CanadianEthnicStudiesAssociation25THBiennialConference

October11th–13th

2018

FairmontBanffSpringsBanff,Alberta

Immigration,

EthnicMobilities,andDiasporic

CommunitiesinaTransnationalWorld

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THURSDAY,OCTOBER11,2018

REGISTRATION 3:00 -6:00PM OAK

FRIDAY,OCTOBER12,2018BREAKFASTANDREGISTRATION 8:00–9:00AM

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WELCOMINGREMARKS 9:00–9:15AM

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LloydWongandShibaoGuo,ConferenceCo-chairsPLENARYSESSION1 9:15–10:30AM

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Moderator:JohnBiles,Immigration,RefugeesandCitizenshipCanada/GovernmentofCanada

JeffreyReitz,MunkSchoolofGlobalAffairs&PublicPolicy,UniversityofTorontoBehindImmigrationDebates:Discourse,PolicyandRealityofMuslimIntegrationinWesternSocietiesVicSatzewich,DepartmentofSociology,McMasterUniversityInBetweenPush/PullandMacro/Micro:MigrantandImmigrantMobility,ThirdPartiesandtheProcessofBorderCrossingLoriWilkinson,DepartmentofSociology,UniversityofManitobaCommunal Tragedy, Suffering and Loss: Observations on Trauma and Resettlement among Yazidi families in Canada MinZhou,DepartmentofSociology,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesImmigrantSelectivity,EconomicIntegration,DiasporicFormation:ChineseandIndiansintheUnitedStates

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COFFEEBREAK 10:30–10:45AM

PARALLELSESSIONA: 10:45–12:00PM

SessionA-1: CitizenshipandIntegration:RecentTrendsand

Lessons CHAMPLAINChair:YasmeenAbu-Laban,UniversityofAlberta

YasmeenAbu-Laban,UniversityofAlbertaDiversityisOurStrength:Multiculturalism,ImmigrationandtheTrudeauLiberalSandeepAgrawal,UniversityofAlbertaSettlementExperienceofSyrianRefugeesinAlbertaMichaelFrishkopf,UniversityofAlbertaMusicforGlobalHumanDevelopment:GivingVoicetoRefugeesinCanadaandGloballyRezaHasmath,UniversityofAlbertaThe(Dis)IntegrationofEthnicMinoritiesinContemporaryChina,andtheLessonsLearnedforCanadaSessionA-2:MulticulturalisminanInternationalContext NORQUAYChair:ShibaoGuoRatnaGhosh,McGillUniversityMulticulturalisminaComparativePerspective:Australia,CanadaandIndiaYanzhongWangandJijiaoZhang,ChineseAcademyofSocialSciencesConstructingMulticulturalisminChina:EmergingDebatesandChallengesAugieFleras,UniversityofWaterlooCanadianMulticulturalism:AccountingforitsDurability,PreparingforitsFuture

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SessionA-3:ImmigrantandRefugeeIntegration LACOMBEChair: MabelHo,UniversityofBritishColumbiaMabelHo,UniversityofBritishColumbiaMulticulturalMosaic:HowEthnicOrganizationsFacilitatesTransnationalPracticesandIntegrationinCanadaChristineWalsh,UniversityofCalgaryHousingInsecurityAmongNewcomerWomen:ExaminingIntersectionsofClass,Gender,andMigrantStatusVibhaKaushik,UniversityofCalgaryBarrierstoSuccessfulSocioeconomicIntegrationofSkilledImmigrantWomeninCanada:InsightsfromCalgaryAzizRahman,UniversityofManitobaUnderstandingtheEconomicIntegrationofRefugeesinCanadaJackyKaKeiLiu,UniversityofCalgaryCapitalizingVolunteerismforVisibleMinorityNewcomersRe-integrationinCanada:ImpactonHealth,Belongingness,andEmployabilitySessionA-4:EducationandDiasporas STRATHCONA

