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ON DIVERSITY, November 2008
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In this issue
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-----------------------------------------------------------------** Ninth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations **
16-19 June 2009
Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration (RISEBA), Riga, Latvia
www.Diversity-Conference.com
** Call for Papers **
If you intend to present a paper at the Conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see: http://d09.cg-conference.com/proposal-types. To submit a proposal, see: http://d09.cg-conference.com/proposal-entry-intro. Please note that if your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.
** Registration **
Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options, see: http://d09.cg-conference.com/options-fees. To register for the 2009 Diversity Conference, see: http://d09.cgpublisher.com/registration.
** Accommodation **
Accommodation for the Conference may now be booked. Bookings may be made during registration, or for further information,
please see: http://d09.cg-conference.com/accommodation.
** Conference Themes **
For a detailed version of the Conference themes, please visit: http://d09.cg-conference.com/themes.
** Creator Sites **
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants may make their own Creator Website. Please visit the CGPublisher Creator page at http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html.
** Create a YouTube Presentation **
Whether presenting at the Conference or virtually, we encourage all participants to present on the International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations YouTube Channel. These presentation recordings will be published to YouTube with a link to your Session Description on the Conference website, and (if your paper is accepted to the Journal), a link to the abstract of your paper on the Journal website. YouTube presentations may also be created for past presentations and published papers. For instructions on how to create and upload these presentations, visit the Conference website at
http://d09.cg-conference.com/online-presentations.
[2] Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------** International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations **
Refereeing of submitted papers for Volume 8 is almost complete. If you are requested to referee, please submit your report by the requested due date. We appreciate the participation of all referees.
There are now four issues published and you may view the contents at:
Volume 8, Issue 1: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.643
Volume 8, Issue 2: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.654
Volume 8, Issue 3: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.685
Volume 8, Issue 4: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.716
You may also order the full issue in hardcopy or electronic format, as well as purchase individual papers in both print and electronic formats.
** Would you like to be an Associate Editor? **
All referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal to which they have contributed (the particular papers they refereed will not be identified). If you would like to referee papers, please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com and provide a short resume along with any research interests. If we have any appropriate papers, we will contact you.
[3] Community News
------------------------------------------------** Conferences **
Second Global Studies Conference
30 May to 1 June 2009, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com
Black Knowledges - Black Struggles - Civil Rights: Transnational Perspectives
25-29 March 2009, Bremen, Germany
http://www.caar-web.org/conferences.html
Sharing Cultures 2009
International Conference on Intangible Heritage
30 May to 1 June 2009, Ilha do Pico, Azores, Portugal
http://sharing.cultures2009.greenlines-institute.org/
** Publications **
Socio-Spatial Discrimination in Urban Public Space-Cases from Helsinki and Athens
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:29:154
Order: https://www.taik.fi/kirjakauppa/product_info.php?cPath=26&products;_id=106
Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia
www.scribepublications.com.au/book/humanrightsoverboard
Unwarranted Cruelty (related opinion piece)
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24272004-7583,00.html
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ON DIVERSITY, October
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In this issue
--------------Greetings!
This month I am inviting you to react to the comments "Crossing borders, changing identities" written by Dr. Heather Marion D'Cruz on the weblog http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:29:140. Please also read the replies of Ian D. MacKinnon and Dr. Daniela Piffer (http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/144).
Three new sections will be added to the weblog. In the "Article of the Week" section, an article abstract will be posted each week. I am inviting you to read these articles and to comment on them. Twice a month, the section "News on Diversity" will report events related to diversity issues occurring around the world. Once a month the section "Interesting Journals" will be updated. You will find in this section a list of journals with articles related to diversity issues. Please send me titles and comments about publications that you have read.
Please forward any news, information, announcements, etc. for the newsletter to me at
anouk@home.commongroundpublishing.com.
[1] Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------**Ninth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations**
Riga, Latvia, 15-18 June 2009
www.Diversity-Conference.com
**Call for Papers**
If you intend to present a paper at the Conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see:
http://d09.cg-conference.com/proposal-types. To submit a proposal: http://d09.cg-conference.com/proposal-entry-intro. Please note that if your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.
**Registration**
Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options, see: http://d09.cg-conference.com/options-fees. To register for the 2009 Diversity Conference see: http://d09.cg-conference.com/registration.
**Conference Themes**
For a detailed version of the conference themes, please visit: http://d09.cg-conference.com/themes.
**Creator Sites**
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants can make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page
(http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html).
[2] Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------**Journal Subscription**
To find out more information about a Diversity Journal subscription, please visit
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html and see http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/112.
** Diversity Journal Volume 8 (2008)**
Refereeing of submitted papers is well underway. If you are requested to referee, please submit your report by the requested due date. We appreciate the participation of all referees.
There are now two issues published and you can view the contents at:
Volume 8, Number 1: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.643
Volume 8, Number 2: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.654
You may also order the full issue in hardcopy or electronic format as well as purchase individual papers in both print and electronic formats.
A third issue will be shortly published.
**Would you like to be an Associate Editor?**
Would you like to be an Associate Editor? Would you like to be an Associate Editor? For further information, please visit http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/109.
**Review of Articles**
Authors and Readers Want Your Feedback Authors of papers, and people who are about to read an article often find post-publication reviews to be extremely helpful. For more information, visit
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/124.
[3] Community News
------------------------------------------------**Conferences**
Second Global Studies Conference
30 May to 1 June 2009, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com
Black Knowledges - Black Struggles - Civil Rights: Transnational Perspectives
25-29 March 2009, Bremen, Germany
For further information, please visit the website of the conference at
http://www.caar-web.org/conferences.html.
Sharing Cultures 2009
International Conference on Intangible Heritage
30 May to 1 June 2009, Ilha do Pico, Azores, Portugal
For further information, please visit the website of the conference at
http://sharing.cultures2009.greenlines-institute.org/.
Fourth Global Conference: Pluralism, Inclusion and Citizenship
31 October to 2 November 2008
Salzburg, Austria
For further information, please visit the website of the conference at
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/diversity/pluralism/pluralism.htm.
**Publications**
Socio-spacial dicrimination
Michail Galanakis recently published his doctoral dissertation "Space Unjust: Socio-Spatial
Discrimination in Urban Public Space. Cases from Helsinki and Athens".
To read the press release, please see: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:29:154.
For orders and review copies: TaiK Publications, tel. +358 9 7563 0319, book@taik.fi,
https://www.taik.fi/kirjakauppa/product_info.php?cPath=26&products;_id=106.
Human rights
Linda Briskman, Susie Latham, Chris Goddard, 2008, Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia, Scribe: Australia. www.scribepublications.com.au/book/humanrightsoverboard.
See Opinion piece 'Unwarranted cruelty' in The Australian, 1 September 2008, by Chris Goddard, Susie Latham and Linda Briskman
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24272004-7583,00.html.
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ON DIVERSITY, August 2008
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In this issue
--------------Greetings!
This month I am inviting you to react to the comments "Crossing borders, changing identities" written by Dr. Heather Marion D'Cruz on the weblog http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:29:140.
Please forward any news, information, announcements, etc. for the newsletter to me at anouk@home.commongroundpublishing.com.
-----------------------------------------------------------------[1] Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com /
-----------------------------------------------------------------**Ninth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations**
Riga, Latvia, 15-18 June 2009
http://www.Diversity-Conference.com/
** Call for Papers **
If you intend to present a paper at the Conference, your participation begins with submission of a paper proposal. For information on proposals, presentation types, and other options, see: http://d09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_types.html. To submit a proposal: http://d09.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. Please note that if your proposal is accepted, you will then need to register for the Conference.
