Archive of Presentations

Winter 2012

• Damaris Rose,
  Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Université INRS
  "Critical Research Agendas within the Metropolis Project: Reflections on a Study of Precarious Housing and Hidden Homelessness among Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver"
  

• Richard Lalonde
  Psychology, York University
  "Intergroup Romance and the Bicultural Identities of Second Generation Asian Canadians"

Fall 2011

• Ann Kim                                                                                    Sociology, York University                                                                           "Understanding the Link between Transnationalism and Integration: Immigrant Ties to South Korea and Canada"

• Feng Hou                                                                                    Senior Researcher, Statistics Canada                                                               "The Demographic Context of Social Diversity and the Integration of Canada's New Second Generation"

• Nicola Piper                                                                                    Senior Research Fellow Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, University of Frieberg, Germany                                                                                     "Global Governance of Migration and the Migrant Rights Movement"

• Lucia Lo
  Department of Geography, York University
  "Immigrant Economic Experiences - A Canada - US Comparison"

Winter 2011

• Jennifer Long
  Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario
  "Negotiating Identity through Public Spaces in the Netherlands"

• Caroline Bennett-AbuAyyash
  Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario
  "One Justice Fits All? Examining Cross-Cultural Differences in
  Perceptions of Justice"

• Secil Erdogan
  Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario
  "Resettlement and The Crisis of Identity"

• Eduard Alberto Arriaga
  Department of Modern Languages, Hispanic Studies,
  University of Western Ontario
  "Latin American and Hispanic Artistic Representations of Afro in the Globalization”

• Gary Warrick
  Department of Archaeology and Contemporary Studies,
  Wilfred Laurier University
  "The Disappearance of the Drakensberg San"

• Jasmin Zine
  Department of Sociology and Muslim Studies,
  Wilfred Laurier University  
  "Race, Religion, and Securitization: ‘Embedded Academics’ and the Construction of Islamist Youth Radicalism"

• Valerian Marochko
  Executive Director, London Cross-Cultural Learner Centre,
  "Providing Services and Supports to Newcomers: The Cross Cultural Learner Centre's Perspective"

• Jennifer Hyndman
  Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
  "New Mobilities, Old Displacements: Protracted Refugee Situations in Theory and (Canadian) Practice"

• Peter Li
  Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan
  "International Migration in the Age of Globalization: Policy Implications and Challenges"

• Peter Showler
  Department of Common Law and The Refugee Forum,
  University of Ottawa
  "Fortress Canada: Circling the Wagons Against Asylum-Seekers"

Fall 2010

• James Walker
  Department of History, University of Waterloo
  "Southwestern Ontario and the 'Rights Revolution': The Dresden Campaign"

• Neil Bradford
  Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario
  "Ontario's Local Immigration Partnerships: Renewing Multiculturalism
  from Below"

• Huda Hussein
  Project Coordinator, London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership
  "London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership - Research
  Needs and  Potential Partnerships"

• Deborah Tunis
  Director General, Integration Branch, Citizenship and Immigration
  "Fostering an Integrated Society - An Aspiration or a Reality?"

• Livianna Tossutti
  Department of Political Science, Brock University
  "How Canadian Cities are Responding to International Migration"
  

Winter 2010 

• Mizanur Rahman
  Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
  "From Workers to Entrepreneurs: The Development of Bangladeshi Migrant Businesses in East Asia"
  

• John F. Dovidio
  Department of Psychology, Yale University
  "Social Harmony versus Social Change"

• Christopher Taylor
  Department of History, University of Western Ontario
  "Creating Multiculturalism: Legislating Racial and Ethnic Identities
  in Canada"
  

• Julianna Butler
  Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario
  "Understanding Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board"

• Dharshi Lacey
  Coordinator, London Intercommunity Health Centre
  "Creating Approaches to Providing Inclusive Services"

Fall 2009

• Rima Berns-McGown
  Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto
  "Beyond Tolerance: The Challenge of Connection and Inclusion"

• Winnifred Louis
  School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia
  "Understanding Attitudes to Refugees and Immigrants in Australia"

• Alan Simmons
  Department of Sociology, York University
  "Why Origins Matter? Central Americans in Canada"

• Audrey Kobayashi
  Department of Geography, Queens University
  "Doing Collaborative Community Based Research: On the Ground
  in Kingston"

• Ryan Ford
  Editor, 'Your City' Magazine
  "Narrative Design for Popular Media"

• Randa Farah
  Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario.
  "Western Sahara Refugees: Building the Nation-State on ‘Borrowed’ Desert Territory"

• Kay Deaux


Department of Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center
"To Be an Immigrant: Generation, Location and Negotiation"

• Stephen Saideman
  Department of Political Science, McGill University
  "Xenophobia's Silver Lining: Explaining Peace in the Aftermath of Communism"

• Kayoko Ueno
  Department of Human Sciences, University of Tokushima, Japan
  “Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia: The Case of Singapore"
  

• Michelle Baldwin
  Executive Director, Pillar Nonprofit Network
  "Nonprofits on the Move in London"
  

• Jennifer Mills
  Community Educator, London Cross Cultural Learner Centre
  "Refugees, Health and Trauma: Barriers to Resettlement"

• Monica Boyd
  Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
  "Language at Work: The Impact of Linguistic Enclaves on Immigrant Economic Integration"

• Tanya Basok
  Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Windsor
  "Decline of Social Citizenship and the Changing Nature of the Immigration Regime in Canada"
  

• Bryan Burton
  Counsellor, Canadian High Commission
  "The Lord's Resistance Army and Peace in Northern Uganda"

• John Biles
  Special Advisor, Integration Branch, Citizenship and Immigration Canada "Everyone's a Critic - Multiculturalism in Canada"

Fall 2008

Winter 2008

• Tim Donais
  Department of Political Science, University of Windsor
  "Re-thinking Local Ownership in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding"

• Meyer Burstein
  Senior Policy Fellow, Welcoming Communities Initiative
  "Shifting Federal-Provincial Roles in Immigration - Globalization and other Explanations"

• Vic Satzewich
  Department of Sociology, McMaster University
  "Racism vs. Professionalism: Claims and Counter Claims about Racial Profiling"

• Mark Cleveland
  Management and Organizational Studies, University of Western Ontario
  "Globals, Locals, and Creoles: Acculturation to Global Consumer Culture, Ethnic Identity, and Consumptionscapes"

• Caroline Andrew
  School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa
  "Municipal Policy-making and Immigrant Integration: Challenges and Opportunities"

• Monda Halpern
  Department of History, University of Western Ontario
  "Jewish Ottawa and the 1931 Edelson/Horwitz Murder Case"

• Rod Beaujot
  Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario
  "Immigration and the Future of the Population of Canada"
  

• Geoff Olsen
  Committee Member of Presbyterian World Service & Development
  "Illegal Immigration and Security Across the Mexican/American Border"
  

• Sam Pehrson
  Department of Psychology, University of Sussex
  "National Definitions and the Identification-Prejudice Relationship"

Fall 2007

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