Chair:WakakoIshikawa,OISE/UniversityofTorontoWakakoIshikawa,OISE/UniversityofTorontoJapanese-CanadianEducationDuringtheSecondWorldWarInternmentCampsinBritishColumbiaTarynFritz,UniversityofCalgaryHumanRights,MulticulturalismandDecolonizingEnglishLanguageArts30CurriculuminAlbertaGiselleThompson,YorkUniversityBeyondDiasporaPhilanthropy:ExaminingtheTorontonian-JamaicanDiaspora’sSupportofPublicEducationinJamaicaKelliStevens,HieuNgo&FrancisBoakye,UniversityofCalgaryIdentityDevelopment:LearningfromStudentsonaFieldSchooltoGhanaZandraCerpaGomez,UniversityofCalgaryNon-CanadianTeachersandScienceEducation

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SessionA-5:SecondGeneration,Youth,andChildren ANGUS

Chair:KaraSomerville,UniversityofSaskatchewanKaraSomerville,UniversityofSaskatchewanTheMigratoryJourneyofNon-Migrants:TransnationalfamilyrelationsamongsecondgenerationSouthAsiansinCanadaJanineTine,UniversityofAlbertaParents’UnderstandingsoftheirBiculturalChildrenLilyDyson,UniversityofVictoriaAttheIntersectionofImmigrationandRace:EthnicIdentityandItsEcologicalCorrelatesinRecentChineseImmigrantChildreninMiddleChildhoodinCanadianSocietyEsraAri,Kings’UniversityCollegeatWesternCenteringtheWhiteGaze:Dark-WhitePortugueseandBlackJamaicansYidanZhu,UniversityofBritishColumbiaTowardaTransnationalUnderstandingofMotheringandLifelongLearning:Theorizing"TransnationalMotherhoodLearning"fromChineseImmigrantMothersinCanadaLUNCH 12:00–1:00PM ALHAMBRA

PARALLELSESSIONB 1:00–2:15PM

SessionB-1:RefugeeIntegrationandCross-CulturalEducation CHAMPLAIN

Chair:YanGuoYanGuo&ShibaoGuo,UniversityofCalgaryIntegrationExperiencesofSyrianRefugeeChildreninCanadianSchoolsGhadaAlatrash,UniversityofCalgaryOntheLivedExperienceoftheSyrianDisaporainCanada

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RabindraChaulagain,UniversityofLethbridgeResettlementandRemembrance:Past,Present,andFutureofNepaliSpeakingBhutaneseRefugeesResidinginCanadaXiaoliLiu,UniversityofCalgaryCriticalThinkinginCross-CulturalContexts:AComparativePerspectiveSessionB-2: TransnationalSpacesandIntersectionalityinthe

ContextofGlobalMigration NORQUAY

Chair:PallaviBanerjee,UniversityofCalgaryPallaviBanerjee,MartineDennie,andRineemSaleh,UniversityofCalgaryIntersectionalInterplays:MediaandPolicyRhetoricandtheProcessofResettlementsofNewlyArrivedSyrianRefugeesinCanadaSoulitChacko,LoyolaUniversityChicago“Iamstillwaitingformystorytostart”:WorkingClassImmigrantWorkersandTheirTransnationalLivesintheU.S.HamidAkbary,UniversityofCalgaryEthnicConsciousnessAmongAfghanStudentsintheU.S.:ExaminingtheRelevanceofPashtunEthnicGroup’sPoliticalDominanceSharlaAlegria,UniversityofCalifornia,MercedTheTroubleofBroadeningParticipationinFlexibleWork:GenderandTransnationalLaborinTechWorkSessionB-3:MuslimsandIslamophobia ANGUS

