This conference will:
·Provide a rare opportunity for participants from different sectors to meet and
discuss common concerns;
·Facilitate the development of more coordinated approaches between employers,
labour unions, academics and community workers;
·Offer participants a chance to learn about innovative projects that are working
to move foreign trained professionals into the trades, professions and
occupations; create connections between unions, immigrants/newcomers, youth, and
community organizations; effectively integrate people into the labour force; and
influence policy and programme development;
·Promote the adoption and/or adaptation of successful and innovative approaches
to the integration of newcomers into the Canadian labour force, focusing on how
learning can facilitate more equitable access to jobs.
Thursday, October 12th, 2006
4:30 p.m.
Reception
5:30 p.m.
Welcome, Jane Gaskell, Dean, OISE/UT & Janet Dassinger & Peter Landry, TTB
Co-chairs (TBC)
5:40 - 6:00
Keynote Address: What’s Working and Who’s Working In Toronto
Mayor David Miller (TBC), Introduced by John Cartwright, President, Toronto York
Region Labour Council
6:00 - 7:00
Panel response to keynote: Linking Toronto-based immigrant and labour issues
with the provincial, national and global policy and socio-economic context.
Panel: Sherene Razak, OISE (TBC); Karl Flecker, Canadian Labour Congress; Uzma
Shakir, OCASI; Ian Howcroft, CME (TBC); Sima Sahar Zerehi, No One Is Illegal;
Chair - Kay Blair, Executive Director, MicroSkills.
7:00 - 7:30
Film Showing: Borderless - a documentary-poem about the lives of undocumented
workers. Canada, 2006, Min Sook Lee and KAIROS.
Friday October 13th, 2006
9:00 a.m.
Greetings from Michael Colle, Ontario Minister of Citizenship (TBC) & Opening
Plenary: Overview of federal, provincial and municipal immigration and labour
policies
9:30 - 10:45
Concurrent sessions & Plenary: Labour-Community Connections: What’s Working
and/or Not Working on the Ground
11:00 - 12:15
Plenary: The other side: Undocumented Workers, Refugees and Victims of Violence.
Panelists: Kiran Mirchandani, OISE (TBC); Jose La Luz, American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees; Pedro Barata, Portuguese Canadian
National Congress (TBC); Chair - Naomi Alboim, Fellow, Queen’s University
1:00 - 2:30
Concurrent Sessions & Plenary: Innovations in Linking Learning with Jobs with
speakers representing innovative projects such as: NeCTAR (COSTI), and
initiatives for the recognition of foreign credentials such as Teach-In Ontario,
the Policy Roundtable Mobilizing Professions and Trades, and the Ontario Nurses
Association.
2:45 - 4:30
Sector-specific caucus groups & Closing Plenary: Building on Partnerships:
Moving Forward - Speakers include: Jorge Garcia-Orgales, United Steelworkers;
Armine Yalnizyan, Research Director, Toronto Community Social Planning Council;
Naomi Alboim, Fellow, Queen’s University.
For more information contact:
Rhonda Sussman, Secretary
The Work and Lifelong Learning Research Network (WALL)
Web:
http://www.wallnetwork.ca
Tel: 416-923-6641 x. 2392, Fax: 416-926-4751
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WORKING PAPERS
John Shields, Khan Rahi, and Antonie Scholtz. “Voices from the Margins:
Visible-Minority Immigrant and Refugee Youth Experiences with Employment
Exclusion in Toronto”. CERIS Working Paper, No. 47, May 2006.
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
Sarah V. Wayland. “Collaboration and Conflict: Immigration and Settlement-Related Advocacy in Canada”. CERIS Policy Matters, No. 26, 2006. [http://ceris.metropolis.net/PolicyMatter/2006/PolicyMatters26.pdf]
Previously published Policy Matters can be downloaded from
the CERIS website at:
www.ceris.metropolis.net.
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LANDING FILES
We just received 2005 official extracts of the landing
files from the Citizenship and Immigration Canada. They include anonymous data
for permanent residents from 1980 to 2005 and correspond to the data in Facts
and Figures 2005 release. To request the data set, please refer to the request
procedure at:
http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/research-policy/Metropolisdata/eligibility_request.htm
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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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NEW AMID WORKING PAPERS
AMID Working Paper Series 57/2006
Jette Kofoed: "Selecting the Team. Doing Whiteness and Masculinity"
AMID Working Paper Series 56/2006
Ariane B. Kelleris: "The Relationship between Frequent Relocation and
Childhood/Youth Behaviour"
AMID Working Paper Series 55/2006
Ragnhild Ihle: "Social Work as Guide to Refugee Integration - from needs to
individual planning programs"
AMID Working Paper Series 54/2006
Birgitta Frello: "Cultural Hybridity - Contamination or Creative Transgression?"
(The paper is based on presentations at the 13th Nordic Migration Conference,
Aalborg/AMID 18-20 November 2004.)
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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CCR E-CHRONICLE VOL. 1 #3, JUNE 2006
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) Chronicle is a monthly digest
keeping you in the loop on refugee and immigrant rights advocacy in Canada.
It’s easy to sign up. Just send an email with ‘subscribe Chronicle’ in the
subject line to ccr4@web.ca or follow the link on the CCR website, ‘What’s New?’
page:
http://www.web.ca/ccr/whatsnew.htm
The Chronicle will also be posted to the CCR listserve.
CONTENTS:
a) International Conference on Refugee Rights, 17 19 June 2006, Toronto ON
b) Lives on Hold campaign makes great strides forward - Add your voice in the
next steps of the campaign!
c) Canadian Government announces assistance for victims of human trafficking
d) Tabling of bill on the Refugee Appeal Division by the Bloc Québécois; New
book Refugee Sandwich highlights the need for the Refugee Appeal Division
e) UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issues report on
Canada
f) CCR granted leave to intervene in Supreme Court of Canada case; Mohamed
Harkat, one of five detained on a security certificate, released on bail
g) Announcement on the end of direct backs
h) Still no report from the government on the first year of the Canada-US Safe
Third Country Agreement
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** How do I Avoid Summer Heat Stress? **
The warmth of the summer sun can be a nice treat after Ontario's chilly winters.
However, there are very real health risks that you need to be aware of when it
gets too hot outside.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000674
** How do I find Summer Day Programs for Children? **
During the summer months many parents want to find sporting or recreational
activities for their children.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000182
** What outdoor activities are available? **
Year-round, many forms of recreation can be pursued outdoors. Many of Ontario's
communities are quite close to large park spaces with lakes and forests.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000383
** Where can I find health information in other languages?
**
There are a number of web sites in Canada and from other countries that have
information about health and health issues. These links are provided as useful
information, not medical advice.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000655
** What are Bridging Programs for Internationally Trained
Individuals in Ontario? **
Most Bridging (or Bridge) training programs are for newcomers who want to
recertify in specific regulated occupations. They offer educational upgrading
courses and help to prepare for certification exams.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000685
** What do I need to know about prepaid long distance phone
cards? **
They are marketed as cheap alternatives to paying for long distance phone calls.
And, in some cases they are cheaper. The problem is, that they might not always
give you the service you think they are giving you.
http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000510
Please visit www.settlement.org for more information and helpful resources.
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