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2011
Friday, April 29th
9:00 AM

Economic Outcomes and Economic Impacts of Immigrants to Canada

Charles Beach, Queen's University

Economic Aspects of North American Immigration: How Immigration Both Affects and Is Affected by Economic Considerations

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Recruitment and Retention of Immigrants in a Global Labour Market: Implications for Policy

Christopher Robinson, The University of Western Ontario

Economic Aspects of North American Immigration: How Immigration Both Affects and Is Affected by Economic Considerations

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

The Labor Market Effects of U.S. Immigration: What is the Latest Evidence?

Orn Bodvarsson, St. Cloud State University

Economic Aspects of North American Immigration: How Immigration Both Affects and Is Affected by Economic Considerations

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

1:30 PM

Contested Legality and the Insecurity of Status: Some Snapshots from a Decade of Refugee Law

Donald Galloway, University of Victoria

Precarious Migration: Policy Considerations and Outcomes for Refugees, Temporary Foreign Workers, and the Undocumented

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Precarity and Enforcement: Exploring the Migration, Protection, Security Nexus

Alison Mountz, Syracuse University

Precarious Migration: Policy Considerations and Outcomes for Refugees, Temporary Foreign Workers, and the Undocumented

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Tigers, Coyotes and Cats: Precariousness and Masculinity Among Mexican Migrant Workers in Canada

Tanya Basok, University of Windsor
Eloy Rivas, University of Windsor

Precarious Migration: Policy Considerations and Outcomes for Refugees, Temporary Foreign Workers, and the Undocumented

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

4:00 PM

"Danger" in Canadian Immigration Debates

Harald Bauder, Ryerson University

North American Immigration Policies and Politics in a Turbulent Era

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Filling the Federal Policy Void: State and Local Responses to Undocumented Immigration in the U.S.

Els de Graauw, Baruch College, City University of New York

North American Immigration Policies and Politics in a Turbulent Era

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Immigration Politics in the USA in the Post-9/11 Era

Ron Schmidt, California State University, Long Beach

North American Immigration Policies and Politics in a Turbulent Era

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Institutional Innovation: Responding to Organizational Churn and Policy Change

Meyer Burstein, Welcoming Communities Initiative

North American Immigration Policies and Politics in a Turbulent Era

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Saturday, April 30th
10:30 AM

Evolution or Revolution? Canada's International Migration Policies

Alan Simmons, York University

The International Context of North American Migration: How Are We Faring in the International Sphere?

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Focusing a Swedish Lens on Canadian Immigration Policy

Daniel Hiebert, University of British Columbia

The International Context of North American Migration: How Are We Faring in the International Sphere?

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

US and Canada: Perspectives on Regional and Global Governance of Migration

Susan Martin, Georgetown University

The International Context of North American Migration: How Are We Faring in the International Sphere?

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Assimilation and Its Discontented

Kay Deaux, City University of New York Graduate Center

Sociocultural Aspects of North American Migration: Immigrants and the Native Born

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Economic Gains and Social Pains: The Interplay of Economic and Sociocultural Experience of Immigrants in Canada

Abdie Kazemipur, University of Lethbridge

Sociocultural Aspects of North American Migration: Immigrants and the Native Born

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Suffer the Little Children: 21st Century Challenges for the Offspring of Immigrants

Monica Boyd, University of Toronto

Sociocultural Aspects of North American Migration: Immigrants and the Native Born

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM