 Programme
THIRD INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS
CONFERENCE
Zichron Yaacov, Israel
November 30-December 3, 1998
Organized by:
Metropolis International Project Team
Israel Metropolis Conference Organizing Committee
JDC-Brookdale Institute, Israel
In cooperation with:
Ministry of Immigrant Absorption (Israel)
JDC-Israel (Israel)
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Israel)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)
Government Office of Information (Israel)
Jewish Agency for Israel (Israel)
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (Israel)
Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Israel)
THIRD INTERNATIONAL
METROPOLIS CONFERENCE |
The Third International Metropolis Conference was
held in Zichron Yaacov, Israel (south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast) from November
30 to December 3, 1998. Building on the First and Second International Conferences, held
in Milan in 1996 and in Copenhagen in 1997, the event in Israel introduced a new format
which aims to intensify discussions between senior policy experts and leading academics in
the field of immigration, integration and ethno-racial diversity. The conference featured
interactive plenaries along with fourteen concurrent, highly-focused workshops all
examining critical social, economic and political issues with an emphasis on their
metropolitan context. The conference was of compelling interest to any researchers,
policy-makers and stakeholders interested in how migration is affecting cities and how, in
turn, rapidly changing urban processes are affecting the incorporation of migrants and
diverse ethnic populations.
The fundamental goal of Metropolis is to improve
policies related to migration and ethnic diversity by incorporating scientific findings,
drawn from national and international comparative research, into decision-making. As it
matures, the Project will increasingly seek to develop the policy and program options that
are urgently needed by participating countries and cities to meet the challenges posed by
migration and to take advantage of related opportunities. The annual Metropolis
Conferences provide an important venue for researchers, policy-makers and representatives
of non-governmental organizations to engage each other, thus creating antecedents for
comparative international research and sustained expert discussion leading to
scientifically-founded policy development.
If you require further information about this
conference, please contact the conference organizers. For more information on Metropolis,
please contact the International Project Director, Howard Duncan.
ISAS
International Seminar
P.O. Box 574
91004 Jerusalem, Israel
(972) 2-6520574
Fax (972) 2-6520558
isas@netvision.net.il
Israel Coordinator
Meira Aboulafia
JDC-Brookdale Institute
P.O. Box 13087
91130 Jerusalem, Israel
(972) 2-6557401
Fax (972) 2-5612391
meira@jdc.org.il |
Howard Duncan
International Project Director
Metropolis Project
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
365 Laurier Avenue West
Jean Edmonds Tower South B-1846
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1L1
(613) 957-5916
Fax (613) 957-5968
howard.duncan@cic.gc.ca |
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SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 29
Check-in, registration, and
reception, dinner |
| DAY 1 |
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 30 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration
Number of Registrants by Country |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Opening Plenary
Session |
| Chair |
• Jack Habib,
Director, JDC-Brookdale Institute
• Yuli Edelstein, Minister of Immigrant Absorption, Israel
• Arnon Mantver, General Director, Joint-Israel
• Yehuda Hayuth, President, Haifa University, Israel
• Meyer Burstein, co-chair, Metropolis International Steering Committee.
Address |
| 10:30
a.m. |
Keynote Plenary
Address Rainer Bauböck,
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria
International
Migration and Liberal Democracies: The Challenge of
Integration
Professor Bauböck will address the philosophical
and governance issues that arise in both "old" and "new" multi-ethnic
societies. |
| 11:00
a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30 a.m. Chair |
Plenary Panel Session Michel Dorais, Associate Deputy Minister for Citizenship
and Immigration Canada
Societal membership and policies that help in the effective
management of pluralistic societies and cities. |
| Speaker: |
Doris Meissner, Commisioner, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service,
U.S.A. |
| Responses: |
• Barbara John, Berlin Senate
Commissioner for Migrant and Foreigner Population Affairs, Germany
• Antonia Hernandez, President, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
(MALDEF), U.S.