Chair:AbdieKazemipur,UniversityofCalgaryAbdieKazemipur&SyedHammadAli,UniversityofCalgaryTheInterpretationofIslamandtheInter-groupSentimentsAmongMuslimMinorities:TheImpactofDemographyandSocialInteractionsAdilAfzal,UniversityofSaskatchewanBeyondtheIslamophobiaPhantasmagoria:ACriticalDiscourseAnalysisofIslamophobiainCanadianNewspapersXiashengyouWang&HenryChow,UniversityofReginaDivineDiversityinaCanadianPrairieCity:ExploringtheInteractionsWithandPerceptionsofMuslimsinaSampleofUniversityStudents

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NeilaMiled,UniversityofBritishColumbiaMuslimlives,Muslimvoices:NarrativesThroughtheLensSessionB-4:RacializedYouth STRATHCONA

Chair:DanCui,BrockUniversityDanCui,BrockUniversityRacializedHabitus:TheIntegrationExperienceofChineseImmigrantYouthDaniaElChaar,UniversityofCalgaryFactorsAffectingAcademicOutcomesamongImmigrantandRefugeeYouthfromArabDescentinCalgary,ABPattiTrussler,UniversityofCalgaryVoicesofRefugeeYouthNavjotpalKaur,MemorialUniversityofNewfoundlandMasculinityinTransition:CaseStudyofYoungImmigrantPunjabiMeninCanadaSessionB-5:GlobalDiasporas LACOMBE

Chair:VictorArmony,UniversitéduQuébecàMontréalVictorArmony,UniversitéduQuébecàMontréalLatinAmericanDiaspora-BuildinginQuebec:ResultsFromaSurveywith1000ImmigrantsTaniaDasGupta,YorkUniversityTwice-MigratedSouthAsianHouseholdsandTransnationalLivingNeilCruickshank,NorthIslandCollegeFromGypsiestoRoma:Identity,CulturalAutonomy,PoliticalSovereigntyand(theSearchofaTrans-TerritorialStateBeatriceGuenther,BowlingGreenStateUniversityTransnationalFilm:NorthAfricanDiasporasinReidHammoud’sT’esoú,YoussefandBachirBensaddek’sMontréallaBlancheSvetlanaMaximova,OksanaNoyanzina,DariaOmelchenko,MaksimMaksimov,&MaksimKrysin,AltaiStateUniversityRussianImmigrantsasDiasporicRussian-SpeakingCommunity

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PARALLELSESSIONC 2:25–3:40PM

SessionC-1:CanadianEthnicStudiesChairsinCanadaRoundtable

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Moderator:VicSatzewich,McMasterUniversityThisroundtableofcurrentandformerCanadianEthnicStudiesChairswilldiscussthestateoftheartofethnicstudiesinCanadafollowedbyanopendiscussionwiththeaudience.PanelistsJimFrideres,UniversityofCalgaryAbdieKazemipur,UniversityofCalgaryJeffreyReitz,UniversityofTorontoMortonWeinfeld,McGillUniversitySessionC-2: IntersectionsofRace,CultureandEquitywithChinese

CommunitiesAcrossTransnationalContextsNORQUAY

Chair:Benjamin“Benji”Chang,TheEducationUniversityofHongKongGuanglunMichaelMu,QueenslandUniversityofTechnologyDoesChinesenessEquatewithMathematicsCompetence? ResiliencetoRacializedStereotypeSunnyManChuLau,Bishop’sUniversityEnglishforRealPurposes:CriticalEngagementwithImmigrantESLTeenagersinRaceandBullyingIssuesBenjamin“Benji”Chang,TheEducationUniversityofHongKongFromthe‘ModelMinority’tothe‘Chinese-Learner’:IssuesofCulture,Language,andEducationalEquitywithStudentsandTeachersofChineseHeritageintheUnitedStatesandHongKongSessionC-3:PerceptionsofImmigrants/Refugees ANGUS

Chair:HenryChow,UniversityofReginaHenryChow,UniversityofReginaSettlingRefugeesinCanada:UnderstandingtheMajorDeterminantsofUniversityStudents’PerceptionsofRefugees

