The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS)
in cooperation with
Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement
(CERIS) York University
is pleased to announce
Terrorism, Borders, and Refugees
(panel discussion)
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 31, 2001, 12:30 P.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Participants:
· Howard Adelman, CRS, Philosophy and Social & Political Thought
· Sharryn Aiken, CRS, Osgoode Hall Law School
· Greg Lyndon, former Deputy Cordinator, UNHCR Pakistan
· Khaki El Farouk, Refugee Lawyer
· Peter Penz, CRS Director, Environmental Studies
For more information, please contact Lynne Russell, Centre Coordinator
at: (416) 736-2100 x 30391 or <lrussell@yorku.ca>
A
CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND HEALTH SERVICES INTER-FACULTY RESEARCH SEMINAR
"Psychological
Consequences of Organized Violence"
Maggie
Schauer, Ph.D.
Thomas
Elbert, Ph.D., Professor, University of Konstanz, Germany
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 4, 2001, 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 NOON
Clarke
Board Room (Room 801), 250 College Street, Toronto
For
more information: Dr. Morton Beiser, 416-979-4266, morton_beiser@camh.net
Sponsored
by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Vivo Victims Voice
Foundation.
The
STATUS organizing group includes individuals from a cross-section of
ethno-racial and
other
communities, social justice groups, labour unions, cultural centres,
social service
organizations
and community centres. In the wake of rising anti-immigrant sentiment,
many
voices
are needed to bring about social justice for non-status immigrants.
Please
join us for the next STATUS meeting on:
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 4, 2001 at 6:30 P.M.
Carpenters
Hall, 2700 Dufferin Street (between Eglinton & Lawrence), Unit
#86-87.
Everyone
is welcome.
For
further information, please contact Beth Wilson at Access Alliance
Multicultural
Community Health Centre via email at
bwilson@accessalliancemchc.on.ca
or by phone (416) 324-0927 x245.
WORKSHOP
ON METROPOLIS DATA SETS
Workshop:
An Introduction to CERIS Major Data Sets related to Immigration
Studies
Purpose:
To introduce various data sets available in CERIS and to learn how to
use such data sets.
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 11, 2001, 3 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.
3
p.m. - 5 p.m.: Presentation of Studies based on CERIS Major Data Sets
Eric
Fong, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
Lucia
Lo, Department of Geography, York University
Janet
Salaff, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
6p.m.
- 7:30 p.m.: Demonstration of Using CERIS major data sets
Valerie
Preston, Department of Geography, York University
Shuguang
Wang, Department of Geography, Ryerson University
Location:
3-5:
Rm A352, Geography Conference Room, Jorgensen Hall, Ryerson University
6-7:30:
Rm A346, Geography Undergraduate Computer Lab, Jorgensen Hall, Ryerson
University
For
more information contact: Eric Fong, Associate Professor of Sociology,
Centre for Urban
and
Community Studies, Tel: 416-978-8488 Fax: 416-978-7162
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~fong/
COMMUNICATING
ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGES IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 16, 2001 B 10:00
A.M. TO NOON
at
Metro Hall, Room 308
Join
us for presentations as well as broad ranging discussion.
Panelists
include:
Tim
Rees, City of Toronto. Toronto is known around the world as a
multi-cultural centre. This
presentation
will describe Toronto's ethno-cultural communities and present a
demographic
profile
of the changing face of Toronto.
Ratna
Omidvar, Maytree Foundation. As leader of an organization that focuses
on the problems facing immigrants and refugees, Ratna has insights on
working with these communities. She will
discuss the hopes, aspirations and practical considerations of new
Canadians.
Paul
Kwasi Kafele, Nommo Consulting. Cultural competence is most often
applied to an
individual
but it's also an organizational issue. How should environmental NGOs
diversify
their
organizations and make them more open and inclusive?
Lalita
Krishna, Producer and Director. Environmental NGOs are media literate
and comfortable approaching traditional, larger media outlets. What
special considerations and practical issues need to be addressed when
working with non-mainstream media?
Chandra
Sharma, Toronto Region Conservation Authority. TRCA has had great
success
fostering
multi-cultural environmental stewardship in the GTA. What were the key
factors in
this
success? Chandra will present a 10 minute video on "Human
Connections:
Multiculturalism
and the Environment".
$10
at the door. Pre-registration is required and space is limited.
