Wednesday, April 2, 2008

14:00 - 18:00

Registration

Thursday, April 3, 2008

09:00 - 17:00

Graduate Student Professional Development Day

09:00 - 11:30

Study Tour 1 - Pier 21 

12:00 - 18:00

Registration

12:00 - 18:00

Speaker Preview Room

13:30 - 15:30

Study Tour 2 - MISA/HILC

13:30 - 16:30

Study Tour 3 - Black Heritage Tour 

18:30 - 21:30

Opening Reception

Friday, April 4, 2008

07:00 - 18:00

Registration

07:30 - 18:00

Speaker Preview Room

07:30 - 08:45

Continental Breakfast

09:00 - 09:15

Opening Address

09:15 - 09:30

Policy Address

09:30 - 11:00

Plenary 1 The Role of Host Communities in Attracting, Retaining Newcomers and Minorities

11:00 - 11:20

Refreshment Break and Networking

11:20 - 12:50

Plenary 2 The Role of Families in Integration

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch and Networking

14:00 - 15:30

 Concurrent Workshops and Roundtables (Block A)

14:00 - 15:30

A-1 Immigrant Suburbanization in Canadian and U.S. Cities

14:00 - 15:30

A-2 Changing Responses to Hate Crime

14:00 - 15:30

A-3 How New Generation Youth from Immigrant Families Enter the Labour Market

14:00 - 15:30

A-4 Promoting Canadian Identity through Multicultural Common Spaces

14:00 - 15:30

A-5 Community Strategies Against Racism

14:00 - 15:30

A-6 School-Family Relations Arising from Immigration: A Critical Perspective

14:00 - 15:30

A-7 Alienation and Engagement for Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Canada

14:00 - 15:30

A-8 The Picture of Health? A collaborative response to underutilization of IEHPs

14:00 - 15:30

A-9 Exploring "Cross-Border" Policing, Security and Immigration Issues 

14:00 - 15:30

A-10 Out of the Shadows: Migrant Women, Voice, Space and Identity

14:00 - 15:30

A-11 The Second Generation and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities

14:00 - 17:30

A-12 (Double-length) Defining the issue of missing child migrants 

14:00 - 17:30

A-13 (Double-length) Municipalities as Guardian of Public Interest

14:00 - 15:30

A-14 Access to Primary Care Services for Newcomers: Challenges from across Canada

14:00 - 17:30

A-15 (Double-length) Immigration, Integration, and the Arts: Initiatives & Possibilities

14:00 - 17:30

A-16 (Double-length) Academic performance of immigrant youth in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver

14:00 - 15:30

A-17 (Roundtable) Regionalization of Immigration in Canadian Provinces

14:00 - 15:30

A-18 (Roundtable) Exploring Refugee and Asylum-seeker research

14:00 - 15:30

A-19 (Roundtable) Various Stakholders: Creating Potential Alliances to Serve Immigrant Families

14:00 - 15:30

A-20 (Roundtable) Religion and Immigration in Canada

15:30 - 16:00

Refreshment Break and Networking

16:00 - 17:30

 Concurrent Workshops and Roundtables (Block B)

16:00 - 17:30

B-1 Balancing Diversity and Nationalism? Citizenship Testing Regimes

16:00 - 17:30

B-2 Comparing Models for the Integration of Immigrant Students in Secondary Schools

16:00 - 17:30

B-3 Integrating Internationally Educated Health Professionals in Atlantic Canada

16:00 - 17:30

B-4 Removing Barriers to Employment Among Homeless and At-Risk Immigrants

16:00 - 17:30

B-5 The Politics of Immigration in Canada and in a Comparative Perspective

16:00 - 17:30

B-6 You Go Girl: Economic Outcomes of Immigrant Women

16:00 - 17:30

B-7 Migrant Women and Transnational Caregiving

16:00 - 17:30

B-8 International Perspectives on Immigration and Housing

16:00 - 17:30

B-9 Barriers to Housing

16:00 - 17:30

B-10 Labour Market Disparity Faced by Aborginal People in Canada

16:00 - 17:30

B-11 Governmental and Community Strategies in Developing Welcoming Communities

16:00 - 17:30

B-12 Spatial Inclusions, Multicultural Meanings, Networks: 2nd Generation Urban Youth