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KaltrinaKusari,UniversityofCalgary“KnockingonDoorsthatNeverOpen”:ExaminingDiscoursesofRejectedAsylumSeekersfromKosovaXiashengyouWang&AngelChow,UniversityofReginaImmigrationandEthnoculturalDiversity:MajorFactorsContributingtoAttitudestowardImmigrantsinaWesternCanadianCityPatrickImbert,UniversityofOttawaRethinkingPerceptionsLinkedtoEthnicityandMulticulturalismSessionC-4:SexualMinorities LACOMBE

Chair:LisaGrekul,UniversityofBritishColumbia,OkanaganLisaGrekul,UniversityofBritishColumbia,OkanaganThisistheNewDiaspora:QueerTransnationalismandtheWarinUkraineMuhammadAhsan,RainbowResourceCentre,WinnipegCanada:ASaferHavenforLGBTQ+RefugeesandImmigrants(ANarrativeofIn/VoluntaryMobility)TrevorCorkum,UniversityofTorontoNowhereOvertheRainbow:QueerCitizenshipandSexualMinorityInternationalStudentsinTorontoAmber-LeeVaradi,BrockUniversityWe’reHere(inCanada),We’reQueer(andHomonormative):Canada’sCivilMarriageActSessionC-5:GenderandIntersectionality STRATHCONA

Chair:KanikaSamuels-Wortley,UniversityofWaterlooKanikaSamuels-Wortley,UniversityofWaterlooViolenceAgainstImmigrantBlackYouthintheGreatWhiteNorth:ExploringthePrevalenceofVictimizationamongBlackWomenfromaCanadianContextYilongLiu,OCADUniversityConfrontingAmbiguity:ReadingtheIntersectionofRacialandSexualMarginalisationinRexvsSinghandSeekingSingleWhiteMaleMinhaHa,YorkUniversityRace,Gender,ClassandDominantImagesofEngineeringStudents

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COFFEEBREAK 3:40–4:00PM

PARALLELSESSIOND 4:00–5:15PM

SessionD-1:Immigration,IntegrationandIdentity CHAMPLAIN

Chair:YanGuoYanZhang,MountRoyalUniversityTransitionalIdentitiesofChineseCanadianChildren:“IamaLivingPerson”MarciaKim,UniversityofCalgaryTransculturalExperiencesofInternationallyEducatedNursesWorkinginCanadaLingLei,UniversityofCalgaryFromIntellectualMobilitytoTransnationalProfessionalSpace:ExperiencesofInternationallyEducatedChineseAcademicReturneesRatnaGhosh,McGillUniversityCitizenship,IdentityandBelonging:SouthAsianImmigrantstoQuebecLauraWyper,AlgomaUniversityNeoliberalConceptualFramingofAdultEducationPolicyforAdditionalLanguageLearnersandNewcomersinNorthernOntario:TheImplicationsofBeingInsideorOutsideoftheFrameSessionD-2:TheUkrainianCanadianDiasporaandUkraine:From KeepingtheFlametoPassingtheTorch NORQUAYChair:OlenkaBilash,UniversityofAlbertaThis panel provides four case study presentations of the historical events thatreveal thecomplexityof theUkrainiancommunity inCanada. It thenupdateskeyprocesses within the Ukrainian Canadian victim diaspora and also shows theemergenceof a deterritorialized typeof diaspora as a result of significant recentemigrationfromUkrainetoCanada.

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PanelistsOlenkaBilash,UniversityofAlbertaRomanPetryshyn,UniversityofAlbertaJarsBalan,UniversityofAlbertaMarcoLevytsky,IndependentResearcherSessionD-3:IdentityandSenseofBelonging STRATHCONA

