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CERIS MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING FRIDAY DECEMBER 01, 2000, 2:00 - 4:00 P.M. At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor Street West, 5th Floor, Room 548 CERIS PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL (PAC) MEETING FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2000, 9:00 - 11:00 A.M. At the main CERIS (Toronto) office, 246 Bloor Street West, 5th Floor, Room 548	UPCOMING CERIS TORONTO SEMINARS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15 FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 Dr. Michael Ornstein, Institute for Social Research, York University (Based on his recently published Analysis of 1996 census data which received considerable media attention.) Commentator: Dr. Duberlis Ramos, Hispanic Development Council WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 06 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. "AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN TORONTO" Presenters: Dr. Marie Truelove, Dr. Shuguang Wang, Mwarigha M.S., and Charles Temitope Adeyanju CERIS YORK SEMINARS Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement - York University and Centre for Refugee Studies -- Presents: SETTLEMENT EXPERIENCES OF SOMALI REFUGEE WOMEN IN TORONTO Speakers: Neita Israelite, York University Arlene Herman, University of Northern British Columbia Yasmin Khan, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto Faduma Alim, Somali Immigrant Aid Organization Hawa Mohamed, Somali Immigrant Women Association MONDAY NOVEMBER 20 12:30 - 2:30 P.M. 246 Bloor Street West, 5th Floor (St. George Station by Bedford St. Exit) Presentation will be followed by discussion. All are welcome to participate. Refreshments will be available Check the York CERIS website: www.yorku.ca/research/ceris/index.htm

SETTLEMENT SERVICE EXHIBIT

The Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services (OASIS), will be exhibiting products and materials developed in the last couple of years to support settlement programs. The products to be exhibited include videos, curricula, brochures, informational packages for newcomers, research studies, software and information on upcoming products and research that are currently being funded.

The exhibits will also be used to launch the new website <www.settlement.org>. The Website provides information both in English and French to Immigrant Newcomers who hare settling in Ontario.

Who should attend:

Service Provider Organizations that rare currently funded to deliver settlement programs and services, school boards, teachers of English as Second Language, community health centres, academics, foundations, representatives from all levels of government, social service agencies and other interested stakeholders are invited to attend.

When:

NOVEMBER 9TH- Toronto Royal York Hotel 9:00 am.-7:00 pm.

NOVEMBER 14TH- London Delta London Armouries 9:00 am.-7:00 pm.

NOVEMBER 16TH - Ottawa Delta Ottawa Hotel 9:00 am.-7:00 pm.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list please send your name, address, and a phone number to <Rebecca.Dale@3923rop.cion.cic.x400.gc.ca>

DONALD CREIGHTON LECTURES

Philip Morgan, Department of History, The John Hopkins University

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2000 -- 6:30 P.M.

The World of Books and the World of Slavery: An Eighteen -Century Jamaican Perspective

Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King’s College Circle, Rm. 1105, University of Toronto

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000 -- 10 A.M.

Rethinking American Slavery

University College, 15 King’s College circle, Room 179 (Media room)

University of Toronto

Open to the public - For more information call (416) 978-3365

Reflections On Literacy - Who’s Missing?

NOVEMBER 10, 2000

The Catalyst Centre presents a one-day conference for the literacy community. Workshop topics include democratic communication and disabilities; labour and literacy; street-involved youth and literacy; francophone literacy and education.

http://events.web.ca/show.cfmid3251&APPactew

University Of Toronto Faculty Of Social Work Alumni Association -- Continuing Education Program 2000-2001

Advocacy Tool Kit: A Skills-Building Workshop

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2000 9:00 - 5:30 P.M.

Location: Faculty of Social Work, 246 Bloor St. West, Room 548

Through a series of three interactive client-focused sessions, participants will learn about and discuss topics such as:

*HOW TO WORK WITH THE MEDIA

Bruce Livesay (Eye Magazine) and Chris Ramsaroop (Canadian Labour Congress)

*HOW TO BUILD A CAMPAIGN

Ann Fitzpatrick (Toronto Children’s Aid Society) and Barry Rieder (Jane Finch Community Ministry)

*SOCIAL ACTION TACTICS

Sara Vance (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty) and Mathew Behrens (Toronto Action for Social Change)

Workshop Fee: $25.00 per person (lunch not included)

Presented by the Advocacy Committee and the Continuing Education Committee of the Faculty of Social Work Alumni Association, in partnership with the Metro Network for Social Justice.

Announcement of A Talk by A Visiting Scholar --

Swati Shirwadkar, Sociology, University of Pune, India

Violence Against Women in India: Cultural Context and the Contemporary Situation

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 2 - 4 P.M.

Dept. of Sociology, Room 240, 725 Spadina Avenue, University of Toronto

There will be a reception following the talk. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Bonnie Erickson, Department of Sociology at <ericson@chass.utoronto.ca> by Wednesday November 15.

Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto

CUCS PUBLIC SEMINAR:

Globalization, Social Rights and Canadian Social Policy

Ramesh Mishra, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, School of Social Work, York University

The implications of globalization for social protection in Canada and other developed economies remain unclear and controversial. The presentation will highlight some of the

problems of researching this question. It will examine the hypothesis of a substantial erosion of social rights and argue that a strong thesis of erosion is open to criticism

on several counts, namely overgeneralization, downplaying countervailing influences, and ignoring various emerging contradictions. It will conclude that there is downward pressure on social protection and the relationship must be seen in terms of an ongoing dynamic between globalization pressures on the one hand and countervailing influences, notably democracy, on the other.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2000 -- 4:00 P.M.

Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West (at Bedford Rd, St. George subway station)

Ramesh Mishra is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the School of Social Work at York University. His main interests are in the cross-national comparison of social policy and in the study of change and development of the welfare state from a political economy perspective. His most recent book is Globalization and the Welfare State (Edward Elgar, 1999). Ramesh Mishra is currently working on the problem of globalizing social rights.

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies (CUCS), the Faculty of Social Work’s Centre for Applied Social Research, and the Dr. Chow Yei Ching Endowed Chair in Housing

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For more information:

J. David Hulchanski, PhD, MCIP, Director, Centre for Urban and Community Studies

Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Tel 416 978-1973; Fax 416 978-7072 <david.hulchanski@utoronto.ca>

http://www.hnc.utoronto.ca http://www.housingagain.web.net

COLLOQUIUM -- PRESENTATION

By Dr. Robert Mullaly, Head, Social Work Unit, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

"In the Belly of the Beast: Surviving and Succeeding As A Structural Social Worker in Mainstream Agencies"

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2000 12:00 - 2:00 P.M.

Place: Room 548, 246 Bloor St. West, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

All Faculty, Sessionals, T.A.’s, Students, Staff and Agencies invited.

Francophones may want to watch the following "African" films on TFO this fall --

all films are at 9 P.M.

13 NOV., LUNDI -- UNE COULEUR CAFE

Henry DuParc, Dir., avec Gabriel Zahon, Awa Sene Sarr, M. Bembo et Sidjiri Bakaba, Cote d'Ivoire et France, 1997 -- 1 h 45 min

A l'occasion de vacances qu'il prend en Afrique, Docteur, un travailleur immigre en France, decide de convoler une seconde fois. L'Ambassade de France refuse de delivrer un visa de sejour pour la seconde epouse. Docteur fait donc etablir un faux etat civil pour Kada qui, pour les besoins de la cause, assumera desormais l'identite de sa fille.

1ER DEC., VENDREDI -- IMUHAR, UNE LEGENDE

Jacques Dubuisson, Dir., avec Ibrahim Paris, Mohamed Ixa et Mohamed Tchika, France 1997 -- 1 h 23 min

La rencontre d'un jeune garcon et du Sahara, avec ses chameaux et son exotisme mais aussi ses traditions et sa realite.

15 DEC., VENDREDI -- BIRD

Clint Eastwood, Dir., avec Forest Whitaker et Diane Venora, U.S.A.

1988 -- 2 h 35 min

Film sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Charlie Parker, dit Bird, l'un des plus grands genies du jazz. Prix d'interpretation pour Forest Whitaker, Cannes 1988.

pour African Film Now/Le Cinema Africain

UPCOMING SESSION OF THE GTA FORUM

The City for Fun and Profit

DECEMBER 7, 2000 -- 4:00 P.M.

(Place: in the Toronto Archives Auditorium, 255 Spadina Road, Toronto)

Speakers: Rita Davies and John Hannigan

Moderator: Ron Bordessa, Dean, Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University

GTA FORUM, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3

http://www.yorku.ca/gtaforum/gtainfo@yorku.ca

CONFERENCE ON HAKKA CHINESE HERITAGE AND CULTURE

York University, East Asian Studies Program, in conjunction with several Toronto community organizations, is sponsoring a conference on Hakka Chinese Heritage and Culture. Hakkas have migrated to Canada from regions other than China, such as the Caribbean, India and the island of Mauritius. This sub-ethnic group of the Chinese originated in the north of China but are now resident in the southern provinces of

Fujian and Guangdong as well as Taiwan. They are one of the most migratory groups in the world, due significantly to the fact that they never adopted the practice of female

footbinding. The conference is scheduled for DECEMBER 28-30, 2000, at Vari Hall, York University. For further information, see the web site: http://members.home.net/hakka

NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 1,2000, Ottawa, Canada in a Global Society, Policy Research Secretariat. Current and future policy issues of critical importance.

http://policyresearch.schoolnet/ca/2000conference/call-e.htm

CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES -- Fall Consultation

Montreal, 30 NOVEMBER - 2 DECEMBER

Hotel Wyndam Montreal

1255 Rue Jeanne-Mance, C.P. 130, Montreal, Quebec, HB5 1E5

Phone: 800-361-8234/514-285-1450 Fax: 514-285-1243

Theme: Refugee Protection After 50 Years

A day long session on Refugee Women as Leaders will be held immediately prior to the main conference on Wednesday November 29. Refugee women are invited as participants, other are encouraged to attend as observers.

