Programs and Activities - 2000
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION: THE CHINESE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE By Senator Vivienne Poy
 The Centre for Canadian-Australian Studies is pleased to announce the imminent release of its first publication, the Nortel Networks Canadian Studies Inaugural Address delivered in July 2000 by Canadian Senator Vivienne Poy. The address offers a personal and historical discussion of the evolution of Canadian immigration law as well as the shifting trends and attitudes that have influenced the Chinese-Canadian experience.
The volume will be published by the University of Wollongong Press and will be the first in a series of annual lectures delivered by prominent Canadians. Senator Poy's book will also feature an Introduction by Helen Sham-Ho, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Senator Poy, Canada's first Senator of Chinese descent gave a talk entitled "Citizenship and Immigration: The Chinese-Canadian Experience." She gave a personal and historical discussion of the shifting trends and attitudes that have influenced the Chinese-Canadian experience.
Renegotiating Identities
Biennial ACSANZ Conference/
2nd Annual Asia Pacific Conference in Canadian Studies
July 2000
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Titled "Renegotiating Identities: Canadian Studies in an Asia Pacific Context," these two conferences involved over one hundred guests from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and more than twenty additional countries. The conferences were also the first major event to be held by the University of Wollongong's Centre for Canadian-Australian Studies. The Centre was officially launched by Canadian Senator Vivienne Poy who presented the first annual Nortel Networks Canadian Studies Address on the topic of "Citizenship and Immigration: The Chinese Canadian Experience."
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The conferences were opened by a smoking ceremony by the Doonooch dancers and were held in collaboration with a multitude of community and cultural groups from the Illawarra and beyond. Featured presenters and performers included renowned Kwagiutl artist and writer David Neel, author Roy Miki and academic David Staines. |
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Papers were presented by over forty-two international guests on a wide range of Canadian Studies topics including cultural identity, film and international relations. There were also a number of panel discussions including one addressing the cross-cultural issues and politics between migrant and Indigenous communities which featured Jackie Huggins, Maria Dimopoulos, Anita Heiss and Aruna Srivastava.
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