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Call for Papers
Theme: Strangers in New Homelands
Subtitle: Positioning the Rights of Immigrants and Refugees into the
Human Rights Agenda Around the World
Type: 4th Annual Conference on the Social Reconstructing of "Home"
Among Immigrants in the Diaspora
Institution: Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
Location: Winnipeg, MB (Canada)
Date: 3.–4.11.2011
Deadline: 1.8.2011
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The Conference will bring together researchers, academics, graduate
students, NGOs and government representatives from around the world
to promote exchange and discussion on aspects of the integration and
settlement processes of new immigrants and refugees in the diaspora.
The focus will be on the emotional and social deconstruction and
reconstruction of the concept of “Home” among these immigrants.
The main theme for the 2011 Conference is: Positioning the Rights of
Immigrants and Refugees into the Human Rights Agenda around the World
The conference will feature keynote and plenary speeches from policy
makers, workshops and presentation from researchers, front-line
settlement and integration workers and leaders in the field.
These issues will be examined along the following sub-themes:
1. Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Backwards: Progress, Challenges and
Obstacles in the Sixty Year Anniversary of the United Nations
Convention on Refugees
2. Moving Beyond the Traditional Settlement Needs of Refugees and
Immigrants in Host Societies: Need for New Settlement Policies and
Approaches
3. Negotiating Multiple Marginalized Identities: Acculturation
Struggles and Experiences in New Societies of
- children and youth
- women
- elderly people
- persons with disabilities
- religious minorities
- LGBTTQ groups
4. "Employment Equity" and "Affirmative Action": How far have Western
Societies come on Successful Labour Market
5. Integration of Newcomers?
6. Overcoming Stereotypes, Discrimination and Prejudice:
Intercultural Understanding and Conflict Resolution of Newcomers
with Host Societies
7. Violence and Conflicts within Immigrant Families and Communities:
Taking a Critical Look at Contributing Stressors and Solutions
Submission of Abstracts
Please submit:
- a 250-300 word abstract of your paper or panel proposal
- a biographic description of yourself and other authors (no more
than 10 lines) in Word format to Dr. Michael Baffoe.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is: August 1, 2011.
Contact:
Dr. Michael Baffoe, Conference Chair
Faculty of Social Work
University of Manitoba
Room 500B, Tier Building
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Canada
Phone: +1 (204) 474-9682
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://crytc.uwinnipeg.ca/portal/node/646
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