Special workshops of Fall 2000 Consultation: faith and refugees; international refugee protection 50 years after the creation of the UNHRC and the adoption of the Refugee Convention; reception and integration of refugees.

For further information contact the Canadian Council for Refugees

6839 Drolet, #302, Montreal, QC, H2S 2T1. Tel. 514-277-7223, Fax: 514-277-1447.

E-mail: <ccr@web.net> Website: www.web.net/~ccr/

RE-INVENTING SOCIETY IN A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMY

J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto

MARCH 8-10, 2001

Conference sessions will focus on the impact of global economic change, as seen by leading Canadian and international scholars, in:

1. International Relations: How is changing global inequality affecting international cooperation? 2. Labour Relations: What is the impact of changing labour market inequality on labour relations? 3. Culture and Social Values: Is contemporary economic change reshaping our social values, culture ? even religion? 4. Information and Knowledge: How are knowledge institutions ? the media, education, science ? affected by expanding domains of economic activity? 5. Nationalism and Migration: Which direction of change is seen for nationalism and international migration? 6. Politics: Can democratic politics successfully manage contemporary economic change?

The conference is sponsored by the University of Toronto Department of Sociology and the R.F. Harney Professorship and Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies. Conference organizing committee: Raymond Breton, Jeffrey G. Reitz

The Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto is organizing the "Health Care in a Complex World: An International Research Conference" MAY 2-4, 2001. The conference goal is:

"The health care system is facing the challenge of providing services in a complex, diverse, and changing socio-political context as we enter the 21st century. This challenge demands collaborative efforts to design, implement, and evaluate strategies to best address this complexity and diversity.

The goal of this international conference is to provide a forum for researchers, educators, clinicians, policy makers, and students to exchange theoretical and empirical knowledge about these challenges and strategies."

Further information: http://www.nursing.utoronto.ca/research/conferences/

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

There will be a conference on "Race, Ethnicity, and Migration: The United States in a Global Context", Minnesota, NOVEMBER 16-18, 2000. The conference is organized by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) and the Seminar on Race, Ethnicity, and Migration (REM) at the University of Minnesota, and will bring together scholars who work on the United States and other parts of the world for comparative and interdisciplinary discussion on race, ethnicity, and migration. For more information, send e-mail to <rem@tc.umn.edu> or visit the conference web site: http://www.umn.edu/ihrc/rem/Novconf.htm

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The Amsterdam-based "Politeia" network is organizing a seminar on "Citizens Participation in Europe - Global Changes, National Challenges and the Role of Civic Education" to be held in the Netherlands, NOVEMBER 24-26, 2000. For details, contact Anja Ostermann, Teichstrasse 3, D-58285 Gevelsberg, Germany;

tel: 49-23324199; fax: 49-2332 75 70 56; e-mail <ostermann@apex-management.de>

or visit the Politeia website: http://www.publiek-politiek.nl (in Dutch) or

http://www.publiek-politiek.nl/english/index.html (in English)

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DECEMBER 5-6, 2000, Washington, Findings on Reproductive Health of Refugees and Displaced Persons, Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium, InterAction and Global Health Council. The first conference to focus on applied research, program findings and use of data to improve reproductive health programs serving populations in crisis throughout the world. Email: <sec42@columbia.edu>

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The annual conference of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy (ASPLP) will be on the topic of self-determination, in San Francisco, on JANUARY 2-3, 2001 (in conjunction with the meetings of the American Association of Law Schools). Speakers include Allen Buchanan, Wayne Norman, James Anaya. For information contact Allen Buchanan at <allen@u.arizona.edu>

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The major "World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance" (WCAR) will take place in South Africa, AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2001. A list-serve that provides regular information on the conference has been established. For more information on the conference or to subscribe to the list-serve, send an e-mail to <lwiseberg.hchr@unog.ch>

CALLS FOR PAPERS

The Sixteenth Biennial Conference of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association will be held in Halifax November 2-4, 2001. Proposals for papers should be sent no later than December 04, 2000 to <mhso.mail@utoronto.ca>

Drs. Kenise Murphy Kilbride and Paul Anisef of CERIS will be conducting a study on "Newcomer Youth at Risk" for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Region (Ontario Administration of Settlement and Immigration Services or OASIS). Partners in this project also include COSTI, the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, and the Toronto District School Board. Lead researchers include Dr. Larry Lam of York University, Drs. Mustafa Koc, Fernando Nunes, Anver Saloojee, and Myer Siemiatycki of Ryerson.

