4. Public Announcements (Conferences, etc.)
The Atlantic Metropolis Centre distributes information on behalf of other parties who operate in the language
of their choice.
Le Centre Métropolis Atlantique fait circuler de l’information provenant de ses partenaires
qui fonctionnent dans la langue officielle de leur choix.
11th National Metropolis Conference: Frontiers of Canadian Immigration
March 19-22, 2009, Hyatt Regency Calgary & Telus Convention Centre, Calgary Alberta
Over a century ago, immigrants to the Prairies realized their dream of making a home in the great frontier. By continuing to attract
people from around the world, Canada is realizing a national dream of being an equitable, diverse and innovative society. There are
now new frontiers to explore and new challenges to overcome. Migrants are arriving from non-traditional source countries, representing
a vast range of linguistic, ethnic and religious diversity. The strong economy in Canada in general and in the Prairies in particular
has brought an increasing number of temporary foreign workers. Smaller communities - including rural and francophone minority
communities - are now experiencing unprecedented growth through immigration.
The new trends in migration call for renewed thinking about local, regional and national policies for immigration and integration.
The 11th National Metropolis Conference, March 19-22, 2009 in Calgary—a city poised to become one of Canada’s major
immigrant-receiving cities—will bring together researchers, policy-makers and community practitioners to explore the frontiers of
research and practice in six policy priority areas:
- Citizenship and Social, Cultural and Civic Integration;
- Economic and Labour Market Integration;
- Family, Children and Youth;
- Housing and Neighbourhoods;
- Policing, Security and Justice;
- Welcoming Communities: The Role of the Host Communities in Attracting, Integrating and Retaining Newcomers and Minorities.
Recognizing the growing interconnectedness of the local with the national and the global, the conference is a good opportunity for
participants to develop a better understanding of immigration and diversity in the Prairies—and how this will build a better future
for Canada.
To view the Call for Proposals guidelines, please visit http://pmc.metropolis.net.
The deadline to submit a proposal is October 1st, 2008.
13th International Metropolis Conference: Mobility, Integration and Development in a Globalised World
27-31 October 2008, World Conference Center, Bonn, Germany
The 13th International Metropolis Conference will take place in Bonn, Germany and will be hosted by the Ministry of “Generations, Family,
Women and Integration” of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia along with its partners. For more information, please visit
http://www.metropolis2008.org. The preliminary programme is now available.
34th Annual Conference of the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association (APPSA)
Democracy’s Shifting Shorelines: Representation, Citizenship and Governance
October 3, 4 & 5, 2008, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
This year’s APPSA conference, hosted by the Department of Political Science, Saint Mary’s University, will explore Democracy’s Shifting Shorelines:
Representation, Citizenship and Governance and other related themes and will figure as the signature academic event in the year long festivities
commemorating the 250th anniversary of representative democracy in Nova Scotia. It will be co-sponsored by the Democracy 250 Committee
of the Nova Scotia legislature and will provide an academic setting to reflect on the past, present and future of the democratic adventure.
We invite scholars, practitioners, activists and students to submit paper & panel proposals on the themes of democracy, representation, citizenship
and governance. Some funds will be available to facilitate the participation of Ph.D student paper-givers.
For more information, please visit http://www.appsa2008.org or contact co-chairs Alexandra Dobrowolsky
adobrowolsky@smu.ca or Marc Doucet marc.doucet@smu.ca.
The deadline for proposals has passed.
Call for papers - Interamerican Journal of Education for Democracy Special Edition on Education, Citizenship, and Interculturalism
Deadline: September 15, 2008
We invite you to submit papers that discuss the subject of education, citizenship, and interculturalism, both in terms of concrete, current realities,
as well as desirable futures. Papers can be submitted in one of two categories; critical or review essay (2500 to 3500 words) or
research article (7000 to 10000 words). Papers should be submitted following the guidelines found in the section “Publish on
IJED” on our website www.ried-ijed.org. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2008.
We encourage you to consult our Website and our first two issues at www.ried-ijed.org.
CALL FOR PAPERS Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme (cws/cf) Women and Canadian Multiculturalism (Vol. 27, Nos. 2,3)
Deadline: September 30, 2008
This journal issue aims to provide a space to reflect critically on the issues related to Canadian multiculturalism for the last two decades in
specifically feminist terms. We invite artists, poets, researchers, scholars and activists to contribute submissions in French or in English.
Possible topics include:
- ulticulturalism and sexual diversity
- multiculturalism, colonial discourses and decolonization
- Indigenous peoples, self-determination, and official multiculturalism
- discourses surrounding immigration and their relationship to lived experiences and material realities (e.g., labour and employment,
racism, state violence, etc.)
- immigration policy and patriarchalization of immigrant communities/families
- first generation, second generation, and 1.5-generation experiences of cultural and social “integration”
- State feminist responses to multiculturalism and to issues of race, religion, and cultural difference
- Québec versus federal policies (interculturalism versus multiculturalism)
- conversations around the “reasonable accommodation” consultation commission in Quebec
- constructions of national identity, “home,” and “threat”
- new policies and laws concerning immigration, e.g., Bill C-50
- cultural difference and the law, e.g., the debates surrounding Shari’a Law in Ontario
- official state-based discourses of multiculturalism versus everyday multiculturalism from below
- artistic and cultural interventions into multicultural discourses
- multiculturalism and education
Your ideas for additional topics are welcome..
