News Flashes from Metropolis

July 2000 (Vol. 3 No. 3)

In this edition:

• Centre Update
• Federal Partner Update
• Metropolis Events
• Products
• Papers
• Related Initiatives
• Related Events
• Call fro Papers/Proposals
• Comings and Goings
• Accolades

News Flashes provides you with timely information six times each year, concentrating on results, upcoming events, and updates on various experiments. Note, however, that it is your communications device, so please use it. Please contact Steven Morris (telephone: 613-952-6335 or e-mail: steven.morris@9522apx.cina.cic.x400.gc.ca) to submit information to News Flashes , or to comment on content or structure.

Centre Update

The Centre Directors met June 2nd and 3rd, in Edmonton, to discuss the future of Metropolis and how it might be further improved. This meeting was organized by the Prairie Centre. More to come in future publications.

Toronto Centre (CERIS)

Presentations and post conference information from the successful 4th National Metropolis Conference in March are now online at http://ceris.metropolis.net/ . CERIS seminars start again next fall.

Montreal Centre (CRIMIDU)

Jean Renaud will soon be releasing the results of a ten-year longitudinal analysis of immigrants and refugees to Quebec in which he examines, among other things, their labour market experience and the role of language and other training. The Centre organized an economic domain seminar on the "interaction between research and public policy making in immigration matters" at the Université de Montréal on April 12. A report will be available from the Centre. You should also know that the Montreal Center will be closed this summer from June 22 to July 4 inclusive, returning Wednesday, July 5 and from July 24 to August 11 inclusive, returning Monday, August 14.

Vancouver Centre (RIIM)

 Several graduate students have been placed with federal research and policy branches within the federal government. RIIM, in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada held a one day conference on "Chinese- Canadian Immigration Issues: A Research Agenda" in Shanghai, China on June 27-28. Over twenty-five Chinese scholars and four Canadian scholars including Peter Li and Don DeVoretz attended. Reports will be disseminated in Canada and China in both Mandarin and English. Don DeVoretz went in the capacity as British Columbia's China Scholar for 2000.

Edmonton Centre (PCERII)

PCERII's new research projects include Liisa Cormode - International Students and Regional Immigration Policy. Shiva Hall - Double Jeopardy: Violence Against Immigrant Women in Canada. Valerie Pruegger - Perceptions of Racism and Hate Crimes in Calgary: Effects on the Lived Experience. Laura Taylor - Resiliency and Well-being: Reflections of Older Adults on Immigration and Integration. Lloyd Wong - Chinese Immigrant Enterprise in Calgary: Ethnic Strategies and Transnationalism.

Federal Partner Update

Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC)

Together with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (Strategic Policy, Planning and Research), Louis Grignon from the Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy at HRDC presented an overview on immigration trends in June. The presentation highlighted some key aspects of the performance of recent immigrants in the Canadian labour market and suggested possible explanations for these outcomes. Under the direction of Louis Grignon, HRDC has formed a research group on immigrant integration issues. Three staff will be responsible for connecting HRDC with the Metropolis Project: Jean Lock Kunz, Samuel Laryea, and Eden Thompson. The group will work closely with the four Metropolis centres of excellence as well as the inter-departmental committees, and other HRDC staff interested in Metropolis to bring key policy issues to the Metropolis research agenda.

Main contact:
Louis Grignon (819-997-2499), Jean Lock Kunz (819-953-8043)

Contacts for Centres of Excellence:
CERIS, IM: Jean Lock Kunz (819-953-8049)
PCERII: Samuel Laryrea (819-953-0314)
RIIM: Eden Thompson (819-953-3431)

Metropolis Events

The Prairie Centre hosted a meeting of the Metropolis Centre Directors June 2 & 3 in Edmonton. Directors attending included: Baha Abu-Laban, Paul Anisef, Don DeVoretz, Kenise Murphy Kilbride and Jean Renaud.

The PCERII Program Committee met in Edmonton on June 9 & 10 to review grant applications received during the 200-2001 grant competition, the deadline for which was 30 April 2000.

The PCERII Board of Governors held its annual meeting in Edmonton on June 16 & 17.

The Vancouver-Sydney comparative study group met in Vancouver the week of June 26th. This initiative involves RIIM's David Ley and immigration scholars from Sydney, Australia (see World Bulletin). The aim is to work toward a large consolidated project, or alternatively, to link several smaller projects.

Fifth International Metropolis Conference (November 13-17, 2000) Canada's first International Metropolis conference will be held in Vancouver, BC at the Pan Pacific Hotel and the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, across the harbour from the North Shore Mountains. Conference organizers include the Metropolis International Secretariat, the Metropolis International Steering Committee, the project partners in the government of Canada, the Metropolis Centres of Excellence in Canada, as well as with the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, Tourism Vancouver, the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Pan Pacific Hotel, Air Canada, PRIME Strategies Inc. and Llama Communications.

