CERIS MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING

 

FRIDAY, June 6, 2003

2:00 - 4:00 P.M.

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

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CERIS Domain Seminars

This academic year, CERIS has presented seminars by three of our domains – Economics, Education and, Housing and Neighbourhoods.  Seminars by the other domains – Community, Health and, Justice and Law – will be held in the next academic year. Details will be announced later.

 

 

EAST-WEST GATEWAYS OF KNOWLEDGE

DATE: 20 May, 2003  7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

 

An Asian Heritage Month Lecture by Lap-Chee Tsui, Vice Chancellor, Hong Kong University.

Co-organized by the Asian Institute, Munk Centre for International Studies, as the first in a series on “Global Thinking: Asia and the World”.

Location:  Innis College, Town Hall, University of Toronto.

Register by phone: (416)946-8996 or e-mail: asian.institute@utoronto.ca

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CANADA’S IMMIGRATION PRACTICES: BUILDING A NATION

DATE: May 21, 2003      6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

 

The Honourable Denis Coderre, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, will be speaking at a Parliamentary Clinic about Canada’s immigration practices. This will be followed immediately by a Town Hall.

Location:  Holy Rosary Parish Hall, 356 St. Clarie Avenue West (next to the Forest Hill Loblaws)
Toronto, Ontario

For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Bennett M.P.
Phone: 416- 952-3990     Fax: 416- 952-3995     E-mail: bennec9@parl.gc.ca

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LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF ANIRA

DATE: 24 May, 2003   12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

 

All Nations Immigration and Refugee Aid Organization (ANIRA) is a new non-profit organization based in Toronto, dedicated to work in support of immigrants and refugees in Canada and abroad.

The organization is committed to advocating for the rights of refugees and immigrants, emphasizing the following:

• First, as a clearing house of research and analyses

• To conduct studies of legislation, policy and government operations

• To generate new research and policy development

• To provide a continuum of newcomer settlement and integration services to refugees and  immigrants, and

• The furthering of  public education and media relations.

Guest speakers at the launching ceremony are:

• Elise-Anne Dealy, Regional Program Analyst, Immigration and Refugee Board on ‘The Refugee Process at the Immigration and Refugee Board’

• Joe Carelli, Program Advisor, Citizenship and Immigration Canada on ‘The New Permanent Resident Card’

• Maurine Lewis, Immigration Officer, Citizenship and Immigration Canada on ‘The Refugee Process at Citizenship and Immigration Canada’

• Francisco Rico-Martinez, Co-director, FCJ Hamilton House Refugee Project on ‘The Path to the New Immigration And Refugee Protection Act in Canada’

• Cecile Kemi Jacobs, Executive Director, Culture Link and President, Canadian Council for Refugees on ‘Eroding Rights of Immigrants and Refugees- Impact on Settlement’

• Colleen Burke, Coordinator, CERIS will be the moderator

 Location: (CAPS) 295 Humber College Boulevard (North Campus), Toronto

                (Highway 27/Humber College Boulevard)

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SPRING CONSULTATION, CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES

“Access to Rights: Right to Access”

DATE:  May 29 – 31, 2003  in Ottawa

 

CCR consultations are held twice a year and bring together 300 or more people from across Canada and beyond. Participants include refugees, immigrants, representatives of NGOs, government, UNHCR, academics and international guests.

For details:  http://www.web.net/~ccr/ottawapamphlet.html

And registration: http://www.web.net/~ccr/regist.html

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LEADERS FOR CHANGE

The Maytree Foundation is pleased to offer the 2003-2004 Leaders for Change Program, a social change community leadership program that expresses the Foundation’s commitment to building the capacity and strengths of immigrants and refugees as potential leaders in our society. The deadline for receiving completed applications is Friday, May 30, 2003.

Details at: http://www.maytree.com/RefugeeImmigrantProgram/

LeadersForChange/LeadersForChange.htm

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8TH INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE

DATE: September 15 - 19, 2003 in Vienna, Austria

“Gaining from Migration - A Global Perspective on Opportunities for Economic and Social Prosperity”

This year, the annual International Metropolis Conference will focus on the opportunities created by a responsible and broadly welcoming approach to migration for both receiving and sending societies. Rather than formulating the policy agenda from a problem-driven perspective, a very different management of migration will result from policies that embrace economic growth, positive demographic change and cultural diversity.

For registration and the complete programme please visit the conference site at
www.metropolis2003.at      OR

visit http://www.international.metropolis.net

Reduced early-bird rates apply for registrations made before May 31, 2003 !

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CANADIAN ETHNIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION 2003 CONFERENCE

Ethnicity: Space and Place
 

DATE: October 2-5, 2003, at the Banff Centre

Concurrent sessions will cover a wide range of important issues surrounding ethnic and cultural diversity in Canada. Topics under discussion will include: the impact of 9/11 on Canadian Society, racism, Indigenous peoples, multiculturalism, youth and ethnicity, ethnicity and politics, literature, the arts, religion, and urban space, as well as many others.

Click here to see the schedule and descriptions of events and sessions.
<http://www.ss.ucalgary.ca/ces/Events/2003_conference_events_and_sched.htm>
 
Visit CESA's <http://www.ucalgary.ca/CESA/> web site to view the Call for Papers <http://www.ucalgary.ca/CESA/Call_For_Papers.htm> .

