Save the date: June 5th, 2014 |
National Symposium on Intersections of Violence against Women and Precarious Immigration Status
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This symposium is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant representing an academic and community-based partnership mobilizing research findings on the impact of immigration policy on service delivery to immigrant women who are facing different forms of violence. During the past five years the Government of Canada has introduced an unprecedented number of legislative and regulatory changes that reconfigure family sponsorship, refugee determination, and conditions on permanent residence in Canada.
The Migrant Mothers Project (MMP), led by Rupaleem Bhuyan at the University of Toronto in partnership with a network of community based organizations, has explored the impact of these changes for immigrants with precarious status and among service providers who work with immigrant women. Using qualitative and participatory action research methods, our research illustrates the gendered affects of immigration policy on family structure, access to justice, and exposure to different forms of interpersonal and structural violence. The shifting landscape of immigration policy also impacts how service providers support immigrants who are seeking health and social services. At this critical juncture, we seek to mobilize research findings from the MMP while providing opportunities for knowledge exchange among academic and community-based researchers, legal professionals, front-line service providers, and immigrant community leaders across Ontario and Canada-wide.
We are grateful for the support of our community partners including: Women Abuse Council of Toronto, Metropolitan Action Centre Against Violence against Women and Children, Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving Immigrants, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Ontario, Ontario Association of Interval and Transitional Housing, and SHIFT. Through our existing partnership with community-based organizations in Toronto and Canada-wide, we are uniquely positioned to broadly disseminate a nuanced gender analysis of recent changes to immigration policy, while fostering knowledge exchange among academic and community-based service providers in health, legal and social services towards improving access to safety and support services for immigrant and refugee communities.
This National Symposium will be a full-day event held at the University of Toronto to engage with an active network of service providers, activists, policy analysts, researchers and immigrant women in Canada. Panels and workshops will focus on advocacy and community engagement strategies for/with immigrant women with precarious status on a range of cross-cutting issues, including:
We hope to promote a co-learning and empowering process that attends to social inequalities that are inherent inequalities between marginalized communities, service providers and researchers.
Contact us for questions and information.
The Migrant Mothers Project (MMP), led by Rupaleem Bhuyan at the University of Toronto in partnership with a network of community based organizations, has explored the impact of these changes for immigrants with precarious status and among service providers who work with immigrant women. Using qualitative and participatory action research methods, our research illustrates the gendered affects of immigration policy on family structure, access to justice, and exposure to different forms of interpersonal and structural violence. The shifting landscape of immigration policy also impacts how service providers support immigrants who are seeking health and social services. At this critical juncture, we seek to mobilize research findings from the MMP while providing opportunities for knowledge exchange among academic and community-based researchers, legal professionals, front-line service providers, and immigrant community leaders across Ontario and Canada-wide.
We are grateful for the support of our community partners including: Women Abuse Council of Toronto, Metropolitan Action Centre Against Violence against Women and Children, Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving Immigrants, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Ontario, Ontario Association of Interval and Transitional Housing, and SHIFT. Through our existing partnership with community-based organizations in Toronto and Canada-wide, we are uniquely positioned to broadly disseminate a nuanced gender analysis of recent changes to immigration policy, while fostering knowledge exchange among academic and community-based service providers in health, legal and social services towards improving access to safety and support services for immigrant and refugee communities.
This National Symposium will be a full-day event held at the University of Toronto to engage with an active network of service providers, activists, policy analysts, researchers and immigrant women in Canada. Panels and workshops will focus on advocacy and community engagement strategies for/with immigrant women with precarious status on a range of cross-cutting issues, including:
- Access to Education
- Access to Health Care
- Access to Social Assistance
- Workers’ Rights
- Family Separation
- Detention & Deportation
- Pathways to Permanent Residence
We hope to promote a co-learning and empowering process that attends to social inequalities that are inherent inequalities between marginalized communities, service providers and researchers.
Contact us for questions and information.