Migration and Ethnic Relations 2016 Graduate Student Conference

Location: Social Science Building (SSC 5220)

Registration and Reception (SSC5230) 12:30 Keynote Speaker 1:00

Katy Boychuk “Intercultural Sensitivity in the Workplace” Panel: Immigrant Experiences and Identities 1:45

Gwynne Ng: “Use of preventative health services among Asian immigrant women in Canada”

Esra Ari: “Multicultural Ideology: An antidote to racism or untouched inequalities? A comparative study of second-generation Jamaicans and second-generation Portuguese in Toronto”

Clair Burrows & Anton Ninkov: “Portrayals of Immigrants in the London Free Press”

Shezan Muhammedi: “Eating the Past: An Exploration of History, Cuisine, and Identity amongst Ugandan Asian Refugees”

Nafiz Zaman Shuva: “Bangladeshi Immigrant Women in Canada: Results of a Pilot Study on Settlement Information Needs and Information Sources”

Panel: Immigrant Finances and Labour Outcomes 3:20

Alexandra Bozheva: “Supply Side of International Student Migration”

Cavita Meetun: “Immigrant Financial Security: An Analysis of Differential Savings Patterns”

Faith Mkwananzi: “Effects of socialisation on educational aspirations of migrant women in Johannesburg, South Africa”

Jin Zhou: “Social Networks, Migration, and Labour Outcomes”

George Orlov: “Returns to Pre-Immigration Skills and Skill Transferability of Immigrants in Canada”

Catered Networking Event (SSC 5230) 5:00

Mobile Roots: An Interdisciplinary Approach to

Migration