Write or call as soon as possible indicating your intention to submit your work.
Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme
212 Founders, York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Telephone: (416) 736-5356 Fax: (416) 736-5765 E-mail: cwscf@yorku.ca.
Invitation for Proposals
BRIDGING PROJECTS FOR INTERNATIONALLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS
October 9, 2008
The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration has released an Invitation for Proposals for bridging projects that improve access to
occupational certification/registration and/or employment for internationally trained individuals, to begin on or before May 1, 2009.
For information about criteria, format, and to download the Invitation for Proposals guidelines and application forms, please
consult the Ministry website at: www.citizenship.gov.on.ca.
Submission Deadline: October 9, 2008
11:59:59 (12 Noon).
Please note that the following information sessions will be offered:
In-person (English): September 2, 2008
By teleconference (French): September 3, 2008
By teleconference (English): September 4, 2008
In-person (English and French): September 9, 2008
Refer to the Ministry website for additional details.
http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/working/experience/IFP/index.shtml.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
International, national, and regional theory, research, and practice Governance
The Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies is an international peer-reviewed journal that serves as a forum for achieving
linkages between multiple disciplines, nations, and cultures. The purpose and aim of the journal is to promote the consideration
of issues related to, and resulting from, human migration as well as provide pertinent articles on immigration issues including
policy analysis, individual and societal experience, cultural behavior, and cross cultural dialogue on theory, research and
practice. The Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies is committed to the advancement of social, health, cultural, mental
health, political, and economic and business theory, policy, and practice (and their interrelationships) within a global context.
For submission guidelines, visit:
http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J500.
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically at ijirs@umsl.edu.
OMNES: Journal of Migration and Society
November 30, 2008
Sookmyung Institute for Multicultural Studies invites manuscripts for the inaugural issue of OMNES: Journal of Migration and
Society to be published biannually from 2009. OMNES welcomes submissions from academics and professionals in the fields of the
humanities, social sciences, business, arts and education. The scope of the journal covers themes such as the global movement
of people, human security related to migration, multicultural societies, identity, nationalism, citizenship, ethnicity,
diversity, social conflict and cohesion, and relevant topics. Deadline for submission is November 30th, 2008. If you wish to
submit a manuscript, please send us the title or a one-paragraph outline. For more information, please send an email
to omnes@sm.ac.kr.
Sookmyung Institute for Multicultural Studies, Sookmyung University,
Yongsan-Ku, Seoul 140-742, Korea.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 12th conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, hosted by the University of Cyprus, June 28 to July 2, 2009
TRANSFORMING BOUNDARIES
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15 October 2008
The conference invites papers that fall within the broad theme of the conference (boundaries) and forced migration more
generally. We particularly encourage proposals of organized panels. We solicit proposals that touch on the following sub-themes
of the conference:
- Transforming the Boundaries of Identity
- Transforming the Boundaries of Community
- Transforming the Boundaries of Policy Areas.
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
We invite submissions of abstracts of 250 words from academics, graduate students, practitioners, policy makers, individuals
working with forced migrants and forced migrants themselves. Submissions from all disciplines are welcome. We wish to
encourage practice-based presentations and other non-traditional means of exploring forced migration and its study,
including film screenings, installations, and exhibitions.
Submissions may be of two types:
(i) individual paper presentations,
(ii) proposals to organize a panel of up to four individuals on a particular theme or topic,
(iii) work-in-progress papers.
Further details about the conference and the online submission form can be found on the IASFM website:
www.iasfm.org.
Requests for further information can be made to the following email address: iasfm12@iasfm.org.
Integration Futures Conference
Prato, Italy, October 22 – 24, 2008
The past decade has seen a shift in policies and discourse on immigrant integration. From the earlier emphasis on settlement
services and employment, the new focus of integration in many countries seems to be the preservation of social cohesion, a
mainstream national identity and culture, and mainstream core values. In a forward-looking manner, Integration Futures will
explore several aspects of this theme, including:
- the impact of immigration and citizenship policies on integration
- the relationship between between integration and multiculturalism policies
- the integration of the second generation: education, labour market and other outcomes
- political integration – the ultimate indicator?
- globalisation, transnationalism and integration, and
- religion, secularism, and integration
Registration is now open. The deadline to avail early bird rates is September 1st. Please visit
www.integrationfutures.com for the conference program, registration and other details.
For further information please contact Uttara Chauhan at Uttara.Chauhan@cic.gc.ca.
Knowledge in Motion '08
October 16-18, 2008, Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Knowledge in Motion '08 is an international conference exploring how higher education institutions (HEIs) mobilize
knowledge to affect regional development.
Registration is now live at www.knowledgeinmotion2008.ca.
