News Flashes From Metropolis
April 20, 1999 (Vol. 2 No. 2)
In This Edition:
- Centre Update
- Federal Partner Update
- Upcoming Events
- Products
- Conference Information
- Metropolis Accolades
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Centre Update
Prairie
In May, Yasmeen Abu-Laban will present her project, "Gender and Immigrant
Political Participation in Comparative Perspective." For more information on this
brownbag seminar please contact the Prairie Centre at (780) 492-6600.
Toronto
Upcoming Meetings:
Management Board May 28, 1999
Partnership Advisory Council (PAC) May 14, 1999
Data Workshop May 19, 1999
Access and Equity Research on Health Services Project
Funded by Health Canada, this project seeks to identify the types of research needed in
order to produce improvements in the health care system's response to the needs of diverse
communities. For more information please contact Doris Rajana at drajan@sympatico.ca
The New Canadian Children and Youth Study
This study involving the Montreal, Toronto, and Prairie Centres will examine the needs
of immigrant and refugee children. The Toronto portion of the study has started with a
focus on the Chinese and former Yugoslavian communities, the Montreal study will begin
shortly with a focus on the Arab, West Asian and Latin American communities, and the
Prairie portion of the study focussing on the Kurdish and Vietnamese communities is
expected to begin when funding becomes available. For more information please contact
Angela Shik at (416) 946-3111.
Vancouver
The Vancouver Centre has launched a National and International Internship Program.
Graduate students are paired with policy partners to research a mutually agreed topic. To
date, 3 placements have been made: one in Ottawa (HRDC), one in Germany (IZA), and one in
Malaysia (CIDA). For more information please contact Don DeVoretz at devoretz@sfu.ca
Montreal
Danielle Juteau has organized a workshop on Social Differentiation for May 14 and 15.
The workshop will bring researchers and policy makers together to discuss ongoing
research. For more information please contact Danielle Juteau at danielle.juteau@umontreal.ca
Federal Partner Update
Annual Report
The Project Team will be producing an annual report covering 1998-99. The report will
describe achievements for the project as a whole, highlight strategic issues, set out the
project team's plans and report on past actions. The report should be available by
mid-summer.
Federal Partners on Centre Committees
As a result of an initiative to create more opportunities for contact between policy
makers and researchers, membership on key boards and committees has been extended to
federal representatives by the Prairie and Vancouver Centres. An earlier News Flash
reported on changes at the Montréal Centre. New representatives at the Prairie and
Vancouver centres are:
- Sylvain Côté from Human Resources Development Canada has joined the Vancouver
Management Board.
- Julie Dompierre from Status of Women Canada and Dina Juras from Health Canada have
joined the Board of Governors of the Prairie Centre.
- A representative from the regional office of Canadian Heritage will join the Program
Committee of the Prairie Centre.
Health Canada
Health Canada held the annual meeting for its Metropolis Working Group. This group
includes representatives from various branches and from the regions. This meeting precedes
a meeting with lead health researchers planned for the fall.
Objectives set by the working group for the current year include:
- Strengthening linkages with centres
- Facilitating networks between centres
- Regional office involvement
- Enhancing communication within Health Canada
- Fostering the use/application of research within Health Canada.
- Publishing the environmental scan of health research
- Pursue mutual interests with Canadian Heritage
Status of Women
Status has recently released a report entitled, "Policy Options to Improve
Standards for Garment Workers in Canada and Internationally." To order copies please
call (613) 995-3980.
The Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women made a presentation to federal
departments on April 12. For more information please contact Julie Dompierre at (613)
995-3071
Canadian Heritage
Each regional office has been asked to appoint an officer to liaise with Metropolis.
The first teleconference among regional representatives and headquarters staff is planned
for the end of April. Regular contact among these representatives should significantly
augment departmental involvement in Metropolis. The representatives will also meet in
person during national staff training sessions planned for May 1999.
Upcoming Events
Dubrovnik
The Dubrovnik seminar, "Youth in the Plural City Individualized and Collectivized
Identity Projects" will take place May 24-29, 1999.
