CERIS SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATION NOTES
2008
Libertarian or
Communitarian? Citizenship and Refugees in the UK.
September 19, 2008.
Speakers:
Gareth Morrell, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees (ICAR), City University, London
Please refer to the following research paper on this topic:
Multiculturalism, Citizenship and Identity: A Policy and Literature Review
Prepared as Part of ICAR's Refugee Rights and Responsibilities Project [pdf].
By Gareth Morrell. June 2008.
Immigrant Women's Opportunities and Barriers to Learning English.
April 25, 2008.
Speakers:
Mehrunnisa Ali, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University
Vappu Tyyskä, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University
Rachel Berman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University
Isaac Woungang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Ryerson University
Please refer to the following website for the final report on this topic:
www.immigrantwomen.ca
(Research in English proficiency for immigrant women in Canada)
Minority Language
Students' Perceptions of Multiculturalism, Democratic Values, and Citizenship.
April 5, 2008.
Speaker:
Shiva Sadeghi, Ph.D., Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning,
Modern Language Centre, OISE - University of Toronto
Media coverage:
Click here for
media coverage of this seminar (in Chinese). Source: Sing Tao Daily, October 28, 2007.
Retrieved:
http://www.singtao.ca/singtao_east/show_news3.php?ID=938252.
"Provincial"
Immigrants: The Social, Economic, and Transnational Experiences of the
Filipino Canadian Community in Three Ontario Second-Tier Cities. March 28, 2008.
Speaker:
Tom Lusis, Department of Geography, University of Guelph
Pathways and
Adherence to Behavioural Services Among Immigrant Children and Families.
March 7, 2008.
Speaker:
Hayley Hamilton, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of
Toronto
Educating for Employment
Integration: Ontario Bridging Education Projects. February 29, 2008.
Speaker:
Lillie Lum, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Nursing and School of
Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, York University
Embracing
Diversity in Principle Without Equality in Fact is a Hollow Prize: The Failure
of the United States and Implications for Toronto (See:
Text of
the Presentation), January 28, 2008.
Speaker:
Joe T. Darden, Ph.D., Professor of Geography, Michigan State University
Additional document:
- Studies on which
Darden's Presentation is Based.
2007
Exploring the
Links between Universities, Immigration and Immigrant Settlement in
Kitchener-Waterloo. November 16, 2007.
Speaker:
Margaret Walton-Roberts, Ph.D., Department of Geography and
Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Diaspora Nationalism - A Case Study of Sikhs. November 14, 2007.
Speaker:
Harpreet Kaur, Ph.D. Candidate, CERIS Visiting Scholar, Guru Nanak Dev
University, India
Learning to be Good Citizens: The Experiences of Professional Chinese Women. October
26, 2007.
Speakers:
Roxana Ng, Ph.D., Principal Researcher, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT)
Guida Man, Ph.D., Co-Researcher, Atkinson School of Social Sciences, York University
Hongxia Shan, Ph.D. Candidate, Coordinator and
Research Assistant, OISE/UT
Willa Lichun Liu, Ph. D. Candidate, Research Assistant, OISE/UT
Please refer to the following final report and RFP report on this topic:
Final report:
Ng, Roxana, Guida Man, Hongxia Shan, and Willa Liu. 2007. Learning to be Good Citizens: Informal Learning and Labour Market Experiences of Professional Chinese Immigrant Women. Funded by CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre. 13 pp.
RFP report:
Media coverage:
Click here for
media coverage of this seminar (in Chinese). Source: Chinanews.com, October 28, 2007.
Retrieved:
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/hr/mzhrxw/news/2007/10-28/1061303.shtml.
A Launch of Two Seminar Studies on the Filipino
Community. July 12, 2007
Filipinos in Canada: Economic Dimensions of Immigration and Settlement by
Dr. Philip Kelly and
The Road to Empowerment in the Filipino Community: Moving from Crisis to
Community Capacity Building by Mila Astorga-Garcia.
Please refer to the following source for the media coverage:
Marites N. Sison. 2007.
From Tragedy,
Empowerment: The Filipino Canadian Community finds its voice as it heals from
the tragic killing of one of its own. Filipinas. November 2007.
