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Wollongong

Seventh International Metropolis Conference

The Seventh International Metropolis Conference will take place in Oslo, Norway 9-13 September 2002. The overall theme will be "Togetherness in Difference: Citizenship and Belonging." Sub-themes will include: globalization and the politics of migration; empowerment and the effectiveness of citizenship; urban textures; and gender in migration. Proposed workshops and contact information for organizers are listed below. If you are interested in participating in a session we encourage you to contact the workshop organizers directly and as quickly as possible.

Proposed Workshops:

• Implications of the Transnational Paradigm Within Migration Research Oivind.fuglerud@nova.no
• Quality in Public Service Interpreting Inger.axelsen@udi.no
• Providing Expertise: Preventive Measures Against Racially Motivated Conflicts and Violence Inger.axelsen@udi.no
• Introductory Programmes for Newcomers Inger.axelson@udi.no
• Public Services: Equipping the Professional to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Population Inger.axelson@udi.no
• Forced of Free Will Settlement. Controversial Perspectives on Immigration and Refugee Settlement in International Comparative Experiences Sus@byggforsk.no
• With a Key to the Future. Polarization, Conflict or Interaction. Experiences from Growing Up In Different Multiethnic Societies Sus@byggforsk.no
• Elderly Migrants and Care Kraal@pscw.uva.nl
• Forced Migrants in Post-Soviet Space Vasitar@caucasus.net
• Unaccompanied Minors and Voluntary Repatriation Anie.haben@fie.oslo.kommune.no
• The Perspective of Repatriation in Integration Policies Kari.laugtug@fie.oslo.kommune.no
• Refugees and Mental Health – How Can A Best Possible Health Service Be Developed? Norasv@ulrik.uio.no
• Europe’s Roma/Romany – "Pariah and Partner – A Challenge to Togetherness" Tove.skotvedt@krd.dep.no
• Foreign Domestic Workers: Global Connections, Local Implications Denise.spitzer@ualberta.ca
• Migration, Gender, Health and Public Policy in Cross-National Perspective Janderson@unixg.ubc.ca
• Migration in the Mediterranean Basin: Bridges and Margins Flad@individual.eunet.pt
• The Political Economy of Migration in an Integrating Europe Mbaganha@sonata.fe.uc.pt
• Female Genital Cutting in Exile – Respecting Culture, Protecting Girls Ejo@okprosjekt.no
• Women and Health – How To Meet Special Needs for Migrants Mez@bli.magwien.gv.at
• Language Training as a Catalyst for Integration j.seitner@wif.wien.at
• Comparing Anti-Discrimination in Sweden, Denmark and Norway Juliet.haveland@krd.dep.no
• Action Towards Diversity and Empowerment: Tools and Experiences for Immigrant, Migrant, Refugee and Asylum Seeker Communities Amathias@city.toronto.on.ca
• Political Participation and Integration at the Local Level Marit.helgesen@nibr.no
• Youth Activities in Oslo Innvandrerradet@fie.oslo.kommune.no
• Self-Employed Immigrants in Big Cities and Urban Economies Geir.orderud@nibr.no
• Diversity and Dialogue - A Process-Oriented Programme Birgit.misfjord@npaid.org
• The Partnerships of Family, School, and Service Provider: Working with Immigrant Children Kilbride@acs.ryerson.ca
• Brain Drain from the South, Brain Waste in the North: Filipino Health Professionals Awaiting Accreditation Pwc@attcanada.ca
• Immigrant Performance and Integration Through Urban Lenses Louis.grignon@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
• Gender Differences in Immigrant Performance and Integration Louis.grignon@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
• Migration et économie modialisée: les défis à relever dans les pays Martine.faille@mrci.gouv.qc.ca
• Growing Up in Urban Societies Eli.frut@bfd.dep.no
• Gender, Race and Health: The Case of Immigrant Women in Canada Since 1967 Vagnew@yorku.ca
• Belongings, Citizenships, and Politics in European Glocal Spaces Hakan.sicakkan@isp.uib.no
• Best Practices: How Do You Deal With Gender?

