The Language and Reading Comprehension for Immigrant Children (LARCIC) conference will be held in Toronto from May 27-29/09.
From the LARCIC website: “The LARCIC conference will center on four interrelated themes: cognitive and linguistic aspects, instructional/educational strategies, socio-cultural factors, and the impact of research in these areas on policy making.
“The conference intends to facilitate communication and collaboration between researchers,educational leaders, and policy makers. Researchers, policy-makers, educational leaders, and graduate students from different countries will come together to discuss issues pertinent to increasing reading comprehension and enhancing academic achievement among immigrant students at the elementary and secondary level”.
Information on the LARCIC website or contact conference facilitator Jason Wen at larcic.conf@oise.utoronto.ca.
Call for papers information found here. Deadline for submissions is January 8, 2009.
Category: Conferences
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Conference & call for papers: Language and reading comprehension for immigrant children
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ~ 60 years later
The Association for Canadian Studies hosts a conference on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 60 Years Later December 9/08 in Montréal, Québec.
Session themes include:- Rights of the child
- Citizenship
- Migration.
A pre-conference day honours the late Jacques Hébert. See the ACS website for more information on both events.
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Canada in a diasporic framework
The Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto and the International Institute for Diasporic Studies will hold a conference entitled “Canada in a Diasporic Framework: Future Policies and Agendas“. The conference will be held May 15-17 at the University of Toronto.
“The emerging field of ‘Diaspora Studies’ provides a powerful lens through which to view and understand the contemporary fabric of Canadian society and the opportunities and challenges it faces. In an attempt to proactively address these pressing concerns, the University of Toronto’s Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies and the International Institute for Diaspora Studies are convening an international conference to address the character, capacity and concerns of Canadian Diaspora communities, as both domestic and international actors, in order to analyse, understand and project possible outcomes of these vital dynamics forging twenty-first century Canada. Though focussing primarily on the Canadian context, the conference will also seek to place Canada in a comparative international perspective and to address diaspora issues pertinent to Canada, Europe, Australia and the US, among others”.
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Reading the world conference
Reading the World XI – Conference Celebrating Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults will be hosted at the University of San Francisco from March 28-29, 2009.
In the words of Professor Emerita Almar Flor Ada:“The main topic for this forum is the presentation, study, analysis and celebration of books of literay artistic merit created for children and young adults that present the human experience with respect to its multiplicity and diversity and that specifically promote un-learning biases and prejudice, counteracting racism and exclusion, fostering solidarity and respect for all human beings and protection of all living beings; books that question and address problems, that do not propose merely happy endings but responsible solutions that in short, invite children and young adults to see themselves as protagonists of their own human experience and unite them to embrace it with trust, love and hope and contribute to the creation of a world of equality, justice and peace”.
For more information, see the conference website or contact Barbara Hood at 415-422-5110, rtwconf@socrates.usfca.edu or Beverly Vaunghn Hock at 650-342-2817, bevhock@earthlink.net.
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Call for papers: The economics of integration – children of immigrants and temporary migration
The Economics of Immigration: Children of Immigrants and Temporary Migration will be held May 11-12, 2009 in Vancouver BC.
The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative theoretical and empirical research on two important topics in migration research: economic issues related to the children of immigrants, and temporary migration. Possible topics (of interest to immigrantchildren.ca readers) include:
- economic conditions faced by the children of immigrants
- intergenerational integration
- racial/ethnic stratification, segregation, and attitudes
- social capital of immigrants and their children
Those interested in participating should submit a complete paper, in PDF format, to the program committee by January 1, 2009. Submissions must be made via e-mail to: pendakur@sfu.ca.
All presenters will be provided with hotel accommodations for 3 nights plus all meals for the 2 days of the conference. Funds may become available for air transportation …Major funding for this event is provided by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Metropolis British Columbia. Institutional support is provided by Metropolis British Columbia, CReAM, and Simon Fraser University.
Source: CERIS November 2008 Newsletter.