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The Fall 2000 issue of International Migration Review (Volume XXXIV Number 3) contains a review by Martin O. Heisler of "Warmth of the Welcome: The Social Causes of Economic Success for Immigrants in Different Nations and Cities" by Dr. Jeffrey G. Reitz of the University of Toronto. Lawrence Lam of York University reviews "Terms of Refuge: The Indochinese Exodus and International Response" by W. Courtland Robinson and Christiane Harzig of the University of Bremen reviews "Beyond the Continents, Women’s Migration Strategies to Europe" or "Jenseits der Kontinente, Migrationsstrategien von Frauen nach Europea" by Felicitas Hillman. Drs. Reitz and Lam are researchers involved with CERIS and the Metropolis project in Canada and Dr. Harzig has been a Visiting Scholar at CERIS.

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CERIS affiliate Mwarigha M.S. of the Toronto-based Centre for Equality Rights in Accomodation was featured recently in "The Badger", the newspaper of the Metro Network for Social Justice. Mwarigha was interviewed on CERA’s report to the City of Toronto on discrimination issues in housing.

WHO ARE I?

Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world. Yet when we think of diversity we typically think only of specific ethnic or racial groups. Often overlooked is the growing number of people of bi-cultural or bi-racial heritage that challenge our fixed ideas of ethnicity, race and diversity.

Who ARE I? is a research project funded by Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism) that seeks to learn about the life experiences of mixed heritage children. More specifically, the project will document the unique opportunities and challenges faced by culturally or racially mixed children in Toronto, particularly those of immigrant or refugee background.

We are very much interested in speaking with mixed heritage children, their parents and educators, as well as with community workers and service providers. If you are interested in sharing your experience or knowledge, or know someone else who would be, please contact Ali Zaidi or Anneke Rummens at the numbers below. Project interview participants will receive a choice of gift certificates as honorarium.

The research team is part of the Culture, Community and Health Studies program affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

Contact information:

Professor Anneke Rummens, ph. 416-535-8501 x 4870, fax 416-979-0564

email <anneke.rummens@utoronto.ca>

Ali Zaidi, ph. 416-535-8501 x 4418, fax 416-979-0564 email <ali_zaidi@camh.net>

WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES (WES CANADA)

As of October 2, 2000 , the World Education Services (WES), Ontario’s new Academic Credential Assessment Service is operational.

This service assesses academic credentials earned abroad and converts them into their Ontario equivalents. WES will be providing a reliable and credible resource for newcomers, and the employers and institutions to whom they are applying.

Should you wish to have more brochures or application forms sent to you, please contact at 416- 972-0070 or email <ontario@wes.org> or visit website http:// www.wes.org/

NEW CANADIANS AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS CELEBRATED DURING CANADA’S CITIZENSHIP WEEK, OCTOBER 16-22, 2000

Canada celebrated Citizenship Week this year by welcoming over 7,000 new citizens, and by recognizing the outstanding contributions of 19 individuals and organizations in assisting newcomers to Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan announced.

Minister Caplan also announced 19 recipients of the Citation for Citizenship, which was presented to organizations or individuals who have made outstanding contributions in helping newcomers to Canada intergrate into Canadian society. One of these was the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (Toronto). Congratulations to CCVT on this well deserved recognition. Refugees and victims of torture have very different and special needs when they arrive in a new country. Since 1977, the CCVT has been meeting these needs in a holistic, professional manner.

POSSIBILITIES PROJECT E-ZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS

Burnaby, Barbara, Carl James, and Sheri Regier. 2000. The Role of Education in Integrating Diversity in the Greater Toronto Area. CERIS Working Paper Series. #11-2000. {985}

Kilbride, Kenise Murphy. 2000. A Review of the Literature on the Human, Social, and Cultural Capital of Immigrant Children and Their Families with Implications for Teacher Education. CERIS Working Paper Series. #13-2000. {985}

Lo, Lucia, Valerie Preston, Shuguang Wang, Katherine Reil, Edward Harvey, and Bobby Siu. 2000. Immigrants' Economic Status in Toronto: Rethinking Settlement and Integration Strategies. CERIS Working Paper Series. #15-2000. {985}

Qadeer, Mohammad. 2000. The Base of Chinese and South Asian Merchants’ Entrepreneurship and Ethnic Enclaves, Toronto, Canada. CERIS Working Paper Series. #9-1999. {985}

Murdie, Robert and Carlos Teixeira. 2000. Toward a Comfortable Neighbourhood and Appropriate Housing: Immigrant Experience in Toronto. CERIS Working Paper Series. #10-2000. {985}

Troper, Harold. 2000. History of Immigration since the Second World War: From Toronto "The Good" to Toronto "The World in a City". CERIS Working Paper Series. #12-2000. {985}

CERIS Working Papers can be ordered for $5.00 each. For further information and a list of previously-published Working Papers contact the CERIS office.

IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT COUNSELING: TRAINING GUIDE

OCASI is happy to announce that the new edition of the ever-popular Immigrant Settlement Counseling: Training Guide will be launched at the OCASI Annual Professional Development Conference at Geneva Park in October 2000.