16:00 - 17:30

B-13 (Roundtable) The Boundaries of a Welcoming Community

16:00 - 17:30

B-14 (Roundtable) Religion, Multiculturalism and Public Policy in Canada

16:00 - 17:30

B-15 (Roundtable) The Integration of Highly-Skilled Migrants into the Labour Market

16:00 - 17:30

B-16 (Roundtable) Facing the Challenges of Becoming a Welcoming City

16:00 - 17:30

B-17 (Roundtable) Multiple Solitudes

19:00 - 21:00

Film Screening: Unknown Citizens and Karibuni/Bienvenue

Saturday, April 5, 2008

07:00 - 18:00

Registration: Registration Desk

07:30 - 18:00

Speaker Preview Room

07:30 - 08:45

Continental Breakfast 

09:00 - 09:15

Policy Address

09:15 - 09:30

Address

09:30 - 11:00

Plenary 3 Temporary Migration – A Solution to Labour Market Responsiveness?

11:00 - 11:20

Refreshment Break and Networking

11:20 - 12:50

Plenary 4 Serving a Diverse Population

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch and Networking

14:00 - 15:30

 Concurrent Workshops and Roundtables (Block C)

14:00 - 15:30

C-1 Successes and Challenges of Professional Bridging Education in Canada

14:00 - 15:30

C-2 Reclaiming Voice: Immigrant women's challenges and support for learning English

14:00 - 15:30

C-3 The Role of Temporary Migration in Canada's Economy

14:00 - 15:30

C-4 Immigrant Political Integration: Policies and Practices in Canada and the U.S.

14:00 - 15:30

C-5 Communication Strategies for Newcomers in the Canadian Housing Market

14:00 - 15:30

C-6 Host Community Integration Enablers: Between Urban, Local and Rural

14:00 - 15:30

C-7 Examining Benefits and Challenges of Social Justice Research Projects with Youth

14:00 - 15:30

C-8 Considering Culture as a Factor in immigration to Cape Breton

14:00 - 15:30

C-9 Economic Performance of Recent Immigrants to Canada

14:00 - 15:30

C-10 Post-secondary Education Utilization by New Immigrants Entering the Labour Force

14:00 - 17:30

C-11 (Double-length) Immigration Data Sources - Which Ones Are They and How Can They Be Accessed? 

14:00 - 17:30

C-12 (Double-length) The "Ideal" Immigrant:  How Immigrants Interpret Citizenship Policies

14:00 - 17:30

C-13 (Double-length) Health and Wellbeing among Newcomer Families, Children and Youth

14:00 - 17:30

C-14 (Double-length) Immigrant Women in Atlantic Canada

14:00 - 17:30

C-16 (Double-length) Immigration Outside Urban Centres: Canadian, Swiss and Belgian Approaches  

14:00 - 17:30

C-17 (Double-length) Managing Diversity: Integrating Models of Multiculturalism and Immigration

14:00 - 15:30

C-18 (Double-length) Responding to the Needs of Victims of Hate Crimes

14:00 - 15:30

C-19 (Roundtable) Up, down, and sideways: the housing careers of newcomers to Canada

14:00 - 15:30

C-20 (Roundtable) Looking at immigrant lives in Nova Scotia through many lenses

14:00 - 15:30

C-21 (Roundtable) Delivering the Racism-Free Workplace Strategy

14:00 - 15:30

C-22 (Roundtable) Measuring Success in Programs for Immigrant and Refugee Fathers

14:00 - 15:30

C-24 (Roundtable) Colour of Poverty - A Roundtable on Racialization of Poverty in Canada

14:00 - 15:30

C-25 (Roundtable) Immigration and Homelessness in Canada:Multiple Policy-Research Perspectives(PI)

15:30 - 16:00

Refreshment Break and Networking

16:00 - 17:30

 Concurrent Workshops and Roundtables (Block D)

16:00 - 17:30

D-1 International Students and Immigration: The Atlantic Perspective

16:00 - 17:30

D-2 Rethinking Settlement and Integration: Children and Youth

16:00 - 17:30

D-3 Les nouveaux quartiers d'immigration

16:00 - 17:30

D-4 Language and Immigrant Integration

16:00 - 17:30

D-5 Temporary Migration Policies, Management & Practices in a Globalized Economy.

