News Flashes From Metropolis
June 20, 1999 (Vol. 2 No. 3)
In This Edition:
- Centre of Excelence Update
- Federal Partner Update
- Products
- Metropolis Events
- Related Events
- Calls for Papers/Proposals
- Metropolis Comings and Goings
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Centre Update
Centre Directors’ Meeting - Ottawa, May 17 and 18, 1999
During their meeting, the Directors discussed the upcoming Metropolis Project
evaluation, the Project’s refinancing beyond March 2002 and the "Centres
First" strategy. They also got an update of the Project Team’s activities
including research proposals on knowledge transfer and the "Real Conversations"
project. The next meeting will be held by teleconference in September 1999.
Similar to last year, the Directors reserved one-half day of their two-day meeting for
a discussion with representatives of the Federal Partner departments/agencies. During this
joint session the two groups discussed research plans and priorities and they described
upcoming events and projects. Representatives from Health Canada, Status of Women,
Correctional Services, Solicitor General, Citizenship and Immigration and, Canadian
Mortgage and Housing Corporation were present.
Montreal Centre
The Montreal Centre has prepared its research plan for the 1999-2001 period. It will be
presented for approval to the co-ordinating committee when it meets this June.
To streamline and rationalize the organization of its research activities, the Centre
has realigned the Social and linguistic integration Domain (volet 5) by integrating the
three themes of this Domain to other Domains: the Linguistic integration theme is included
within the Demographic and economic impact of immigration and labour market integration
Domain (volet 1); the Social networks, interethnic contacts and community life theme is
now the responsibility of the Neighbourhood life, residential mobility and the management
of community resources Domain (volet 2), and finally; the volet 5’s Family
transformation and second-generation youth theme is now with the Citizenship, culture and
social climate Domain (volet 6).
Please note, the Centre will be closed from the beginning of July until mid-August.
Toronto Centre
The Toronto Centre (CERIS) has established a broad-based coalition of partners to
address the effects of the Kosovo crisis. The goals of this coalition have been to involve
media in increasing informed public awareness and understanding of local issues; develop a
school-based anti-discrimination initiative to help resolve inter-ethnic conflicts in
schools; to help develop and co-ordinate services in conflict resolution; and to provide
support that will facilitate the reception of the Kosovo refugees. For more information
please contact Mary Alberti at malberti@fsamt.on.ca
or Morton Beiser at beiserm@cs.clarke-inst.on.ca
Outreach for the CERIS Metadatabase Project is well underway. The CERIS Metadatabase
Project aims to provide a single and easily accessible source of information on
immigration-related databases held by academic, government, and community partners in the
Greater Toronto Area. Initial contacts have indicated considerable variety in types of
data available. If you would like further information about this project or if you have
suggestions concerning databases that should be considered, please contact Laura Simich,
Outreach Co-ordinator, Metadatabase Project, at 416-588-9181, or the CERIS office at phone
number (416) 946-3110, fax (416) 971-3094 or e-mail: ceris.office@utoronto.ca
Prairie Centre
The Prairie Centre received 15 research proposals in response to its 1999-2000 Request
for Proposals, which the Programme Committee reviewed for adjudication. At its June 19
meeting, the Board of Governors gave the final approval to successful grant applications
based on the Committee’s recommendations.
Rashmi Joshee from Canadian Heritage’s Edmonton Office has joined the
Centre’s Programme Committee as the department’s representative.
The Centre has modified its research domains as follows: a new combined Social and
Cultural Domain, a newly created Health Domain, a realigned Citizenship and Political
Domain and, the Economic Domain and Education Domain which both remain the same.
Vancouver Centre
The Vancouver Centre is co-leading a Sydney-Vancouver workshop planned for June 1999 in
Australia. This event will bring together 7-8 researchers from each city to explore
international comparative project opportunities. The workshop is jointly funded by the
Vancouver Metropolis Centre, University of British Columbia, Citizenship and Immigration
Canada, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Government of Australia.
A visiting scholar from the Shanghai Migration Institute, Kenny Zhang, will be with the
Centre for 6 months, working on a joint initiative between the two organizations.
Federal Partner Update
Metropolis Interdepartmental Committee (IDC) Meeting – Ottawa, May 13,
1999
This IDC meeting covered much the same ground as the May 17-18 Centre Directors meeting
(see above). Participants were invited to the joint session with the Directors on May 18.