The Guide has been designed with several audiences in mind. First, it is a resource for individual community agencies, or agency networks interested in doing professional development with their front-line staff.

Second, it can be adapted fur use by educational institutions interested in initiating new programs, and revisiting their existing curricula to prepare their human services students to serve a multi-racial, multi-ethnic clientele.

This edition of the Guide will be available in binder format and on CD-ROM. To book orders contact Martha Bejarano by email at <mbejarano@ocasi.org> or call her at (416) 322-4950 ext. 236.

REPORT ON DIVERSITY IN EUROPE

At the request of the Council of Europe, the Migration Policy Group (MPG) has prepared a report on diversity in Europe. This report can be ordered in English or French from Mrs. Maria Ochoa-Lido at the Council of Europe at: <Maria.Ochoa-Lido@coe.int>

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SETTLEMENT.ORG

Settlement.org is the newly-launched settlement web site for Ontario, funded by Citizenship and Canada Ontario Region (OASIS) and managed by OCASI under the direction of a provincial Steering Committee.

Along with a wealth of information relevant to newcomers and settlement counsellors alike, the site provides access to a number of important research reports at:

www.settlement.org/site/ssrs/home.html

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THE MAYTREE FOUNDATION, in co-operation with the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, has two new publications available for reading and downloading at:

www.maytree.com

Refugees in Limbo and Canada's International Obligations: in this document renowned international law Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill of Oxford University, and Judith Kumin, Representative to Canada for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, examine Canada's practice with respect to undocumented Convention refugees. Specifically, they assess this practice in the light of Canada's obligations to provide identity and travel documents to refugees under Articles 25, 27 and 28 of the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. The authors propose four options that would allow Canada to fulfil these obligations.

Brain Drain, Brain Gain: there is an intense media focus on the brain drain from Canada to the United States. At the same time, Canada is experiencing a largely unrecognized brain gain of skilled and qualified immigrants. This movement of human capital has significant implications for Canada's values, cultures and institutions, yet much of the public debate about the issue is based on misperceptions and incomplete information. To bring some fresh thinking to immigration and employment policy and practice questions on this topic. The Maytree Foundation and the St. Lawrence Centre Forum sponsored the session Brain Drain, Brain Gain on May 25, 2000, in Toronto. This document is a summary of the proceedings from the forum.

A summary of the discussion from the Maytree-sponsored forum, "Towards a Greater Toronto Charter: Implications for Immigrant Settlement" on September 18, 2000, is now available in HTML and PDF formats at www.maytree.com in the "What's New" section. The report provides an overview of the day's activities, a synopsis of the focus group sessions and a summary of 10 key themes of the day.

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MOST PROJECT

The website of the UNESCO-MOST (Management of Social Transformations) Project Multicultural Policies and Modes of Citizenship in European Cities contains their newsletter and working papers: www.unesco.org/most

HOUSING FOR NEW CANADIANS

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has published their "Newcomer’s Guide to Canadian Housing" on their website at: www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca (see Publications)

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REFUGEE ISSUES

You can subscribe to the electronic version of the quarterly newsletter of the European Network on the Integration of Refugees by emailing <webmaster@refugeenet.org> or you can visit their website at: www.refugeenet.org

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The lates edition of the UNHCR journal refugees focuses on asylum issues in Canada and the U.S. It can be found online at: www.unhcr.ch/pubs/rm119all.pdf

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SOCIAL COHESION

Subscriptions to the "Social Cohesion Nexus" of the Canadian Policy Research Network (CPRN) can be found acquired at: www.cprn.org/cprn-n.html

and links to a number of sites dealing with "social cohesion" policy and research issues can be found on the website of the SOCO Globalization and Social Cohesion workshop (recently held at the Toronto CERIS office) at: www.ehomebusiness.com/soco2/

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WORKFARE WATCH PROJECT, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000

"New rules for people with earnings while on welfare set to come into effect on October 1st will reduce the financial payoff to recipients who find at least some part-time work. The changes will have a counter productive impact, according to the report "A Backwards STEP" from the Workfare Watch Project. The new rules affect earnings exemptions under the STEP (Supports To Employment) program."

http://www.welfarewatch.toronto.on.ca/press/newrules.htm

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Whose Job Is It? Employers’Views on Welfare Reform Joint Center for Poverty Research (U.S.), June 13, 2000. This new report analyzes the outcome of community welfare-to-work partnerships from both employers’ and welfare recipients’ perspectives. Employers identified lack of "soft skills" as the primary barrier to workforce participation, while welfare participants themselves cited structural problems such as low wages and lack of education and child care as their primary obstacles to self-sufficiency. http://www.jcpr.org/wp/WPprofile.cfmID192

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WEBSITE SEARCHING

A new search engine called Google returns the results of your searches ranked by relevance (most important to least important). It also supports searching in 24 different languages. Thanks to our colleagues at ACTEW for this information.

www.google.com

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ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Amanada Brown and Jim Stanford have updated their economic freedom for the rest of us report.