The themes of the conference focus on fundamental issues facing governments and stakeholders:

• Building Social, Cultural and Economic Capital: The Case for Migration 
• Creating Opportunity: Growth, Access and Equity 
• Managing Gateways and Managing Change 
• Investing in the Future: The Changing Face of Youth

Researchers, policy-makers, and non-governmental agencies working on immigration and diversity are expected to attend. Graduate students working in these fields and interested stakeholders in the private sector and in research foundations are likely to be there as well. A special fee structure is being offered to make it easier for graduate students and NGOs to participate. Further information and the preliminary program are available on both the international project website (http://international.metropolis.net) and the Canadian website.

Products

PCERII Final Reports

The following final reports are available from PCERII: "Providers of Support to Survivors of Torture," Principal Investigator: Dr. Nancy Arthur, (Educational Psychology, University of Calgary) - [for copies contact pcerii@ualberta.ca];

"Factors Influencing Child Rearing Practices of Recently Migrated East Indian and Chinese Women with Children from Infancy to Age Six," Principal Investigator: Dr. David Este (Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary) [copies available on PCERII web site at http://pcerii.metropolis.net/frameset_e.html (research and policy)];

"The Changing Colour of Poverty: A Study of Immigrants' Poverty in Canadian Cities," Principal Investigator: Dr. Shiva Halli (Sociology, University of Manitoba) [for copies contact pcerii@ualberta.ca];

"Minority Nurses for Minority Populations: A Pilot Study in Public Health Nursing," Principal Investigator: Dr. Linda Ogilvie (Nursing, University of Alberta) [for copies contact pcerii@ualberta.ca};

"Understanding the Health Care Needs of Canadian Immigrants," Principal Investigator: Dr. David Young (Anthropology, University of Alberta) [copies available on PCERII web site at http://pcerii.metropolis.net/frameset_e.html (research and policy)]

Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI) This journal is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary bilingual (English and French) scholarly journal, published quarterly. All articles submitted to the journal are peer reviewed anonymously, and acceptance is based on original contributions offering new findings, theoretical discoveries, and policy insights. For more information please contact Humera Ibrahim at mailto:jimi@ualberta.ca

Montreal Centre of Excellence

The Annual Report has been released but is not yet on the web. Report of the November 26 Colloquium "Immigration et milieux de vie" was released and is on the web. Its aim was to communicate to the public at large, through research results, immigrants' experience in integrating into the labour market and school environment

Papers

 New Working Papers from the Prairies Centre of Excellence PCERII student theses and research papers include:

Bradford, Kathy. "Feel-Good Diversity:A Critique of the Alberta Social Studies". MA thesis, University of Calgary, January 2000.

Jones, Esyllt. "Health and Caribbean Immigrants to Winnipeg, 1960- 1990," Research Paper submitted to the Winnipeg History Research Group, March 2000. Ca 90pp.

Kazemipur, Abdolmohammad. Ph.D. Dissertation, 1999, "Neighbourhood Poverty in Canada: The Ethnic Dimension", Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba.

Wang, Bing. "One School/Two Systems: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Mongol High School in China". Ph.D. dissertation, University of Calgary, completed September 1999.

Published Papers Recent papers published by PCERII researchers include:

Arthur, N. (in press). Using Critical Incidents to Investigate Cross-Cultural Transitions. International Journal of Intercultural Relations.

Arthur, N. (in press). Career Competencies for Managing Cross-Cultural Transitions. Canadian Journal of Counselling.

Arthur, N., & Januszkowski, T. (in press). Multicultural Competencies of Canadian Counsellors. Canadian Journal of Counselling.

Arthur, N., & Ramaliu, A. (in press). Crisis Interventions with Survivors of Torture. Crisis Intervention and Time Limited Treatment.

Driedger, L. and S. Halli. Race and Racism: Canadian Challenge 2000. (McGill-Queeen's University Press (Forthcoming).

Halli, S. and A. Kazemipur. "Neighbourhood Poverty in Canadian Cities". Canadian Journal of Sociology. (Forthcoming).

Halli, S. and A.Kazemipur."Immigrants and New Poverty: The Case of Canada". International Migration Review. (Forthcoming).

Li, Peter S., and Li Zong. "Transnational Chinese Business in Tianjin: Rethinking Cultural Affinity and Economic Performance," in Leo Douw, Cen Huang and David Ip (eds.), Chinese Transnational Enterprise in Prosperity and Adversity. London: Kegan Paul International (Forthcoming).

Rogers, T.B. and V. J. Pruegger (in press). "Strangers at the Epistemic Cafeteria," [Review of Strangers at the Gate], Canadian Psychology.