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EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT

13th NORDIC MIGRATION CONFERENCE
Aalborg University,  November 18-20, 2004
      
The 13th Nordic Migration Conference will be organized by the Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark (AMID). It targets researchers of migration issues in the Nordic countries as well as migration scholars elsewhere in the world with an interest in questions relating to migration, cultural diversity and integration in the Nordic countries and the wider European and global context. It is also relevant for practitioners working in these fields, e.g. political actors, journalists, civil servants, representatives of labour-market and immigrant organizations, educators, and social workers.

The conference will be particularly focussed on theoretical, comparative and empirical research falling within one or more of the following five themes:

    * The history and applications of the integration concept in the Nordic countries
    * The national welfare state, ethnic minorities and the transnational challenge
    * Immigrants and the labour market: mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion
    * Ethnic minorities and social networks
    * The politics of immigration control
Information about AMID - its objectives, ongoing activities and organizational structure - can be
obtained from its website: http://www.amid.dk

The conference language will be English, although a limited number of panels may be conducted in "Scandinavese".

A first Call for Panels and Papers will be posted in early fall of this year, with a deadline for submissions in late January, 2004.

Questions or comments regarding the 13th Nordic Migration Conference
should be addressed to  the AMID Secretariat at the address below.
          
The Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark
attn: Ms Helle Weiergang
Fibigerstraede 2
DK-9220 Aalborg East, Denmark          
Tel: + 45 96 35 91 33
Fax: + 45 98 15 11 26
Email: weier@humsamf.auc.dk  <mailto:weier@humsamf.auc.dk>  

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

 

THE PORTUGUESE STUDIES REVIEW: SPECIAL THEME ISSUE

Volume Editor: Fernando Nunes
(Department of Sociology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario)
E-mail: fernando.nunes@utoronto.ca

The Portuguese Studies Review is launching a Call for Papers for its Special Issue "The Portuguese in Canada: Presence, Progress, and Prospects" The official deadline for submissions is 15 September, 2003 and the deadline for a short abstract of the proposed article is June 1, 2003.

Please mail your submissions to:
Prof. Ivana Elbl, Chief Editor, Portuguese Studies Review,
Trent University, Otonabee College,
Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 7B8
CANADA
or e-mail to: psr@trentu.ca with a cc. to fernando.nunes@utoronto.ca

Please check the website for stylesheet requirements, and a Quick Checklist of what is required to submit an article:
http://www.trentu.ca/psr/author.html and http://www.trentu.ca/psr/checklist.html
 

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CERIS HAS MOVED

CERIS is now located on the 7^th Floor of 246 Bloor St. West. Our telephone numbers and fax number remain unchanged. While still in the final throes of the move, we are working towards reopening the Resource Centre by May 20. The Resource Centre is only open to the public on Mondays and Fridays during normal office hours. Please continue to call Wei Wei Da at (416)946-8825 to make an appointment to use the Resource Centre.

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MESSAGE FROM THE METROPOLIS PROJECT TEAM

 
The Canadian Metropolis site has undergone some exciting changes!

We have launched our new Canadian Metropolis website.  It is easier to navigate and has a new, cleaner, more attractive look. We respectively invite you to visit the site at:
http://www.canada.metropolis.net

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CERIS GRADUATE STUDENT OPEN HOUSE HELD ON APRIL 23^RD

About 50 graduate students from Toronto, Guelph, Waterloo and Vancouver attended our first Open House for graduate students. It was an opportunity for students and faculty working on immigration and settlement research to establish ties and share research interests. The graduate students also found out about the benefits of becoming CERIS affiliates such as gaining access to census data on immigrants.  Many suggestions were put forward to maintain the interest and involvement of graduate students, including setting up a CERIS list serve for students, holding student seminars and occasional meetings. Contact the leader of your research domain for more information.

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THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK!

 CERIS would like to thank Haruko Nishimura and Yuliya Prodaniuk who have completed their internships. Haruko gathered and compiled information from surveys on the research and dissemination activities of CERIS grant-holders and Research Associates, while Yuliya was involved in many on-going projects at CERIS.  Her main contribution was in organizing the seminars focusing on contemporary immigration from Ukraine, South Asia and Africa. 

We’d also like to thank Evelyn Ersanilli, a graduate student from Utrecht University, who recently completed a six month affiliation with CERIS. During this period Evelyn conducted research for her Masters Thesis titled "A Comparison of Dutch and Canadian Multicultural Policies". Supported by the  supervision of CERIS Community Domain leader, Myer Siemiatycki, Evelyn’s research compared the integration of Turkish immigrants in Toronto and the Netherlands.

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THE COMMUNITY SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL OF TORONTO’S  2003 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

DATE: 28 May, 2003  5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Location: North York Civic Centre, Council Chambers, 5100 Yonge St.

The business meeting will be followed by a talk on “Making a Difference in Toronto” by Dr. Charles Pascal, Executive Director of Atkinson Foundation.

To become a member, please call Mary Micallef at (416) 351-0095 ext. 100 or visit the website at www.socialplanningtoronto.org

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OCASI’s  25^TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

DATE: JUNE 12, 2003

This gala event commemorates OCASI’s 25 years of service to the sector and celebrates its achievements in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector.

To purchase seats and tables please click the link and download the Invitation/R.S.V.P and fax it back  http://www.ocasi.org/25th/Invitation_and_RSVP.pdf (PDF format, 380 KB).

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