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SIXTH INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE

WORKSHOP 59: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Challenged Immigrant Youth

Thursday, November 29, 2001
14:00 - 15:30


ORGANIZER

Kenise Murphy Kilbride
Ph.D., Associate Director
Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement - Toronto (CERIS)
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5B 2K3
Phone: (416) 979-5339
Fax: (416) 979-5239
E-mail: kilbride@ryerson.ca

 

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

This panel will present the findings of a project (completed July 17, 2001) on the challenges facing approximately 250 immigrant youth in their late teens and early twenties who currently reside in Hamilton, Ottawa, or Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Youth were identified from five groups: those deemed to be "at risk" in school; those employed in low-level jobs that they felt offered them no opportunity for a satisfactory life; those who arrived with education or credentials they feel are not recognized; those who arrived without such education but old enough to enter the job market; and those who are out of work and out of school. Data were gathered from key informants, focus groups with the older youth, and individual interviews with all other youth. A comparative analysis will be offered based not only on differences in findings from the three cities but also from among the five types of challenged youth, and from variations arising by gender and ethnicity. Academics, service providers and policymakers comment on the findings, and recommendations for future policies and practices are identified from the testimony of youth and service providers.

DURATION: one 90-minute workshop

PARTICIPANTS
Academics: Paul Anisef, York University, Toronto, Canada (Panel Chair)
Anna Aluffi, University of Rome, Italy (Commentator)
Myer Siemiatycki, Professor, Dept. of Politics, Ryerson University
Elizabeth Gryte, Manager, CIC-OASIS
Fernando Nunes, Ryerson University, Toronto
Anver Saloojee, Ryerson University, Toronto
Myer Siemiatycki, Ryerson University, Toronto
NGOs: Josie Del Zio, COSTI, Toronto
Policymaker: CIC-OASIS representative (project funder)

 

 

 

 

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