• Andreas Wimmer, Oxford University. U.K. |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
2:30 p.m.
to
6:30 p.m. |
Concurrent
Workshops |
1. Role of NGOs in the Integration Process for New Immigrants and in
Research |
| Organizer: |
• Khan Rahi, Access Action Council of Toronto, Canada
aackrahi@web.net
• Stephan Reichold, Table de concertation des organismes de Montréal au service des
réfugiés, Canada
tcmr@babylon.montreal.qc.ca |
| Description: |
This workshop is designed to address the role of non-governmental
community organizations in helping to settle and integrate new arrivals. Special attention
will be devoted to the role of research, models and best practices in delivering program
services and the extent to which NGOs can be significant actors in policy formations. |
| Invited: |
• Artur Cani, Urban Integration Foundation, Albania
• Miranda Pinto, Toronto Metropolis Centre (CERIS), Toronto, Canada
• Arnon Martver, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Israel
• Laurel Borisenko, Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, Alberta, Canada
• Keith Karasin, Open Door Society, Regina, Canada |
2. Immigration and Education
in Divided Cities and Societies |
| Organizer: |
• Marie McAndrew, Université
de Montréal, Canada
mcandrem@ere.umontreal.ca |
| Description: |
In this workshop, the emphasis will
be on immigration and on educational programs and initiatives designed to integrate
immigrants and create inter-cultural understanding in cities where immigrants are faced
with two major communities which compete for majority status. |
| Invited: |
• Montréal, Canada
• Brussels, Belgium
• Barcelona, Spain
• Belfast, Great Britain
• Jerusalem, Israel
|
3. Citizenship Policy
and the Problem of Integration |
| Organizers: |
• Alex Aleinikoff, Georgetown
University, U.S.A.
aleinikt@law.georgetown.edu
• Douglas Klusmeyer, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.A.
klusmeyer@ceip.org |
| Description: |
This workshop will compare the
different integration approaches that major industrial states have adopted towards migrant
groups. The intent is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches.
The resulting comparative framework will provide a context for discussing how citizenship
policies can be used to promote integration and how these policies may impede
integration. The workshop will focus on several countries as case studies:
Australia, the European Union, Israel, and the United States. |
| Invited: |
• T. Alexander Aleinikoff,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.A.
• Rainer Bauböck, Institute for Advance Study, Vienna, Austria
• Allan Borowski, Baerwood School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Israel
• Ayelet Shachar, Yale Law School, U.S.A. |
4. Strategies for Developing
Urban Areas Dominated by Immigrants in Metropolitan Regions |
| Organizers: |
• Irene Molina, Uppsala
University, Sweden
irene.molina@kultgeog.uu.se |
| Description: |
This workshop will explore
strategies for developing urban areas dominated by immigrants. Comparisons will be made
between and among Sweden, the Netherlands, France, England, and Canada. The experiences of
researchers and policy makers will be drawn upon to devise development strategies in
respect of emerging local labour markets, educational programmes, democratic procedures
which involve residents, and the physical restoration of buildings. |
| Invited: |
• Kristine Dösen, City of
Gothenburg, Sweden
• Soren Olsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• Francine Dansereau, INRS-Urbanisation, Montreal, Canada
• David Ley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• Brian Ray, McGill University, Montréal, Canada |
5.
Immigrants in Mediterranean Cities: Insertion in an Informal Economy
and Society |
| Organizer: |
• Emilio Reyneri,
University of Parma, Italy
emilio.reyneri@unimib.it |
| Description: |
This workshop will focus
on the role of immigrants in the informal economies of Mediterranean Cities. Specific
areas of inquiry will include the underground economy, and the "ethnification"
of illegal activities. |
| Invited: |
• Emilio Reyneri,
University of Parma, Italy
• Maria Baghana, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Jonathon Chaloff, Censis, Rome, Italy
• Jennifer Cavounidis, Institute of Labour, Athens, Greece |
6. International Study of
Attitudes Towards Immigration and Settlement |
| Organizer: |
• John Berry, Queen's
University, Canada
berryj@psyc.queensu.ca |
| Description: |
This workshop will present a
Canadian pilot study on the attitudes of societies towards immigrants and ethno-racial
minorities as well as their attitudes towards immigration. The goal of the workshop will
be to discuss the study, the survey instrument and the possible establishment of an
international consortium interested in promoting an international comparative survey of
these attitudes. |
| Invited: |
• John Berry, Queen's
University, Canada
• Richard Bourhis, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), Canada
• Natalya Damian, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, Jerusalem, Israel
• Gabriel Horenczyk, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
7. Barriers to
Employment for Immigrants |
| Organizer: |
• Pierre Anctil, Ministère
des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'immigration, Québec, Canada
pierre.anctil@mrci.gouv.qc.ca |
| Description: |
This workshop will examine
the issues connected with the labour market integration of new arrivals and the economic,
linguistic, and discrimination barriers that arise in various countries. Specific
obstacles which will be examined include structural economic problems related to the
labour market or to the recognition of occupational qualifications; problems due to lack