** Registration **
Those who submit paper proposals should register following the acceptance of the proposal. Conference delegates who do not intend to present may register at any time. For registration options, see: http://d09.cgpublisher.com/registration_types.html. To register for the 2009 Diversity Conference see: http://d09.cgpublisher.com/registration.
** Creator Sites **
All officially registered Diversity Conference delegates may make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page at
http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html.
[2] Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------**Journal Subscription**
To find out more information about a Diversity Journal subscription, please visit
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html and look at http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/112.
** Diversity Journal Volume 8 (2008)**
Submissions are now closed for Volume 8.
Refereeing of submitted papers has commenced. If you are requested to referee could you please submit your report by the requested date. We appreciate the participation of all referees.
The first issues will be published shortly.
** Would you like to be an Associate Editor? **
All referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (although, of course, the particular papers they refereed will not be identified). If you would like to referee papers please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com and provide a short resume and research interests, and if we have any appropriate papers we will contact you.
**Review of Articles**
Authors and Readers Want Your Feedback Authors of papers, and people who are about to read an article often find post-publication reviews to be extremely helpful. For more information, visit http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/124.
[3] Community News
------------------------------------------------**Conferences**
Fourth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
8-11 July 2009, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
http://www.SocialSciencesConference.com
International Conference on "Gender and Diversity in Organizations"
15 January 2009, Paris, France
For further information, please see http://www.escp-eap.eu/campus/paris/colloquia-escp-eap-paris-campus/colloque-genre-et-diversite-2009-a-escp-eap-paris/gender-and-diversity-2009-general-information/.
Critical Race Studies in Education 2009 Conference
14-16 May 2009
University of Illinois, College of Education, Chicago, Illinois, USA
For further information, please see http://education.uic.edu/events/criticalrace/index.cfm.
Identity and Polarization: Implications for our ability to live well together
3-4 October 2008
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
For further information, please see
http://www.chumirethicsfoundation.ca/main/page.php?page_id=160.
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ON DIVERSITY, April 2008
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In this issue
--------------Greetings!
This month I am inviting you to react to the comment "Understanding 'gods'and 'tyrans'" written by Dr. Heather Marion D'Cruz on the weblog
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/105
Please forward any news, information, announcements, etc., for the newsletter to me at anouk.liautaud@commongroundpublishing.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------[1] Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------The Eighth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
HEC Montreal, Montreal, Canada
17-20 June 2008
www.Diversity-Conference.com
Four-hundred and thirty-four proposals have already been approved for the 2008 Diversity Conference. You can view them at
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html and submit yours at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro The deadline for the next round in the Call for Papers is 8 May 2008
For accommodation options, please visit:
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/accommodation_options.html
Please visit the Activities and Extras at
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/extra_options.html for more information about the Conference dinner.
To register for the Conference, please see:
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/registration
For a detailed version of the conference themes, visit:
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/themes.html
The list of main speakers is updated periodically. Please see:
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html
[2] Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------To find out more information about a Diversity Journal subscription, please visit
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html and look at
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/112
To view the last issues of Diversity Journal Volume 7 (2007), please visit
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/110
Would you like to be an Associate Editor? Please visit
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/109
[3] Community News
------------------------------------------------Online Exhibition: 14 March 2008 - 13 March 2010
iPak - 10,000 Songs, 10,000 Images, 10,000 Abuses: Generative Art as Re-generative
Force, Art as Medicine, Polyphonic Narrative
For more information, see http://turbulence.org/Works/iPak or contact ajaykumar@ajaykumar.com
Equal Opportunities International Conference, 1-3 July 2008
Call for Papers for the stream 'Work and Career Experiences of Ethnic Minority Men and
Women'. For more information see http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/128
Creator Sites
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants can make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page
(http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html).
Review of Articles
Authors and Readers Want Your Feedback Authors of papers, and people who are about to read an article often find post-publication reviews to be extremely helpful. For more information, visit http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary/124
[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
-------------------------------------------------Newsletter subscriptions are free and open to anyone who intends to participate in the conference or who is interested in the journal and conference concerns. If you have friends or colleagues who may like to receive this newsletter, please ask them to forward us their email details or enter them through the newsletter link on the journal website
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
If you would like to be removed from this list, please reply to this email with the word 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line. Make sure that you send your request to unsubscribe from the same e-mail address that received the Newsletter.
The Diversity Community Newsletter, March 2008
In this issue
--------------------[1] Introduction
--------------------Greetings!
Dr. Heather Marion D'Cruz had posted two comments on the weblog 'National security': an excuse for racism?' and 'Apology by Australian Government to Indigenous Australians'. Dr. Margot Hovey had posted 'A Circumpolar View of Rudd's Apology'.
Please send your comments about them at http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
Please forward any news, information, announcements, etc. for the newsletter to me at anouk.liautaud@commongroundpublishing.com
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------Conference in Liverpool
Intercultural Cities Conference will be held from May 1-3, 2008 in Liverpool. It is an official UK event for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. The conference is organised by EUCLID and Comedia, in association with the Liverpool Culture Company, and with the support of the European Commission and the Council of Europe. You can find more information by visiting the website of the conference:
http://inter.culture.info/icc
Award Winner Announcement
Congratulations to Helen Lewis and Andrea Williams, the winners of the International Award for Excellence in the Area of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations.
Helen and Andrea's paper, 'Sharing the Story: Canadian First Nations' and 'Traveller Community Development', can be accessed in the online bookstore:
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.556
Abstract: At the 6th International Conference on Diversity in 2006, participants from Northern Ireland and Canada had the opportunity to meet and discuss parallels between Irish Travellers in Northern Ireland and First Nations People in Canada. First Nations community development workers from Canada subsequently travelled to Northern Ireland to facilitate a series of workshops with a range of Irish Traveller organisations and Irish Travellers themselves. This paper discusses the impact and potential of this exchange between indigenous marginalised groups. It begins with an overview of the Irish Traveller and First Nations populations in Northern Ireland and Canada, as well as various policy responses to them. The paper then highlights some of the discussions that have taken place during Sharing The Story project activities - many of which have centred on improving community development practices and influencing effective public policy in relation to Irish Travellers. The interaction between First Nations people and Travellers has also opened up valuable space to explore new approaches to achieving positive change for Irish Travellers. This paper argues that this type of dialogue presents a useful alternative to the highly polarised debate that often takes place about the assimilation or integration of Travellers.
If you have read this paper and would like to make comments please add a review at
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.556/addReview
International Award - List of runners up
The Effects of Team Composition on Multicultural Group Performance
Jolanta Aritz and Robyn Walker
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.498
Faculty Attitudes towards Persons with Disabilities when Controlling for Attitudes toward Diversity
Lucy Barnard and William Lan
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.445
Gender Stereotypes and the Role Played by Guidance Counsellors in Accompanying Girls in Atypical Career Choices
Jeanne d'Arc Gaudet and Isabel Savoie
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.517
Transnational and Intercultural Skills for the Management of European Networks Verena Hachmann and Philip Potter
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.461
Embodied Enlightenment: The Submissive Islamic Female Body in the Contemporary Dutch Enlightenment Project
Katherine Margaret Kirk
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.496
Improving the Wellbeing and Quality of Life of Older People in the UK by Making Systemic and Sustainable Shifts Towards Prevention: A Partnerships for Older People Projects Case
Bob McClelland
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.455
Including Muslim Teachers' Sensibilities into Wider National and International Discussions About Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Dolana Mogadime and Sherry Ramrattan Smith
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.558
Cypriot High Schools as Cultural Mosaics: Students' Perspectives and Experiences
Anna Nicolaou, Chrisa Nitsiou and Sophia Charalambous
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.579
Representing Traveller Identity from within: Negotiating Diversity and Belonging in Scotland
Sara Reith
To be published in an upcoming issue
Hyphened Identities: Representations of Race, Gender, and Diaspora in Contemporary Australian Teenage Literature
Lana Zannettino
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.579
Online Conversation
Exchange your ideas, concerns, and questions with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
Creator Sites
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants can make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page (http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html). When you've logged in, you can proceed to develop a website to serve as private storage and collaborative space, and publicly display publications, biographical and contact information, weblog entries, and external links.
