CERIS MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING

 

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2002  

2:00 - 4:00 P.M.

 

At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. W., 5th Floor, Rm. 548

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CERIS PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL (PAC) MEETING

Wednesday, June 05, 2002     1:00 - 3:00 P.M.

Friday, September 20, 2002

1:00 - 3:00 P.M.

At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor St. W., 5th Floor, Rm. 548

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CERIS seminar will continue next fall.

 

http://ceris.metropolis.net

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The warm weather is upon us and Kalabash is ready to play. 

To all Kalabash fans, the band will be playing in the Fringe Jazz Festival on MAY 10 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets price $20.00 at the door and you will have the opportunity to enjoy three bands in the Mondo. Theme of the Fringe  Festival, at the Stealth Lounge, 22 Cumberland Street, above the Pilot Tavern,  steps from Yonge & Bloor.

For details on Kalabash:   http://www.fringejazz.com/kalabash.html

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MUHTADI, International Drumming Festival 2002 invites you to a Benefit Dinner, Show and Dance.  SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2002 at 7:30 p.m.

At Scadding Court Community Centre (Bathurst & Dundas)  Cost: $30 per person

For tickets and information call: 905-294-9622 or  www.muhtadi.com

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Our forthcoming conference on"Exchange Rates, Economic Integration and the International Economy" is hosted by the Department of Economics at Ryerson University and it takes place on MAY 17-19, 2002.  For program and registration information, please visit the conference website at: http://www.ryerson.ca/econ/conference

Contact: Dr. Ingrid Bryan, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics,

Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St.  Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3

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Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, Toronto, Canada  MAY 25-JUNE 1, 2002

http://www.hssfc.ca

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Economic Impacts of Immigration ( Calgary, Canada , 29 MAY 2002)

http://cerf.mcmaster.ca

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The Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN) of Canada has announced its Third Annual Citizenship Education Forum, to be held at the University of Toronto on MAY 29, 2002.  The all day forum is scheduled in conjunction with the CIESC (Comparative International Education Society of Canada).  A program and call for papers is available at:

http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~daniel_schugurensky/cernforum_prog.html

For more information on the forum, or to register, contact: John P. Myers at ( Daniel Schugurensky (dshugurensky@oise.utoronto.ca), or Yvonne Hebert (yhebert@ucalgary.ca)

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"PLACING GENDER/ MAKING POLICY", a three-day IGU Gender and Geography Commission workshop, will be held in Toronto between MAY 31 AND JUNE 3, 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The workshop is co-sponsored with the Canadian Women and Geography Study Group.  The workshop will explore how social, economic, cultural, and political processes affect public issues and policy-making in different ways at various geographical scales. 

 

Funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Human Resources Development Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency, Carleton University, and York University has enabled women from the north and the south and from several disciplines to come together to explore place-specific aspects of gender-inclusive public policy. 'Gender-inclusive' recognizes that women and men’s experiences emerge from the intersections of gender with ‘race’, class, ability, sexual orientation and other markers of identity.

 

For more information about the program, fieldtrips, and registration, check the website http://www.yorku.ca/geograph/igu_ugi/ or contact Lisa Oliveira at geogendr@yorku.ca , Fran Klodawsky, fran_klodawsky@carleton.ca , and Valerie Preston, vpreston@york.ca 

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL INCLUSION, INNOVATION AND THE NEW ECONOMY.

Financed by Vinnova /Sweden, with the Cooperation of the IST Programme, European

Commission; the City of Stockholm, Integration Department; and Spanga‑Tensta Local Government.  Organized by the Work and Culture Program, National Institute for Working Life, NIWL, Sweden

DATE: THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2002 and FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2002

PLACE: ESSINGE KONFERENS LARARNAS HUS

 Segelbatsvagen 15, Stora Essingen, Stockholm, Sweden

        

This conference through plenary sessions and workshops will address the problem of how citizens with immigrant backgrounds, non‑immigrant women and displaced

industrial workers can gain access to higher waged jobs in the professions and high technology environments.  The primary focus will be on the links between  the "labor supply" of such groups and the demand for their labor by science  parks, high technology employers, and university technical environments. 