• Immigrant Settlement and Integration in the Suburbs: Gendering the Research Agenda Damaris_rose@INRS-UCS.Uquebec.ca
• The Multicultural Knot of Gender Christine.jacobsen@sefos.uib.no
• The Law and Human Rights in Immigrant Integration: An International Comparison on Anti-Discrimination Clauses in Public Contracts Kobayashi@post.queensu.ca
• Negotiating Gender Across Borders: Transnational Relationships and Families: Their Implications for Policy Mahlers@fiu.edu
• Urban Transformation: Urban Form, gentrification and Immigration – Oslo as an Example of European City Development Jonny.aspen@aho.no
• Democracy for the Few: Far Right Discourse on the Boundaries of Political Community Bozokia@ceu.hu
• Migration, Religion and Gender Annesofoe.roald@imer.mah.se
• A Gender Sensitive Approach to Refugee Law: Protecting Women from Discrimination and Persecution Hel@mfa.no
• Combating Forced Marriages in Scandinavia: Three Different Policy Approaches in a Comparative Perspective

• The European Union Race and Employment Directives: Practical Implementation Psmith@cre.gov.uk
• Increasing Employment Equity Through Public Sector Purchasing Arrangements Psmith@cre.gov.uk
• The Mental health Status of Migrant Youths Jweekers@iom.int
• L’audiovisuel lié aux migrations

• Diaspora and Gender: Reinventing the Self, Reclaiming an Identity Moghissi@yorku.ca
• Globalization: Population Mobility and Health wkwong@city.toronto.on.ca
• Migration and Security Policies Marlom@mi.unicatt.it
• Microcredit for Minority Groups in Metropolitan Areas u.b.sekkesaeter@bradford.ac.uk
• Migrating Trafficking Harm in Rural to Urban International Migration by the Use of Macro-Policy at National, Regional and International Levels Migrationresearch@cgscomm.net
• Are We Taking Advantage of the Communication Tools Available to Disseminate Information? Nathalie.ethier@metropolis.net
• Regional Processes for Inter-State Co-Operation on Migration Management Gottfried.zeurcher@bff.admin.ch
• Immigrants in the Labour Market – From a Gender Perspective Berit.berg@sintef.no
• Togetherness in Substance Use? Helene.aastad@avhold.no
• Work-Focused Introduction and Validation of Qualification and Vocational Skills Ronny.nilsson@malmo.se

Further information on the workshops, the plenary sessions and registration information should be available shortly at http://www.international.metropolis.net

Croatia

The Croatian Centre for Strategic Studies will host a Metropolis conference in the Spring of 2002 on the subject of diaspora considered from two points of view, that of the homeland and of the countries of destination. The issues will include economic, social, and political activities of diasporas and the policy interests that follow. For more information please contact Howard Duncan at howard.duncan@metropolis.net

The latest issue of JIMI (Vol. 2 No. 3) includes:

Jacqueline Oxman-Martinez, Andreas Martinez and Jill Hanley Trafficking Women: Gendered Impacts of Canadian Immigration Policies

Harald Bauder Employment, Ethnicity and Metropolitan Context: The Case of Young Canadian Immigrants

Jeffrey G. Reitz Immigrant Skill Utilization in the Canadian Labour Market: Implications of Human Capital Research

Richard A. Wanner Diagnosing and Preventing ‘Brain Waste’ in Canada’s Immigrant Population: A Synthesis of Comments on Reitz

Jeffrey G. Reitz Response and Further Discussion

Information on JIMI including subscription forms can be found at http://www.jimi.metropolis.net

New Working Papers from the Transnational Communities Programme at Oxford

All papers can be found on-line at http://www.transcomm.ox.ac.uk

Bridget Anderson Reproductive Labour and Migration

Steve Vertovec Transnational Networks and Skilled Labour Migration

Ana Paula Beja Horta Transnational Networks And The Local Politics Of Migrant Grassroots Organizing In Post-Colonial Portugal

New Working Papers from the Vancouver Metropolis Centre of Excellence

June Beynon,Roumiana Ileva and Marela Dichupa Teachers of Chinese Ancestry: The Interaction of Identities and Professional Roles

Don DeVoretz and Zhongdong Ma Triangular Human Capital Flows between Sending, Entrepôt and the Rest-of-the-World Destinations

Steven Globerman Globalization and Immigration

Jin Fang New Challenge of Globalization to China and its Impact on the Trends of Immigration

Li Minghuan Everybody Acts Independently: A Study of the Refugee Determination Process in British Columbia, Canada

Galina Didukh Immigrants and the Demand for Shelter

Abdala Mansour, Nicolas Marceau, and Steeve Mongrain Gangs and Crime Deterrence

Harald Bauder and Emilie Cameron Cultural Barriers to Labour Market Integration: Immigrants from South Asia and the former Yugoslavia

Brian J. Geiger Clothing Demand for Canadian-born and Foreign-born Households

Dan Hiebert Canadian Immigration and the Selection-settlement Services Trade-off: Exploring Immigrant Economic Participation in British Columbia