"Flying without a Net" provides comparative data on Canada and each province right up to 1999 on indicators such as: employment rate, underemployment rate, duration of underemployment, weekly earnings, labour income share, minimum wage, income distribution, gender equality, hour/salaried equality, poverty rate, public program spending, social assistance rate, quit rate, and unionization rate.

The report is available at http://www.policyalternatives.ca

Our Web Sites have information and reports from all of our Quality of Life Projects!

http://www.utoronto.ca/qol http://www.utoronto.ca/seniors

DONATIONS TO THE RESOURCE CENTRE

Building Effective Partnerships: A Resource Manual For Community Agencies

Produced for the Scarborough Network of Immigrant Service Organizations (SNISO) By Sunniya Durrani-Jamal, Project Coordinator, SNISO, and Jojo Geronimo, Consultant

April 2000, Scarborough, Ontario

******** NEW DOCUMENTS IN THE CERIS RESOURCE CENTRE*********

Immigration History

Knowles, Valerie. 2000. Forging Our Legacy. Canadian Citizenship and Immigration, 1900-1977. Public Works and Government Services Canada. Cat. no. Ci51-93/2000E. {110}

Immigration Policy

The Maytree Foundation. The Canadian Institute of International Affairs. 2000. Economic Migrants or Refugees? - Trends in Global Migration. Session Proceedings. The Caledon Institute of Social Policy. {120}

Access and Equity

Siddiqui, Haroon. 2000. Immigrants should boycott Canada. In The Toronto Star - OP-ED Story. September 14. http://www.thestar.com/editorial/ opinion/2000914NEW02_OP-HAROON.html {170}

Refugee Policy

Goodwin-Gill, Guy S. and Judith Kumin. 2000. Refugees in Limbo and Canada’s International Obligations. Caledon Institute of Social Policy. {195}

Metropolis Project

Renaud, Jean and Tuyet Trinh Thi. 2000. Annual Report, April 1st, 1999 to March 30th, 2000. Immigration et métropoles. Montréal Inter-University Research Centre on Immigration, Integration, and Urban Dynamics. {00}

Immigrant/Ethnoracial Services: Organization and Structure

Northwestern Ontario Settlement Workers’ Conference Report. 1999. The conference organized by the Multicultural Association of Kenora and District, at Kenora, Ontario. October 4th - 6th 1999. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {310}

The Social Planning Council of Peel. 2000. An Inventory of Agencies and Services for Immigrants And Visible Minorities in Peel Region. The Social Planning Council of Peel. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {310}

Immigrant/Ethnoracial Services - Needs Assessment

Beyene, Wosen Yitna. 2000. Settlement Service Needs for Ethiopian Newcomers in Toronto. Ethiopian Association in Toronto. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

DeCoito, Paula & Laurie Williams. 2000. Setting the Course: A Framework for coordinating Services for Immigrants and Refugees in Peel Region. The Social Planning Council of Peel. July 2000. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

Durrani-Jamal, Sunniya, & Jojo Geronimo. 2000. Building Effective Partnerships: A Resource Manual for Community Agencies. Scarborough Network of Immigrant Service Organizations (SNISO). {320}

ISPR Consortium. 2000. Re-Visioning the Newcomer Settlement Support System. Integrated Settlement Planning Research Project. ISPR Consortium: The Chinese Canadian National Council, Toronto Chapter, The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto, The Council for Agencies Serving South Asians, The Hispanic Development Council, The Multicultural Coalition for Access to Family Services. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

Rios, Inez., Carolyn Byrne, Gina Browne, Catherine King, Pat Harkness and Bonnie Bridle. 2000. Determining the Health and Social Needs of Kurdish Speaking Families in Hamilton-Wentworth. Project Report. A study funded by CIC and OASIS in partnership with St.Joseph’s Immigrant Women’s Center, Hamilton-Wentworth Public Health Services, Stonechurch Family Health Centre, and the System-linked Research Unit "On Health and Social Service Utilization", McMaster University. {320}

Leung, Ho Hon. 2000. Settlement Services for the Chinese Canadians in Toronto: The Challenges toward an Integrated Planning. Integrated Settlement Planning Research Project. Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

George, Usha., Ka Tat Tsang, Guida Man and Wei Wei Da. 2000. Needs Assessment of Mandarin-Speaking Newcomers. A Project of the South East Asian Services Centre funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

Naylor, Ruth, Jodi Town and Jeffery Robinson. 2000. In-Home Study Feasibility Project: A Feasibility Study for In-Home Instruction to LINC Eligible Clients in Rural Wellington, Waterloo, Grey, and Bruce Counties. Report submitted by the Naylor-McLeod Group Limited. A project funded by CIC and OASIS {320}

Ku, Jane. 2000. Constructing A Community in Diversity: The South Asian Experience. Council of Agencies Serving South Asians. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