One principle aim of the conference is to explore how groups traditionally  excluded from growth niches like science parks and the information economy can  gain access to related jobs, especially given demographic changes that place a  premium on hiring new workers like immigrants.  Another aim is to promote a  discussion about how new networks can be designed that would link diverse  constituencies and innovation platforms that organize work through high wage and higher status jobs.

 

 Principal participants include:   Per Eriksson, VINNOVA, Sweden; Anders Flodström, KTH, Sweden; Cenita Rodehed, NIWL, Sweden; Henry Etzkowitz, State University of New York, Purchase, USA;  Stanley Aronowitz,  City University of New York, USA;  Helen Connor, Sussex University, United Kingdom;  Christina Mortberg, Lulea University, Sweden; Kaarina Dubee, Volvo, Sweden; Mario Pianta, University of Urbino, Italy; Mariza Costa Almeida, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Ali B. Najib, Uppsala University, Sweden.

 

Coordinator: Jonathan Michael Feldman, Work and Culture Program, NIWL

Email: Jonathan.Feldman@niwl.se  Phone: +46 8 7309213, If no answer: +46 707981634, Conference Language: English            

Online information: http://www.lunaria.org/docs/conference.htm

To register for the conference and for more information about speakers and costs Contact:  Sirpa Rydh, Conference Organizer  Sirpa.Rydh@spanga‑tensta.stockholm.se

Telephone Number: +46 70‑470 35 40

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Association for Canadian Studies, Montreal, Canada  JUNE 8-10, 2002   http://www.acs.-aec.ca

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LOKA COMMUNITY RESEARCH NETWORK CONFERENCE

The Fifth Annual Community Research Network Conference will be JUNE 13‑16 at Loyola University of Chicago. The theme this year: "Building Healthy Communities: Overcoming the Social, Economic, and Environmental Barriers with Community‑Based Research."  The conference is co‑sponsored by the Loka Institute and the Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) at Loyola University.

 

TO REGISTER AND TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE CONFERENCE: Go to CURL's web site, at http://curl.wt.luc.edu/news/events/

 

Registration forms and payments are due by May 20th. Please note that after May 20th we will not be able to issue refunds for cancellations. If you have questions about conference registration or accommodations, you may call CURL at 312‑915‑7760.

We welcome proposals for presentations or workshops for the conference. If you have questions about the program or a proposal, please contact: Khan S. Rahi, Loka's Interim Coordinator and CRN Coordinator, at (416) 406‑5517 or ksrahi@sympatico.ca; or e‑mail Loka at Loka@Loka.org

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ATLANTIC METROPOLIS CONFERENCE, JUNE 14 TO 16, 2002

Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia (For information on Accommodation and Deadlines, see below) This conference is for all researchers, government policy-makers (municipal, provincial and federal), members of community organizations and other stakeholders interested in being part of an Atlantic Centre of Excellence for research on immigration, population migration and cultural diversity. At the Atlantic Metropolis Conference, participants will: - finalize plans for research structures or "domains" within the Atlantic Centre, as proposed by the Atlantic Metropolis Regional Advisory Committee -consider regional research priorities and their relationship to the twelve national policy priorities for the second cycle of the Metropolis Project -confer on the structures of governance proposed for the Atlantic Centre by the Regional Advisory Committee.

Planning for the 5th Atlantic Metropolis Centre of Excellence is now well advanced, coordinated by representatives of a consortium of universities, NGOs and government officials in the four Atlantic provinces. The consortium has agreed that there will be two administrative nodes for the Atlantic Centre, one in Halifax and the other in Moncton; three lead universities (Dalhousie, Saint Mary's, and the University of Moncton); and a distributed model of operation that will facilitate participation by universities, NGOs and government workers from across the region.