Page 33-35. Retrieved:
http://www.filipinasmag.com/webmag/0711/index.html
Striving for
Equitable Mental Health Care Access for Racialised Communities in Toronto. May
25, 2007.
Speakers:
June Ying Yee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ryerson University, School of Social Work, and Academic Coordinator, Chang School, Internationally Educated Social Work Professionals (IESW) Program
Hélène Grégoire, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Public Health Sciences Dept., University of Toronto
Please refer to the following source for the detailed research report on this topic:
Shahsiah, Sara and June Ying Yee. 2006.
Striving for Best Practices and Equitable Mental Health Care Access for
Racialised Communities in Toronto.
Funded by Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Health
Services and Policy Research and Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and
Addiction. November 2006. 60 pp. (http://www.accessalliance.ca/media/EquitableMentalHealthCareAccessResearchReport.pdf).
How Strangers Become Neighbours: Integrating
Immigrants Through Community Development. May 9, 2007.
Speakers:
Paula Carr, Executive Director, Collingwood Neighbourhood House
Leonie Sandercock, Professor and Director, School of Community and
Regional Planning, University of British Columbia
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"Tell Me Something about
Yourself": Language, Culture and Job Interviews. April 27, 2007.
Speaker:
Huamei Han, Ph.D., Ontario Institution for Studies in Education at the
University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
2006
Access Not Fear: When Non-Status People Make
Claims on City Services. December 1, 2006.
Speakers:
Peter Nyers, Assistant Professor, Politics of Citizenship and
Intercultural Relations, Department of Political Science, McMaster University;
Cynthia Wright, Adjunct Faculty at York University in the following
academic units: School of Women's Studies; Sociology; Geography; and the
History Department of the School of Arts and Letters, Atkinson College;
Sima Sahar Zerehi, student and longtime activist with No One is
Illegal-Toronto and the city-based Don't Ask, Don't Tell campaign.
Please refer to their following research report on this
topic:
'Access Not Fear': Non-Status Immigrants & City Services. February 2006.
How
"Earlier" Skilled Immigrants from Mainland China Experience Acculturation,
Employment Challenges, and Mental Health Issues. November 24, 2006.
Speakers:
Izumi Sakamoto, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University
of Toronto;
Yi Wei, M.Ed., Adult Education and Community Development, OISE/UT;
Jane Ku, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, Trent University;
Lele Truong, Past President, Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto
Chapter, and Coordinator, Policy Roundtable Mobilizing Professions and Trades
(PROMPT).
Please refer to their following research report submitted to CERIS on this
topic:
Employment Challenges, Access to Services, and Resiliency: Experiences of
"Earlier" Mainland Chinese Skilled Immigrants in Toronto.
Click here for
media coverage of this seminar (in Chinese). Source: Mingpao, page A2,
November 25, 2006.
Transition without Status: The Experience of Youth
Leaving Care without Citizenship. November 17, 2006.
Speaker:
Francis G. Hare, Ph.D., Professor, School of Child and Youth Care,
Ryerson University.
Please refer to his following research report submitted to CERIS on this
topic:
Final Report for CERIS on Project: Unaccompanied Refugee Youth in Transition
from the Child Welfare System.
Newcomer Parents and Their Children's Teachers:
What and How Do They Communicate [or Not]? November 10, 2006.
Speakers:
Dr. Antoinette Gagné, Associate Professor,
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE/UT;
Dr. Mehrunnisa Ali, CERIS Education Domain Leader and Associate
Professor, School of Early Children Education, Ryerson University.
Please refer to the following document if you want to order the DVD products
on this
topic:
The
Growing New Roots DVD Series: Learning to Respond to Diversity in K-12
Schools, the Community and Teacher Education Programs.
Examining Individual and Systemic Barriers Experienced by Visible Minority
Social Workers in Mainstream Agencies. October 27, 2006.
Speakers:
Helen Wong, B.Ed., M.S.W., R.S.W., Project
Director, Internationally Educated Social Work Professionals Bridging Program,
Ryerson University;
Dr. June Ying Yee, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Ryerson
University;
Axelle Janczur, M.A., M.B.A., Executive Director, Access Alliance
Multicultural Community Health Centre.