of knowledge of the host society’s language(s); and discrimination related to the
immigrants' culture of origin or professed religion, or to racist perceptions on the part
of the receiving society. |
| Invited: |
A variety of researchers and policy
makers from Québec, Canada, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Israel, and
Sweden |
8. Citizenship and
Citizenship Education in Pluralistic Societies |
| Organizer: |
• Michel Pagé,
Université de Montréal, Canada
pagemi@magellan.umontreal.ca
• Yvonne Hébert, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
yhebert@ucalgary.ca
A Research-based Focus on Literacy
and Citizenship Education Issues |
| Description: |
The purpose of this workshop is to
look at the programs and practices of the formal and informal education system
regarding citizenship education in a pluralistic context. The workshop will analyse
the features of programs and policies in relation to the prevailing conception of
citizenship in the larger society The workshop will start with a presentation of the
Canadian reality by three speakers coming from this country. Afterwards, the
participants will be invited present the programs and practices of citizenship education
in theri own national context. The ultimate goal of the workshop is to initiate an
international dialogue offering the participants the opportunity to further discuss theri
perspectives in the field. |
| Invited: |
• Harold Troper, Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada |
9. Political
Participation Across Immigrant and Ethnoracial Communities: Comparing World Cities
|
| Organizer: |
• Myer Siemiatycki,
Ryerson Polytechnic University, Canada
msiemiat@acs.ryerson.ca
• John Biles, Metropolis Project Team, Canada
john_biles@pch.gc.ca |
| Description: |
This workshop will explore
urban political participation and integration among diverse immigrant communities in the
world's leading migration settlement cities. The workshop will identify and consolidate
international research comparing the urban experiences of newcomers in metropolises in
Europe, North America, Australia and Israel. |
Invited:
|
• Amsterdam, Rinus
Penninx, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Zurich, Andreas Wimmer, Oxford University, U.K.
Zurich: Political participation and exclusion of immigrants in
a direct democracy
Read on-line or Download MS Word97 version
• Toronto, Myer Siemiatycki, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Canada
Immigration & Urban Politics in Toronto
Read on-line
• Tel Aviv, Gila Menachem, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
Jews, Arabs, Russians and Foreigners in an Israeli
City: Ethnic Divisions and
the Restructuring Economy of Tel-Aviv: 1983-1996
Read on-line
or Download MS Word97 version
• Sydney, Susan Thompson, University of New South Wales, Australia
Multiculturalism and Governeance: An Australian Perspective
Read on-line or Download MS Word97 version
• Ottawa, John Biles, Department of Canadian Heritage, Canada
Ottawa-Carleton: An EthniCity In The Making?
Read on-line or Download MS Word97 version
• Miami, Sheila Croucher, University of Miami at Ohio, U.S.A.
• London, Zig Layton-Henry, University of Warwick, U.K.
• Birmingham, Mohammed Anwar, University of Warwick, U.K.
• Haifa, Gustavo Mesch, Haifa University, Israel
• Tokyo, Yoshikuni Higashi, National Institute for Research Advancement,
Japan
The Situation of Foreign Residents in Tokyo
Read on-line or Download MS Word97 version |
10. Health Implications
of Immigration for Cities |
| Organizers: |
• Linda Williams,
Health Canada, Canada
linda_williams@hc-sc.gc.ca
• Dr. Brian Gushulak, International Organization
for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland
gushulak@iom.int |
| Description: |
Increasingly, immigrants
are coming from a larger variety of countries and "non-traditional" locations.
These and other changes in the demographics of immigration mean that
thehealth status of immigrants is often different from that of the population
of the receiving country. Consequently, the unique health problems of
immigrants are often unfamiliar to resident health care providers. For
example, the prevalence of immigrant-related tuberculosis is increasing
in many parts of the European Union and also in North America. The special
mental health needs of immigrants must also be dealt with by receiving
countries. Changing patterns of immigration thus present challenges to
both national and local health care systems, since they have both policy
and service delivery implications. |
| Structure: |
Individual presentations, each followed by group discussion; final group
session to formulate questions for future research. |
| Invited: |
• Dr. Brian Gushulak,
International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland
Overview: The Relationship between Health and Migration
• Dr. Manuel Carballo, International Centre for Migration and
Health, Geneva, Switzerland
Populations on the Move and Their Impact on the Health of Cities
• Dr. Shlomo Maayan, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centre,
Jerusalem, Israel
Specific Issues in Communicable Diseases in Israel (HIV/TB)
• Surrendra Santokhi and Barend Middelkoop, City of The Hague,
The Netherlands
Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Risk in Surinamese South Asian Inhabitants in The
Hague: A Model for Best Practices
• Trong Nguyen, Health Canada
The Montebello Process: International Development of a Modern Approach to Immigration
Medical Screening
• Dr Nelly Zilber, The Falk Institute for Mental Health and
Behavior Studies, Jerusalem, Israel
Psychological Distress Among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union to Israel.
