Canada and Refugee Resettlement Conference

    Canada and Refugee Resettlement: Research and Innovation for the 21st Century

This National Conference is organized by Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia and The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University.

 

CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY: Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University

DATES: JUNE 20, 21, AND 22, 2012

LOCATION: The Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, which is located at 7551 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 1A3, Canada.


Refugees, as part of an international humanitarian program, continue to be provided asylum and resettlement in Canada. There are about 20,000 individual refugees annually in Canada which represents less than 10% of total immigration into Canada. Refugee service needs pose unique challenges to service providers, policy analysts, public institutions, and communities. With the changes in the geo-political landscape many people continue to find themselves at risk and seek asylum outside of their own borders. This generates concern and debate amongst civil society.

This conference intends to bring together approximately 300 academics, policy analysts, policy makers and service delivery practitioners to discuss innovation and best methods and approaches for what will be an on-going need in the 21st Century. The conference will also look at the impact of the Federal Bill C-11 recently completed. The conference is national in scope but it is intended to also look at “successful practices” from the international community.

Among the topics to be explored:

  • Resettlement or Repatriation: an on-going dilemma
  • Culture and Psychiatry: Mental Health Issues
  • Health and Successful Models in Health Provision
  • Refugee Women and Oppression of Women as Related to Refugee Status
  • Needs and Adjustment of Refugee Children and Youth, including unaccompanied Minors
  • Refugee Claimants and Issues of Identification and Security
  • Environmental Crisis and Refugees not covered by the U.N Convention on Refugees
  • Addressing Treatment Needs of Survivors of Torture and Trauma

 
 
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the general information on this website, please contact Professor Erling Christensen at erling.christensen@kwantlen.ca. If you have concerns about the registration process, please send an e-mail to kwantlenrefugeeconference@gmail.com.