Please refer to the following source for their detailed
research report,
literature review
and
quantitative report on this topic:
Examine Systemic &
Individual Barriers of Ethno-Racial Minority Social Workers. (http://www.accessalliance.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45)
"Unsettled" -
Identifying Legal and Policy Barriers to Newcomers in Canada. October 13, 2006.
Speaker:
Sarah Wayland, Ph.D., Consultant and CERIS Research Affiliate
Please refer to the following sources for the detailed research report and
literature review on this topic:
Wayland, Sarah. 2006.
Unsettled: Legal and Policy Barriers for Newcomers to Canada. A Joint
Initiative of Community Foundations of
Canada and the Law Commission of Canada.
Community Foundations of Canada and Law Commission of Canada. 63 pp.
(http://www.cfc-fcc.ca/socialjustice/pdf/LegalPolicyBarriers.pdf)
Wayland, Sarah. 2006.
Unsettled: Legal and Policy Barriers for Newcomers to Canada, Literature
Review. A Joint Initiative of Community Foundations of Canada and the
Law Commission of Canada. Community Foundations of Canada and Law Commission
of Canada. 132 pp.
(http://www.cfc-fcc.ca/socialjustice/pdf/LegalPolicyBarriersReview.pdf)
Integrative
Anti-Racism: South Asians in Canadian Academe. July 12, 2006.
Speaker:
Edith Samuel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Atlantic
Baptist University (Moncton, New Brunswick)
Please refer to the following book for her detailed research report on this topic:
Samuel, E. (2005).
Integrative
Antiracism: South Asians in Canadian Academe. Toronto: University of
Toronto Press.
Homelessness Among Immigrants in Toronto: How Does
This Happen and How Does It Affect New Canadian Families? May 26, 2006.
Speakers:
Kenise Murphy Kilbride, Ph.D., Professor and Senior Scholar, Ryerson
University
Etta Baichman-Anisef, Project Team Member.
Please refer to the following item for the detailed research report on this topic:
Kilbride, Kenise Murphy, Steven M. Webber, Cecilia Wong, and Nelson Amaral.
2006. Plug Them in and Turn Them on: Homelessness, Immigrants, and Social
Capital. Ryerson University. Report submitted to the Housing and
Homelessness Branch of the Department of Human Resources and Social
Development Canada. June 2, 2006.
(http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/EResources/Kilbride2006.pdf)
Post-Migration Changes in Gender Relations
among Ethiopian Immigrant Couples in Toronto. April 21, 2006.
Speakers:
Ilene Hyman, Ph.D., Research Scientist & Assistant Professor, Centre for
Research in Women's Health, University of Toronto;
Girma Mekonnen Tizzazu, MD, Research Assistant, Centre for Research in Women's
Health, Toronto
Please refer to the following sources for the detailed research papers on this topic:
1. Post-Migration Changes in Gender Relations in the Ethiopian Community in
Toronto - Phase II. Final Report. March 1, 2006. (http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/RFPReports/Hyman_PhaseII2004.pdf)
2. Gender, Violence and Health: Post-Migration Changes in Gender Relations
among Ethiopian Immigrant Couples in Toronto. Final Report [for Phase I of the
Research]. February 17, 2004. (http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/EResources/HymanI_et_al_PhaseI2004.pdf)
The 'Housing
Situations' of Immigrants and Refugees in a Border City. April 7,
2006. (PowerPoint Presentation)
Speakers:
Dr. Uzo Anucha, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of
Windsor;
Colleen Mitchell, BSW, RSW, Community-based researcher and project consultant,
and acting Program Director of the Glengarry project.
ESL for Ontario's Newcomer Children. March 10,
2006. (PowerPoint Presentations)
1. Findings from a
Recent Literature Review of ESL in Ontario by Bonnie Mah, M.A.,
Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University.
2. Supporting English Learners in Ontario Schools: Challenges for the Future?
by Paula Markus, Program Coordinator, ESL/ELD for the Toronto District School
Board.
3. How Settlement Workers Help Parents Understand the School System by Peter Dorfman, Provincial Coordinator, Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS).