Twenty five theoretical and empirical papers will be presented to an audience of 30-40
participants from Canada, Sweden, England, Australia, Slovenia, France, Portugal, Germany,
and Norway. The papers will be circulated in advance to encourage discussion. Canadian
participants include Denise Helly from the Montreal Centre, Yvonne Hébert from the
Prairie Centre, Jeff Bullard from Canadian Heritage and Helen Ralston from St Mary's
University. Further information on this seminar can be found at
http://www.svf.uib.no/sefos/IMER/dubrovnik
Social Justice Seminar
The Social Justice Seminar organized by the University of British Columbia's Centre for
Policy Studies in Education will be held in Ottawa May 14-15, 1999. The goal of the
seminar will be to identify research gaps and to establish networks of researchers, policy
makers and NGOs interested in tackling those gaps in four areas: Human Rights, Education,
Legislative Frameworks, and Reconciliation.
Two background literature reviews have
been prepared and are availalbe on the Metropolis website. The following background papers
are in preparation and will also be posted on the Metropolis website prior to the seminar.
- Human Rights: Using Conflict Creatively - Jim Walker (University of Waterloo)
- Education: Moving Past Anti-Racism Education - Roxana Ng (OISE/U of T)
- Legislative Frameworks: Hate Crime Legislation Around the World - Julian Roberts
(University of Ottawa/University of Toronto)
- Reconciliation: Models For Handling Past Injustices - Rosemary Nagy (University of
Toronto)
For more information on the seminar please contact Dr Reva Joshee at kjoshee@powersurfr.com
Fourth International Metropolis Conference
The Fourth International Metropolis Conference will be held in Washington D.C. December
8-11 1999. Like the Third International Conference, this conference will combine plenary
sessions with a policy-research focus with highly focussed, results-oriented workshops.
Information on the plenary sessions will be featured in the next issue of News Flashes.
The workshops planned for this conference are listed below. Please contact the listed
workshop hosts for the sessions you are interested in attending.
Registration forms and preliminary programmes should be available by June 1999. Please
watch the Metropolis International web site (www.international.metropolis.net)
for details. For further information or to receive registration material please contact
Yasmin Santiago at yasmin@ceip.org or John Biles at john_biles@pch.gc.ca
Fourth National Metropolis Conference
The Fourth National Metropolis Conference is planned for March 22 to 25, 2000 at the
Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto. Six committees have been created to coordinate different
aspects of the conference. For more information please contact Marie Truelove, the
conference coordinator, at mtruelov@acs.ryerson.ca
Products
Newsletter
The Fourth Metropolis Newsletter focusing on the international components of Metropolis
is now available. To receive a copy, please contact Dominique Groulx at (613) 957-5983 or dominique.groulx@9522apx.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca
Summary Proceedings of Third National Metropolis Conference
The Project Team is working with the Vancouver Centre to produce summary proceedings of
the Conference. The document is scheduled for distribution in June 1999. In the interim,
some papers and presentations appear on the Vancouver section of the Metropolis website
(www.canada.metropolis.net).
CERIS Working Paper Series
The Toronto Centre (CERIS) has instituted a working paper series. Copies of the papers
can be found on CERIS' section of the Metropolis website or can be obtained by contacting
the Centre at (416) 736-5223 or ceris.office@utoronto.ca.
The latest papers in the series are:
- "The Role of 'Weak Ties' in the Settlement Experiences of Immigrant Women with
Young Children: The Case of Central Americans in Montréal" by Damarais Rose, Pia
Carrasco and Johanne Charboneau
- "Ethnic Malls and Plazas: Chinese Commercial Developments in Scarborough,
Ontario" by Mohammad Qadeer
CERIS Research Project Summaries
The Toronto Centre has compiled summaries for the twenty-one research projects funded
to date. Copies of these summaries can be obtained by contacting the Centre at (416)
736-5223 or ceris.office@utoronto.ca
UNESCO MOST
A new clearing house on religious rights can be found at: http://www.unesco.org/most/rr1.htm
The Asia Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN) has posted its working papers at www.unesco.org/most/apmrn.htm
A discussion paper entitled "Democratic governance in multicultural
societies" by Matthias Koenig has been posted at www.unesco.org/most/ln2pol2.htm
To join the MOST mailing list, send a message to majordomo@unesco.org
with "subscribe most-list" in the body of your message.
