Program

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REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK

Wednesday, February 29  
7:30AM to 2:00PM Pre-conference Registration ONLY
2:00PM to 7:00PM Registration and Information Desk
Thursday, March 1  
7:30AM to 5:30PM Registration and Information Desk 
Friday, March 2  
7:30AM to 5:30PM Registration and Information Desk 
Saturday, March 3  
7:30AM to 1:45PM Registration and Information Desk

 

PROGRAM

Wednesday, February 29  
7:30 to 14:00 Pre-Conference Registration
14:00 to 16:30 Registration
8:30 to 16:30 Pre-Conference Workshop:
Francophone immigration to Canada
8:45 to 16:30

Pre-Conference Workshop: Fear, Hatred, Belongig and Cohesion: Understanding and Preventing Dynamics of Polarization

9:00 to 16:00

Graduate Student Development Day

13:00 to 17:00

Pre-Conference Workshop:

CERIS Community Research Symposium: The Impact of the Sector Serving Immigrants: A Critical Introduction

9:00 to 16:00 Study Tour -- Various Places of Worship
9:00 to 16:00 Study Tour -- Ethnic Commercial Spaces
9:00 to 15:00 Study tour -- Bridging Programs and Immigration and Settelment Programs
18:30 to 20:00 Welcome Reception

 

Thursday, March 1 

 
7:30 to 17:30 Registration
7:30 to 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 to 8:45 Welcome Remarks
8:45 to 10:15 Plenary Session 1: Immigration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
10:15 to 10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45 to 12:15 Workshops & Round Tables -- Block A
12:15 to 13:00 Lunch
13:00 to 13:30 Poster Presentations & Exhibitors
13:30 to 14:15 Policy Address
14:15 to 15:45 Plenary Session 2: Inter-Sectorial Co-operation on Health Inequities
15:45 to 16:15 Refreshment Break
16:15 to 17:45 Workshops & Round Tables -- Block B
20:00 to 21:30 Movie Night

 

Friday, March 2

 
7:30 to 17:30 Registration
7:30 to 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 to 8:45 Policy Address
8:45 to 10:15 Plenary Session 3: Diversity, Super-Diversity, and Belonging
10:15 to 10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45 to 12:15 Workshops & Round Tables -- Block C
12:15 to 13:00 Lunch
13:00 to 13:30 Poster Presentations
13:30 to 14:00 Policy Address
14:00 to 15:30 Plenary Session 4: Community Resilience
15:30 to 16:00 Refreshment Break
16:00 to 17:30 Workshops & Round Tables -- Block D
18:00 to 20:00 Networking Night

 

Saturday, March 3 

 
7:30 to 13:45 Registration
7:30 to 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 to 8:45 Policy Address
8:45 to 10:15 Plenary Session 5: Refugee Integration: From Protection
to Long-Term Success
10:15 to 10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45 to 12:15 Workshops & Round Tables -- Block E
12:15 to 13:00 Lunch
13:00 to 13:30 Poster Presentations & Exhibitors
13:30 to 14:00 Policy Address
14:00 to 15:30 Plenary Session 6: Temporary Residents in a Society Built Upon
Permanent Immigration
15:30 to 15:40 Closing Remarks
15:40 to 16:00 Refreshment Break
16:00 to 17:30 Workshops and Roundtables -- Block F