Send
name and affiliation to info@sustain.web.ca by October 10.
Metro
Hall is located on the southeast corner of King and John, just west of
the St. Andrew
subway
station.
GTA
FORUM SESSIONS 2001-2002
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 18, 2001
CIVIC
PARTICIPATION/SOCIAL CAPITAL IN CITIES
Speakers:
Ranu Basu, U of T; Larry McKeown, Canadian Centre for Philanthropy;
Tim
Rees, City of Toronto
Moderator:
Marcia Wallace, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 22, 2001
EXPLORING
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ROLES IN ONTARIO
Speakers:
David Hardy, O.P.P.I.; Melanie Hare, Urban Strategies Inc.
Commentator:
Larry Bourne, U of T; Moderator: Loretta Ryan, O.P.P.I.
Jointly
sponsored by the Ontario Professional Planners= Institute
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 17, 2002
THE
END OF CHEAP ENERGY AND THE FUTURE OF THE GTA
Speakers:
Richard Gilbert, Consultant; Jim Lemon, U of T
Commentators:
TBA
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2002
MEETING
THE CHALLENGES OF URBAN HEALTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Speakers:
Jim Armstrong, Wellesley Central Health Corp.; Scott Dudgeon, Toronto
District Health Counsil; David McKeown, Medical Officer of Health,
Peel Region
Commentator:
Frances Lankin, President, United Way of Greater Toronto
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 27, 2002*
MAKING
THE GTA MORE SUSTAINABLE: SOCIAL CHALLENGES
Speakers:
Maureen Adams, United Way of Greater Toronto; Others TBA
Moderator/Commentator:
Bob Murdie, York University
*Scheduled
for a Wednesday because of the approaching long weekend.
THURSDAY,
APRIL 25, 2002
TORONTO
THE GOOD ENOUGH:
WHY
DON=T WE CARE HOW OUR CITY LOOKS
Convenor:
Cathy Nasmith, Architect and Chair of the Toronto Preservation Board
Speakers:
John Barber, and Others TBA
TUESDAY,
MAY 28, 2002
WORK,
PRODUCTION, AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY:
NEW
REALITIES FOR THE METROPOLIS
One
day conference
Conference
Convenors: Lewis Code, Jan Kainer and Joan Allen
Co-hosted
by York University. To be held on the York University campus.
________________________
All
meetings except the mini-conference on May Y are held from 4:00 to
6:00 p.m. in the Toronto Archives Auditorium, 255 Spadina Road,
Toronto.
(one
block north of the Dupont subway station. Parking on site)
The
mini-conference will be held at York University, 4700 Keele St.,
Toronto
For
more information, write to Forum Coordinator Frances Frisken, ffrisken@yorku.ca,
of
call 416-480-2313 http://www.yorku.ca/gtaforum
A
NEW WAY OF THINKING? Towards a vision of social inclusion
There
is a great deal of interest among policy-makers and analysts in the
concepts of social inclusion and social exclusion in Canada and
elsewhere.
But
what do these concepts mean? How do we move from experiences of
exclusion to a vision of inclusion? What would a national policy
agenda and politics based on social inclusion look like? What are the
civic dimensions of social inclusion? How does social inclusion
complement and strengthen recognition, rights and citizenship? And how
can we secure the social inclusion of children and families through
policies, practices and participation in areas such as labour market,
economic security, child development and child care, recreation and
public education, and community participation?
These
questions will be addressed in plenary sessions and in several smaller
workshops. Presenters will include several international and national
commentators on social inclusion, researchers and authors of social
inclusion papers for the Laidlaw Foundation, and other public policy
experts/practitioners from within and outside of the government.
Where?
Ottawa, Ontario B Holiday Inn-Crowne Plaza Hotel
When?
NOVEMBER 8-9, 2001
Co-sponsored
by the Laidlaw Foundation and the Canadian Council on Social
Development
A
full conference program and detailed agenda are available on request.
The
conference fee is $275 for early registration, or $300 after October
12th.
Special
registration fee of $175 is available for voluntary sector
organizations (or $200 after October 12th). Registration will be
limited to 125 people to ensure full participation at plenaries and
allow for small workshop settings. If you would like to receive
further information about the conference, call Lyne Berard at the
Canadian Council on Social Development, (613) 236-5868, ext. 241, or
send an e-mail to berard@ccsd.ca.