4. Parent Involvement AS Education: A Broad-based Action-Research Literacy
Approach in Three Public Elementary Schools in the GTA, by John Ippolito,
Faculty of Education, York University, Project Director for Parent Involvement
AS Education.
Please visit www.newmoves.ca
for the video, New Moves: An Orientation Video for Newcomer Students,
discussed in the presentation. This video features fourteen students talking
about their adjustment to school in Canada and what helped them be successful.
From 'Canadian
First' to 'Canada First' to Compete Globally in the 21th Century: A
Multi-stakeholder Driven Employment Strategy for Immigrants with Engineering
Backgrounds by Dr. Gurmeet K. Bambrah, Coordinator, Council for Access to
the Profession of Engineering (CAPE).
March 3, 2006. (PowerPoint Presentation)
Please refer to the following sources for the detailed research papers on this topic:
1.
Canadian 'Experiments' in Diversity: The Case of
Immigrants with Engineering Backgrounds Who Settle in Ontario.
(http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/WKPP%20List/WKPP2005/CWP41_Bambrah_final.pdf)
2.
Engineering Access Project: Final Report, Survey of
Immigrants with Engineering Backgrounds Settling in Ontario, Engineering
Employers and Community Supports. (http://www.capeinfo.ca/finalreport.php)
Teen-Parent
Relationships in the Settlement of Sri Lanka Tamils in Toronto by Vappu
Tyyska, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University.
February 10, 2006. (PowerPoint Presentation)
Please refer to
http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual Library/RFPReports/Tyyska2004.pdf
for the detailed research report on this topic or contact her at
vtyyska@arts.ryerson.ca.
Migration, Mental Health and Addictions, and
Clinical Cultural Competence. February 3, 2006. (PowerPoint Presentations)
Mental Health and
Addiction State of Ethnocultural/racial Communities by Masood Zangeneh,
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction
Clinical Cultural
Competence by Rani H. Srivastava, M.Sc.N, Ph.D Candidate, Institute of
Medical Sciences, University of Toronto; Deputy Chief, Nursing Practice,
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Challenging Social Exclusion in One Toronto Neighbourhood: Lessons from
Malvern (January 29, 2006)
Speakers:
Richard M. De Gaetano, Community Planner for Scarborough, Community Social
Planning Council of Toronto;
Anthony Hutchinson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Ryerson
University;
Stephanie Salmon, student, York University, Acting Coordinator of MYLIFE
group;
Mimi Szeto, student, Ryerson University, MYLIFE participant;
Danusika Makendiran, student, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, MYLIFE
participant.
Please refer to
http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/Research%20&%20Policy%20Updates/MYLIFE%202005%20Final%20Report.pdf
for
MYLIFE Project Final Report.
2005
Labour Movement: How Migration Regulations Labour Markets by Harald Bauder, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Guelph. December 9, 2005. (PowerPoint Presentation)
Immigrant Incorporation in the U.S. and Canada: Preliminary Assessments by Ron Schmidt, Professor of Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, 2005-06 Fulbright-Enders Visiting Research Chair Centre for International Studies (CERIUM), University of Montreal. November 5, 2005. (PowerPoint Presentation)
2001 Census Public Use Microdata File (Individual File) by Susan McMillan, Statistics Canada. October 20, 2005. (PowerPoint Presentation)
Overview of Immigration Data by Susan McMillan, Statistics Canada. October 20, 2005. (PowerPoint Presentation)
Racialised Groups and Health Status: A Literature Review Exploring Poverty, Housing, Race-Based Discrimination and Access to Health Care as Determinants of Health for Racialised Groups by Multicultural Community Health Centre, Access Alliance
Formation of an Ethnic Enclave: Process and Motivations by Sandeep Kumar and Bonica Leung
Toronto's Ethnic Enclaves: Sites of Segregation or Communities of Choice? by Mohammad Qadeer and Sandeep Kumar
"From Emigration to Immigration: Changing Trends in International Migration in Europe and the Case of Spain” by Dan Rodríguez-García
2004
CERIS Data Workshop presentation: Working with CERIS Census Data for Immigration Research at the Neighbourhood Level by Chiu M. Luk