The next IDC meeting is scheduled for August 24.
Health Canada
The Health Canada Metropolis Web niche has been launched. This densely packed source
details Health Canada’s priorities, its connections to Metropolis, and related
research undertaken by the department. It can be found at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/nhrdp
The National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP), which provides Health
Canada’s share of funding to the Metropolis Project, has moved to the newly created
Information, Analysis and Connectivity Branch headed by Mr. Denis Gauthier as Assistant
Deputy Minister.
All of Health Canada’s regional offices where Metropolis Centres of Excellence are
located have continued their active participation in the activities of the Centres. Health
Canada’s regional representatives are Dina Juras in the Prairies, Suzanne Perron in
Montreal, Heather Ramsay in Toronto and Susan Stevenson in Vancouver.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
CIC has produced the following reports based on the Immigration database (IMDB):
- The Changing Labour Market Prospects of Refugees in Canada
- The Economic Performance of Immigrants: Immigration Category Perspective;
- The Economic Performance of Immigrants: Canadian Language Perspective
They are available on request by calling Anne Richard at 613-957-5958 or E mailing her
at anne.richard@8754bss.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca
Canadian Heritage
Social Justice Seminar (Ottawa, May 14-15, 1999)
The Multiculturalism Program, in conjunction with the University of British Columbia
Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training, and Metropolis brought policy
makers, NGOs, and researchers together for the second of three workshops on the main
themes of the relaunched Multiculturalism program. Seventy participants came together to
consider future research directions on: human rights, education, reconciliation, and
legislative frameworks as they pertain to social justice. The next step will be workshops
on education, hate crime, and reconciliation at the Fourth International Metropolis
Conference in Washington D.C. (December 8-11, 1999). The background literature reviews are
available on the Metropolis website and the four background papers should be available
soon. Full proceedings will be available by October 1999.
Multiculturalism Professional Development Forum
Close to one hundred officers responsible for delivering the Multiculturalism Program
across the country met for an intensive four-day Professional Development Forum. As part
of the Forum, officers were (re)acquainted with Metropolis and how it helps further some
of the Multiculturalism Program’s objectives. During this meeting, representatives
from each of the regions were designated as the file officer for Metropolis. This network
of officers has already had their first virtual exchange regarding cross-centre
comparative research. The network will be formalized and regular virtual meetings will be
held to ensure continuity across the country.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
CMHC now has now named a representative from its regional offices as intermediary with
all the Metropolis Centres of Excellence except the Prairie Centre.
CMHC is currently working with the Vancouver Centre on the Vancouver-Sydney comparative
project (see report under Vancouver’s activities above) to which it has also provided
funding.
Products
Toronto Centre (CERIS)
The final report by Usha George and M.S. Mwarigha on "African Settlement
Needs" prepared for Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s Ontario Administration
of Settlement and Integration Services is now available. Fore more information please
contact CERIS at ceris.office@utoronto.ca
Vancouver Centre (RIIM) Working Paper Series
- Impacts of Immigration on Education in British Columbia: An Analysis of Efforts to
Implement Policies of Multiculturalism in Schools by Marvin Wideen and Kathleen A. Barnard
- Immigrant Earnings: Age at Immigration Matters by Joseph Schaafsma and Arthur Sweetman
- Hindus in Canada by Harold Coward
- Performing carnival: Language learning in a Punjabi school by Kelleen Toohey, Bonnie
Waterstone and Allyson Julé
- Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Urban Milieu: Evidence from the U.S., Canada and Israel
by Eran Razin
Montreal Centre (Immigration et Métropoles)
Since the beginning of the year, the Centre has produced the following working papers.
To obtain a copy of these documents, or a list of previously published papers not listed
below, contact Tuyet Trinh Thi at (514) 343-6111 ext. 3722.
- Le foulard islamique à l’école publique : analyse comparée du débat dans la
presse française et québecoise francophone (1994-1995) by Coryse Ciceri
- Usages linguistiques des entrepreneurs ethniques : portrait des groupes immigrants et
natifs de la deuxième ou troisième génération by S. Paré and D. Juteau
Website
A new section of the Metropolis web site is now devoted to the Citizenship Education
Research Network (CERN), a joint project between Metropolis and Canadian Heritage.