Pruegger, V.J. (in press). "Bringing it Home to Calgary: The Role of the Community in Dealing with Problems Originating Elsewhere." Proceedings of the Dilemmas of Reconciliation Conference. Calgary: University of Calgary.

Pruegger, V.J. (in press). Diversity in Calgary: A Challenge for Social Services. Social Research Unit, Community and Social Development Department, City of Calgary.

Pruegger, V.J. & MacDonald, R. (in press). Transitions: Moving from Shelter to Social Housing. Social Research Unit, Community and Social Development Department, City of Calgary.

Smart, Alan. "Participating in the Global: Transnational Social Networks and Urban Anthropology." City & Society Annual Review. 1999. (in press)

Smart, Alan. (in press) "Flexible Accumulation Across the Hong Kong Border: Petty Capitalists as Pioneers of Globalized Accumulation." Urban Anthropology.

Archibald, J., ed. (2000). Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory. Blackwell.

M. Young-Scholten and J. Archibald (2000). "L2 syllable structure," in J. Archibald, ed. Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory. Blackwell.

Arthur, N. (1999). Cross-Cultural Transitions and Career Development: Thrill, Spills, and Skills! National Consultation on Career Development Papers - 25 (pp. 125-132). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto.

Arthur, N. (1999). When Cultures Clash: Helping Adolescents Bridge Two Worlds. Consultation Proceedings from Building Tomorrow Today (pp. 166-168). Edmonton, AB: Consultation for Career Development in Alberta.

Arthur, N. (1999). Making Cross-Cultural Transitions Work.: Skills for Managing Cross-Cultural Transitions. Consultation Proceedings from Building Tomorrow Today (pp. 50-53). Edmonton, AB: Consultation for Career Development in Alberta.

Basran, Gurcharn. (1999) "Overcoming Hurdles to Employment," in Immigrant Women for the Millennium: Identifying Issues and Strategies for Change. (Conference Proceedings) Alberta: Changing Together.A Centre for Immigrant Women, pp. 40-47.

Friesen, Gerald. (1999) The West: Regional Ambitions, National Debate, Global Age. Toronto: Penguin.

Friesen, Gerald, (2000) Citizens and Nation: An Essay on History, Communication, and Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Halli, S. and A. Kazemipur. (2000) The New Poverty in Canada:Ethnic Groups and Ghetto Neighbourhoods. Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc., Toronto.

Hum, Derek and Wayne Simpson. "Wage Opportunities for Visible Minorities in Canada." 1999. Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, Vol.XXV, No.3.

Kalbach, Madeline and Warren Kalbach. Perspectives on Ethnicity in Canada: A Reader. 2000. Harcourt Canada. 352 pp.

Loewen, Royden. Hidden Worlds: Studies in the Mennonite Migration of the 1870s. (Newton, Kansas: Bethel College, (Forthcoming).

Morris, H., Ogilvie, L., Fung, M., Lau, A., Ong, A. & Boyd, J. (1999). "Cultural Brokering in Community Health." Canadian Nurse, 95(6), 28-32.

Pruegger, V.J. (1999). Removing Barriers: A Listening Circle. Final Report to the National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention. Social Research Unit, Community and Social Development Department, City of Calgary.

Pruegger, V.J. (1999). Guidelines for Management of Diversity Organizational Change in the Calgary Police Service. Calgary Police Service: City of Calgary.

Pruegger, V.J. & Khella, S. (1999). Design, Delivery and Future Development of Diversity Education. Calgary Police Service: City of Calgary.

Smart, Alan. "Getting Things Done Across the Hong Kong Border: Economic Culture in Theory and Practice." In L. Douw, C. Huang and M. Godley (eds.) Qiaoxiang Ties: Interdisciplinary Approaches to 'Cultural Capitalism' in South China, pp. 158-186. London: Kegan Paul International, 1999.

Smart, Alan. "Restructuring in a North American City: Labour Markets and Political Economy in Calgary." In Martha Rees and Josephine Smart (eds.) Globalization and Regionalism. Lanham: University Press of America.

Waugh, Earle H. and Frederick M. Denny, (eds.) The Shaping of an American Islamic Discourse: A Memorial to Fazlur Rahman, University of South Florida Press/ Scholar's Press, Atlanta, Georgia, 1999

Waugh, Earle. The Islamic Tradition: Religious Beliefs and Health-Care Decisions, Chicago, Ill.: The Park Ridge Center, 1999.

New Working papers from Vancouver Recent working papers from Vancouver include:

J. Atsu Amegashie A Political Economy Model of the Permissible Number of Immigrants.

David Ley Seeking Homo Economicus: The Strange Story of Canada's Business Immigration Program.

