Fostering Gender Responsiveness in Migration Resilience, Research, and Action
Thursday April 11-9:00 am to 4:00pm.
67 Erb Street West, Waterloo
Multipurpose room BSIA 142, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Fostering Gender Responsiveness in Migration Resilience, Research, and Action
The Fostering Gender Responsiveness conference is an invitation only event that gathers researchers, community leaders and policymakers around the topic of migrant resilience and gender inclusion. We will reflect on how gender impacts and is being considered in our research, in our policies and practices.
The conference will include panels and discussions on important topics such as institutional resilience, gender-responsiveness, and research and evidence-based community engagement.
Many high profile speakers in the panel.
Limited to 80 attendees from the policy, community and academic sectors.
After the discussion, there will be an event open to the public. You can register for the public event here.
Resilience (Social, economic, cultural, health, etc)
Gender-responsiveness & Intersectionality
Building resilience through community collaboration
Plenary speakers
Over 5 high profile speakers are invited in the panels.
Attendees
Limited to 80 attendees: several coming from the policy, community and academic sectors.
After the event
After the invitation-only discussions, there will be a public event.
Session 1: Building System Resilience: Learning from LIPs and community Experience, Environmental Scans
SPEAKERS
Tara Bedard
Immigration partnership
Hindia Mohamoud
Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership
Irmtraud Hutfless
Toronto East Quadrant Local Immigration Partnership
Sarah Wayland
Hamilton Immigration Partnership
Session 2: Gender-Responsiveness and Resilience
SPEAKERS
Allison Petrozziello
Wilfrid Laurier University
Carla Angulo-Pasel
Wilfrid Laurier University
Clare Wagner
House of friendship
Munira Haddad
YMCA Immigrant Services
Keynote Lunch: Some Gendered Aspects of Migration: Resilience of Indian Nurses Abroad
Marie Percot
Institut Interdisciplinaire d’Anthropologie du Contemporain (EHESS/CNRS, Paris)
Abstract: Thousands of nurses from India go to work abroad, leaving at an early age. Most of them will then enter in a process of step by step migration, having to adjust to different contexts and countries. These young women have been raised in a very protected way into family where autonomy of women is far from being a norm.
This presentation intends to highlight and analyze the ways these women manage to cope as much as possible with all the challenges they have to face in order to live far from home and in a lot more independent manner. The concept of resilience will then be questioned to verify if and how it may be fruitfully applied in the context of nurses’ migration.
Session 4: Research and Community Collaborative Session on Resilience
Jenna Hennebry
Kitchener-Waterloo
Jill Hanley
Montreal
Rupaleem Bhuyan
Toronto
Rich Janzen
Centre for Community-Based Research
Family and Children’s Services Waterloo Region/Family Centre
Bounce Back Resilience Project