 

SUBSIDIES FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS: Subsidies will be available to NGOs, students and faculty travelling from a distance.  For more information on the conference, please contact Lisa Monk and Nadia Stuewer, Metropolis Conference Organizers Metropolis Conference, Dalhousie University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building 6135 University Ave. Halifax, NS B3H 4P9 Tel: (902) 494-2790 Fax: (902) 494-1957

Email: metropolis.conference@dal.ca

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We are contacting you on behalf of the Odysseus Academic Network for legal studies on immigration and asylum in Europe. After having successfully launched this programme in 2001 in Brussels, we will this year again organise a Summer School on “Europe Union Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy” which will take place at University Libre de Bruxelles from 1^ST to 12^TH of JULY 2002.  Keeping to last year’s concept the Summer School will address advanced students and practitioners specialised in asylum and immigration issues. Please visit our website to find the propramme for this year at:

http://www.ulb.ac.be/assoc/odysseus

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AMID (The Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark) and the doctoral school SPIRIT at Aalborg University have organized a course for Ph.D. candidates:

Discourse Theory and Practice – A Ph.D. Course*

Time: SEPTEMBER 26‑28, 2002

Venue: Gl. Vraa Castle, north of Aalborg, Denmark

Price: DKK 2,500 (approx. $295/336 Euro). Application deadline: September 1, 2002

 * Please note that the number of participants is limited to 20 Ph.D.candidates.  For further information and to view the program please consult the websites of SPIRIT or AMID:  http://www.humsamf.auc.dk/spirit/phdkurser.htm#discourse

http://www.humsamf.auc.dk/amid/activities.html#Workshops

 

Labour Supply and Diversity  –  Locally to Globally

International Conference, SEPTEMBER 2-3, 2002,  Goteborg, Sweden

For Information about the Conference please contact:

Katarina Mlekov, GR + 46 (0) 31 335 50 81 or Staffan Nyqvist, GR

+46 (0) 31 335 52 11 email: staffan.nyqvist@gr.to

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The International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, in conjunction with its local host, the Asian Centre for Research on  Migration at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, invite papers and  proposals for its 8th Biannual Conference entitled "Forced Migration  and Global Processes." The conference will take place JANUARY 5-9, 2003 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Contributions from the numerous  academic disciplines as well as government and NGO sectors are  welcome. Proposals should relate to one or more of the Conference's  themes: forced migration and development, forced migration and human rights and forced migration and security. Further information, visit the IASFM website: http://www.iasfm.org or contact Francois Crepeau <iasfm8@droit.umontreal.ca

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***** METROPOLIS CONFERENCES ************

SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE

The Seventh International Metropolis Conference will take place in Oslo, Norway SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002, with the theme of "Togetherness in Difference: Citizenship and Belonging", with sub-themes on "Globalization and the Politics of Migration", "Empowerment and the Effectiveness of Citizenship", "Urban Textures", and "Gender in Migration".  The Metropolis conferences have established themselves as an important international forum for discussion amongst government decision-makers, researchers, and NGOs on policies for managing migration and diversity in cities. For more information, check the conference web site at: http://international.metropolis.net

Or contact the conference organizers by email at: oslo2002@metropolis.net

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

 

Call for Papers: "The City and the Nation in Canada".

The prospects and problems of Canadian cities have become the focus of  active debate. Of particular concern is the relation between cities and  senior levels of government, and, more generally, the place of cities  within the Canadian nation. As a contribution to this discussion, the Journal of Canadian Studies will be publishing a special theme issue, devoted to cities in Canada.

 

Papers relating to all aspects of Canadian cities are welcome. However,  papers that examine the relation between Canadian cities and larger  jurisdictions (provinces, regions, or the nation) are especially  encouraged. As the leading publication for interdisciplinary studies in  Canada, the Journal of Canadian Studies welcomes papers that can provide  a cultural, historical, sociological, political or other perspective on cities. Topics to be addressed could include:

 * the role of cities within provincial, national and international  economies

 * the significance of cities as sites of political action and activism

 * the place of cities within Canadian arts and literature

 * fiscal and tax relations between cities and senior levels of  government

 * the place of cities within evolving conceptions of Canadian identity  and Canadian nationalism

 * the relation between Canadian cities and towns and rural areas

 * provincial and federal perspectives on urban issues and challenges

 * the significance of cities as actors within the Canadian political  system

 * the impact on cities of amalgamation or other reforms imposed by  senior governments

 * contemporary debates concerning jurisdiction over housing,  transportation and other areas of special concern to cities

 * the impact of federal and provincial infrastructure policies on  Canadian cities

 * the place of Canadian cities within provincial and federal social  policies

 * the impact of immigration and demographic changes on Canadian cities

 

Proposals for papers addressing these or other relevant themes should be  submitted by 1 June 2002. Manuscripts will be required by 1 November 2002.