Cabral, Vasco. 2000. Settlement Services for Newcomers and Access to Family Services. Integrated Settlement Planning Research Project. The Multicultural Coalition for Access to Family Services ("The Coalition"). A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

Legrand, Yvette. 2000. The Challenges of Immigration: Settlement and Adjustment. A Study of Settlement Needs of Arabic-speaking Newcomers to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. Newcomers Settlement Services Program. {320}

Scott, Jacqueline L. 2000. English Language and Communication: Issues for African and Caribbean Immigrant Youth in Toronto. Coalition of Visible Minority Women (Ontario) Inc. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {570}

Beyene, Wosen Yitna. 2000. Settlement Service Needs For Ethiopian Newcomers in Toronto. Ethiopian Association in Toronto. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {320}

Children

Human Resources Development Canada. 2000. Developments: National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Volume 5 (1). {560}

Youth

Centre for Research & Education in Human Services. 2000. Enhancing Services and Supports for Immigrant Youth in Waterloo Region. Final Report. Centre for Research and Education in Human Services. March 2000. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {570}

Desai, Sabra and Sangeeta Subramanian. 2000. Colour, Culture and Dual

Consciousness: Issues Identified by South Asian Immigrant Youth In the Greater Toronto Area. The Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) & The South Asian Women’s Centre (SAWC). {570}

Räthzel, Nora., Andreas Hieronymus, Dirk Hoerder. 2000. Safe and Unsafe Spaces: Young People’s Views of Urban Neighbourhoods in Hamburg, Germany. Paper presented at the Fourth Canadian Metropolis Conference, Toronto, 22-25 March. {570}

Seat, Rajko. 2000. Factors Affecting the Settlement and Adaptation Process of Canadian Adolescent Newcomers 16-19 Years of Age. Family Service Association of Toronto. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {570}

The Helsinki City Youth Department. (n.d.) Young people in the City. Helsinki City, Finland. {570}

Workshop on Minority Youth Residing in the Ottawa-Carleton Region. 2000. Final Report. Carleton University, May 26-28, 2000. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {570}

Ethnoracial Communities - Ontario

African Community Services of Peel. 2000. An Enquiry into the Delivery of ISAP Settlement Services to the Black/African Community in Peel/Halton Region. African Community Services of Peel. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {510}

Garay, Eduardo. 2000. Social, Economic and Demographic Profile Hispanic Community. Integrated Settlement Planing Project. Hispanic Development Council. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {510}

Ma, Ambrose and Fong, Eric. 1996. Racism and Chinese-Canadian Business Participation. Project funded by Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. {510}

Mental Health

Dunn, Samuel, Kevin Pottie, Magnolia Mazzeo. 2000. Central American Immigrant Men and Mental Health: Problems With Your Nerves? What Can You Do? One-Time Research Project. Theme 1: Gaps in service Delivery York Community Services. Report prepared for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services (OASIS). {740}

So, Joseph K. (Ed.) 2000. Cultural Diversity & Mental Health: Families in Transition. Proceedings of the Hong Fook Millennium Conference. March 24, 2000 at Central YMCA (Toronto). Hong Fook Mental Health Association. {740}

Network Committee to Assist Survivors of War & Torture of the Canadian Mental Health Association (Ottawa-Carleton Branch). 2000. Understanding the Unspoken Pain: Training Health Workers to Care for Survivors of War and Torture. {740}

Employment

Peera, Rishma., Hodan Mohamed, Lisa Sourani. 2000. Working for Youth Research Project. Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {570}

The Maytree Foundation and The St. Lawrence Centre Forum. 2000. Brain Drain, Brain Gain. Session Proceedings. May 25, 2000. The Caledon Institute of Social Policy. {770}

Population/Demography

Usha, George. & Miu Chung Yan. 2000. Ontario Immigrants’ Profile, 1986-1998. Centre for Applied Social Research, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. {810-5}

Literature Review

Jojo Geroimo. 2000. A Search for Models: From Collaboration to Co-Optation. Partnership Experiences in Settlement And Human Services For Newcomers. The GTA Consortium on the Coordination of Settlement Services: The Community and social Planning Council of Toronto, The Access Action Council, The Centre for Urban and Community Studies at the University of Toronto and The Social Planning Council of Peel. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {920}

Evaluation

World University Service of Canada. 2000. Student Refugee Sponsorship Program 1985-1994 Survey and Evaluation. World University Service of Canada. A project funded by CIC and OASIS. {128}

International Migration - Global

Abu-Laban, Baha. & Hans Vermeulen (Eds.). 2000. Journal of International Migration and Integration. The Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration (PCERII). Vol. 1 (2). {830-4}

Papers from Prairie Centre

Canadian Plain Research Centre. (2000?). Prairie Social Cohesion project: Partner Handbook. University of Regina. {972}

Working Paper Series from Vancouver Centre (RIIM)