Chair:ZhengWu,UniversityofVictoriaZhengWu,UniversityofVictoriaTheEffectofIn-GroupBelongingonNationalBelonging:AnInstrumentalVariablesApproachNinaXu,UniversityofOttawaNegotiatingThirdSpaces:BelongingandIdentityamong1.5GenerationUyghurCanadiansfromChinaFatemaZohara,LoyolaUniversityCreatingaSouthAsianMuslimIdentityintheUnitedStatesVivianW.Y.Leung,UniversityofTorontoFamilyEnculturationandEthnicIdentityTrajectoryofChinese1.5andSecondGenerationImmigrantsinTorontoSessionD-4:ChineseImmigrantCommunities ANGUS

Chair:ShibaoGuo,UniversityofCalgaryHongxiaShan,UniversityofBritishColumbiaChineseTransnationalismReticulatedintheAsianPacificArea:AstoryofambivalenceAngelaYu,UniversityofOxfordEastbyEastCoast,TransnationalFantasiesofMobilityandChineseCommunitiesinAtlanticCanadaXiaohongWan,SouthChinaNormalUniversityThePoliticalParticipationbyChineseCanadians:Findingsofthe2015CanadianFederalElectionsChenLiu,BeijingForeignStudiesUniversityStackingupinCompetitionforGlobalTalents:Leadership,Politics,andImplementation

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JintingWu,UniversityatBuffalo,TheStateUniversityofNewYorkTransnationalStrategiesintheShadowofCitizenship:ChineseMigrantsintheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgSessionD-5:DimensionsofCitizenship LACOMBE

Chair:ParveenNangia,LaurentianUniversityParveenNangia,LaurentianUniversityTransnationalCitizensinCanada:SocialandEconomicWell-BeingYurikoCowper-Smith,UniversityofGuelphDimensionsofDiversity:CivicandPoliticalEngagementofRohingyaNewcomersinOntarioSelinKepenek,UniversityofTorontoVotingfromAbroad:UnderstandingTurkishImmigrants’VotesPaulMcKenzie-Jones,UniversityofLethbridgeRethinkingtheInternationalBorderinBlackfootCountry

CANADIANETHNICSTUDIESBOOKLAUNCH 5:30–6:30PMImmigration,RacialandEthnicStudiesin150yearsofCanada:RetrospectsandProspects. 2018-Brill|SensePublishers.(refreshments&appetizersserved) RIVERVIEWLOUNGE

Contributingauthorsinclude:VictorArmony,DavidEste,AugieFleras,ShibaoGuo,AbdieKazemipur,HowardRamos,VicSatzewich,LoriWilkinson,MortonWeinfeld,LloydWong,HenryYuCESARECEPTION 7:00–9:00PM

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SATURDAY,OCTOBER13,2018

BREAKFAST&REGISTRATION 8:00–9:00AM ALHAMBRA

PLENARYSESSION2 9:00- 10:30AMALHAMBRA

Moderator:LloydWong,UniversityofCalgaryHenryYu,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofBritishColumbiaGlobalMigrationandtheNewPacificCanadaBenjamin"Benji"Chang,DepartmentofCurriculum&Instruction,TheEducationUniversityofHongKongFromNoChildLeftBehindtoLeftBehindChildren?ImplicationsofSchoolingandPedagogywithChineseAmericansforChineseDiasporicCommunitiesHongLIU,SchoolofSocialSciences,NanyangTechnologicalUniversityBetween National Identification and Transnational Mobility: Southeast AsianChineseRespondtotheBeltandRoadInitiative

COFFEEBREAK 10:30–10:45AMPARALLELSESSIONE 10:45–12:00PM

SessionE-1:MulticulturalismThroughaTransnationalLens

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Chair:SherryYu,UniversityofTorontoSherryYu,UniversityofTorontoMulticulturalism,CulturalLiteracy,andSocialIntegrationAdinaBalint,UniversitédeWinnipegMulticultualismeetLittérature:ExpressionsetManifestationsCanadiennesContemporaines/MulticulturalismandLiterature:ContemporaryCanadianExpressionsandRepresentations