Highlights of this section are reports of meetings held in Kananaskis, Alberta, and in
Ottawa. This site showcases some of the emerging interactive capabilities of the network,
including an electronic discussion forum, and automated lists of publications and events
generated by the members of CERN. Check it out at: http://canada.metropolis.net/cern-pub/index.htm
Transnational Communities Programme
The Transnational Communities project headed by Steve Vertovec (Oxford) of the
Metropolis International Steering Committee has a web site containing a large volume of
research generated by the project to date. Visit the project’s website (www.transcomm.ox.ac.uk) or contact Anna Winton at
anna.winton@anthro.ox.ac.uk to be added
to the project’s mailing list.
INSCAN
Holly Whittleton, Executive Director of MOSAIC in Vancouver, has contributed an article
to the most recent issue of The International Settlement Canada Research Resource Division
for Refugees newsletter, INSCAN. The article focuses on the effect of fiscal downloading
on front line service providing agencies. For more information, please contact MOSAIC at
(604) 254-0244.
Asia Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN)
Two new working papers can be found on the APMRN website at: (http://www.unesco.org/most/apmrn.htm):
- Migration and Citizenship in the Asia Pacific: Legal Issues; and
- Filipino Workers on the Move: Trends, Dilemmas and Policy Options
Metropolis Events
Youth in the Plural City Individualized and Collectivized Identity Projects
(Rome, May 24-29, 1999)
This Metropolis sponsored international research seminar organized by Prof. Ingve
Lithman (IMER Norway, University of Bergen) brought together some 25 researchers and
policy analysts to discuss a range of topics relating to ‘identity formation’
among immigrant and minority youth.
The relatively small size of the conference lent itself well to in-depth discussion and
sustained dialogue among the participants, resulting in considerable constructive feedback
being provided to the authors of the discussion papers. It is anticipated that an edited
volume of the papers will be published in the coming year.
Both Canada’s policy and research communities were well represented at the
Conference by Yvonne Hébert (University of Calgary), Dr. Helen Ralston (Professor
emerita, St. Mary’s University - a recent Metropolis research affiliate) and Jeff
Bullard (representing the Metropolis Federal funding partners).
CERIS Research Retreat (Toronto, June 25, 1999)
Note: The date of this Rretreat has changed. Contact the CERIS office
for more information.
For the third year consecutively CERIS will hold a Research Retreat bringing together
researchers with community and government partners to evaluate its research portfolio and
identify research priorities.
This year’s Research Retreat will be held in the fall of 1999 at the main CERIS
office, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th floor. The morning discussion will feature federal
partners and the afternoon will be devoted to local community and government partners
involved in service provision. For further information, contact the CERIS office at ceris.office@utoronto.ca
Fourth International Metropolis Conference
(Washington D.C., December 8-11, 1999)
The annual conference is the highlight event of the International Metropolis Project,
and it is expected to draw more than 400 senior policy officials, leading academic
researchers, and key political figures including national ministers, the mayors of large
cities, and the heads of important non-governmental institutions. The three themes of this
year’s conference are Neighbourhood Development: Housing and Labour Markets, Building
Community: Civil Society and Citizenship, and Governments and NGOs in Partnership. The
program for both the plenary sessions and the 30+ workshops is currently being developed
and should be available early in July. Please watch the website (www.international.metropolis.net)
for details or write to Yasmin Santiago (yasmin@ceip.org)
or John Biles (john_biles@pch.gc.ca).
Fourth National Metropolis Conference
(Toronto March 22-25, 2000)
CERIS is hosting the Fourth National Metropolis Conference in Toronto from March 22 to
25, 2000 at the Metropolitan Hotel. Those interested in planning sessions or presenting
papers should contact Marie Truelove or Ted Richmond through the CERIS Toronto office ceris.office@utoronto.ca There will also be
employment opportunities for students as the date of the event approaches.
