CERIS Graduate Student Conference, 2008

DAY ONE – Thursday, April 17 (Junior Common Room #014) 7:00-8:30 pm Opening Plenary Session Chair: Howard Duncan (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) Keynote speakers:
1.	Nazilla Khanlou CERIS Domain Leader in Health and Well-Being Faculty of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
2.	Philip Kelly CERIS Domain Leader in Economic and Labour Market Integration Department of Geography, York University
3.	Mehrunnisa Ali CERIS Domain Leader in Family, Children and Youth School of Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University
8:30-9:30 pm Wine and Cheese Reception (Junior Common Room #014) DAY TWO – Friday, April 18 (Junior Common Room #014) 9:00-9:15 WELCOME (light breakfast will be served) 9:15-10:30 am SESSION ONE
WORKSHOP 1 (Room: Junior Common Room) *Immigration/ Refugee Law and Practice* *Chair & Discussant: Adrienne Smith (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University)*
1.	Jessica Devi Chandrashekar (Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto) "Post 9/11 State Re-formations- Bill C-36 and its Implication on Immigrants and Refugees in Sri Lankan Tamil communities.”
2.	Harlovleen Kaur (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) “Refugee Women and Canadian Guidelines on Women Refugee Claimants Fearing Gender-Related Persecution: A Critical Viewpoint.”
3.	Nicole Desmarais (International Public Policy, Wilfrid Laurier University) “Economic Refugees - Overlooked by the Current System.”
4.	Winnie Lo (School of Social Work, McMaster University) “Your Policy Our Children.”
WORKSHOP 2 (Room: Senior Common Room) *Second Generation Experience* *Chair & Discussant: Stella Park, (Sociology, University of Toronto)*
1.	Yuka Nakamura (Faculty of Physical Education, University of Toronto) “Coming 'Home' to Play: How Chinatown is Imagined by Participants of the North American Chinese Volleyball Tournament.”
2.	Mandeep Kaur Mucina (Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto) “Unveiling the Silence: Exploring Memories of the 1947 Partition through the Voices of Second Generation Punjabi Women.”
3.	Muna Jama (Department of Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University) “Second Generation Somali Origin Children's Understanding and Organization of their Multiple Identities.”
4.	Paromita Kar (Department of Dance, York University) “From Embodiment of Inner Experience to Physical Mastery: A Historical Ethnography of Rabindric Dance in Toronto's Bengali Community.”
10:30-10:45 am HEALTH BREAK 10:45- 11:30 am *Employment Opportunities Information Session* (Room: Junior Common Room) Chair: John Shields (CERIS – Ryerson University director) Speakers: Patricia Bishop (Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration) Howard Duncan (Citizenship and Immigration Canada) 11:30-12:15 pm LUNCH (light lunch will be served room: Junior Common Room) 12:15-1:30 pm SESSION TWO
WORKSHOP 3 (Room: Junior Common Room) *Health and Well-being* Chair & Discussant: Jessica Walters (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University)
1.	Roxana Salehi (Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University) “Newcomer Youth and Sexual Health Services in Toronto: Results from Toronto Teen Survey.”
2.	Fatima Kediye (Early Childhood Education, Ryerson University) “Somali-Canadian Mothers of Young Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.”
3.	Yvonne Lai (Department of Psychology, York University) “Settlement of Immigrants from Two Perspectives - What Constitutes Success?”
4.	Sara D. Saljoughi (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University) “An Appetite for Change: Unveiling the Paradox between Food Security for Immigrants and White Privileged Food Culture and Practices in Toronto.”
WORKSHOP 4 (Room: Senior Common Room) *Multiculturalism/Citizenship* *Chair & Discussant: Adrienne Smith (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University)*
1.	Katia Neouimina (School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University) “Multiculturalism in Canada: Clash of Civilizations?”
2.	Sarah Doyle (International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science) “Contesting the Shape of Political Space: An Investigation of the 'Threat of Asylum' in Britain”
3.	Phillipa Chong (Department of Sociology, University of Toronto) “Immigration, Inequality & Space: How Immigration is Changing Canada's Social Landscape.”
4.	Benjamin Boudreaux (Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley) “Recent Immigration and the Ethics of Assimilation.”
1:30-1:45 pm HEALTH BREAK 1:45-3:00 pm SESSION THREE
WORKSHOP 5 (Room: Junior Common Room) *Economic and Labour Market Integration* *Chair & Discussant Lisa Kaida (Department of Sociology, University of Toronto)*
1.	Karen Fong (Department of Geography and Programme in Planning, University of Toronto) “Overcoming Structural Racial Discrimination: An Analysis of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council's Approach to Improving Skilled Immigrant Labour Market Integration.”
2.	Laura Burke (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University) “Transitioning from a Survival Job to a Career.”