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WarrenClarke,CarletonUniversityCanadianMulticulturalism:ConceptualizingBlackCanadianMaleYouth’sMasculinityHoHonLeung,StateUniversityofNewYorkCollegeatOneontaMulticulturalityintheSpaceofBBQPractice:ExploringEthnicRelationsThroughTwoHeritageEnterpriseRestaurantsinVancouverJenniferTunnicliffe,King’sUniversityCollegeThe‘RadicalRight’andChallengestoOfficialMulticulturalismin1970sCanada:TheTransnationalLensSessionE-2:TransculturalCompetenceandIntersectionalityfor FosteringInclusiveWorkplaceandSociety NORQUAYChair:SinelaJurkova,UniversityofCalgaryThetransnationalmigrationandmobilityacrossbordersshiftourunderstandingofcultures, impact multiple identities and reconfigure workplace practices.Consequently, the dynamics of these processes in multi-faceted locations call forholistic approach of learning, developing transcultural competence and practicesthat will foster an inclusive workplace and society. The session will discuss howtransculturalcompetenceandintersectionalityimpactculturallydiversecommunityandworkplace JingzhouLiu,UniversityofCalgaryTheChangingNatureofWorkingintheAgeofImmigration:ExploringSettlementWorkers’WorkplaceLearningExperienceinCanadaSinelaJurkova,UniversityofCalgaryTransculturalCompetenceasTransformativeLearningthatFostersanInclusiveSocietyRicardoMorales,CalgaryCatholicImmigrationSocietyAPersonalFrameworkforInteracting,Teaching,andLivinginanUnfamiliarCulture

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SessionE-3:TowardaTransnational,FeministandIntersectionalPerspectiveonImmigrantsandRefugeesinCanada

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Chair:ChristinaGabriel,CarletonUniversityAnnDenis,UniversityofOttawaReflectionsonUsingFeministIntersectionalAnalysesfortheStudyofImmigrantandRefugeeWomeninTransnationalPerspectiveGlendaBonifacio,UniversityofLethbridgeGroundingIntersectionalityinTransnationalityandActivism:ImmigrantWomenandDisasterResponseEvangeliaTastsoglou,SaintMary’sUniversityGenderandthePrecarity/ViolenceNexusintheForcedMigrationJourneyGuidaMan&TaniaDasGupta,YorkUniversityTransnationalMigrationTrajectoriesofImmigrantWomenProfessionalsinTorontoLenaBarrantes&GloryOvie,UniversityofCalgaryInternationalPh.D.FemaleStudents'Experiences:ADuoethnographyaboutImmigration,GenderandRaceSessionE-4:ImmigrantYouth,IdentityandCrime:Resultsfroma

YouthGangPreventionProgram STRATHCONAChair:HieuNgo,UniversityofCalgaryThis session describes the results from the Identity-Based WraparoundInterventionproject,alsoknownasthe“RealMe”Program,whichseekstopreventand/orreduceganginvolvementbyimmigrantyouth.

HieuVanNgo,UniversityofCalgaryOverviewoftheIBWIProjectKelliStevens,UniversityofCalgaryCaroleeTurner&FrancisBoakye,CentreforNewcomersProjectManagementandImplementationLindsayGuyn,GuynCooperAssociatesLtd.EvaluationResults

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SessionE-5:ImmigrationPoliciesandImmigrantServices ANGUSChair:JimFrideresShuguangWang,RyersonUniversityInfluenceofCanadianImmigrationPoliciesonEthnicBusinessDevelopmentWendyChan,SimonFraserUniversitySupportingAbusedImmigrantWomen:TheChallengesofServiceDeliveryinRuralBCAngelaWillmott,UniversityofWaterlooImpactsofPartnershipProgramsonResettlementOutcomesforGovernment-AssistedRefugeesinCanada

LUNCH,CESAGENERALMEETING&LIFETIMEACHIEVEMENTAWARD 12:00–1:30PM ALHAMBRAPARALLELSESSIONF 1:30–2:45PM

DVDPresentation–DavidEste ALHAMBRAWearetheRoots:BlackSettlersandTheirExperiencesofDiscriminationontheCanadianPrairiesThisDVDisthewinnerofthe2018OralHistoryAssociation’sElizabethB.MasonAwardandtheOralHistoryinNon-PrintFormatAward