Pendakur, R., F. Mata, S. Lee, & N. Dole. 2000. Job Mobility and Promotion in the Federal Public Service: A Joint Project with Strategic Research and Analysis Multiculturalism Program Canadian Heritage. RIIM Working Paper Series #00-07. {970-00}

Chiswick, B.R. 2000. The Economics of Illegal Migration for the Host Economy. RIIM Working Paper Series #00-11. {970-00}

Chiswick, B. and P.W. Miller. 2000. The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada. RIIM. Working Paper Series #00-08. {970-00}

Hayfron, J. E. 2000. The Housing Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Norway. RIIM. Working Paper Series #00-09. {970-00}

Hiebert, D. 2000. The Social Geography of Immigration and Urbanization in Canada: A Review and Interpretation. RIIM Working Paper Series #00-12. {970-00}

Chiswick, B. R. & P.W. Miller. 2000. A Model of Destination Language Acquisition: Application to Male Immigrants in Canada. RIIM Working Paper Series #00-13. {970-00}

Winders, J. 2000. Immigration to Vancouver: An Analytical Review. RIIM Working Paper Series #00-14. {970-00}

Hiebert, D. 2000. Cosmopolitanism at the Local Level: Immigrant Settlement and the Development of Transnational Neighbourhoods. RIIM Working Paper Series #00-15. {970-00}

Prescott, D., D. Wilton, C. Dadayli, & A. Dickson. 2000. Visits to Canada: The Role of Canada’s Immigrant Populations. RIIM Working Paper Series #00-16. {970-00}

WELCOMING and THANKING CERIS STAFF

Caterina Masino is joining CERIS this year as a placement student from Urban Studies at York University. She will be helping with publicity for our seminars and liaison with students. Welcome Cathy!

CERIS WEBSITE

Many people (graduate students, recent immigrants etc.) contact the CERIS office about general employment opportunities. To assist these people we have added a section to our website that provides links to employment opportunities and advice; see What’s New / Employment Opportunities / Links to Job Search Resources. Thanks to our volunteer Chun On Lum for developing this work.

CERIS RESOURCE CENTRE AND WEBSITE

The CERIS Resource Centre is now open from Monday to Friday during regular office hours. We have also produced a simple guide to searching and using our unique collection, which includes a large number of unpublished community needs assessments related to settlement and equity issues, as well as documents produced by CERIS researchers and the Metropolis project affiliates. Publications can be reviewed on site or photocopied at cost.

DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The development of our Resource Centre and WebSite VL depends on donations of paper and disk copies of relevant research documents from CERIS affiliates and partners. You can help us build up these valuable resources! Volunteers are also needed for organizing and cataloguing documents and providing access to the Resource Centre.

The Resource Centre is located at the Toronto office, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor (northwest corner of Bloor and Bedford). Contact information tel. 416 946-8825.

For further information contact:

The Toronto CERIS office: Tel. 416 946-3110 Fax 416 971-3094

The York CERIS office: Tel. 416 736-5223 Fax 416 736-5752 E-mail <ceris.yorku.ca>

Visit the CERIS WebSite: http://ceris.metropolis.net

Visit the York CERIS WebSite: http://www.yorku.ca/research/ceris/index.htm

Visit the National Metropolis WebSite: http://canada.metropolis.net

If you want to add an event to this listing, please forward the complete information to Sue Ann at the CERIS office by fax or E-mail at <ceris.office@utoronto.ca>

CERIS RESOURCE CENTRE AND WEBSITE

The CERIS Resource Centre is now open from Monday to Friday during regular office hours. We have also produced a simple guide to searching and using our unique collection, which includes a large number of unpublished community needs assessments related to settlement and equity issues, as well as documents produced by CERIS researchers and the Metropolis project affiliates. Publications can be reviewed on site or photocopied at cost.
DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The development of our Resource Centre and WebSite VL depends on donations of paper and disk copies of relevant research documents from CERIS affiliates and partners. You can help us build up these valuable resources! Volunteers are also needed for organizing and cataloguing documents and providing access to the Resource Centre.

The Resource Centre is located at the Toronto office, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor (northwest corner of Bloor and Bedford). Contact information tel. 416 946-8825.

For further information contact:

The Toronto CERIS office: Tel. 416 946-3110 Fax 416 971-3094

The York CERIS office: Tel. 416 736-5223 Fax 416 736-5752 Email <ceris.yorku.ca>

Visit the CERIS WebSite: http://ceris.metropolis.net

Visit the York CERIS WebSite: http://www.yorku.ca/research/ceris/index.htm

Visit the National Metropolis WebSite: http://canada.metropolis.net

If you want to add an event to this listing, please forward the complete information to Sue Ann at the CERIS office by fax or email at <ceris.office@utoronto.ca>

This publication comes out each month to keep you informed about upcoming events in and around CERIS and the Metropolis project including seminars, conferences, and public consultations, new research resources, and meetings of the Management Board and its working committees, and the Partnership Advisory Council.

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