Review of Articles
Authors and Readers Want Your Feedback Authors of papers, and people who are about to read an article often find post-publication reviews to be extremely helpful. This is why Common Ground provides all readers with the opportunity to comment on any paper that they've read via the 'Write a Review' feature. All you need to do is to go to the page for that particular article, go to the bottom of the page, click on the 'Write a Review' link and let your voice be heard. Give your review a title, add your review content and click on the star rating. All reviews are moderated by Common Ground's publishing team (to prevent irrelevant or slanderous submissions). Please note that the 'Write a Review' feature is not the place to inform us of typos in the catalogue. If you notice such mistakes and would like to report them, please contact us at journals@commongroundpublishing.com noting the product link and the specific error.
Contributing Editors Needed
The Diversity Community Newsletter is intended to serve as a forum through which its recipients can communicate items of relevance to their colleagues and, in doing so, assist in the building of community around a shared interest in diversity issues. Contributing Editors play a key role in the Newsletter by providing essential content, including information on conferences and symposia, fellowships, books by Diversity Community members, opportunities to publish, and additional items of interest. The Contributing Editors are particularly well suited to this role because their disciplinary affiliation, professional networks and geographical location, among other things, often provide them with access to information that might be otherwise overlooked or inaccessible.
We are currently looking for additional Contributing Editors for Diversity Community Newsletter. We greatly appreciate the continued participation of Contributing of Gregory P. Meyjes, PhD. visiting Professor at Middle Tennessee State University and CEO of Solidaris Intercultural Services L.L.Cs. However, we recognize that, given the size of the task, additional Editors are needed to significantly increase Newsletter content. We are looking for people who are professionally engaged and interested in the mission of the Newsletter, as well as able to commit to submitting at least one contribution per month.
In addition to assisting with the Newsletter, Contributing Editors serve on the International Advisory Board of the International Conference on the Diversity in Organisations (www.Diversity-Conference.com) and its corresponding journal The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations (www.Diversity-Journal.com). Advisory Board members provide suggestions on the themes of each year's Conference and Journal, as well as the overall intellectual direction. In return, Contributing Editors receive a complimentary registration to the Conference and subscription to the Journal.
Applicants should send a letter of interest and CV to Helen Agans at helen.agans@commongroundpublishing.com. Please note that because we are interested in the serving the diverse, and truly international, interests of the Diversity Community, we hope to have a correspondingly diverse applicant pool. Once we have received and reviewed all applications, e-mail notifications will be sent to all applicants notifying them of the final decision.
-----------------------------------------------------------[3] Conference News(www.Diversity-Conference.com)
-----------------------------------------------------------The Eighth International Conference on the Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations will be held in Montreal, Canada, 17-20 June 2008 at HEC Montreal (affiliated with the University of Montreal).
Conference Venue
HEC Montreal
3000 chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 2A7
http://www.hec.ca/en/index.html
Proposals
Three hundred forty two proposals have already been approved for the 2008 Diversity Conference. You can view them at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html and submit yours at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
The deadline for the next round in the Call for Papers is 17 April 2008.
Main Speakers
See: http://d08.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html
Susan Bridges
Dr Susan Bridges has taught in first and second language education for the past 25 years. Her research on pedagogy and diversity in both higher education and mainstream schooling is informed by ethnographic and interactional traditions. She has degrees in secondary teaching and applied linguistics and her doctoral work focussed on TESOL teacher education. She is currently an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Dentistry at The University of Hong Kong working in curriculum design, e-learning and professional communication. Prior to this, she was a Research Fellow with the Faculty of Education at Griffith University, Australia. She has been an active member of Australian professional bodies in applied linguistics (ALAA) and teacher education (ATEA) contributing to a 2007 edited collection for the former and to the work of the 2005 National Conference Organising and Editorial Committees for the latter. She joined the Diversity Conference community in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded the International Award for Excellence with Cristina Poyatos Matas for a paper on multicultural education.
Cristina Poyatos Matas
Dr. Cristina Poyatos Matas migrated to Australia in 1991 from Spain. She completed her Bachelor (Hons) and Masters of Education with Honours in The University of Bristol (England). Her doctoral work in Australia in the area of applied linguistics received The University of Queensland Dean's Commendation for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Thesis 2005. She teaches as a senior lecturer in Spanish Studies at Griffith University. In 2001 and 2002 she was a finalist for the prestigious Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) in the category of Humanities. In 2003 she became a HERDSA Fellow, and in 2006 she received a Carrick Institute Citation Award for her contribution to research supervision (Honours, Master and PhD). She has contributed to several research projects related to education, among them a Large ARC and a CAUT grant. Her research interests include Multicultural Education, Hispanic Communities in Queensland, Intercultural Communication, Grammar Teaching, and Higher Education Pedagogy. She contributed to writing the book Multicultural Queensland 2001, and has presented her research work in universities in Australia, France, Canada, England, New Zealand, Malaysia, Spain, and USA. In 2007 she received the International Award for Excellence of the International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations with Susan Bridges for a paper on multicultural education.
Jock Collins
Jock Collins is Professor of Economics at the University Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia, where he has been teaching since 1977. His research interests centre on an interdisciplinary study of immigration and cultural diversity in the economy and society. His recent research has been on Australian immigration, ethnic crime, immigrant entrepreneurship, immigrant youth, ethnic precincts and tourism, multiculturalism, the Cronulla Beach Riots and the social use of ethnic heritage and the built environment. He is the author or co-author of nine books, the most recent of which is Bin Laden in the Suburbs: criminalizing the Arab other (with Scott Poynting, Greg Noble and Paul Tabar). He is also the author of over 50 articles in international and national academic journals and book chapters. His work has been translated in French, Japanese, Arabic, Dutch, Chinese and Italian. Jock Collins has had visiting academic appointments in the UK, Canada, Sweden and the United States.
Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary is currently Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the University of Pennsylvania Program in Ethnic Conflict. Before coming to Penn, O'Leary was on the faculty of the London School of Economics and Political Science between 1983 and 2003, where he had been Professor of Political Science, chair (convenor) of its Government Department, and an elected Academic Governor.
O'Leary's research interests include theories of the liberal democratic state, nationalism, national and ethnic conflict regulation, political violence, and power-sharing in deeply divided places. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of fifteen books and collections, and has authored or co-authored over 100 refereed articles and book chapters.
O'Leary's academic career has always been combined with political advisory work. He was a political advisor to the British Labour Shadow Cabinet on Northern Ireland between 1987-8 and 1996-7, advising Kevin McNamara and the late Marjorie ('Mo') Mowlam. He advised Irish, British, and American government ministers and officials and the Irish-American Morrison delegation during the Northern Ireland peace process, appeared as an expert witness before the US Congress, and was a guest at the White House. His work with John McGarry on police reform in Northern Ireland was singled out in the press for influencing the Patten Commission which reported in 1999. O'Leary subsequently played a significant role in public debate over the implementation of the report Link.