Please send proposals and manuscripts to:  Professor Stephen Bocking, Editor, Journal of Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, ON,  K9J 7B8

email: Sbocking@trentu.ca  fax: 705‑748‑1569 telephone: 705‑748‑1011 x1520

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The MOST Journal on Multicultural Societies is publishing a thematic issue on "The Human Rights of Linguistic Minorities and Language Policies" (Vol. 3, No 2). This issue, guest edited by Fernand de Varennes, will seek to continue and advance the debate on linguistic rights, which was stimulated in a previous thematic issue (Vol. 3, No 1; "Lesser Used Languages and the Law in Europe"). Articles will focus on the following regions; the European Union, the Baltic States, Central Asia and South Africa. To view the call for papers, or to view the previous thematic issue on language rights, visit:

http://www.unesco.org/most/jmshom

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Reform of the Canada Corporations Act: Discussion Issues for a New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act Industry Canada, March 2002 The federal government has been looking at possible reforms for legislation governing the not-for-profit sector for some time and has just released a draft framework of proposed changes and a discussion paper. They are also holding a series of consultations with non-profit groups across the country. Details:  http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/c100150e.html

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Technology Needs of the Canadian Voluntary Sector Voluntary Sector Initiative Secretariat, January 29, 2002. This report prepared by Gillian Kerr analyzes a set of options to help guide the VSI's investment of $6.1 million in technology programs over the next three years. The top two priorities? The development of an online database of funding sources for the voluntary sector and reduced administration in funding processes:  http://vsi-isbc.ca/eng/joint_tables/im_it/reports.cfm

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FELLOWSHIP AT AMID

Please visit SPIRIT-Europe’s website to see the details concerning the recruitment of Marie Curie Fellows at SPIRIT-Europe, Aalborg University Denmark.  Four Scholarships (5 months each) are available from February 1 - July, 2003

http://www.humsamf.auc.dk/spirit/Marie_Currie/mariecurie_F2003.html

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ANNOUNCING THE “TORONTO: WHAT A WORLD” STORY COMPETITION

What’s the story Toronto?  

How about up to $1500 just for your ideas?

Right now, the Urban Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) is accepting story submissions of 250 words or less for our Toronto: What a World Story Competition.  It’s all about celebrating Toronto’s wonderfully rich ethno-cultural diversity.

We’re looking for stories about Torontonians from different racial and social backgrounds. They must be true stories about how people from different backgrounds in Toronto get along ,including  how we live, work or play together. Your story can be funny, heartwarming or surprising. Just make sure it offers a positive twist on life or a positive twist on a negative race-related or social acceptance issue.

 

Submit your story to us and you could win a cash award. Plus your story may end up being part of a TV campaign. Send us as many story ideas as you like. But please send them one at a time. Up to six stories will be selected for awards. Each winning entry will receive $250.00. If all six of your stories are selected as winners, you could receive a total of $1,500.00.

 

No age limits apply. But you must be a current resident of Toronto. Contact us for a full description of contest rules and guidelines or for more information. Toronto is a world in itself. Tell us about it.  UARR STORY COMPETITION, 302 Spadina Avenue, #505, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2E7, E-mail: info@UrbanAlliance.ca 

Website: www.UrbanAlliance.ca

Phone: 416-703-6607 / Fax: 416-703-4415. Deadline for Entries: MAY 17, 2002

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A SOUTH ASIAN CANADIAN EXPERIENCE:

Call for Submissions

The Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) is putting together a booklet of South Asian Canadian experiences to be distributed at the First National Pan Asian conference taking place in Vancouver, BC from June 7 - 9, 2002.

We are looking for stories from individuals across Canada who identify as being a part of the South Asian Diaspora. If you would be interested in sharing your expertise or stories on one of the topics below please submit a short bio and two page piece for the booklet, which will be bound and sold at the conference at a minimal fee to raise funds for CASSA's Youth Initiative.

Historical Backgrounder: South Asian Diaspora;  Migration patterns across Canada Demographics: South Asian Communities across Canada Immigration Flows: Sikhs 1800's;  1960s - Influx of South Asians (Colombo Plan);  1970s - Increasing populations;  1980s-1990s -- Refugees Systemic Racism and Systematic Racism;  Access to Professions and Trades;  Employment Equity Direct Racism;  Hate Crimes;  Media Bias Education and Curriculum;  Anti Racism Strategies Gender: South Asian Men and Women Youth: Canadian leaders for tomorrow .