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SessionF-1:DiggingintoImmigrationData:HowtheIMDBcanbeusedtolookbeyondTaxesandEarnings

CHAMPLAINChair:HowardRamos,DalhousieUniversityJonathanAmoyaw,DalhousieUniversityPatternsofTemporaryStatusandTransitiontoPermanentResidencyamongInternationalStudentsMichaelHaan,WesternUniversityRetentionorOnwardMigrationofTemporaryandPermanentResidentsYokoYoshida,DalhousieUniversityTransitiontoAdulthoodofChildandYouthImmigrantstoCanadaXiaoyiYan,Immigration,RefugeesandCitizenshipCanadaGovernmentofCanadaSocialOutcomesofImmigrants:theCanadianEvidenceSessionF-2:EthnicMobilitiesAcrossSpaceandGenerations

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Chair:ShirleyChau,UniversityofBritishColumbia,OkanaganShirleyChau,UniversityofBritishColumbia,OkanaganSocialNetworksandGenderintheEconomicIntegrationofRacializedNewcomersinaMidsizedCityRaviPendakur,UniversityofOttawaKrishnaPendakur,SimonFraserUniversityEarningsDifferentialsAcrossEthnicGroupMohsenJavdani,UniversityofBritishColumbiaVisibleMinoritiesandJobMobility:EvidencefromaWorkplacePanelSurveyOlabanjiAkinola,AlgomaUniversity(Re)EnactingTransnationalHabitus? The“UndergroundRailroad”andTwenty-FirstCenturyAfricanRefugeeClaimantsinCanadaAnkePatzelt,UniversityofOttawaOneReturnTickettoCanada,Please–ReturnandOnwardMigrationExperiencesofHighlySkilledGermanMigrantsMovingtoandfromCanada

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SessionF-3:TowardaTransnational,FeministandIntersectional PerspectiveonImmigrantsandRefugeesinCanada OAKChair:EvangeliaTastsoglou,SaintMary’sUniversityJaneKu,UniversityofWindsorJourneystoaDiasporicEthnicSelf:ThreeConfessionsPeruvembaJaya,UniversityofOttawaImmigrantWomenwithDisabilities:AnOverviewofChallengesandIssuesinMultipleContextsRinaCohen,YorkUniversity(Re)turningHome:AFeministPerspectiveonReturningandCircularMigrationChristinaGabriel&LauraMacdonald,CarletonUniversityLabourTransnationalism,Gender,andCanada’sTemporaryForeignWorkerProgramSessionF-4:Inclusion/Exclusion/LabourMarket ANGUS

Chair:NaomiLightman,UniversityofCalgaryNaomiLightman,UniversityofCalgaryMeasuringEconomicDisparitiesforImmigrantsandRacializedMinoritiesinCanada:AnIndexofEconomicExclusionRalucaBejan,UniversityofTorontoSamenessandDifferenceinCanadaandtheUK:QueryingwhitenessasacategoricalmarkerwithintransnationalinterpretativematricesofinclusionandexclusionJanelleJoseph,UniversityofTorontoRaceandSportinCanada:Celebration,Discrimination,Transformation,andReconciliationSessionF-5:MigrantMovementsandTransnationalism

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Chair:FernandoMata,UniversityofOttawaFernandoMata,UniversityofOttawaRefugeeClassMixintheEthnicImmigrantInflowstoCanada:ExplorationswithCensusData

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GlendaBonifacio,UniversityofLethbridgeCreatingSpacesofInclusioninPreandPostArrivalServices:AgenticMetricsinEthnicTransnationalismRitaDhungel,MacEwanUniversityJohnWinterdyk,MountRoyalUniversityIrregularMigrationandHumanSmuggling:EmergingPracticeModelandCommunity-BasedActionResearch

