EVENTS

Friday, May 8, 12noon-2pm: Public Discourse and Migration Restrictions: Analyses of Exclusionary Policies in Canada and Russia Public seminar presented by CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548. Please RSVP or call (416) 946-3110 …more

Wednesday, May 13, 12noon-1pm: Immigrant Women’s Health and Wellbeing in the Context of Resettlement Professor Usha George Dean, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University. Women's Health & Mental Wellbeing Series, Faculty of Health, York University. York Lanes, Rm. 280. RSVP by Monday May 11, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 4-6pm (reception to follow): The Impact of Power Retailing on Toronto’s Regional Landscape: a Forum. Ron Buliung (UTM) and Tony Hernandez (Ryerson University) present highlights of their recent research paper Places to Shop and Places to Grow: Power Retail, Consumer Travel Behaviour, and Urban Growth Management in the Greater Toronto Area. Moderator Leslie Woo (General Manager, Transportation Policy and Planning, Metrolinx) and discussion by panelists Gordon Harris (President and CEO, Simon Fraser University Community Trust), Bryan Tuckey (Commissioner of Planning and Development, York Region), and Douglas Annand (Partner, Urban Metrics Inc.). The forum will then be open to the audience for discussion and questions. Co-sponsored by Neptis Foundation and Cities Centre. Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Avenue. Seating is limited; please RSVP.

Friday, May 15, 12noon-1:30pm: Evergreening a Brownfield... The Don Valley Brick Works as a Model of Adaptive Reuse David Stonehouse, Site Development Director, Evergreen Brick Works. Martin Prosperity Institute, MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Ste. 420, 4th Floor, Email …more

Friday, May 15,12noon-2pm:  Services in the Outer Suburbs: An Evaluation in York Region Lucia Lo, York University; Paul Anisef, York University; Ranu Basu, York University; Valerie Preston, York University; Shuguay Wany, York University.  Presented by CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548.  RSVP or call (416) 946-3110  …more

Tuesday, May 19, 6pm (networking reception 5pm): 21st Century Cities: The Geography of Innovation 3rd CIBC Scholar-in-Residence Lecture. Join moderator John Honderich, this year’s Scholar-in-Residence David Wolfe, and a panel of experts including Janice Gross Stein, David Pecaut, and Mayor Carl Zehr, as they discuss the findings on this year's topic. Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front Street West, free, advance registration required …more  register

Friday, May 22, 12noon-2pm: Peel Immigration Papers Moderator: Dr. Sandeep Kumar Agrawal, Welcoming Communities: Building Capacities in Regions, Cities & Neighbourhoods Domain Leader.  Kumar Agrawal, Graduate Program Director (Int), MPl Program, Interim Associate Director, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University; Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Administration, Ryerson University (to be confirmed); Michelle Goldberg, Researcher and Instructor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Ilene Hyman, Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Norm McLeod, Manager of Strategic Social Policy, Region of Peel; Cheryl Teelucksingh, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University; Sarah Wayland, Wayland Consulting. Presented by CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548.  RSVP or call (416) 946-3110  …more

Tuesday, May 26, 6:30pm: Our Future Mississauga Launch of a new Strategic Plan setting the vision for the City of Mississauga, keynote speaker David Suzuki, Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre. Free tickets available beginning May 4th …more

Wednesday, May 27, 9:30-11:00am: Release of the DiverseCity Counts Report DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project will release its first Counts Report, which will highlight the number of leaders from visible minority groups at the most senior levels of our region. It is the first time that research has been done GTA-wide on this important issue. The research will be presented by the report authors Dr. Wendy Cukier, Associate Dean, Ted Rogers School of Management & Founder, Diversity Institute and Dr. Margaret Yap, Assistant Professor and Director, Diversity Institute, Ryerson University. George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, Ryerson University, 245 Church Street, Toronto Atrium, Third Floor.  To RSVP, please email …more

Thursday, June 18, 9:30am-12:30pm: Public Forum: Precarious Work / Decent Work: Research Findings and Tools for Action The purpose of this forum is to present research findings and the public outreach materials developed by the project Immigrants and Precarious Employment. In 2005, the research team interviewed 300 Latin American and Caribbean immigrant workers in the GTA to examine: How recent immigrants are affected by the wider trend towards precarious employment? What strategies do they implement on the job and as families to address employment challenges? The forum is aimed at an audience of community agency staff in front-line work, research and policy analysis, academics and organizations working on issues of worker rights and decent work such as unions and NGOs. Featuring presentations by Luin Goldring, Professor of Sociology, York University; Patricia Landolt, Professor of Sociology and Cities Centre Research Associate, University of Toronto; Marcelo Castro, Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre; and Angelica Goicochea, ACCESS Employment Services; and others. Please click here for more information. York University, Schulich School of Business, Room W132. Please RSVP by June 12.