The deadline for submissions is May 24, 2002. Please send your submissions to:

 Attn: Soni Dasmohapatra Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA)

2 Carlton Street, Suite 1004, Toronto, ON M5B 1J3

You can also send your submission via email to Soni as a MS word attachment:

soni@cassa.on.ca or cassa@cassa.on.ca

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The Maytree Foundation is pleased to offer Leaders for Change, 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 program enters its fourth year of operation in Fall 2002, with an alumni network of 33 participants. 

The program's objective is to enhance participants' leadership abilities and to motivate them to take positive social change action that is intended to reduce poverty and social and economic inequalities in our society. More specifically, the program will develop in each participant greater:

 

  * self‑knowledge : understanding of one's talents, values and  interests, especially as these relate to the individual's capacity to provide effective leadership.

 * community knowledge: understanding of a wide array of critical issues, especially as they relate to building a civil society.

 * leadership capacity: to mobilize oneself and others to serve and to work collaboratively.

 

Twenty (20) leadership candidates will be accepted into the 2002‑03  program. The program begins in September 2002 and ends in June 2003. The total time commitment to the program is approximately 150 hours.

  The program curriculum includes:

 *  opening retreat September 2002 (2 nights, 3 days, outside Toronto ; Friday, Saturday, Sunday) 

 * 7 half-day program issue monthly sessions to be held on weekday  afternoons

 * 1 day mid‑program leadership skills professional development training session

 * 1 group community action project with mentoring support and a grant of $500/group

 * closing retreat in June 2003 (held outside Toronto).

 

A central facilitator who will animate the group process in the issue and  project development days will conduct program sessions. Additionally there  will be a group community action project component, guest speakers,  leadership experts, working with mentors, readings, self‑assessments, site  visits, seminars, group discussions, and invitations to other Maytree  public events.

 We encourage your participation in Maytree's Leaders for Change program  either by applying to the program or sponsoring someone you identify as an  emerging leader. The deadline for receiving completed applications is May 24, 2002.

For further information call: 416 944 2627 ext.245 or by email at asrinivasan@maytree.com

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STATUS Project

OCASI is one of the founding members of STATUS, a broad coalition of community‑based agencies, labour organizations, faith‑based groups and individuals demanding the regularization of status for all non‑status immigrants.  In the past, the overhauled of immigration legislation went sometimes hand‑in‑hand with an amnesty granted to a selected group of non‑status immigrants, such as the Chinese or the Portuguese workers. Since the government embarked on the latest change of our immigration law in the form of Bill C‑11, STATUS has been demanding that all non-status immigrants are allowed to apply for Permanent Resident Status under current criteria. Estimates of non‑status immigrants living and working in Canada vary from 20,000 to 200,000. Although they pay taxes and contribute to the growth of Canada's economy they have no rights and in many cases their children have no access to education or proper medical care.

To find out more about STATUS go to:  www.ocasi.org/status

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CULTURAL COMPETENCE TRAINING

The Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia has developed a training program in Cultural Competence.  For more information about this program, contact

admin@mans.ns.ca>

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The Canada Research Chair in Citizenship Studies at the Faculty of Arts, York University (Toronto, Canada) has announced a Postdoctoral Fellowship tenable at York University in the area of Citizenship Studies. The fellowship is open to researchers who have successfully completed a doctorate in the social sciences by April 2002, and who

are engaged in a research program relating to citizenship studies, broadly construed. The fellowship is tenable for the 2002-2003 academic year. Potential applicants should visit the Chair's website for further information; Engin F. Isin, Canada Research Chair in Citizenship Studies, Calumet College, York University, Toronto, Canada, M3J1P3; website: http://www.yorku.ca/isin/ email: isin@yorku.ca

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The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program, an initiative of the Fulbright Scholar Program, annually brings together 25‑30 research scholars and professionals from the U.S. and around the world to engage in a multidisciplinary collaboration on a topic of global significance. For the academic year 2002‑2003, the research focus is "Addressing Sectarian, Ethnic and Cultural Conflict within and across National Borders." Selected scholars will be expected to pursue individual research related to the NCS theme, and to participate in other activities associated with the NCS Program. The deadline for completed applications is October 1 2002. For complete details and application materials, contact: NCS@cies.iie.org or visit: http://www.cies.org

