Organizer 1
Humera Ibrahim
Multiculturalism Program
Department of Canadian Heritage
11th Floor, 15 Eddy Street Gatineau, Quebec CANADA

Tel: (819) 994-2155
Fax: (819) 953-8052
Email: humera_ibrahim@pch.gc.ca


Organizer 2
John Biles
Metropolis Project Team
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
15th Floor, 365 Laurier Ave West Ottawa, Ontario CANADA K1A 1L1 K1A 0M5

Tel: (613) 957-5941
Fax: (613) 957-5968
Email:john.biles@metropolis.net


Organizer 3
Susan Thompson
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA

Tel: 61 2 9385 5295
Fax: 61 2 9385 4507
Email:s.thompson@unsw.edu.au



Workshop description:
This workshop will bring together researchers, NGOs and policymakers from a number of countries (Australia, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to examine the backlash following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. It will also examine the community and government responses to the backlash. Presentations of six case studies will occupy the first two hours of the workshop. Each case study will include a description of the backlash, government responses, media coverage, community responses and lessons learned/policy recommendations. The last hour of the workshop will draw participants into a moderated discussion on each of these five areas. The six case studies and an edited version of the discussion will be pulled together in a publication which will be distributed electronically and in paper copies at future events.





Presenters / participants /other information
confirmed:
John Biles,
Metropolis Project Team, CANADA

Humera Ibrahim,
Canadian Heritage, CANADA

Earle Waugh,
University of Alberta, CANADA

Riad Saloojee,
Council on American Islamic Relations - Canada, CANADA

Susan Thompson,
University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

Thu Nguyen-Hoan,
Department of Immigration, AUSTRALIA

Patrice C. Brodeur,
Connecticut College, USA

Anja Rudiger,
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia - UK,Secretariat, UK




Summary:
This workshop will bring together researchers, NGOs and policymakers from
a number of countries (Australia, Canada, Norway, the
United Kingdom, and the United States) to examine the backlash following
the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. The case studies will also examine the
community and government responses to the backlash, media coverage and
lessons learned/policy recommendations. Proceedings from the discussions
will be distributed electronically and in paper at future events.




Date: 11 September


(1 session is 3 hours)
Number of sessions: 1

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