David W. Edgington and Thomas A. Hutton Multiculturalism and Local Government in Greater Vancouver

Steven Vertovec Religion in Migration, Diasporas and Transnationalism

Isabel Dyck and Arlene Tigar Mclaren Becoming Canadian? Girls, Home and School and Renegotiating Feminine Identity

Copies of these papers can be found on the Metropolis website at http://www.canada.metropolis.net

Related Initiatives

European Cultural Portal

The Council of Europe has launched an on-line cultural portal (http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/culture/index_en.htm) The goal of the portal is to provide access and connections "whether it is a question of cultural activities (music, dance, heritage restoration, etc.) or Community action (cultural cooperation, funding for cultural facilities, international cooperation,etc)."

Institute for Research on Public Policy

The Institute for Research on Public Policy is an independent, national, non-profit organization. Its mission is to improve public policy in Canada by promoting and contributing to a policy process that is more broadly based, informed and effective. The Institute has an impressive collection of publications on-line at http://www.irpp.org Of particular note is a recent publication by Thomas Couchene entitled Embedding Globalization: A Human Capital Perspective.

Related Events

20^th Anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

(Ottawa, Canada April 17-20, 2002)

Young People and Social Cohesion

(London, United Kingdom April 2002)

Canadian Anthropology Association

(Windsor, Canada May 2-5, 2002)

ACFAS

(Québec City, Canada 13-16 May, 2002)

Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities

(Toronto, Canada 25 May – 1 June 2002)

Economic Impacts of Immigration

(Calgary, Canada 29 May 2002)

Canadian Economics Association Conference

(Calgary, Canada 30 May – 2 June 2002)

Association for Canadian Studies

(Montreal, Canada 10-12 June 2002)

Diversity and Citizenship in Multicultural Nation States

(Bellagio, Italy 17-21 June 2002)

International Conference on Social Justice

(Skovde, Sweden 17-20 June 2002)

Work and Labor in the Global Economy

(Minneapolis, U.S.A. 26-30 June 2002)

International Symposium on Ethnic Identities

(Thrace, Greece 6-9 July 2002)

Transforming Civil Society, Citizenship and Governance: The 5^th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research Conference

(Capetown, South Africa 7-10 July 2002)

The Social World in the Twenty First Century: Ambivalent Legacies and Rising Challenges (Brisbane, Australia 7-13 July 2002)

Democracy and Human Rights in Multiethnic Societies

(Kojnic, Bosnia 8-13 July 2002)

Transatlantic Studies Conference

(Dundee, Scotland 8-11 July 2002)

Association for Canadian Studies in China 10^th Biennial Conference

(Lanzhou, China 16-18 July 2002)

European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism

(Aberystwyth, Wales 22-27 July 2002)

Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Conference

(Stockholm, Sweden 8-11 August 2002)

Theme: Old Environments – New Environments

Institute of Public Administration Canada

(Halifax, Canada 25-28 August 2002)

Philosophy of Culture and Intercultural Philosophy

(Morelia, Mexico 27-31 August 2002)

International Conference on Labour Supply and Diversity

(Gothenburg, Sweden 2-3 September 2002)

Cultural Returns: Assessing the Place of Culture in Social Thought

(Oxford, United Kingdom 18-20 September 2002)

IVth International Conference on Priorities in Health Care

(Oslo, Norway 19-22 September 2002)

Association française d’études canadiennes

(Strasbourg, France 20-22 September 2002)

Theme: Le Canada: Autrement

Asylum and Migration

(Helsinki, Finland 27-28 September 2002)

12^th Nordic Migration Conference

(Helsinki, Finald 10-12 October 2002)

International Atlantic Economic Conferences

(Washington D.C. U.S.A. 10-13 October 2002)

Citizens, Nations and Cultures: Transatlantic Perspectives

(Netherlands 16-19 October 2002)

Mass Media and Communication in the e-Society of the 21^st Century: Access and Participation (Moscow, Russia 17-20 October 2002)

Future Trends: Risk

(Ottawa, Canada 23-25 October 2002)

American Economics Association

(Washington D.C., U.S.A. 3-5 January 2003)

8^th International Conference on Forced Migration

(Chiang Mai, Thailand 5-9 January 2003)

Social Policy and Society is a new journal by Cambridge University Press. Please submit papers to Tony Maltby t.maltby@bhan.ac.uk

Proposals for articles for a special issue on "The City and the Nation in Canada" should be sent to Stephen Bocking (sbocking@trentu.ca) no later than 1 June 2002.