PMC Regional Conference 2011

Prairie Metropolis and Beyond

Presentations

 

Gina Higginbottom , University of Alberta

Rebecca Malhi , University of Alberta

• Optimizing Hospital and Community-based Maternity Care for Immigrant and Minority Women in Alberta

 

Paula Migliardi and Shereen Denetto, Sexuality Education Resource Center

Manitoba

• Community Based Research on Concepts of Change with Respect to the Practice of Female Genital Cutting with an African Newcomer Community in Winnipeg

 

Hassan Vatanparast, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan

Mahasti Khakpour, Saskatchewan Intercultural Association

• Food Security Status of Newcomer Families from Research to Intervention, a Model for Collaboration between Research, Policy and Service Sectors

 

Robert Vineberg, Canada West Foundation; Senior Policy Advisor, PMC

• Responding to Immigrants’ Settlement Needs - The Canadian Experience

 

James Frideres, University of Calgary

• Canadian Immigrant Integration Policies in an International Comparative Perspective

 

John Biles, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Calgary

• Religiously Affiliated Settlement Agencies: Critical Actors in the Settlement System

 

Dan Cui, University of Alberta

• Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity and Integration: Some Reflections on the Adaptation Process of Immigrant Descendants

 

Abdie Kazemipur, University of Lethbridge

• Canada’s Immigration and the Muslim Question: New Challenges, New Promises

   

Marc Arnal, Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta

• The Pathways to Prosperity SSHRC Partnership Proposal

 

Ernest Khalema, George Ishiekwene, Roz Zulla, Eugen Ip, Lynn Smarsh, Medhene Gebre-Kidane, and Tigist Dafla (collaborators and research team)

• A Preliminary Longitudinal Assessment of Refugee Youth Transition Trajectories in Edmonton: Settlement Paths and Integration Challenges

 

Marian J. Rossiter, Sarvenaz Hatami and Dan Ripley, University of Alberta

• Fostering the Successful Settlement of Immigrant and Refugee Youth in Canada

 

Yan Guo, University of Calgary

• Expanding Parental Involvement: Exploring Informal Learning of Immigrant Parents

 

Shibao Guo, University of Calgary

• Immigration, Integration and Welcoming Communities: The Role of Ethnic Community Organizations

 

Tom Carter, University of Winnipeg

• Federal and Provincial Immigration Policy and Housing Outcomes