SECOND ANNUAL METROPOLIS NATIONAL RESEARCH COMPETITION
June 10, 2008
The Metropolis Project is pleased to announce its second annual national research competition. This year, the research question
is: How has large-scale immigration transformed Canada's society and economy? Previous work undertaken within the Metropolis
Project has largely focused on the immigration experience, well-being, and outcomes for newcomers, but less attention has been
devoted to the way immigration has been influencing, benefiting, and challenging Canadian society, the economy, and native-born
Canadians. An appropriate evaluation of the costs and benefits of an immigration policy requires accounting for all citizens
affected by migration, including non-migrants.
The maximum value of this research grant is $125,000 for 12 to 18 months. Researchers affiliated with Canadian postsecondary
educational institutions are invited to submit a proposal by September 30, 2008.
For more information on the competition and how to apply, please see
http://www.sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/metropolis_e.asp.
Integrating Anti-Racism with Emotional Intelligence and Conflict
Nov. 6 – 7, 2008 in Vancouver, BC
The Canadian RaceRelations Foundation is pleased to announce this training program in partnership with Anima
Leadership & offered through the Hollyhock Leadership Institute in British Columbia.
For more information contact Sandy Yep, CRRF: syep@crrf-fcrr.ca 416-952-5019.
Recognition for Prior Learning (RPL):
Building on a Decade of Collaboration and Innovation -- An international conference on prior learning assessment and qualification recognition
October 19 – 21, 2008 · Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel · Banff, Alberta, Canada
The deadline for the early bird registration is September 26th, 2008.
Register online at www.capla.ca.
New Directions in Population Health Research: Linking Theory, Ethics and Practice
CPHR & SPHERU Conference
November 12 to 14, 2008, Ramada Hotel and Convention Centre, Regina, SK
Early Bird Deadline is September 15, 2008.
Please visit www.cntgrp.ca - click on Event Management and below the
CPHR & SPHERU Conference Logo you can begin the registration process.
The Board of Governors of the Prairie Metropolis Centre invites applications for Editor of Journal of International Migration and Integration
To begin April, 2009 (an alternate starting date is negotiable)
As Editor you will have a special opportunity to contribute to the fields of immigration, integration and diversity,
across Canada and internationally. Applications will be considered from individuals well-versed in immigration/integration/diversity
issues who are employed at a Canadian university.
The Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed, bilingual, scholarly
journal that publishes original research papers, policy discussions and book reviews that enhance the understanding of
immigration, settlement and integration and that contribute to policy development.
Interested candidates should submit their CV to either Dr. Tracey Derwing at tracey.derwing@ualberta.ca
or Dr. Linda Ogilvie at linda.ogilvie@ualberta.ca.
Tenure-stream Position in Force Migration and Globalization Available – York University
15 October, 2008
Applications are invited for a tenure-stream position at the Assistant Professor level in Forced Migration and
Globalization Studies: Theory and Critical Policy Studies, to start July 1, 2009. The successful candidate will
be expected to contribute to the work of the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), an organized research unit of York University.
We are seeking a dynamic scholar with experience working at the interface of avant-garde research and critical theorizing,
and with the ability to translate this into policy-relevant discussions and recommendations in the fields of forced
migration/refugee issues and globalization. Established international and national networks with scholars and policy-makers
are an asset. We expect this scholar to participate in our new Canadian refugee policy network, and build our research and
teaching capacity on the externalization of asylum and protracted refugee situations. Candidates are expected to have a PhD
in a social science discipline with a record of external funding and publications in the fields of forced migration/refugee
studies and critical policy studies, preferably at the international and national levels. The successful candidate must be
suitable for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and a summary of teaching and research interests and experience, and arrange for
three letters of reference to be sent by October 15, 2008, to:
Dr. Susan McGrath, Chair of the Hiring Committee,
The Centre for Refugee Studies, Room 321, York Lanes
York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Tel.: 416.736.2100, ext. 66662. Fax: 416.736.5837. E-mail: smcgrath@yorku.ca.
Tenure-stream Sociology Position Available – Dalhousie University
15 October, 2008
The Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-stream
position in Sociology at the Lecturer/Assistant Professor level, effective July 1, 2009.
The Department seeks a sociologist with special expertise in quantitative research methods and a program of research in the
department’s substantive areas of Social Justice and Inequality or Economy, Work and Development. Applicants should be
knowledgeable about existing datasets and be able to use quantitative analysis to explore academic or policy arguments. In
addition to sociology courses in their substantive area of interest the candidate will be expected to do some administrative
committee work and teach some of the department’s research methods and statistics courses in both the undergraduate
and graduate program.
Applicants should already possess or have met all the requirements for a Ph.D. in Sociology and have some experience in
university-level teaching. Applicants should send, in hard copy, a letter of application, a complete curriculum vitae, a
statement of research and teaching interests and philosophies, evidence of teaching competence, a writing sample and arrange
to have three confidential letters of reference forwarded under separate cover by the referees, should be sent in hard copy to:
Dr. Christopher Murphy, Chair,
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4P9.
Visiting Research Fellowship -- Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria
Up to 12 months' duration, commencing September 2009
Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2009.
Inquiries may be addressed to csrs@uvic.ca.
Full information on the fellowships is available at
http://www.csrs.uvic.ca/programs/awards.php.
table of contents
|