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INITIATIVES AT ACTEW

Putting Women in the Picture: Labour Market Policy and the Women's Training  Sector

The first focus group for this project, funded by Status of Women Ontario  Region, will take place in Kitchener on April 23rd. This session will seek  feedback about the impact of labour market policy changes on the  accessibility and effectiveness of training and employment services for  women. We have conducted outreach to over 130 agencies and programs in the  area to encourage a wide spectrum of input. A second focus group is being  organized for the Ottawa region in late May. Jen Liptrot attended a meeting  of the Ottawa Women's Training and Employment Network (OWTEN) to begin  outreach about the session. In the summer we plan on holding a focus group  in North Bay. We will be also returning to York Region, Peterborough,  Halton/Peel and Toronto for focus groups.

 

Still Shopping for Training: Women's Labour Market Needs, Government  Responses and the Role of Community‑Based Training  This research project is almost complete. We have finished all the  interviews in Quebec, BC and Ontario and are currently writing the report  which will appear in a forthcoming book, "Training For the Excluded," edited

by Marjorie Griffin Cohen.

 

Women's Access to Training and Employment Support Programs in the  Post‑Labour Market Development Agreement Era  We are continuing to work with Ursule Critoph to document the impact of the Labour Market Development Agreements on women's access to training and  employment services. Karen Lior attended the recent conference on the LMDAs  in Alberta. A report from the conference is included below in section 3.

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Effective communications can increase your organization’s profile, draw new donors and volunteers to your work, and increase the credibility of your organization and the issues you address. IMPACS –The institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society– represents a series of communications workshops for not-for-profits in Toronto. Drawing from years of experience in strategic communications for not-for-profits across North America, IMPACS will cover the topics of communications planning, message development, media relations, and internet strategy.  For more information call toll-free 1-877-232-0122, email andreau@impacs.org

 or visit: www.impacs.org/civilsociety/workshops2.html

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Do you know someone who has helped to make Toronto a better place in which to live by striving for equitable treatment for women, contributing to race relations or improving access for people with disabilities in the city?  You can have their accomplishments recognized by nominating them for an Award from the City of Toronto.

All nominees must be residents of the city of Toronto.

Deadline for nominations is May 31, 2002

For Nomination forms, please call Diversity Management and Community Engagement, Strategic and Corporate Policy/Healthy City Office, Chief Administrator’s Office

416-392-0371 or 416-392-8592   TTY:416-392-0889

Multilingual Services, call Access Toronto 416-338-0338

Nomination forms can be downloaded from our website: www.city.toronto.on.ca/awards_grants

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News from Jeff Reitz

There is a new paper, J. Helen Beck, Jeffrey G. Reitz, and Nan Weiner,

"Addressing Systemic Racial Discrimination in Employment: The Health Canada Case and Implications of Legislative Change," which has been accepted for publication in Canadian Public Policy and is available on the website www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/research.htm.

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The study "Immigrant Skill Utilization ..." is published (in both English and French) in the recent issue of the Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI) which is for 2001 vol. 2 no. 3.  It was part of a special process organized by Canadian Heritage, and there was web-based commentary which is summarized in the journal by Richard Wanner with a response from me.  The article itself is posted on the Ethnic Studies website:  www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/research.htm

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Prof. Ian Wallace and Dr. Stefan Wolff at the University of Bath are organizing two conferences relating to forced migration in Europe  and around the world. The general project is entitled "Images of  Loss and Reconciliation: Political and Literary Representations of  Forced Migrations in Comparative Perspective". Two areas will be investigated: "Political Representations of Forced Migrations, their Causes and Consequences" and "Literary Representations of Forced  Migrations, their Causes and Consequences." Conference one  (Political Representations) will take place in September 2002; and  conference two (Literary Representations) will take place in April  2003. For further information, including the call for papers,  contact Stefan Wolff at email: S.Wolff@bath.ac.uk. The conference  website can be accessed at:  http://www.bath.ac.uk/~mlssaw/fm_confer

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