Risk Factors, Implications for the Israel Health System. |
11. Comparative Experience with
Temporary Workers: Challenges and Policies |
| Organizer: |
• Don DeVoretz, Simon
Fraser University, Canada
devoretz@sfu.ca |
| Description: |
This workshop will examine
temporary worker migration patterns, impacts and policies. It will examine questions
around the size and composition of this migration, its economic costs and benefits, the
role of temporary migrants in addressing national skill shortages, appropriate protections
for migrant workers, and training and employment opportunities for the existing national
workforce. The focus will be on the international movement of migrant workers who are
selected for their skills, based on considerations of economic development and meeting
national labour market needs. Issues of discussion will include current policy levers, the
impacts and lessons learned from the mobility provisions of international trade
agreements, protections for migrant workers, the role of employers in the selection of
migrant workers, and patterns of conversion to permanent status. The experience of
researchers and policy makers will be drawn upon to assess alternative approaches to the
design and delivery of temporary migrant worker policies and programs.
Some relevant papers are available
on this site. |
| Invited: |
• Demetrios Papademiteriou, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, U.S.A.
• Don DeVoretz, RIIM, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Temporary Migration: An Overview
Download Adobe PDF version
Malaysian Immigration Issues: An Economic Perspective
Download Adobe PDF version
Temporary Canadian Migration: Quo Vadis?
Download Adobe PDF version
• T. Bauer, Iza Bonn University, Germany
Dynamic Labour Demand: Natives, Immigrants and the Recruitment Halt of 1973
Download Adobe PDF version
• T. Straubhaar, Federal Armed Forces University, Hamburg, Germany
Experience with Temporary Workers: Some Evidence from Selected European Countries
Download Adobe PDF version
• Moshe Semyonov, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Lindsay Lowell, Georgetown University, U.S.A
Skilled Temporary and Permanent Immigrants in the United States
Download Adobe PDF version
Comparative Experiences
with Temporary Workers: The U.S.A.
• Stefan Golder, Kiel Institute of World Economics
Lessons from the Swiss Migration Experience: An Empirical Analysis of Employment Performance
Download Adobe PDF version
• Zeev Rosenhek, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Migration Regimes, Intra-state Conflicts and the Politics of Exclusion and Inclusion: Migrant Workers in the Israeli Welfare State
Download Adobe PDF version
|
12. Immigration, Housing and
Neighborhoods: Research from the United States, Canada and Israel |
| Organizer: |
• Patrick Simmons, Fannie Mae
Foundation, U.S.A.
patrick_simmons@fanniemaefoundation.org |
| Description: |
Participants in this workshop will discuss research on the housing and neighborhood
conditions of immigrants in the United States, Canada, and Israel. The first session will
describe and compare housing conditions of immigrants and native-born populations in New
York City, Montreal, and Tel Aviv. It will also examine immigrant settlement patterns. The
first study of immigration’s impacts on market rents and housing consumption in U.S.
cities will be the focus of the second workshop session. The final session will describe
immigrants’ neighborhood conditions in several American and Canadian cities and
explore possible links between these conditions and socioeconomic mobility. |
| Session 1 |
Immigrant Housing Conditions
and Government Housing Policies: Evidence from Three Cities |
| Discussants: |
• Brian Ray, McGill University,
Canada
• George Galster, Wayne State University, U.S.A. |
| Papers: |
• Housing Conditions and Housing
Assistance Utilization of Immigrant and Native-Born Households in New
York City (Michael Schill, New York University, U.S.A. and Emily Rosenbaum,
Fordham University, U.S.A.)
