Building Resilient Communities
Thursday April 11-5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
67 Erb Street West, Waterloo
CGI Auditorium
Building Resilient Communities
The Building Resilient Communities conference 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 250 attendees from the policy, community and academic sectors.
After the discussion, there will be a reception.
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 250 attendees: several coming from the policy, community and academic sectors.
After the event
After the discussions, there will be a public reception.
CHAIR
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Jenna Hennebry
IMRC
SPEAKERS
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Tara Bedard
Immigration partnership
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Ana Luz Martinez
KW Multicultural Centre
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Peter Donahue
Laurier International
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Rana Aljaroudi
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Fran Hannigan
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Valerie Preston
York University
ORGANIZER
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