O'Leary has also worked as a constitutional advisor for the European Union and the United Nations in promoting confederal and federal resolutions in Somalia, and for the United Kingdom's Department of International Development in constitutional consultancies on power-sharing in coalition governments in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, and in Nepal. He contributed to the United Nations Human Development Report on Culture and Liberty (2004). Since 2003 he has been an international constitutional advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, assisting in preparation for: the negotiation of the Transitional Administrative Law (2004); electoral systems design (2004-5); the Constitution of Iraq (2005); and the Constitution of the Kurdistan Region (2005- ongoing). O'Leary has acted as an expert witness on Iraq to branches of the US Government, and acted as an expert witness to the United Kingdom's Iraq Commission (8th hearing, part 7).
Robert Latham
Robert Latham is the director of the Centre for International and Security Studies, and associate professor of Political Science, at York University in Toronto. Among the research at the centre that he is leading are projects on diasporas and migration, and cooperation and conflict in diverse societies. He is especially interested in ways of reframing understandings of highly complex, diverse, and increasingly transnational societies beyond the models inherited from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He was recently a visiting fellow at the Transnationalism Project at the University of Chicago. Previously, he managed programs and conducted research in the international affairs at the Social Science Research Council in New York and taught at Columbia University. Besides his work on transnational relations, migration, and multiculturalism, he has research interests in communications & international politics; ecology; human security; and global governance. Some of his publications are Digital Formations: IT and New Architectures in the Global Realm (co-edited with Saskia Sassen); Bombs and Bandwidth: The Emerging Relationship Between Information Technology and Security; Intervention and Transnationalism in Africa: Global-Local Networks of Power; The Liberal Moment: Modernity, Security, and the Making of Postwar International Order; as well as numerous articles and reports. Throughout his career he has consulted with international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme, NGOs such as Canada's World, and various government agencies around the world.
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-----------------------------------------------------------Diversity Journal Subscription
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants receive complimentary one-year subscription to the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. This subscription is valid for one year following the end date of the Conference. To access the subscription, please visit the subscriptions webpage of the Journal:
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The International Journal Of Diversity In Organisations, Communities And Nations
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Diversity Journal Volume 8 (2008)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 8 of the Journal.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/publish.html
The deadline for submissions for pre-conference double-blind refereeing is 17 March 2008. Early submissions have already been assigned to referees. The final deadline for submission is 20th July 2008.
----------------------------------------------------Diversity Journal Volume 7 (2007)
We are currently finalising the final issue for Volume 7.
Published issues are available for Volume 7 at www.Diversity-Journal.com
Included in Volume 7, Number 5 is Jack Levin's paper 'Hate Crimes: Myths and Realities'. Jack Levin was a keynote speaker at the seventh International Conference and you can find his paper at http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.591
Also recently published in Volume 7, Number 5 is Halleh Ghorashi's paper 'The Paradoxes of Cultural Diversity within Organizations'. Halleh Ghorashi was also a keynote speaker at the seventh International Conference. The paper can be found at
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Diversity Community Newsletter, February 2008
In this issue
--------------------[1] Introduction
--------------------Greetings! Happy New Year to those celebrating the New Year's Day on January 1st!
Dr. Heather Marion D'Cruz had posted two comments on her recent experiences in England ("Questions of 'race': interesting contrasts" and "As a visitor to the UK") on the weblog. Please send your comments about them at http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary).
Please forward any news, information, announcements, etc. for the newsletter to me at anouk.liautaud@commongroundpublishing.com.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------USA New Ph.D In Litteracy Study
This is to announce an exciting new interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Literacy Studies at Middle Tennessee State University - a program designed to create public and private sector literacy specialists. Uniting five disciplines - Education, Speech & Language Pathology, Psychology, Linguistics, and Sociology - the program is currently internationally recruiting students for the Fall of 2008. For more information, see www.mtsu.edu/~literacy and/or contact: Dr. Diane Sawyer (dsawyer@mtsu.edu).
Online Conversations
Exchange your ideas, concerns, and questions with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
Creator Sites
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants can make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page (http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html). When you've logged in, you can proceed to develop a website to serve as private storage and collaborative space, and publicly display publications, biographical and contact information, weblog entries, and external links.
Review of Articles
Authors and Readers Want Your Feedback
Authors of papers, and people who are about to read an article often find post-publication reviews to be extremely helpful. This is why Common Ground provides all readers with the opportunity to comment on any paper that they've read via the 'Write a Review' feature. All you need to do is to go to the page for that particular article, go to the bottom of the page, click on the 'Write a Review' link and let your voice be heard. Give your review a title, add your review content and click on the star rating. All reviews are moderated by Common Ground's publishing team (to prevent irrelevant or slanderous submissions). Please note that the 'Write a Review' feature is not the place to inform us of typos in the catalogue. If you notice such mistakes and would like to report them, please contact us at journals@commongroundpublishing.com noting the product link and the specific error.
Contributions to The Newsletter
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the editor or the contributing editor for possible inclusion in the Newsletter. All submissions in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line to anouk.liautaud@commongroundpublishing.com will be considered.
-----------------------------------------------------------[3] Conference News(www.Diversity-Conference.com)
-----------------------------------------------------------The Eighth International Conference on the Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations will be held in Montreal, Canada, 17-20 June 2008 at HEC Montreal (affiliated with the University of Montreal).
Conference Venue
HEC Montreal
3000 chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 2A7
http://www.hec.ca/en/index.html
Proposals
Three hundred and two proposals have already been approved for the 08 Diversity Conference. You can view them at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html and submit yours at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
The deadline for the next round in the Call for Papers is February 14th, 2008.
Main Speakers
See: http://d08.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html
Susan Bridges
Professor Bridges has taught in first and second language education for the past 25 years. She is currently an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Dentistry at The University of Hong Kong working in curriculum design, e-learning and professional communication. Her research on pedagogy and diversity in both higher education and mainstream schooling is informed by ethnographic and interactional traditions. She joined the Diversity Conference community in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded the International Award for Excellence with Cristina Poyatos Matas for a paper on multicultural education.
Cristina Poyatos Matas
Cristina Poyatos Matas teaches as a senior lecturer in Spanish Studies at Griffith University. In 2003 she became a HERDSA Fellow, and in 2006 she received a Carrick Institute Citation Award for her contribution to research supervision (Honours, Master and PhD). Her research interests include Multicultural Education, Hispanic Communities in Queensland, Intercultural Communication, Grammar Teaching, and Higher Education Pedagogy. She contributed to writing the book Multicultural Queensland 2001, and has presented her research work in universities in Australia, France, Canada, England, New Zealand, Malaysia, Spain, and USA. In 2007 she received the International Award for Excellence of the International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations with Susan Bridges for a paper on multicultural education.
Jock Collins
Jock Collins is Professor of Economics at the University Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia, where he has been teaching since 1977. His research interests focus on an interdisciplinary study of immigration and cultural diversity in the economy and society. His recent research has been on Australian immigration, ethnic crime, immigrant entrepreneurship, immigrant youth, ethnic precincts and tourism, multiculturalism, the Cronulla Beach Riots and the social use of ethnic heritage and the built environment.
Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary is currently Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the University of Pennsylvania Program in Ethnic Conflict. Before coming to Penn, O'Leary was on the faculty of the London School of Economics and Political Science between 1983 and 2003, where he had been Professor of Political Science, chair (convenor) of its Government Department, and an elected Academic Governor. O'Leary's research interests include theories of the liberal democratic state, nationalism, national and ethnic conflict regulation, political violence, and power-sharing in deeply divided places. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of fifteen books and collections, and has authored or co-authored over 100 refereed articles and book chapters.