The
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs has a new project
called "History and the Politics of Reconciliation",
directed by Elizabeth Cole. The project studies how societies reckon
with difficult pasts over generations, including the ethical
dimensions of how societies select which parts of their history to
emphasize, commemorate and teach. As part of this project, a workshop
on the theme of "The Search for a 'Useable Past'" will be
held on OCTOBER 25-26, 2001. For more information, contact
Elizabeth Cole, Senior Program Officer, Studies and Education,
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, 170 E. 64th
Street, New York, NY 10021; phone: 212-838-4120 x219; fax:
212-752-2432; e-mail: lcole@cceia.org
There
will be a conference on "Nationalist Myths and Pluralist
Realities in Central Europe", Edmonton, Canada, OCTOBER 25-27,
2001. The conference is jointly organized by the Canadian Centre
for Austrian and Central European Studies (CCAuCES) of the University
of Alberta and the Center for Austrian Studies (CAS) of the University
of Minnesota. The objective of this conference is to re-examine some
of the most persistent myths of central European history in the light
of new research, and to reconsider the confrontational view of the
common past inspired by nationalist hostilities. For further
information, contact Franz Szabo, Director, Canadian Centre for
Austrian and Central European Studies, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E6. E-mail: ccauces@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca; or
Gerhard Weiss, Interim Director, Center for Austrian Studies,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55454, U.S.A. Email: casahy@umn.edu.
The
Association for Canadian Studies in partnership with the
Multiculturalism Program (Department of Canadian Heritage), and the
Metropolis Project Team (Citizenship and Immigration Canada), is
organizing a two-day policy- research seminar on "Ethnocultural,
Racial, Religious, and Linguistic Identity", Halifax, NOVEMBER
1-2, 2001. For information or to participate, e-mail: general@acs-aec.ca
ETHNICIZING
THE NATION -- Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Sixteenth Biennial
Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on NOVEMBER
2-4, 2001
Themes:
Sites of popular culture; Memory, place and politics; Generations:
continuity and change; Intersecting Ethnicities.
http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/mhso/conferenceinfo.htm
Centro
de Estudios Sociales (CES) at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia has
been holding international conferences on an annual basis since 1997.
This year's international seminar is titled "A Multicultural
Nation, the First Decade of an Inclusive Constitution", to be
held at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia on NOVEMBER 6-10,
2001. For further information, contact CES, Carrera 50 #27-70,
Edifico 5, Oficina 522 Bogota, Colombia; e-mail: ces@bacata.usc.unal.edu.co
There
will be a conference on "Globalization and Citizenship"
organized by Gershon Shafir and Alison Brysk to be held in La Jolla (UCSD),
on NOVEMBER 16-17, 2001. For more information, contact Gershon Shafir,
Department of Sociology 0533, University of California, San Diego, La
Jolla, CA 92093-0533; phone: (858) 534-2575; fax: (858) 534-4753;
e-mail: gshafir@weber.ucsd.edu
Dr.
Henry, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at York University will be
giving a series of lectures at the University of Toronto as part of
the course JTH3000H, Ethnic Relations Theory, Research, and Policy
taught by Professor Jeffrey G. Reitz.
Lecture
Times and Dates and Locations as Follows:
RACIST
DISCOURSE IN THE MEDIA: ISSUES IN MEDIA RESEARCH, AND CRITICAL
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 26, 2001, 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 PM
CASE
STUDIES OF RACIST DISCOURSE IN THE MEDIA
MONDAY,
DECEMBER 3, 2001, 4:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M.
Meetings
are held in Room 240, Department of Sociology, 725 Spadina Avenue.
The
Lectures are open to all, and will be followed by a reception.
Dr.
Frances Henry is author or co-author of numerous studies on racism in
Canada, including The Colour of Democracy: Racism in Canadian Society
(2nd edition, Harcourt Brace, 2000), The Caribbean Diaspora in
Toronto: Learning to Live with Racism (University of Toronto Press,
1994), and Challenging Racism in the Arts: Case Studies of Controversy
and Conflict (University of Toronto Press, 1998), and is known as well
for her pioneering study, Who Gets the Work: A Test of Racial
Discrimination in Employment (1985).
