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Moderator/MC | Statistics Canada conference on immigration and diversity | February 23, 2009
Canada | February 23, 2009
I was invited to moderate and MC a conference called Diversity Matters in Vancouver, a one-day conference featuring a panel of high-profile experts who explored the changes, trends and implications of ethno-cultural diversity and immigration for Canada, British Columbia and Metro Vancouver. Presentation topics included:
- 2006 Census highlights on immigration, language, ethnic origin and visible minorities;
- Profiles of main ethnic communities in BC;
- The changing diversity composition of the population across sub-provincial regions within BC;
- Implications of diversity and future projections;
- Immigrants and the economy of Metro Vancouver;
- Attracting immigrants to smaller centres.
Presenters included:
Anil Arora
Assistant Chief Statistician, Social, Institutions and Labour Statistics Field, Statistics Canada
Dave O'Neil
Director, Population Statistics, BC Stats
Andrew Ramlo
Director, Urban Futures
Professor Dan Hiebert
Co-Director, Metropolis BC
Center of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity
Official conference website: www.diversitymattersconference.ca
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Archives:
Countries:
Canada
Indonesia
Korea
Malaysia
Philippines
United Kingdom
Broadcasters:
Government Agencies:
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Department of Justice
Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Internatonal Trade
Managers' Community (Government of Canada)
The Metropolis Project
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Statistics Canada
Public Organisations:
CIPA
Conference Board of Canada
Immigrant Services Society of BC
Institute of Canadian Citizenship (ICC)
Pecha Kucha
Universities:
Mount Royal University
Simon Fraser University
University of Birmingham
University of British Columbia
University of East Anglia
University of Toronto Scarborough
Vancouver Island University
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