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- May 22, 2012
- Conference-Cultural ChallengesConference-Cultural Challenges
The International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) is pleased to announce that its next conference, entitled Cultural Challenges of Migration in Canada, will be held in Ottawa from May 22 to 24, 2012, in collaboration with the Universities of Ottawa and Carleton. Le Conseil international d’études canadiennes (CIEC) tiendra sa prochaine conférence biennale internationale, intitulée Les défis culturels de la migration au Canada, du 22 au 24 mai 2012 à Ottawa en collaboration avec les universités d’Ottawa et de Carleton. Migration is a factor, which has played a central role in the construction of a Canadian identity. Concepts such as multiculturalism, interculturalism and transculturalism are inextricably linked with phenomena pertaining to migration, and the effects of these phenomena have made themselves felt in Canada’s cultural dynamics. The question therefore arises as to which processes and channels of communication have been instrumental in transmitting these migratory dynamics, and in which form they have manifested themselves in Canadian everyday life and culture. What are the cultural challenges of migration in Canada in the context of “globalization”? Which are the areas where a specific cultural dimension has arisen which, in its turn, has acquired a model character within the global sphere linked to the knowledge-based society? Papers to be read at the symposium should address these questions with regard not only to scientific and popular media and communication, language and literature, music and the visual arts, but also to social and political sciences. La migration a joué un rôle fondamental dans la construction de l’identité canadienne. Des concepts comme le multiculturalisme, l’interculturalisme ou le transculturalisme sont étroitement liés aux phénomènes migratoires qui ont laissé des traces bien visibles dans les processus culturels au Canada. Il convient alors de s’interroger d’une part sur la nature de ces processus et sur les moyens de communication qui transmettent ou médiatisent les dynamiques migratoires ainsi que sur les formes qu’ils peuvent prendre au sein de la culture quotidienne au Canada. Quels sont les défis culturels de la migration au Canada dans le contexte de « la mondialisation » ? Peut-on observer dans certains domaines la genèse d’une culture issue du développement des phénomènes migratoires, et qui prendrait la place qui lui revient dans un monde global lié à la société des savoirs? Les interventions fourniront des réponses à ces questions en se référant non seulement à la communication et aux médias scientifiques ou populaires, aux langues et littératures, à la musique et aux arts visuels, mais aussi aux sciences sociales et politiques. Cristina Frias Executive Director/Directrice générale INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CANADIAN STUDIES CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL D'ÉTUDES CANADIENNES 250 City Centre Avenue, Suite 303 Ottawa, ON K1R 6K7 Tel: (613) 789-7834 x 221 Fax: (613) 789-7830 www.iccs-ciec.ca Email: cristina.frias(at)iccs-ciec.ca all day - Living together in diversityLiving together in diversity
Time: 3:34 pm
Living together 'in' diversity. National societies in the multicultural age The aim of the proposed conference to explore how 'living together in diversity' is imagined, narrated, organized, justified, and practiced within contemporary national societies. Central European University (CEU), Budapest at 3:34 pm
- Conference-Cultural ChallengesConference-Cultural Challenges
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H.A.N.D.S. Across Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
This initiative has been identified as a good immigrant integration practice by the NLC. Click here to find all about the other programs!
Located in Southeastern Tennessee, Chattanooga has a population of 160,592 people. About 5% of residents are foreign-born, but the percentage of foreign-born residents has increased nearly three-fold in the last two decades.
H.A.N.D.S. (Helping All Nationalities Diversify Society) Across Chattanooga is an outreach program established in 2010 by the City of Chattanooga’s Office of Multicultural Affairs. While the Office of Multicultural Affairs has a broad focus of eliminating discrimination against all citizens due to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability and ethnicity, H.A.N.D.S. is a smaller program that fights discrimination due to national origin only and works to integrate immigrants into the city. H.A.N.D.S. brings together international newcomers with local agencies and service providers to help these new residents become more acclimated to the community.
With the help of three partner agencies, AYUSA Global Youth Exchange, Bridge Refugee Services, and Business Speech Improvement, H.A.N.D.S. hosted the city’s first-ever Welcome Fair for new international residents on May 20, 2010 at Brown Academy. The Welcome Fair offered a multitude of information to the city’s international newcomers, from essential city services to the health and police department with participation from organizations including: CARTA (Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority), the Tennessee Department of Motor Vehicles, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Chattanooga State Technical Community College. Although this was the first Welcome Fair organized by the city, 124 international residents came to participate.
For more information about H.A.N.D.S. Across Chattanooga, please contact Beverly J. Cosley, Office of Multicultural Affairs director, at (423) 643-6706 or cosley_b@chattanooga.gov.