[4] The Journal News(www.Diversity-Journal.com)
-----------------------------------------------------------Diversity Journal Subscription
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants receive a complimentary one-year subscription to the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. This subscription is valid for one year following the end date of the Conference. To access the subscription, please visit the subscriptions webpage of the Journal: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.413
----------------------------------Diversity Journal Volume 8 (2008)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 8 of the Journal.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/publish.html .You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
Once you receive notification that your proposal has been accepted you will be able to upload your full paper for refereeing.
The deadline for submissions for pre-conference double-blind refereeing is 17 March 2008.
----------------------------------Diversity Journal Volume 7 (2007)
Refereeing of papers is finalized.
Two new issues are now available for Volume 7 at www.Diversity-Journal.com
You can view the contents and/or purchase the entire issue in print or electronic format at:
Issue 4 http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.530
Issue 5 http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.561
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You can also purchase individual papers in both print and electronic formats.
----------------------------------------------------[5] Newsletter Subscriptions
----------------------------------------------------Newsletter Subscriptions are free and open to anyone who intends to participate in the conference or who is interested in the journal and conference concerns. If you have friends or colleagues who may like to receive this newsletter, please ask them to forward us their e-mail details or enter them through the newsletter link on the journal website: http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
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Diversity Community Newsletter, December 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Introduction
--------------------Greetings! This month I am inviting you to read the interesting information and comments posted by Dr. Heather Marion D'Cruz on the weblog and to take part of the dialog she is initiating (see: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:29:80).
I am also inviting you to read and to react to the "Othering Circumpolar" postage of Dr Margot Hovey in which she narrates her new living experience in Iqaluit, Nunavut (Canada)(see: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary#p:29:80).
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Cristina Poyatos Matas and Dr. Susan Bridges - both winners of International Award for Excellence of the International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations - will be two of the main speakers at the 08 International Diversity Conference. For more information please visit the main speakers webpage of the website http://d08.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html.
I would like also to remind you to take advantage of the CREATOR SITES at http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html.
Finally, please forward any news, information, announcements, etc. for the newsletter to me at anouk.liautaud@commongroundpublishing.com or to Greg Meyjes at meyjes@intersolidaris.com.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
Exchange your ideas, concerns, and questions with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CREATOR SITES
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants can make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page (http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html). When you've logged in, you can proceed to develop a website to serve as private storage and collaborative space, and publicly display publications, biographical and contact information, weblog entries, and external links.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the editor or the contributing editor for possible inclusion in the Newsletter. All submissions in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line to anouk.liautaud@commongroundpublishing.com or meyjes@intersolidaris.com will be considered.
-----------------------------------------------------------[3] Conference News
-----------------------------------------------------------(www.Diversity-Conference.com)
The Eighth International Conference on the Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations will be held in Montréal, Canada 17-20 June 200 at HEC Montreal (affiliated the University of Montreal).
CONFERENCE VENUE
HEC Montreal
3000 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 2A7
http://www.hec.ca/en/index.html.
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
Requests for hotel accommodations for the Eighth International Conference on Diversity are being processed by Suzi Davis Travel (http://www.suzidavis.com/about.htm) in the United States. Suzi Davis Travel recommends the Hotel Terrasse Royale. Please email your request to janice.liescheidt@suzidavis.com and type Eighth International Conference on Diversity in the subject field.
PRESENTATIONS AT THE CONFERENCE
PROPOSALS
Eighty-six proposals have already been approved for the 08 Diversity Conference. You can view them at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html and submit yours at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
The second round of submission ends on December 13 2007.
MAIN SPEAKERS
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html.
-Dr. Susan Bridges
Professor Bridges has taught in first and second language education for the past 25 years. She is currently an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Dentistry at The University of Hong Kong working in curriculum design, e-learning and professional communication. Her research on pedagogy and diversity in both higher education and mainstream schooling is informed by ethnographic and interactional traditions. She joined the Diversity Conference community in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded the International Award for Excellence with Cristina Poyatos Matas for a paper on multicultural education.
-Dr. Cristina Poyatos Matas
She teaches as a senior lecturer in Spanish Studies at Griffith University. In 2003 she became a HERDSA Fellow, and in 2006 she received a Carrick Institute Citation Award for her contribution to research supervision (Honours, Master and PhD). Her research interests include Multicultural Education, Hispanic Communities in Queensland, Intercultural Communication, Grammar Teaching, and Higher Education Pedagogy. She contributed to writing the book Multicultural Queensland 2001, and has presented her research work in universities in Australia, France, Canada, England, New Zealand, Malaysia, Spain, and USA. In 2007 she received the International Award for Excellence of the International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations with Susan Bridges for a paper on multicultural education.
[4] Journal News
-----------------------------------------------------------DIVERSITY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants receive a complimentary one-year subscription to the International Journal of Diversity In Organisations, Communities and Nations. This subscription is valid for one year following the end date of the Conference. To access the subscription, please visit the subscriptions webpage of the Journal: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html.
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 8 (2008)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 8 of the Journal.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
Once you receive notification that your proposal has been accepted you will be able to upload your full paper for refereeing.
-------------------------DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007)
Refereeing of papers is almost finished. If you have been requested to referee, please submit your report by the date requested to assist in completing the refereeing for this volume. We appreciate the participation of all referees.
Three issues have now been published and are available at www.Diversity-Journal.com.
Direct links to the individual issues are as follows:
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A fourth issue will be published soon.
-------------------------ISSUES OF VOLUME 6 NOW AVAILABLE
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[5] NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
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Diversity Community Newsletter, November 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Introduction
--------------------Greetings! My name is Anouk Liautaud. I am the new editor of the Diversity Community Newsletter. I am also assisting with preparations for the Eighth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations which will be held in Montreal, Canada (June 17-20 2008). Thanks to Greg Meyjes for being the past editor and for his contribution to this newsletter. He continues as a contributing editor.
One of the goals of Common Ground Publishing is to build a knowledge community and to create an open dialog around important diversity issues. In order to nourish the ongoing dialog through the Weblog (see: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary), I am inviting you to post your comments, share your experiences, to initiate conversation on the topics that interest you the most, post the titles of publications that might interest the other "bloggers", and post information about organizations that are doing interesting work in the field.
We would like to give to Diversity Conference participants the opportunity to get to know each other better and build a Diversity Conference and Journal network. Do you think that the posting of cvs, photos, and bionotes by the participants on the Common Ground Publishing website will be interesting? If yes, visit the Creator Sites at http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html. This site allows you to create your webpage.
Finally, this newsletter will have an announcement space where professionals and institutions can post their recruitment announcements. Please forward any news, information, announcements etc, for the newsletter to me at anouk.liataud@commongroundpublishing.com.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------AUSTRALIA: COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM (CEP)
The Community Education Program "Getting to Know your Local Council" aims to improve participative democracy through information on democratic systems and processes in Australia. Among other things, events are held to provide personal contact with local Council officers and Councilors. The program specifically targets communities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD). Go to www.holroyd.nsw.gov.au for details, or contact Lucy Maguire (lucy.maguire@holroyd.nsw.gov.au) for materials.