Related Events
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
Citizenship in Australia
(Melbourne, July 21-23, 1999)
citizen_conf@law.unimelb.edu.au
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
Consumption and Representation
(Plymouth, U.K., 1999)
aanderson@plymouth.ac.uk
Researching Culture: An International Interdisciplinary Conference
(London, U.K. September 10-12, 1999)
www.unl.ac.uk/SICS/culture.htm
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
Sixth International Congress of the Mexican Association of Canadian Studies
(Mexico City, September 21-23, 1999)
Maria Cristina Rosas
mcrosas@dfl.telmex.net.mx
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
Whither Multiculturalism? Critical Perspectives from Canada, Belgium and the
Netherlands
(Leuven, Belgium October 7-8, 1999)
Leen d’Haenens
l.dhaenens@maw.kun.nl
World Politics: Women Moving to the Centre Stage
(Des Moines, Iowa October 8-10, 1999)
cattcntr@iastate.edu
Violence, Responsibility and Reconciliation
(Santa Barbara, California October 9-11, 1999)
Alexandar Jokic
sjokic@sbcc.sbceo.k12.ca.us
Shaping the Future: Qualification Recognition in the 21st Century
(Toronto October 13-15, 1999)
pacrim@cyberus.ca
Global Perspectives on Personhood: Rights and Responsibilities
(Calgary October 16, 1999)
Susan Austen
gpopconf@ucalgary.ca
Global City-Regions Conference
(Los Angeles October 21-23, 1999)
http://www.sppsr.ucla.edu/globalcityregions
Citizens at the Crossroads: Whose Information Society?
(London, Ontario October 21-24, 1999)
Manjunath Pendakur
pendakur@julian.uwo.ca
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 CanadaZ
(Sackville, New Brunswick November 11-13, 1999)
Raymond Blake Rblake@mta.ca OR
Andrew Nurse 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
Fifth Annual UNESCO/ACEID Conference
(Bangkok, Thailand December 13-16, 1999)
www.escap-hrd.org/aceid.htm
Call for Papers/Proposals
Men and Masculinities
Masculinities in Islamic cultures have received little attention. The next issue of Men
and Masculinities will seek to redress the imbalance with an issue addressing the broad
theme of "Islamic Masculinities." This theme encompasses: constructions of
masculinities; race, ethnicity, class and masculinities; relationships between concepts of
masculinity and nationalism/fundamentalism; and masculinities in the Islamic diaspora. For
more information or to submit articles, please contact Dr. Lahoucine Ouzgane at lahoucine.ouzgane@ualberta.ca
Women’s Community Activism and Globalization: Linking the Local and Global
for Social Change
Submissions for this edited collection should highlight the links among local
organizing movements, social movements, international politics, and global economic
restructuring. Submissions are welcome from community activists as well as academics and
development workers. Deadline for proposals: August 15, 1999. For more information, please
contact Nancy A. Naples at (949) 824-5749.
Organizing Knowledge Economies and Societies
Abstracts of proposed papers for this conference to be held in Sydney, Australia
December 14- 15, 2000 are due by October 30, 1999. For more information please check the
website at http://www.man-bus.mmu.ac.uk/confs/apros
or e-mail Stewart Clegg at s.clegg@uts.edu.au
Putting Flesh on Bone: New Essays in African Canadian Women’s History
Submissions for this collection of scholarly essays should be sent to Adrienne Shadd at
668411@voyageurs.net or Afua Cooper at acooper@chass.utoronto.ca by April 30, 2000.
International Conference on Socio-Cultural and Policy Dimensions of Health Care
Abstracts for presentations at this conference planned for Singapore on November 20-22,
1999 are due by September 15, 1999. For more information please contact Stella Quah at socquahs@nus.edu.sg
Metropolis Comings and Goings
Vancouver Centre
Since April 1 1999, David Ley has taken over the functions of Director from Don
DeVoretz. Although both are Co-directors, they assume the position on a rotating basis.
David will be the Director through March 31, 2000.
Prairie Centre
Rashmi Joshee has joined the Programme Committee as a Canadian Heritage representative.
Montreal Centre
Centre Director Marie McAndrew is on sabbatical leave from June 1999 to June 2000.
Francine Dansereau has replaced her since June 1, 1999 and Jean Renaud will take over the
functions from January 1, 2000 until May 31, 2000.
Tuyet Trinh Thi has replaced Nicole Lapierre Vincent as Centre Coordinator.
Federal Partners
Roger Butt has left Strategic and Research Analysis (SRA) at Canadian Heritage to take
up a new position as Director of Youth Programs and Employment at Human Resources
Development Canada. Ravi Pendakur will represent SRA at the IDC.
Frank Lofranco has replaced Lorraine McKenzie-Presley as the Solicitor General’s
Metropolis Interdepartmental Committee (IDC) representative during her maternity leave.
Lysette Moreau has replaced Claire Benjamin as the (Quebec) ministère des Relations
avec les citoyens et de l’Immigration’s Metropolis representative on the IDC.
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