Chieko Tanimura Immigration of Nikkeijin to Ease the Japanese Aging Crisis.

Related Initiatives

In its 2000 budget, the Canadian government provided $900 million to support the establishment of 2000 Canada Research Chairs in universities across the country by 2004-05. More information on this innovative program which intends to build a critical mass of world-class researchers who will help Canadian universities achieve research excellence and encourage leading researchers to stay in Canada is available at http://www.sshrc.ca.

The Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC) research project has completed its report on the experiences of self-employed youth with businesses based in the information technology sector. Human Resources Development Canada funded the project and a team of youth researchers at the OAYEC conducted the study. The report is available on-line at www.interlog.com\~oayec.

Metropolis is developing a web-enabled registry of undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students involved in research at a Metropolis Centre for Excellence (Canada). Students will have to register their skills, professional and academic interests and work or research-related intentions. The registry should help students and senior researchers by providing opportunities for students participating in their research projects to secure temporary or long-term placements within academia, government or industry.

The 34th Annual Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association were held June 1-4, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. For information on immigration-related sessions and papers, see the Association's website at http://economics.ca/2000

The 16th International Congress of L'Association internationale des sociologues de langue française (AISLF) will be held at l'Université Laval de Québec from July 3rd to 7th. Further information is available at http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/aislf/ .

The Centre d'Études canadiennes de l'Université de Nantes is holding a conference, "Contribution des émigrantes européennes au Canada," in Nantes, France, from July 6-8, 2000 with a focus on the emigration experience of women. For further information contact Françoise Lejeune (françoise.lejeune@humana.univ-nantes.fr.

The Community Development Society is holding its 32nd Annual Conference in Saint John, N.B. July 23-26, 2000. Further information is available at their website: http://www.mta.ca/Research/rstp/year2000.

The Third Prairie Regional Workshop will take place in Saskatoon, September 21-23, 2000 at the Radisson Hotel. The workshop program is currently under development.

The preliminary program for the Canadian International Labour Network's "Third Major CILN Conference on Labour Market Institutions and Outcomes" (September 24-25, 2000 in Burlington, Ont.) is available at http://labour.ciln.mcmaster.ca/conference/prog2000.htm.

era21-end racism! activism for the 21st century, 3-day working forum designed to sharpen the tools for anti-racism practice in the 21st century-is scheduled for Vancouver, B.C. November 17-20, 2000. For further information contact: Professor Audrey Kobayashi, era21 co-chair, Department of Geography (Fax: 604 822 6150) University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2 (e-mail: cabbies@post.queensu.ca) or visit the website at www.era21.net .

Call for Papers/Proposals

Researchers are invited to submit proposals by July 14, 2000 addressing any aspect of "Rethinking the Line: The Canada-US Border". Proposals may address any of the four conference themes. The University of British Columbia and The University of Washington are hosting the conference October 22 to 25, 2000, in Vancouver, B.C., organized by the Policy Research Secretariat. Submissions must have an electronic version attached and may be submitted by e-mail or mail (please include disk copy) to: Daniel Wolfish, "Rethinking the Line: The Canada-US Border", 56 Sparks Street, 1st Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5A9 E-mail: d.wolfish@prs-srp.gc.ca.

Metropolis Comings and Goings

'Tis a season of goings and comings. We are certainly going to miss the contributions of those who have or are about to depart and we want wish them well. We are also enthusiastic in our greeting of those who have joined us.

Project Team

Going: Emanuel Lebeau has taken a position with Volunteer Services Overseas. Ayesha Rekhi leaves this month for a posting in Hong Kong.

Coming: Sarita Bhatla is our new Director of project development; Terrie Romano is also newly assigned to Metropolis under the foreign service development program; and Steven Morris has joined the team as senior project manager.

IDC - replacements:

SWC: Julie Dompierre is leaving to return to SSHRC. Nora Hammell is stepping in.

SSHRC: Maynard Collins and Gordana Krcevinac are replacing Denis Croux and Pat Dunne.

CMHC: Leanne Elliot is replacing Kim-Anh Lam.

TBS and PCO: new representatives are Tom Fitzpatrick and Elissa Lieff who replaces Marius Grinius.

MRCI: Louis-Renée Gagnon is the new representative. SolGen: Lorenzo Ieraci is replacing Frank Lofranco.

CIC: Randy Jankowski (BC/YT Region) is taking a posting overseas.

Centres

Montreal WebMaster, Michel Ledoux , has left the project for greener pastures.

Metropolis Accolades

Sarah Wayland, a CERIS researcher, has a new addition to the family - Miriam Ruth Loukidelis - who arrived on Saturday, May 27th. Sarah writes that "She is a happy baby. Thus far, big brother David is adjusting well, as are John and I." We take this opportunity to congratulate Sarah, John and David on this happy event.