USA: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDIGENOUS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Parties based or focused on the US may be particularly interested in attending the Workshop on Participating in the US National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process: From Scoping to the Record of Decision. Organized by International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, it will be held November 28-29, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, 1300 Tuyuna Trail in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. Contact IIIRM President Mervyn L Tano for details mervtano@iiirm.org; Website: www.iiirm.org
AFRICA: NEW PUBLICAION ON ORGANIZATIONAL DIVERSITY
The following new title on the dynamics of diversity in an organizational environment is open for review: Herselman, S. Dynamics of Diversity in an Organisational Environment. University of South Africa, 2007. (ISBN: 1 86888 277 2.).
EUROPE: AGE-DIVERSE RECRUITMENT PRACTICES
The Vienna-based Mature project has published a report on age-diverse recruitment policies and practices faced by employers. Drawing on expert interview and current best practices, the report presents the main challenges and contains recommendation to reduce age bias in hiring. It is viewable at http://www.mature-project.eu/facts.html.
ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
Exchange your ideas, concern, and questions with ideas with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CREATOR SITES
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants can make their own Creator Website. The first step is visiting the CGPublisher Creator page (http://www.cgpublisher.com/ui/about/for_creators.html). When you've logged in, you can proceed to develop a website to serve as private storage and collaborative space, and publicly display publications, biographical and contact information, weblog entries, and external links.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the editor or the contributing editor for possible inclusion in the Newsletter. All submissions in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line to anouk.liataud@commongroundpublishing.com will be considered.
-----------------------------------------------------------[3] Conference News
-----------------------------------------------------------INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS NEWS
(www.Diversity-Conference.com)
The Eighth International Conference on the Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations will be held in Montreal, Canada 17-20 June 2008
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
Requests for hotel accommodations for the Eighth International Conference on Diversity are being processed by Suzi Davis Travel (http://www.suzidavis.com/about.htm) in the United States. Suzi Davis Travel recommends the Hotel Terrasse Royale. Please email your request to janice.liescheidt@suzidavis.com and type Eighth International Conference on Diversity in the subject field. For more information please visit the accommodation webpage at: http://d08.cgpublisher.com/accommodation_options.html.
PRESENTATIONS AT THE CONFERENCE
Thirty proposals have already been approved for the 2008 Diversity Conference. You can view them at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html and submit yours at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
-----------------------------------------------------------[4] Journal News
-----------------------------------------------------------THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS
(www.Diversity-Journal.com)
DIVERSITY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION
All officially registered Diversity Conference participants have a complimentary one-year subscription to the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. This subscription is valid for one year following the end date of the Conference. To access the subscription, please visit the subscriptions webpage of the Journal: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/subscriptions.html
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007)
All submitted papers have been assigned to referees. Authors are notified when their paper has been assigned to referees. If you are requested to referee please submit your report by the requested due date. We appreciate the participation of all requested referees.
If you would like to referee papers please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com and provide a short resume and research interests and if we have any appropriate papers we will contact you. Referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (although, of course, the particular papers they refereed will not be identified).
The first two issues have now been published and are available at www.Diversity-Journal.com. Direct links to the individual issues are as follows:
Issue 1 http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.437
Issue 2 http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.468
A third issue will be published soon
----------------------------------------------------[5] NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
----------------------------------------------------Newsletter subscriptions are free and open to anyone who intends to participate in the conference or who is interested in the journal and conference concerns. If you have friends or colleagues who may like to receive this newsletter, please ask them to forward us their email details or enter them through the newsletter link on the journal website: http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
If you would like to be removed from this list, please reply to this email with the word 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line.
Diversity Community Newsletter, October 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Welcome
--------------------Greetings! After a July – September hiatus, we warmly welcome you to the October 2007 edition of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a global forum for news, thoughts, & information about diversity. As you will have noticed, changes are afoot – for the better. Like the organization’s many conferences, the newsletters continue to evolve. There is now a team of Graduate Assistants in the organization’s office at the University of Illinois Research Park) to gather information for the Diversity Newsletter. As of the November 2007 issue, information regarding the Diversity Conference and Journal will be sent directly to them. Dr. Gregory Meyjes will continue as Contributing Editor for Community News. All can submit suggestions for the inclusion of information. Submit details of interest, especially events and publications. For guidelines on how to contribute, please see the Community News section, below.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------USA: 2007 DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
The Third International Conference on Cultural Diversity will be hosted by Middle Tennessee State University at locations in and around Nashville, Tennessee (Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2007). Uniting well-known academics and practitioners from government, business, and the world of art, this interdisciplinary and applied event aims at a comprehensive approach to diversity in society at large. For the program and other information visit http://www.mtsu.edu/~cdinit/, or contact Dr. Sharon Shaw-McEwen (sshaw@mtsu.edu).
PHILIPPINES: 2008 ASEAN SEMINAR ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
The 8th ASEAN Inter-University Conference on Social Development, the largest bi-annual gathering of academics and social scientists in Southeast Asia, is planned at Century Park Hotel in Manila (May 28-June 1, 2008). The theme of this IUC, as this event is called for short, will be "ASEAN as a Community: Solidarity in a Globalizing World." 2008 being the 40th anniversary of the of Southeast Asian Nations in 2008, the event aims to build on the vision of the leaders of ASEAN member countries, as articulated at their 2003 meeting in Bali (Bali Concord II). Abstracts are due November 30, 2007; full papers by April 30, 2008. For more information, and to send abstracts, contact Dr. Lourdes Portus at lourdesportus@yahoo.com.
UNITED KINGDOM: 2007 CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE
Focusing on Europe, to discuss, analyze and critique European policy response to immigrants, the DeMontfort University of Leicester, UK, has scheduled a two-day international conference entitled "Europe and its Established & Emerging Immigrant Communities: Assimilation, Multiculturalism or Integration?" For more information, visit: www.dmu.ac.uk/euimmigrationconf or contact Margaret Barton, Short Course & Conference Co-ordinator, Tel: +44 (0) 116 2506213 ,Fax: +44 (0) 116 2577982, E:mail: mbarton@dmu.ac.uk .
CANADA: 2008 GUJARAT STUDIES CONFERENCE
The Gujarat Studies Association will be holding its 2nd Biennial Conference on 23-24 May 2008 at the University of Toronto, Canada. The theme is "Identities: Reflections on Global Gujarati Communities." Calls for papers in English and French, abstract submission details and further particulars are available on the Association’s site at: www.gujaratstudies.org or contact Dr. Sharmina Mawani, Vice-President, mawanis@hotmail.com.
ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
Exchange your ideas, concern, and questions with ideas with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the editor for possible inclusion in the Newsletter. All submissions in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line to meyjes@intersolidaris.com will be considered. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
-----------------------------------------------------------[3] Diversity Conference and Journal News
-----------------------------------------------------------* THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS (http://www.Diversity-Conference.com)
Montréal, Canada 17-20 June 2008.
Main speakers include some of the leading thinkers in diversity studies and leading practitioners, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.
Participants are also welcome to submit a presentation proposal either for a 30-minute paper, 60-minute workshop, jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session or a virtual session. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues.
Presenters may choose to submit written papers to The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, a fully refereed academic Journal. Virtual participation also have the option to submit papers for consideration by the Journal. All registered Conference participants receive a complimentary online subscription to the Journal when registration is finalized. This subscription is valid until one year after the Conference end date.
The Conference addresses a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, it will pursue its well-established interest in other areas, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
For more information, visit http://diversity-conference.com/, or contact info+IJD@commongroundconferences.com.
* THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 8 (2008)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 8 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://d08.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at
http://d08.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
Once you receive notification that your proposal has been accepted you will be able to upload your full paper to for the refereeing process to take place.
