{"id":1919,"date":"2016-12-20T16:09:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T21:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/?post_type=cu_event&p=1919"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:37:23","slug":"19th-national-metropolis-conference","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/event\/19th-national-metropolis-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"19th National Metropolis Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOOKING FORWARD: MIGRATION AND MOBILITY IN 2017 AND BEYOND<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The National Metropolis Conference is an annual forum for researchers, policy makers, representatives from community and settlement organizations to get together to share and exchange knowledge and experience in the field of immigration and settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2017 National Metropolis Conference will focus on future immigration trends and policies and the challenges and opportunities that they create for Canadian society. The conference will include plenary panels with distinguished speakers and workshop and roundtable sessions on a wide variety of topics related to immigration and diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19E CONGR\u00c8S NATIONAL METROPOLIS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

ALLER DE L’AVANT: MIGRATION ET MOBILIT\u00c9 AU-DEL\u00c0 DE 2017<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Le Congr\u00e8s national Metropolis 2017 sera ax\u00e9 sur les politiques et les tendances futures en immigration, ainsi que sur les d\u00e9fis et les opportunit\u00e9s que celles-ci engendrent pour la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne. Le congr\u00e8s va \u00eatre compos\u00e9 de quatre s\u00e9ances pl\u00e9ni\u00e8res auxquelles sont invit\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9minents conf\u00e9renciers, et d\u2019ateliers et de tables rondes qui vont toucher \u00e0 une grande vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de sujets li\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019immigration et \u00e0 la diversit\u00e9. Nous pr\u00e9voyons accueillir plusieurs centaines de participants provenant du Canada et de l\u2019\u00e9tranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hon. John McCallum, federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Kathleen Weil, Quebec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre will be opening the 19th edition of the National Metropolis conference. This three day conference will feature three plenaries and some 150 workshops and round tables on the latest research on immigration, settlement and integration. A preliminary draft program can be viewed here: Metropolis 2017_programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that early-bird registration for the Conference is in effect until January 9th. To register, please visit www.metropolisconference.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The City of Montreal will also be hosting a complimentary cocktail reception for registered Metropolis delegates on the evening of March 16th at Montreal’s city hall. As space is limited, we ask that attendees RSVP in advance by emailing victoria.chwalek@acs-aec.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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