3.	Abdulhamid Hathiyani (Department of Adult Education and Community Development, OISE, University of Toronto) “A Concise Analysis of the Lived Experience of Professional Immigrants Driving Taxis in Toronto.”
4.	Lisa Kaida (Department of Sociology, University of Toronto) “Post-Migration Human Capital Investments, Opportunity Structures, and Exits from Poverty among Recent Immigrants to Canada.”
WORKSHOP 6 (Room: Senior Common Room) *Language, Culture, and Education* *Chair & Discussant: Amir Soheili-Mehr* (OISE, University of Toronto)
1.	Yamin Qian (Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Department, OISE, University of Toronto) “Reconstruction of Social Identities: Multiple Perspectives on an International Student's Experience in Toronto.”
2.	Alison Hughes (Applied Linguistics, York University) “Policy in Practice: The Ontario International Language Program.”
3.	Snežana Ratković (Faculty of Education, Brock University) “Immigratory Prejudice and Teacher Identity: Being a Teacher/Not Being a Teacher in Ontario.”
4.	Sheldon Grabke (Faculty of Education, York University) “Toronto Post-secondary Institutional Response to Recent Adult Immigrants.”
3:05-4:20 pm SESSION FOUR
WORKSHOP 7 (Room: Junior Common Room) *Settlement Sector and Government Involvement* Chair & Discussant: Akelah Jamal (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University)
1.	Michael Reading (Fulbright Student Scholar/Visiting Scholar, CERIS-Ontario) “Good Practices for Changing Times: Transition and Innovation in Ontario’s Settlement Sector.”
2.	Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang (School of Planning, University of Waterloo) “Ethnic Retailing and the Role of Municipal Planning.”
3.	Sophia J. Lowe (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University, World Education Services) “Plus Ça Change? - A Comparative Analysis of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the Pilot Foreign Worker Program for Farm Workers in Quebec.”
4.	Radostina Pavlova (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University) “The Role, Accomplishments and Direction of Provincial-Level Immigration Policies: Ontario's Pilot Provincial Nominee Program.”
5.	Ashley Lawrence (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University) “The Barriers Facing Recent Immigrant Women in Hamilton and Toronto's Rental Housing Markets.”
WORKSHOP 8 (Room: Senior Common Room) *Ethno-Specific Case Study* *Chair & Discussant: Natasha Mullen-Whitfield (Clinical Developmental Psychology, York University)*
1.	A. Dahlia Phillips (Research Paper, Presentation) (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University) “Lost in Translation? Coverage of the Federal Election Campaign in Selected Ethnic Press in the Greater Toronto Area.”
2.	Laura Visan (Communication and Culture, York University) “Proud to be Romanian?”
3.	Takako Nomura (East Asian Studies & Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto) “Perceptions of Marriage: Recent Japanese Immigrant Women in the Greater Toronto Area.”
4.	Mike McLaughlin (Department of History, York University) “Catholic Irish Nationalism in Ontario, 1840-1880.”
4:25-5:30 pm SESSION FIVE
WORKSHOP 9 (Room: Junior Common Room) *Family, Children, and Youth – Experiences of Immigrant/Transnational Families* *Chair & Discussant: Jessica Walters (Immigration and Settlement Studies, Ryerson University)*
1.	Christina Parker (Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, OISE, University of Toronto) “Canadian Children, Immigrant Parents: Young "Canadians" Research their Cultural Identity.”
2.	Lan Zhong (Faculty of Education, University of Windsor) “The Role of the Father in Chinese Immigrant Families.”
3.	Yvette Michele Gnanamuttu (Ad Personam Programme – School of Social Work and Faculty of Education, Department of Integrated Studies, McGill University) “Inter-Ethnic Adoption: 'In Whose Best Interests?'”
4.	Yonah Atari (Faculty of Education, York University) “Roots and Routes: Identity Construction of Immigrant Youth in Toronto.”
5.	Marina Morgenshtern (Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University) “Witnessing the Socio-Political Stories of Immigrant Couples.”
WORKSHOP 10 (Room: Senior Common Room) *Politics of Culture, Ethnicity, and Identity* *Chair & Discussant: Amir Soheili-Mehr (OISE, University of Toronto)*
1.	Diane Yvonne Dechief (Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto) “Theorizing Immigration-Influenced Name Changes in Canada.”
2.	Jacqueline Celemencki (Department of Education - Culture and Language -, McGill University) “How Hip-Hop Culture Shapes the Identities of Urban Youth.”
3.	Arpi Panossian-Muttart (Faculty of Education, York University) “Displaced Voices and Determined Spirits: A Visual Narrative.”
4.	Evgeny Efremkin (Department of History, York University) “A Third Way or 'New Canadian' Nationalism: Immigrants' Response to Saint Leonard Crisis of 1968.”
5:35-5:45 pm CLOSING (Junior Common Room) Access to McLaughlin College: See www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/keele.htm Address: McLaughlin College 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3