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007)
All submitted papers have been assigned to referees. Authors are notified when their paper has been assigned to referees. If you are requested to referee please submit your report by the requested due date. We appreciate the participation of all requested referees.
Should you wish to referee a paper please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com and provide a short resume and research interests and if we have any appropriate papers we will contact you. Referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (although, of course, the particular papers they refereed will not be identified).
The first issue has now been published and is available at www.Diversity-Journal.com or at http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.437
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 6 (2006)
There are currently five published issues for volume 6 - available at www.Diversity-Journal.com. Papers resulting from the Transformation Conference will form the next issue, number 6. Authors will be notified once their paper has been published.
The Associate Editors listing for volume 6 is now available. Please check the Journal website www.Diversity-Journal.com or http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/about.html#ae to download the listing.
----------------------------------------------------[4] NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
----------------------------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its general concerns. Friends, colleagues, or other persons wishing to receive the Newsletter can either forward their e-mail address or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website, http:d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
To remove an address from this list, simply reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Regards,
Greg Meyjes
Outgoing Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community.
Diversity Community Newsletter, July 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Welcome
--------------------Welcome to the July 2007 "Conference Issue" of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a global forum for news, thoughts, & information about diversity. The Newsletter contains announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals. It includes updates on the Diversity Journal and on the July 2007 International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations in Amsterdam. The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes in Washington DC. All can suggest information to include by submitting details of interest, especially events and publications. For guidelines on how to contribute, please see the Community News section, below.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------NORTH AMERICA: 2008 GUJARAT STUDIES CONFERENCE
The Gujarat Studies Association will be holding its 2nd Biennial Conference on 23-24 May 2008 at the University of Toronto, Canada. The theme is "Identities: Reflections on Global Gujarati Communities." Calls for papers in English and French, abstract submission details and further particulars are available on the Association's site at: www.gujaratstudies.org or contact Dr. Sharmina Mawani, Vice-President, mawanis@hotmail.com.
ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
Exchange your ideas, concern, and questions with ideas with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community’s Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D’Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the editor for possible inclusion in the Newsletter. All submissions in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter” in the subject line to meyjes@intersolidaris.com will be considered. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
----------------------------------------------------------[3] Diversity Conference and Journal News
----------------------------------------------------------* THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS (http://www.Diversity-Conference.com)
We have just ended our biggest Diversity Conference ever, and some would say our best. Over six hundred people attended the conference, held at the Free University of Amsterdam and at InHolland School of Health. It was also our most diverse group of delegates ever - a remarkable range of people from about thirty different countries. One of the highlights of the conference was the opening by the Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen. We want to thank the City Government of Amsterdam for supporting the conference in such a wholehearted way, and for the insights of city administrators into their challenges and triumphs as they work in such a diverse social context. Another highlight was the spirited contribution of the Young Diversity group who had been involved in a parallel conference as part of Diversity Week. Still another was the vibrant performance of Musicians Without Frontiers in the closing session of the conference.
We particularly wish to thank Grethe van Geffen and Fiza Ahmed for putting so much work into making this conference a huge success. We also want to thank Greg Meyjes for doing a masterful job in co-ordinating the Talking Circles.
We hope you’ll be able to join us next year for the Eighth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, to be held at HEC Montréal, Canada, 17-20 June 2008.
For those who were unable to attend the conference in-person you can still participate through a virtual registration. Virtual registration provides the opportunity to participate in the following ways:
- Your conference proposal will be listed in the Session Description of the conference. Acceptance of a conference proposal for a virtual participant is based on the same criteria as that for an attending participant.
- You can submit a paper to the corresponding journal.
- Your journal paper submission will be refereed by conference participants (either in-person or virtual) and you will in turn referee paper submissions of other conference participants.
- If accepted, your paper will be published in the same volume as conference participants from the same year. You will have online access to all papers published in the journal from the time of registration until one year after the conference end date.
- You will receive the community newsletter.
You will first need to submit a conference proposal (virtual) by August 1st, please see details at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
Further details can be found on the conference website at: http://diversity-conference.com/
* THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
COMPLIMENTARY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION
As part of your Diversity Conference registration fee you are provided with a complimentary personal subscription to all papers published in the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. The duration of this access period is from the time you register for the conference until one year after the end date of the conference. To view articles, login at www.Diversity-Journal.com with your CGPublisher username and password. You will then be able to download the articles in PDF format to your computer. If you have lost or forgotten your login details select 'Forgot your login' to request a new password. Information on library subscriptions can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com.
WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL PRIZE ANNOUNCED
Investigating Multiculturalism as Policy and Practice in the Middle Years of Schooling: An Australian Study
Dr. Susan Bridges
Dr. Cristina Poyatos Matas
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.314.
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE – LIST OF RUNNERS UP
Discovering International Perspectives on Biological Evolution Across Religions and Cultures: Insights Gained through Developing Methodological Tools for Research in Diverse Contexts
Anila Asghar
Jason R. Wiles
Brian Alters
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.377
Embedding Cultural Understanding in Leadership and Management
Prof. Uduak Archibong
Dr Barbara Burford
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.360
Community Policing and Refugee Settlement in Regional Australia: A Police Perspective
Danielle M. Campbell
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.386
Families Matter: Globalization, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development, Subsidiarity
Dr James J. Ponzetti, Jr
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.296
Diversity is More than Skin Deep: Developing Cultural Understanding
Dr. Patricia Coberly
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.349
Our Palms Are Not Meant Only for Henna: Agency, Tradition And Modernity In Contemporary Bollywood Films
Ms Jyothsna Belliapp
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.393
Identity in Multicultural Societies: Who do we think we are?
Wendy Kennedy
Assoc Prof. John Hall
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.317
Representational Diversity: The Experience and Interpretation of Positive Action
Prof. Uduak Archibong
Dr Sabir Giga
Fahmida Ashraf
Anne Bucktrout
Helen Jackson
Mark R. D. Johnson
Carol Baxter
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.411
Selected Mathematics and Science Outcomes as a Function of South Dakota Educational Reform Policies 1996-2004
Dr. Tzu-Yi Hsu
Richard Elliot Published
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.306
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html
Paper submissions are open for one-way blind refereeing. The due date for submissions is 6 August 2007. Please ensure that your paper is submitted by the deadline.
Should you be unable to attend the Conference in person you can still participate through a virtual registration., which provides the following avenues of participation:
- Your conference proposal will be listed in the Sessions Descriptions of the conference, acceptance being based on the same criteria as that for an attending participant.
- You can then submit a paper to the corresponding journal.
- Your journal paper submission will be refereed by conference participants (in person and remote) and you will in turn referee paper submissions of other conference participants.
- If accepted, your paper will be published in the same volume as attending participants. Besides, you will have access to all papers published in the journal, from the time of registration until one year after the conference end date.
- You will receive the community newsletter.
For details about submitting a submit a virtual conference proposal, see: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
--------------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
--------------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its general concerns. Friends, colleagues, or other persons wishing to receive the Newsletter can either forward their e-mail address or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website, http:d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
To remove an address from this list, simply reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Regards,
Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community.
