Organizer 1
Jean Viel
Director,
Project Development Metropolis Project Citizenship and Immigration Canada
365 Laurier Avenue West - JETS 15AOttawa, Ontario CANADA

Tel: 1 613 957-5966
Fax: 1 613 957-5968
Email:jean.viel@metropolis.net


Organizer 2
Françoise Armand
Director
Immigration and MetropolisMontreal Centre for Inter-University Research on Immigration, Integration and Urban Dynamics
3750 Jean-Brillant Street, 5th floorMontreal, QuebecCANADA

Tel: 1 514 343-6231
Fax: 1 514 343-7078
Email:francoise.armand@umontreal.ca





Workshop description:
In 1995, France and Canada were among the first countries to express an interest in the Metropolis Project. Since then, Francophones and Francophiles from several countries, including Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg, have also joined the Project. In many cases, however, they have participated as individuals, on an ad hoc basis, and as a result it has not been possible to take advantage of opportunities for identifying and analysing research and public policy issues specific to the French-speaking world(s). The main areas of interest will probably include the following: demolinguistic profiles of host societies and migrant communities, best practices in linguistic and educational integration, urban dynamics, selection measures, and institutionalized and informal models for management of migration flows. During the workshop, which will take the form of a round table, a comparative, multisector approach will be the main tool for analysis and discussion of the social and public policy issues raised by participants. In addition, the workshop will make it possible to consolidate and broaden intersectoral and international linkages among players in scientific research and public policy in the French-speaking world(s). Although it will not benefit from any official funding, a “Network for Research on Immigration and Integration in French-Speaking Societies”* will be established with a view to gaining and keeping momentum and sharing information on research needs and opportunities.





Presenters / participants /other information
Please Note!
This workshop will be totally and exclusively in French.
It will not be a standard workshop with a panel of speakers but a ROUND
TABLE discussion for 12 to 15 participants + the audience seated at the periphery.

Françoise Armand
Directrice Immigration et Métropoles, Montreal, CANADA francoise.armand@umontreal.ca


Jean Viel
Directeur, Projet Metropolis,
Ottawa, CANADA
jean.viel@metropolis.net

Pierre Anctil
Président, Conseil des relations interculturelles du Québec,
Montréal, CANADA pierre.anctil@conseilinterculturel.gouv.qc.ca
Andreas Wimmer,Université de Bonn,
ALLEMAGNE
awimmer@uni-bonn.de

Sandro Cattacin
Directeur, Forum suisse pour l’étude des migrations,
Neuchâtel, SUISSE
sandro.cattacin@unine.ch

Patrik Simon
Institut national d’études démographiques, Paris, FRANCE

Martine Faille
Ministère des relations avec les citoyens et de l’immigration (Québec), Montréal, CANADA)
martine.faille@mrci.gouv.qc.ca

Micheline Doiron,
Citoyenneté et immigration Canada, Ottawa, CANADA)

Jacques Ledent,
Chercheur, Institut national de la recherche scientifique – Urbanisation, culture et société, Montréal, CANADA
jacques_ledent@inrs-urb.uquebec.ca

Lenise Lévesque-Edwards
Éditrice adjointe, Revue de l’intégration et de la migration internationale, Edmonton, CANADA
lenise@ualberta.ca




Summary:
Please Note!
This workshop will be totally and exclusively in French.
The key goal of this “round table” workshop is to identify: (1) the public policies and research issues specific to the « francophonie »; (2) the “data” sources, needs and gaps; and (3) the possibility of establishing a permanent network of « francophones/francophiles » stakeholders interested by migration/integration issues.



Date: 11 September


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

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