Agenda: The 4th Biennial Ottawa Immigration Forum
November 8, 2017Theme: Pathways to Integration: Learning Forward
Date: Monday, November 20, 2017, 8:00 am – 2:30 pm
Location: Bayview Yards, RBC Foundry Room, 7 Bayview Road, Ottawa
8:00 am | Arrival, Registration, Breakfast and Interactive Engagement with Youth Futures |
9:00 am | Opening Remarks Sarah Onyango, Master of Ceremony/Facilitator |
9:10 am | Welcoming Remarks Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa |
9:15 am
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Thoughts from OLIP Partners
Charting our Progress through Complexity Access to Talent: A Top Priority for Ottawa’s Business Community Importance of Local Collaboration to Promote Newcomers’ Health and Well-Being |
9:40 am | Keynote Speech: Assuring Newcomer Success: Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Valerie Preston, Department of Geography, York University and Principal Investigator, Migration and Resilience in Urban Canada Q&A Moderator: Sarah Onyango |
10:30 am | Break and Networking |
11:00 am | Participant Discussions (Breakout Sessions)
Employment: Bridging Skills Demand and Immigrants’ Talent Refugee Settlement and Transition to Integration |
12:30 pm | Lunch and Entertainment |
1:00 pm | Expert Panel: Linking Policy and Practice
Panelists: Yvonne Ferrer, Director, Refugee Settlement Unit, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Dr. Trina Foster, Executive Director at Ontario Centre for Workforce InnovationLeslie Emory, Executive Director, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization Dr. Josephine Etowa, Professor, University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Loyer DaSilva Research Chair in Public Health Nursing Facilitator: Jennifer Ditchburn, Editor-in-Chief, Policy Options |
2:25 pm | Closing Remarks and Acknowledgements
Hindia Mohamoud, Director, OLIP |
2:30 pm | Adjournment |
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