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Best Start Resource Centre annual conference (Toronto)
Best Start: Ontario’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Development Resource Centre (BSRC) is holding their annual conference Feb 23-25/09 in Toronto. Of interest to immigrantchildren.ca readers, these two workshops (descriptions taken from the conference website):
Giving Birth in a New Land, with Saleha Bismilla, Toronto Public Health
The changing demographics of Ontario have an impact for service providers such as nurses, physicians, midwives, and community workers who work in reproductive health. Women from diverse cultural backgrounds may have different needs and expectations when accessing health services. Service providers should be sensitive to these needs and can help women and their partners to prepare for having a baby in Ontario.
Child Language Development in Bilingual or Multilingual Environments, with Laurie-Ann Staniforth, First Words
This concurrent session will provide an overview of normal child language development in bilingual or multilingual environments. Bilingualism in the context of language delay or disorder will also be discussed. This session will include practical considerations for service providers such as issues to consider and how to work with and support bi- and multilingual children and families.
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Call for papers ~ 2nd generation research dialogues: Comparative perspectives on children of immigrants
Second Generation Research Dialogues: Comparative Perspectives on Children of Immigrants
Papers are being requested for a two-day workshop on children of immigrants, held at the Center for Metropolitan Studies in Berlin, Jan 16-17/09. Work on second generation immigrants will be discussed along two themes: the second generation and the city & the second generation in school.
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National Black Child Development Institute annual conference
US-based National Black Child Development Institute will hold their 38th annual conference “Our Future: Children in a Global Village” Oct 25-28 in Atlanta, Georgia. Sessions of interest to immigrantchildren.ca readers may include a series of workshops under the category of Cultural Diversity and Culturally Relevant Competence. From the conference website, this description:
As a nation with increasing cultural and linguistic diversity, successfully addressing these issues in the context of our work with children and families, our organizations, and our interactions with colleagues and other professionals, is an important element of quality. Workshop presentations will address issues that seek to improve our understanding, knowledge, and skills related to cultural diversity and culturally competent practice, including such topics as:
– Bilingual education for early childhood & K-8
– Anti-bias education and anti-racism training
– Culturally-based education
– Teacher preparation for a culturally diverse society
– Effective parental involvement
– Language and literacy for english language learners
– Appropriate assessment for culturally diverse children
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Call for papers: Racism, immigration & citizenship in contemporary plural societies
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Call for Papers
What is the relationship between racism, immigration and the privilege and practice of citizenship? How might our understanding of the interactions between these independent yet overlapping processes enable scholars and governments to better comprehend political and cultural pluralism in contemporary societies?
These are the motivating questions undergirding the first international conference of the project on Racism, Immigration and Citizenship (RIC). RIC is a cross-regional, comparative research effort that seeks to identify both general and anomalous forms of interaction between immigration and racism, and their combined effect upon how groups and states shape citizenship laws and practices.
Some of the common questions we seek to address across cases are:
1) How salient are somatic differences within racial classification and codification across societies?
2) What is the role of citizenship criteria and privilege in perpetuating or eliminating racial hierarchy?
3) Do societies with jus soli citizenship policies exhibit fewer indicators of racial inequality than those with jus sanguinis policies?
We seek paper proposals from scholars interested in these and other related questions. Proposals should include the paper title, the author’s contact information, and an abstract of no more than 300 words. The deadline for proposal submission is December 15, 2008. Send proposals to: ricconference@gmail.com.
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CMAS / LINC conference
The Childminding, Monitoring and Advisory Support (CMAS) is holding their annual conference from Nov 13-14/08 in downtown Toronto. The theme this year is Tools for Growth: Supporting the Newcomer Family. The conference will address the resources, practices, activities and connections that build programs and the profession, while facilitating the healthy development of the children cared for in LINC programs.
The conference is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and jointly sponsored by the Learning Enrichment Foundation and the Toronto District School Board.Information: Contact Rosalie Caranci or Adele Peden: APeden@lefca.org / 416-760-2570.