CERIS Graduate Student Conference, 2008

8:45am – 9:15am WELCOME (Founders Assembly Hall) Please join us for a light breakfast
9:15am – 9:45am OPENING KEYNOTE (Founders Assembly Hall) Phil Triadafilopoulos, Professor, Department of Political Science University of Toronto Settlement, Citizenship and Political Institutions: The Political Foundations of Canada’s Immigration Policy Consensus
9:45am – 10:00am BREAK
10:00am – 11:30am SESSION A (Concurrent workshops)
WORKSHOP 1 ((305 York Lanes) *Economic Integration* *Discussant:* *Claire Major*
1.	Colette Peters (University of Toronto) Internationally Educated Doctors in Ontario: Licensing Challenges and New Supports
2.	Elena Chernyak (University of Windsor - Canadian Immigration Policy) Federal Program “Skilled workers and professionals”: Goals and Outcomes
3.	Marshia Akbar (Carleton University) Reconstructing the Empowerment Process: Perspectives of Bangladeshi Immigrant Wives in Toronto, Canada in Relation to their Labour Market Integration Process
4.	Mobina Hasan (University of Windsor) Future of Working Immigrant Women in Canada
WORKSHOP 2 (390 York Lanes) *Justice and Policing* *Discussant:* *Anna Kim*
1.	Priya Verma (University of Toronto) Flying While Muslim: Social Exclusion in the Name of National Security
2.	Akelah Jamal (Ryerson University) Diffusion of Responsibility: A Discourse Analysis of The Toronto Star's Portrayal of Domestic Violence in the South Asian Community
3.	Monica Carreon-Diez (Ryerson University) The Lenient vs. the Zero-Immigration Case: A Comparative Analysis of the Immigration and Anti-terrorism policies of Canada and the United Kingdom
11:30am-1:00pm LUNCH (Founders Assembly Hall) Job Opportunities Discussion with Kay Blair, Executive Director, Community MicroSkills Development Centre Poster Presentations
1:00pm – 2:30pm SESSION B (Concurrent workshops)
WORKSHOP 3 (305 York Lanes) *Citizenship* Discussant: Julie Lin
1.	Jelena Damjanovic (University of Toronto) Type(s) of citizenship promoted in ESL programs for adult immigrants in Toronto
2.	Esmat Zaidan (University of Waterloo) Citizenship and Temporary Mobility of Transnational Communities in Canada: Transnationalism, Globalization and International Migration
3.	Ishan Ashutosh (Syracuse University) Re-Defining Boundaries through Multiculturalism: The Contours of Toronto’s South Asian communities
4.	Laura Visan (York University) Citizenship and Immigrant Participation in a Global City: Bridging the gap between new elite and underprivileged citizens
WORKSHOP 4 (390 York Lanes) *Health, Family & Youth* *Discussant:* *Dorris Peter*
1.	Daniela Mantilla (University of Toronto) Latino Families in Toronto Schools and Parent Involvement Policies and Practices
2.	Lisa Seto (University of Toronto) The Palliative End-of-Life Experience: Negotiating Care at Home between Chinese Immigrants with Terminal Cancer, Family Caregivers, and Home Care Provider
3.	Tahira Gonsalves and Michelle Lee (York University and University of Toronto) Understanding newcomer youth mental health: needs, access and inclusion
4.	Dayirai Kapfunde (Ryerson University) Family caring, Transnationalism and the Zimbabwean lived experience in Canada
WORKSHOP 5 (372 York Lanes) *Refugees* *Discussant: Silvia D’Addario***
1.	Andriata Chironda (University of Toronto) Discourse and “Truth” in Canada’s Refugee Determination Hearings: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Refugees
2.	Heather Laurel Peters (York University) Agency within Refugee Families and (dis)Integrations in Canadian Society: A Toronto Case Study
3.	Jane Gichuru (University of Western Ontario) The Lived School Experiences of Sudanese Refugees
2:30pm – 3:00pm BREAK
3:00pm – 4:30pm SESSION C (Concurrent workshops)
WORKSHOP 6 (305 York Lanes) Intersection of Sexuality Discussant: Dorris Peter
1.	Gerardo Betancourt and Christopher Langer (University of Toronto) The Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, Race and Class in Migrants? Everyday Lives
2.	Richard Webster (Trent University) Persecution, Protection and Immutable Identity: Contextualising Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation in Canada and Finland
3.	Johannah May Black (Ryerson University) Citizenship Acts: Queer Immigrants (Re)Constructing the Boundaries to the Imagined Queer Community
WORKSHOP 7 (390 York Lanes) *Language and Migration* *Discussant:* Phillipa Chong
1.	Jeff Millar (York University) Language as the Bridge to Work: Labour-Market Language Training and the Economic Integration of Immigrants
2.	Lisa Kaida (University of Toronto) Do Education and Language Training Lift Immigrants out of Bad Jobs?
3.	Suzanne Huot University of Western Ontario Immigration and Francophone Minority Communities – Negotiating Language, Race, and Gender through Occupational Engagement and Place-making
4.	Miwa Takeuchi (University of Toronto) How do organizations of the classroom impact on immigrant English language learners’ learning languages and mathematics in the mainstream classroom?
WORKSHOP 8 (372 York Lanes) *Settlement and Welcoming Communities* *Discussant:* Salma Ahmad
1.	Brianna Coombes (Ryerson University) Rural Immigration: Implications of Immigrant dispersal Policies on New Immigrants
2.	Jennifer Clarke And Eileen Wan (York University) Settlement work in schools: The war within
3.	Susan MacDonald (University of Toronto) Going “Public” in the Library Settlement Partnership: A Case Study
4.	Jennifer Huang (York University) The impact of globalization on intra-ethnic relations: the case of Chinese sub-communities in the Greater Toronto Area
4:30pm – 4:45pm BREAK
4:45pm – 5:45pm CLOSING KEYNOTE (Founders Assembly Hall) Sedef Arat-Koc, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University Shifting Sands, Growing Problems, Distorted Lens: Immigrant Women Facing Neoliberalism, the “New Gender Order” and Culturalism
5:45pm-6:30pm WINE & CHEESE (Founders Assembly Hall)