09:00 - 09:30

Registration and Breakfast

09:30 - 09:35

Welcome Address

Terry Murphy (Saint Mary's University, Vice President Academic and Research)

09:35 - 10:00

Keynote Address

Marguerite Cassin (Dalhousie University, School of Public Administration)  

10:00 - 11:15

Working in Canada

Howard Ramos (Dalhousie University, Sociology and Social Anthropology)
Linda Liebenberg (Dalhousie University, School of Social Work)
Russell Westhaver (Saint Mary’s University, Sociology and Criminology)

11:15 - 12:30

Working in the Community/NGO Sector

Fadia Ismail (YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programs, Halifax)
Lloydetta Quaicoe (Sharing Our Cultures, St. John’s)
Olivia Bornik (Metropolitan Immigration Settlement Association)
Joseph Nyemah (African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes)

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch 

13:30 - 14:45

Working in Government

Tatjana Zatezalo (Human Resources, Halifax Regional Municipality)
Kristina Namiesniowski (Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada)
Angela Matheson-Coutu (Senior Policy Analyst, NS Health Promotion and Protection)
Riaz J. Kara (Project Manager, e-Knowledge Transfer, Metropolis Secretariat)

14:45 - 16:00

Bridging Policy and Research

Godfrey Baldacchino (Canada Research Chair (Island Studies), UPEI)
Jeff Friesen (Policy Analyst, ACOA Nova Scotia)
Frances Martin (Treasury and Policy Board, Nova Scotia)