Web News
The Metropolis web sites have changed homes. The new addresses are now www.canada.metropolis.net and www.international.metropolis.net
Conference Information
ACFAS Annual Conference
(Ottawa May 10-14, 1999)
Marcel Arteau
[Tel] (514) 281-2081
[Fax] (514) 281-5010
Global Flows/Local Fissures: Urban Antagonisms Revisted
(Istanbul, Turkey May 27-29, 1999)
www.waldacademy.org
Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities
(Sherbrooke, June 2-12, 1999)
congress@hssfc.ca
Rethinking Citizenship: Critical Perspectives For the 21st Century
(Leeds, U.K. June 29-30, 1999)
www.leeds.ac.uk/law/conferences/citizenship/homepage.htm
Association pour la recherche interculturelle (ARIC),
(Nanterre, France June 30-July 3, 1999)
Theme: Knowledge and Issues of Interculturalism
ARIC@u-paris10.fr
The Liberal Order: The Future for Social Justice?
(Olomouc, Czech Republic July 7-12, 1999)
social.justice@brighton.ac.uk
The Future of Chinese Cities: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century
(Shanghai, China July 28-31, 1999)
John Logan
j.logan@albany.edu
Rediscovering Canada,
(Reykjavik, Iceland August 5-8, 1999)
Theme: Canada and the Nordic Countries Compared
engua@hum.aau.dk
International Conference on Immigrants and Isolation
(Toronto August 12-15, 1999)
Victoria Esses
Vesses@julian.uwo.ca
Social Sciences and Social Policy Linkages
(Netherlands September 13-14, 1999)
Roger Henke
r.henke@fss.uu.nl
International and Local Migration Policies,
(Lisbon, Portugal September 1999)
European Migration Centre
migratio@zdat.fu-berlin.de
Nationalism, Identity and Minority Rights,
(Bristol, U.K. September 16-19, 1999)
nat-conf@bris.ac.uk
Migration in the Asia Pacific - the last 30 years and the next 30 years
(Tokyo, Japan September 23-27, 1999)
www.unesco.org/most/apmrnco3.htm
Global Justice/Women's Rights
(New Haven Connecticut October 1-2, 1999)
June Dunn
Womenstudies@scsu.ct.stateu.edu
Re-Imagining Multiculturalism
(Melbourne, Australia October 1-3, 1999)
Anna Dacre
Anna.dacre@arts.monash.edu.au
Public Policy Analysis and Management: Global and Comparative Perspectives
(Washington D.C. November 4-6, 1999)
Erik Devereux
Appam@ui.urban.org
Nationalism, Citizenship and National Identity in Canada
(Sackville, New Brunswick November 11-13, 1999)
Raymond Blake OR Andrew Nurse
Rblake@mta.ca OR anurse@mta.ca
History and Theory Conference
(Irvine, California November 13-14, 1999)
Theme: Sex, Gender and Culture
http://www.hnet.uci.edu/history/history&theory
American Anthropological Association's Annual meeting
(Chicago November 17-21, 1999)
Theme: Time at the Millennium
www.ameranthassn.org
Metropolis Accolades
Metropolis has been nominated for the Institute of Public Administration of Canada's
(IPAC) award for innovative management in the public service.
Prairie Centre
The Prairie Centre has seen changes to its Board of Governors and Program Committee:
Board of Governors:
- Mr. Fariborz Birjandian (Calgary Catholic Immigration Society) has replaced Ms. Susan
Coombes as a community representative.
- Dr. Shiva Halli has replaced Dr. Leo Driedger as the University of Manitoba
representative.
- Julie Dompierre (SWC) and Dina Juras (Health) have joined as Federal representatives.
Program Committee:
- Paul Gingrich has left the Program Committee.
- A regional representative from Canadian Heritage will join the Committee.
Toronto Centre
Angela Shik is coordinating the New Canadian Children and Youth Study pilot project
with the help of Monika Curyk.
Doris Rajan is coordinating the Access and Equity Research on Health and Social
Services project.
Barbara Treviranus has returned to CERIS to help with the mid-term review.
Laura Simich has joined CERIS as the outreach coordinator for the metadatabase project.
Vancouver Centre
Sylvain Coté (HRDC) has joined the Management Board as a Federal representative.
Project Team
Hélène Betrand has joined the Project Team replacing Doreen Kahalé.
Katherine Pestieau has joined the Project Team replacing Bruno Gobeil.
Federal Partners
Karen Ginsberg has replaced Susan Scotti as the Director General responsible for
Citizens' Participation and Multiculturalism at the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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