16:00 - 17:30

D-6 La gouvernance des minorités linguistiques au Canada : une expertise à  partager?     (Part 1 of 2)

16:00 - 17:30

D-7 Residential Concentration and Integration

16:00 - 17:30

D-8 Les communautés francophones minoritaires comme espaces d'intégration

D-9 Virtual Labour Market and Language Integration Programs

16:00 - 17:30

D-10 Mixed Identities, Canadian Identity and Multiculturalism

16:00 - 17:30

D-11 The Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council: A New Strategy for Integration

16:00 - 17:30

D-18 Retaining International University Graduates in Francophone Minority Regions    

16:00 - 17:30

D-12 (Roundtable) Bridging Research, Education and Activism Through Collaboration

16:00 - 17:30

D-13 (Roundtable) Beyond shelter: developing an action plan for refugee housing in Canada

16:00 - 17:30

D-14 (Roundtable) Size Matters: Hierarchy in immigrant and refugee serving organizations

D-15 (Roundtable) Competency Assessment: Expanding Recognition Processes through New Initiatives

16:00 - 17:30

D-16 (Roundtable) Role of Provinces in the Promotion of Anti-Racism & Multiculturalism Activities

16:00 - 17:30

D-17 (Roundtable) Networking Justice, Policing and Security: Let's Get Started

19:00 - 22:00

Closing Fête

Sunday, April 6, 2008

07:00 - 12:00

Registration: Registration Desk

07:30 - 15:00

Speaker Preview Room

07:30 - 08:45

Continental Breakfast

09:00 - 11:45

Lab Session 1 Introduction to Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada On-line Resources

09:00 - 09:15

Policy Address

09:15 - 09:30

11th National Metropolis Conference Announcement

09:30 - 11:00

Plenary 5 Does a Commitment to Citizenship, Inclusion and Integration Prevent Extremism and Radicalization?

11:00 - 11:20

Refreshment Break and Networking

11:20 - 12:50

Plenary 6 Is Residential Concentration a Barrier to Social Integration?

12:00 - 14:45

Lab Session 2 Introduction to Resources Available in Universities and Research Data Centres

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch and Networking

14:00 - 15:30

 Concurrent Workshops and Roundtables (Block E)

14:00 - 15:30

E-1 Who Takes the Lead on Immigration in Cities?

14:00 - 15:30

E-2 Assessing the Education and Skills of Internationally Trained Immigrants

14:00 - 15:30

E-3 Building a Framework for Immigrant Integration: Research and Policy Implications

14:00 - 15:30

E-4 Governance of Linguistic Minorities in Canada: an Example to Share?  (Part 2 of 2)

14:00 - 15:30

E-5 Immigrant settlement Patterns: A first look at results from the 2006 Census

E-6 Enacting Transnationalism: Mulitple, Flexible and Active Citizenships

14:00 - 15:30

E-7 How Social Networks Help to Attract, Integrate and Retain Immigrants

14:00 - 15:30

E-8 Regional Immigration Policy and Practice: Canadian and International Perspective

14:00 - 15:30

E-9 Western Regional Immigration Project: Attraction and Retention of Immigrants

14:00 - 15:30

E-10 The Impacts of Residence Requirement of Income Security on Immigrant Seniors

14:00 - 15:30

E-11 Liminality in First- and Second-Generation Children of Immigrants

14:00 - 15:30

E-12 Ramifications of Cultural Adjustment to Eating Habits in the Immigration Context

14:00 - 15:30

E-13 Immigrant community infrastructure: An instrument for civic engagement?

14:00 - 15:30

E-14 Immigrant service delivery models: Cultural competence and gender sensitivity

14:00 - 15:30

E-15 IMAGINE engagine young people as competent community builders!

14:00 - 15:30

E-16 (Roundtable) Housing and Neighbourhoods: Future Research Directions Providing Services for Vulnerable Populations in Canadian Suburbs

14:00 - 15:30

E-17 (Roundtable) Providing Services for Vulnerable Populations in Canadian Suburbs 

14:00 - 15:30

E-18 (Roundtable) Temporary Workers and the Shift from Nation-Builders to Economic Units

14:00 - 15:30

E-19 (Roundtable) The Use of the Term "Visible Minority" in Canada

14:00 - 15:30

E-20 (Roundtable) Welcoming and Inclusive Communities and Workplaces : Bridging Immigration & Multiculturalism

14:00 - 15:30

E-21 (Roundtable) Economic Integration of Immigrants