COFFEEBREAK 2:45–3:00PMPARALLELSESSIONG 3:00–4:15PM

SessionG-1:TransnationalSpace,Identity,andFirstNations

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Chair:VirginieMesana,UniversityofOttawaVirginieMesana,UniversityofOttawaTheDiasporicFilmFestivalasTransnationalSpace:RedefiningMajorityandMinorityStatusesattheIntersectionofRace,GenderandClassChristinaStoica,UniversityofWesternOntarioEthnicMobilitiesandTransnationalSocialSpaces:UnderstandingtheEffectSocialandCulturalNormsHaveontheExileExperienceXiaoleiHou,UniversityofCalgaryPositionalIdentityinChineseCanadianNovelsSharonJarvis,UniversityofBritishColumbiaWOEforEthnicAccordMengXiao,UniversityofTorontoEnvironmentalEducation:BringinganIndigenousEco-justiceandSocialJusticeWorldviewBacktoReconciliation

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SessionG-2:ImmigrantExperiencesandImmigrationPolitics:PastandPresent NORQUAY

Chair:GertrudeMianda,YorkUniversityGertrudeMianda,YorkUniversityColonialMemoryandthePathofsub-SaharanAfricanFrancophoneMigrationtoCanadaBrytanMendes,McGillUniversityTheWordsThatWeren'tSaid:TheReception,MemoryandTrauma,andCommemorationoftheHolocaustinMontrealThirstanFalconer,St.Jerome’sUniversityDividedAmongsthisFriends:StanleyHaidasz,theLiberalParty,andCanada'sEthnicCommunities,1958-1974SessionG-3:TransnationalMobilityandIdentities ANGUS

Chair:NicholasSpence,UniversityofToronto,ScarboroughNicholasSpence,UniversityofToronto,ScarboroughNationalPrideandSenseofBelonginginMulticulturalCanada: UnderstandingDifferencesamongCanada'sEthno-RacialCommunitiesHariKC,WilfridLaurierUniversityThe'SouthAsian'intheCanadianTransnationalHistory:WhitherStandstheNepaliTransnationalIdentity?ShirinKhayambashi,McMasterUniversityMyFlag,MyIdentity:FragmentedIdentitiesinIranianDiasporaKathleenBoodhai,NorthumbriaUniversityIndianHeritage-ness’:ExploringNotionsofIndianessAmongstIndo-TrinidadiansinCanadaLucyAmadala,UniversityofCalgaryForcedMobilities:IdentityChangeintheContextoftheResettlementofRefugeeFemaleLone-ParentsinCanada

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SessionG-4:ImmigrantandRefugeeHealth OAK

Chair:EugenaKwon,WesternUniversityEugenaKwon,WesternUniversityAwarenessandUtilizationofCanada’sFoodGuideandtheChangingFaceofCanadaNasimKhatibsemnani,UniversityofOttawaLivingwithChronicPain:IntersectionsofImmigration,Race,Class,Gender,andDisabilityQianyunWang,UniversityofCalgary SpousalBereavementAdjustment:PerspectivesofOlderChineseImmigrantsinCalgarySessionG-5:Education,CitizenshipandGovernance STRATHCONA

Chair:JanStewart,UniversityofWinnipegJanStewart,UniversityofWinnipegBridgingTwoWorlds:EducatingNewcomerYouthinaMulticulturalCanadaEricaAmery,UniversityofCalgaryTheRoleofInterculturalEducationinaCommunity-BasedEnglishasaSecondLanguageProgramSigridRoman,UniversityofTorontoTheFutureofCanada:BuildingCitizenshipandBelonginginTheWaysofPeaceYvonneHébert,UniversityofCalgaryUpdateoftheModelofGovernanceandMigrantsinanUrbanLinguisticMinorityCommunityinaWesternCanadianCityVibhaBhallaandRebeccaMancuso,BowlingGreenStateUniversityTeachingTransnationalMigration