Sponsored
by: The Robert F. Harney Professorship and Program in Ethnic,
Immigration, and Pluralism Studies
There
will be an international workshop on "European Identities:
Constructs and Conflicts", organized by Rainer Baubock and hosted
by the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Diplomatic Academy of Vienna,
DECEMBER 13-15, 2001. For information contact Rainer Baubock, Austrian
Academy of Sciences, IWE, Postgasse 7/1/2, A-1010 Wien; tel: 43 (0)
1-51581-568; fax: 43 (0) 1-51581-566; e-mail: rainer.baubock@oaew.ac.at
There
will be a workshop on "Political Accommodation of Ethnonationally
Diverse Societies" at the 2002 European Consortium for Political
Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions, Turin, Italy, MARCH 22-27, 2002.
The workshop will focus on normative and comparative theoretical
frameworks in an integrated assessment of the constitutional politics
of multination states. Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2001.
For information contact Shane O'Neill, s.oneill@qub.ac.uk (or) Josep
Costa: josep.costa@cpis.upf.es or visit the ECPR website:
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/jointsessions/turin/list.htm#5
THE
2002 GEORGIA MINI-CONFERENCE
"Immigration
& America's Changing Ethnic Landscapes"
Athens,
GA, APRIL 12-14, 2002
Renewed
immigration to the United States is prompting a fundamental ethnic and
racial restructuring of American society. Indeed, some observers claim
that the U.S. will become a "minority majority" country in a
few short decades -- a projection that stimulates much social and
political anxiety. Traditional immigration gateways (e.g., California
and New York -- especially their major cities, Los Angeles and New
York) have struggled to respond to rapidly changing demographics.
Immigration affects almost every aspect of society in these contexts;
from housing and labor markets to cultural identities and inter-group
conflicts.
The
call for abstracts and detailed information on registration and
accommodations will be forthcoming in early fall. Until then, please
direct any questions to Kavita Pandit (pandit@uga.edu), Steve Holloway
(holloway@uga.edu) or Rob Yarbrough (ryarbrou@uga.edu).
Steven
R. Holloway, Dept. of Geography, University of Georgia, 204 GG
Building, Athens, GA 30602-1502 Ph: 706-542-4109 / Fax: 706-542-2388 /
holloway@uga.edu
METROPOLIS
CONFERENCES
FIFTH
CANADIAN NATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE
will
be held in Ottawa, Canada OCTOBER 16-20, 2001. For more information
please contact Steven Morris at Steven.Morris@9522apx.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca
or visit web site http://canada.metropolis.net
List
of Toronto workshops for the Ottawa conference:
1)
Through a Gender Lens: Intersections of Policy, Immigration and Health
2)
Bridging the Gap Between Research, Policy Development and Practice
3)
Immigrants francophones en Ontario: realite invisible, defis pour la
recherche
4)
A Planned Approach to the Attraction and Settlement of Immigrants in
Hamilton
5)
Challenges for Immigrant Youth: What are they, and what can we learn
from them?
6)
Private Sponsorship of Refugees: Canada's Response to the 'Boat
People' and the Kosovo Crisis: Implications for Admissions and
Settlement Policy
7)
Youth
8)
Access to Professions and Trades
9)
Apprenticeship Opportunities and Barriers for Immigrant Youth in the
Greater Toronto Area
10)
Enhancing the Health of Immigrants and Refugees - Community Health
Policy and Service Delivery Challenges
SIXTH
INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE
will
be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, NOVEMBER 26-30, 2001.
If
you are interested in receiving more information please contact either
Rinus
Penninx at penninx@pscw.uva.nl or
Howard
Duncan at howard.duncan@9522apx.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca or
visit
web site: http://international.metropolis.net
List
of Toronto workshops for the Rotterdam conference:
1)
Embracing the first urban century: Increased autonomy for city-regions
and its potential Impact on settlement
2)
Multi-ethnic art, culture, neighbourhood transformation and economic
activities
3)
Difficulties of immigrant families in contacts with Elementary School
Teachers: Case studies of Russians in Israel and Latinos in Canada.
4)
Is your city making migrants healthy or sick?
5)
Qualification Recognition: Comparative Policies and Practices
6)
Diversity and cohesion in the arts
7)
Pluralistic Society BB National Identities and Challenges for Public
Broadcasting.
8)
Parenting Issues of New Immigrants in Three Cities
9)
Identifying and meeting the needs of challenged immigrant youth
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