• Housing Conditions and Access to Social Housing Among Immigrant and Native
Populations in Montreal (Francine Dansereau, National Institute for Scientific Research
– Urbanisation, Canada)
• Housing Patterns of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in the Tel-Aviv
Metropolitan Area (Yona Ginsberg, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
Break |
| Session 2 |
Housing Market
Impacts of U.S. Immigration |
| Discussant: |
• Leo Driedger,
University of Manitoba, Canada |
| Paper: |
• The Housing Market
Impacts of Immigration on 25 Large U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970 to 1990
(John Pitkin, Analysis and Forecasting, Inc., U.S.A.) |
| Session 3 |
Neighborhood
Conditions and Immigrant Socioeconomic Mobility in the United States and Canada |
| Discussant: |
• John Goering, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Papers: |
• Neighborhood
Opportunity Structures of Immigrants and Socioeconomic Advancement in
Five Metropolitan Areas in the United States (George Glaster and Kurt
Metzger, Wayne State University, U.S.A.)
• Spatial Concentration of Poverty and Intergenerational Mobility Among
Immigrants in Canada (Shiva Halli and A. Kazemipur, University of Manitoba, Canada) |
13. Immigration and American
Cities |
| Organizer: |
• Roger Waldinger,
University of California at Los Angeles, U.S.A.
waldinge@soc.ucla.edu |
| Description: |
This workshop will focus
on patterns of immigrant adaptation and the effects these have on metropolitan areas in
the United States. All the papers are comparative, focusing on differences among major
immigrant and ethnic groups, as well as on variations among metropolitan regions. The
papers inquire into the extent of upward mobility among immigrants, as well as the
possibility of competition between immigrants and less skilled members of the native-born
population. The papers will report on new research, involving surveys, and on analyses of
newly available secondary data. Policy makers will discuss implications of the research
findings in the final workshop session. |
| Session 1 |
Immigration and
American Cities |
| Papers: |
• The
Geography of the New Immigration
• Who Employers Want: Immigrants and Natives in the Low-Skilled Labor Market
• On the Backs of Blacks? Another Look at Black/Immigrant Competition |
| Session 2 |
Immigrants'
American Dream: Reality or Mirage? |
| Papers: |
• Immigrants and
Poverty: Permanent or Transitional Phenomenon?
• The New Second Generation
• Immigration and Labour Market Exclusion |
| Session 3 |
Policy
Implications of the Research: Policy Makers — Panel Discussion |
| Invited: |
• Nelson Lim,
Geography, UCLA, U.S.A.
• Roger Waldinger, Sociology, UCLA, U.S.A.
• Bill Clark, Geography, UCLA, U.S.A.
• Georges Sabagh, Sociology, UCLA, U.S.A. |
| 8:00
p.m. |
Gala
Dinner and Dance
* Dance group of Immigrants from Caucasus
* Chorale group of Immigrants from Ethiopa |
| DAY 2 |
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 1 |
9:00a.m.-
12:00 p.m. |
Concurrent
Workshops (continued) |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Plenary
Session: Integration Issues in Israel Shlomit Canaan, Director General, Minister of
Immigrant Absorption, Israel
Opening Remarks |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Integration
of Immigrant Youth |
| Chair |
Mike
Rosenberg, Director General, Immigration and Absorption Department, Jewish Agency for
Israel |
| Address |
Jack Habib,
Director, JDC-Brookdale Institute |
| Discussants |
• Zmira Mvarech, Chief Scientist, Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sport, Israel
• Nigist Mengesha, NGO Fidel, Israel
• Yuri Zotopolski, Organization of Immigrant Teachers, Israel |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Geographical
Dispersion and Housing Policies for Immigrants |
| Chair |
Daniel
Pins, JDC-Israel, Israel |
| Address |
Gabi
Lipschitz, Bar Ilan University |
| Discussants |
•
Rachel Hollander, Director, Department of Information and Economic Analysis, Ministry of
Housing and Construction, Israel
• Baruch Kipnis, Haifa University, Israel
• Edna Rudrig, Deputy Mayor, Nazrat Elit, Israel |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 5:45 p.m. |
Integration
of Immigrants into the Israeli Labour Force |
| Chair |
Shmuel
Adler, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption |
| Address |
Karnit
Flug, Research Department, Bank of Israel |
| Discussants |
• Judith King, JDC Brookdale Institute, Israel
Joint Response to Dr.
