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Colloquium Series

The colloquium series brings together scholars and practitioners from a variety of academic backgrounds and professional sectors. Many are engaged in either designing and implementing policy or providing services to immigrant and refugee populations. Hearing speakers from government, legal, immigrant services and community sectors provides students with insight into “real-world” issues and decision-making processes, as well as seeing how academic research can be applied to understanding and resolving such issues.

Our colloquium series is a mandatory requirement for all students enrolled in the MER specialization. Talks are scheduled during the academic year on a bi-weekly basis. In addition to our MER students and faculty, the colloquia regularly attracts students, staff, and faculty from the broader Western campus and local community members interested in what we do.

2019-20

September 20 2:30 p.m. UC 3220	Lorenzo Garcia-Amaya Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures University of Michigan From Africa to Patagonia: A Humanities Collaboration
October 3 4:00-5:00 p.m. SSC 6210	Nicholas Keung Toronto Star What Information do Journalists want from Immigration Researchers?
October 17 2:30 p.m. UC 3220	Gaston Mabaya and Alexandra Janeiro Western University Life in Canada: My Family Speaks Out
October 31	The Pathways to Prosperity Annual Conference (Toronto)
November 14 4:00-5:30 p.m.	Journeys of Migration 2019
November 28 4:00-5:30 p.m. SSC 6210	Yoko Yoshida Dalhousie University Exploring the Pathways to Permanent Residency: The role of Canadian experience on attraction and retention of immigrants
January 16 4:00-5:30 p.m. SSC 6210	Enrico W. del Castello Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Current Research and Knowledge Dissemination at IRCC
January 30 4:00-5:30 p.m. SSC 6210	Patrick Denice Sociology, Western University Spatial Mismatch, Segregation, and the Enrollment of Black and White Students in Charter Schools
February 13 4:00-5:30 p.m. SSC 6210	Martin Geiger Carleton University Possible Futures? IOM, the new 'UN Migration Agency' in a Shifting Global Order
February 27 4:00-5:30 p.m. SSC 6210	Zhou Yu University of Utah Homeownership Attainment of Adult Children in Urban China: Parental Attributes and Financial Support
March 12 4:00-5:30 p.m. SSC 6210	Chantal Tetrault Michigan State University What is Arabic good for? Future directions and current challenges of Arabic language educational reform in France
March 26 4:00-5:30 p.m. SSC 6210	Yana Kucheva The City College of New York

 

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