CERF CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Understanding
Cultural Diversity and the Economics
of Social
Inclusion and Participation
Montreal,
Concordia University, 25 – 26 May 2006
Organized
by the Canadian Employment Research Forum (CERF) with the support of the Department
of
Canadian Heritage, the Policy Research Initiative, Statistics Canada,
Human
Resources and Social Development, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and
the
Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population (SEDAP) Research Program
25 MAY 2006, THURSDAY
9:00 - 10:30 Session
A Canadian Identity and Social
Capital / Identité
canadienne et capital social
René Houle (Statistics Canada/CRISP)
Internal
Migration of Immigrants in Canada (paper,
presentation)
Jean-Pierre Voyer (Policy Research Initiative)
Social Capital
as a Public Policy Tool
Session Chair: David Green (University of British Columbia)
Discussants: Keith Banting (Queen’s University)
Charles M. Beach (Queen’s University)
10:30 - 10:45 Health Break
10:45 - 12:15 Session B Managing Diversity in the Workplace / Gérer la diversité en milieu de travail
Tony Fang (University of Northern British Columbia)
John Heywood (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Mina Singh (York University)
Anne Sochan (York University)
Acculturation & Socialization: Voices of Internationally Educated Nurses
Jean-Philippe Tabet (Human Resources and Social Development)
Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants and Native Born Canadian Workers by Occupation and by Industry
Session Chair: Miles Corak (Statistics Canada)
Discussants: Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick)
Bert Waslander (Informetrica Limited)
12:15 - 2:00 Lunch Break
2 :00 - 4:00 Session C Ethno-cultural Diversity and Labour Markets / Diversité ethnoculturelle et marchés de l'emploi
Jeffrey Reitz (University of Toronto)
National
and Urban Contexts for Employment Success of the Immigrant Second Generation in
the United States, Canada and Australia
Derek Hum (University of Manitoba)
Wayne Simpson (University of Manitoba)
Revisiting
Visible Minorities and Immigration Adjustment in Canada’s Labour Markets
Feng Hou (Statistics Canada)
Simon Coulombe (Statistics Canada)
Two
Decades of Change in Employment and Earnings of Visible Minorities in Public
and Private Sectors
Constantine Kapsalis (Data Probe Economic Consulting, Human Resources and Social Development)
Occupational and Skill Parity of
Aboriginal Canadians
Session Chair: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
Discussants: Kevin Lang (Boston University)
Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada)
4:00 - 4:15 Health Break
4:15 - 5:45 Session D Immigration, Language and Economic Attainment / Résultats obtenus en matière d'immigration, de langue et d'économie
Chantal Grondin (Statistics Canada)
Connaissance
des langues officielles par les nouveaux immigrants : à quel point est-ce
important?
Eric Fong (University of Toronto)
Foreign
Education, Language and Social Networks on Economic Attainments of Immigrants
Kevin Lang (Boston University)
Erez Siniver (College of Management, Israel)
Session Chair: Martha Justus (Citizenship and Immigration)
Discussants: Meyer Burstein (Metropolis)
Hubert Lussier (Canadian Heritage)
26 MAY 2006, FRIDAY
9 :00 - 10 :00 Session E Diversity, Learning Outcomes and Skills Development / Diversité, résultats de l'apprentissage et perfectionnement professionnel
Urvashi Dhawan-Biswal (Human Resources and Social Development)
Tomasz Gluszynski (Human Resources and Social Development)
Jane Friesen (Simon Fraser University)
Brian Krauth (Simon Fraser University)
Enclaves, Peer Effects and Student Learning Outcomes in British Columbia
Session Chair: Michael McCracken (Informetrica Limited)
Discussants: Scott Murray (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University)
10:00 - 10:30 Health Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session F Cultural Capital and Well-Being: Policy Research Panel / Capital culturel et mieux-être: Group d'experts sur la recherche stratégique
Session Chair: Ging Wong (Canadian Heritage)
John Helliwell (University of British Columbia)
Jeffrey Reitz (University of Toronto)
Eileen Sarkar (Canadian Heritage and University of Ottawa)
Pablo Sobrino (Canadian Heritage)