Flug
• Slava Podrovensky, Director, Mass Migration Institute, Israel |
| 7:00
p.m. |
Closing
Statement Natan
Scharansky, Chairman, Ministerial Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Jewish Affairs
and Minister of Industy and Commerce, Israel |
| 8:00
p.m. |
Gala
Dinner and Dance |
| DAY 3 |
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 2 |
| 8:30
a.m. |
Study Tours
Leave for excursion to
visit 4 small towns and cities. The purpose is to learn and to exchange views about the
integration programs used to respond to recent high volume immigration. The day will
include discussions with mayors, with local officials involved in integration and service
delivery, with NGOs, with immigrant groups, and with non-Israeli commentators.
Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 |
| 12:30
p.m. |
Lunch |
2:30
p.m. to
5:30 p.m. |
Mini
Local Conferences In the
various towns that each group visits, local conferences will be organized to provide the
participants with opportunities to explore local challenges and their implications for
immigrant integration in Israel, Europe, North America, New Zealand and other countries of
destination. |
| 7:00
p.m. |
Return
to Main Conference Site |
| 8:00
p.m. |
Dinner |
| DAY 4 |
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 3 |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Plenary
Session: Netherlands-Canada Panel |
| Chair: |
Ben Koolen,
Ministry of Interior Affairs, The Netherlands.
This plenary session will be divided
into two parts, each focusing on a crucial set of interrelated public policy issues
concerning the integration of immigrants and ethnically diverse populations. Senior
officials and prominent academics from Canada and the Netherlands will offer critical
perspectives on the programs of their countries situating the measures within larger
national or state policy frameworks.
The sessions are intended to be provocative, to
raise fundamental questions about the policies employed by each country and to stimulate
debate with the audience. Emerging from the discussion will be a number of key questions
for which international comparative research is required. |
| Session
1: |
Will focus on early
interventions and on the policies employed by Canada and the Netherlands to help settle
immigrants in the initial years following their arrival. Integral to these presentations
will be an examination of the underlying philosophies that guide public policy and help to
establish program priorities. |
| Canada: |
• Gerry
Van Kessel, Department of Citizenship and Immmigration
• Naomi Alboim, Government of Ontario
• Yvonne Hébert, University of Calgary
A Research-based Focus on Literacy and Citizenship Education
Issues
• Tom Jensen, Government of British Columbia |
| Netherlands: |
• Fons
Kemper, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports
• Surrendra Santokhi, Municipality of The Hague
• Rinus Pennix, University of Amsterdam |
| Session
2: |
Will examine the
integration of young people, including immigrant youth and youth born in the country, but
to parents who are themselves recent arrivals. The presentations will focus on the
education system - the challenges being faced by schools and their role in youth
integration. As well, the session will examine some of the issues surrounding marginalized
youth, including crime and gangs. |
| Netherlands: |
• Hans
Metzemaeckers, Municipality of The Hague
• Rob Witte, Eysink Smets & Etman Consultancies
• Rinus Pennix, University of Amsterdam |
| Canada: |
• Jeff
Bullard, Department of Canadian Heritage
• Don Loree, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Marie McAndrew, University of Montréal
• Julian Roberts, University of Ottawa |
| 12:30 p.m |
Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Plenary Session: The
Management of Multi-Ethnic Cities This
panel will concentrate on the management of multi-ethnic cities from the perspective of
European, North American, and Israeli mayors and senior administrators. The session will
challenge researchers to focus on practical concerns. |
| Chair : |
Mario Santillo,
Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos, Argentina |
| Invited
: |
• Gloria Molina,
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, U.S.A.
• Amram Mitzna, Mayor of Haifa, Israel
• Andrea Vento, General Management
of the Municipality of Milan, Italie
Local Authorities and Ethnic
Minorities: The Milan Experience
• Marie-Claire Dumas, City of Montréal, Canada |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Break |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Plenary Session:
Research and Policy These
presentations will draw upon discussions with workshop leaders, extracting common lessons
around methodology and around public policy with respect to immigration and integration.
The presentations will be followed by an interactive session with the audience in order to
refine and focus the future directions of the Metropolis Project. |
| Invited:
|
• Malcolm Cross,
Research within the Metropolis Project, Centre for European Migration and Ethnic Studies,
England
• Demetrios Papademetriou, Policy-Making within the Metropolis Project, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, U.S.A.
• Ambassador Brunson McKinley, Director General, International Organization for
Migration, Switzerland
Linking Research with Policy: Increasing Opportunities and Addressing Challenges. |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Closing
Expressions of thanks, announcement of fourth international conference, and closing.
Demetrios Papademetriou, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.A.
Shmuel Adler, Planning and Research Division, Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, Israel |
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