Diversity Community Newsletter, June 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Welcome
--------------------Welcome to the June 2007 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a global forum for news, thoughts, & information about diversity. The Newsletter contains announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals. It includes updates on the Diversity Journal and on the upcoming International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations (July 2007). It is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes in Washington DC. All can submit suggestions for the inclusion of information. Submit details of interest, especially events and publications. For guidelines on how to contribute, please see the Community News section, below.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------AUSTRALIA: DIVERSITY IN EMERGENCY SERVICES CONFERENCE
The Melbourne Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board and United Firefighters Union of Australia jointly announce their Conference on Diversity in Emergency Services, held October 31 - November 2, 2007. The Conference aims to tackle the most challenging aspects to diversity in emergency services. Therefore, your input and participation are welcome, whether as recipient of services, aspiring employees, evaluators of services, or advocates for diverse groups and communities. Participate as a delegate and/or as a presenter. For more information, visit www.des2007.com or contact Dalal Smiley, Tel: 03 9665 4415, Fax: 03 9665 4443, Mob: 0419 750 360.
USA: 2007 SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
The Intercultural Communication Institute, an established non-profit organization on the US Pacific coast, announces its 31st annual Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC), to be held July 11-27, 2007, in Portland, Oregon. Offering more than 50 workshops in Education, Diversity and Global Diversity, SIIC 2007 will be held on the campus of Reed College. For more information including registration please see: http://www.intercultural.org/siic07.html.
AFRICA: CHRISTIAN – MUSLIM PEACEMAKING
In these days of intercivilizational tensions, diversity practitioners may be interested in the film "The Imam and the Pastor," about the on-going efforts of the Interfaith Mediation Center in Kaduna, Nigeria. The film is based on the work of Imam Mohammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye and tells of their transformation from leaders of militant Muslim Christian and Muslim youth into grassroots peacebuilders. The Center has mediated peace between Christians and Muslims in several Nigerian states, adding to the return of peace in those areas. Contact info@fltfilms.org.uk about the film in Europe, mraproductions@ca.iofc.org for the US-compatible edition (in NTCS), and mcdf2002@yahoo.com about the Center itself.
ne, AustraliaONLINE CONVERSATIONS
Exchange your ideas, concern, and questions with ideas with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the editor for possible inclusion in the Newsletter. All submissions in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line to meyjes@intersolidaris.com will be considered. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
----------------------------------------------------------[3] Diversity Conference and Journal News
----------------------------------------------------------* THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS (http://www.Diversity-Conference.com)
OZW-School of Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 3 - 6 July 2007
The Conference addresses a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and 'racial' diversity, it will pursue its well-established interest in other areas, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Main speakers include:
- Halleh Ghorashi
Iranian-Dutch anthropologist and Special Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration at the Faculty of Culture, Organization, and Management at the Free University of Amsterdam.
- Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee
Personality psychologist and Full Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Sociological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy at the University of Groningen.
- Jack Levin
Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston.
- Gloria Wekker
Professor and Director of GEM (Center of Expertise on Gender, Ethnicity and Multiculturality)
- Lee Badgett
Research Director and visiting Professor at the Williams Institute of UCLA Law School for 2005-7. She is also an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Ronald Prins
Program Director of Diversity in the City of Amsterdam.
- Ruud Koopmans
Research Director of the Department "Migration, Integration, Transnationalization” at the Science Center Berlin for Social Research (WZB).
- Gregory P. Meyjes
Founder of Solidaris Intercultural Services LLC, a cultural and international consulting firm in Falls Church, Virginia, and advisory board member of the International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations, in Victoria, Australia
- Bill Cope
Research Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA and Director of Common Ground Publishing.
For full biographical notes on the main speakers, please see: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers. Presentations accepted for inclusion in the conference program can be viewed at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html.
Conference Activities and Extras: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/extra_options.html
-: The 2007 Diversity Conference Dinner :-
Cruise on Amsterdam's seventeenth-century canals and see the famous waterfront faÁades. You will see the city's sights, including the quaint arched bridges, the narrowest canal, the Dutch East India Company ship De Amsterdam and the Magere Brug Bridge. The trip will take both the Old and the Modern Harbours.
The conference program can be viewed at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/program.html.
ROFFEY PARK RESEARCH DIVERSITY SURVEY
Diversity and equality have become key issues for many organisations, however defining what these words mean and forming a practical strategy to address these challenges can be a struggle. We want to learn more about how different organisations are tackling issues of diversity and equality and would appreciate a few minutes of your time to fill in our survey: www.roffeyparkresearch.com/diversity/index.php. You will receive a free results summary and Adrian Lock and Claire McCartney from Roffey Park will be presenting the findings from this research at the Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations Conference on the 6th July in Amsterdam.
* THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
COMPLIMENTARY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION
As part of your Diversity Conference registration fee you are provided with a complimentary personal subscription to all papers published in the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. The duration of this access period is from the time you register for the conference until one year after the end date of the conference. To view articles, login at www.Diversity-Journal.com with your CGPublisher username and password. You will then be able to download the articles in PDF format to your computer. If you have lost or forgotten your login details select ‘Forgot your login’ to request a new password.
Information on library subscriptions can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com.
WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL PRIZE ANNOUNCED
Investigating Multiculturalism as Policy and Practice in the Middle Years of Schooling: An Australian Study
Dr. Susan Bridges
Dr. Cristina Poyatos Matas
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.314.
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE – LIST OF RUNNERS UP
Discovering International Perspectives on Biological Evolution Across Religions and Cultures: Insights Gained through Developing Methodological Tools for Research in Diverse Contexts
Anila Asghar
Jason R. Wiles
Brian Alters
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.377
Embedding Cultural Understanding in Leadership and Management
Prof. Uduak Archibong
Dr Barbara Burford
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.360
Community Policing and Refugee Settlement in Regional Australia: A Police Perspective
Danielle M. Campbell
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.386
Families Matter: Globalization, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development, Subsidiarity
Dr James J. Ponzetti, Jr
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.296
Diversity is More than Skin Deep: Developing Cultural Understanding
Dr. Patricia Coberly
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.349
Our Palms Are Not Meant Only for Henna: Agency, Tradition And Modernity In Contemporary Bollywood Films
Ms Jyothsna Belliapp
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.393
Identity in Multicultural Societies: Who do we think we are?
Wendy Kennedy
Assoc Prof. John Hall
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.317
Representational Diversity: The Experience and Interpretation of Positive Action
Prof. Uduak Archibong
Dr Sabir Giga
Fahmida Ashraf
Anne Bucktrout
Helen Jackson
Mark R. D. Johnson
Carol Baxter
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.411
Selected Mathematics and Science Outcomes as a Function of South Dakota Educational Reform Policies 1996-2004
Dr. Tzu-Yi Hsu
Richard Elliot Published
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.306
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal - see details at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. Presenters attending the conference may prefer to submit their paper after the conference presentation to include any feedback resulting from their session. The due date for submissions is 6 August 2007.
Pre-conference refereeing is well underway and many authors have received their referee results. There are still a small number of papers requiring reports. If you are requested to referee please submit your report by the due date. We appreciate the participation of all requested referees.
Should you would like to referee papers please email cg-support@commongroundpublishing.com, providing a short resume and research interests. If there are appropriate papers, we will contact you. Referees will be credited as Associate Editors for the volume of the Journal in which they have contributed (though the particular paper(s) they refereed will not be identified).
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 6 (2006)
There are currently five published issues for volume 6 - available at www.Diversity-Journal.com. Papers resulting from the Transformation Conference will form the next issue, number 6. Authors will be notified once their paper has been published.
The Associate Editors listing for volume 6 is now available. Please check the Journal website www.Diversity-Journal.com or http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/about.html#ae to download the listing.
--------------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
--------------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its general concerns. Friends, colleagues, or other persons wishing to receive the Newsletter can either forward their e-mail address or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website, http:d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
To remove an address from this list, simply reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Regards,
Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community.
Diversity Community Newsletter, May 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Welcome
--------------------Welcome to the May 2007 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a global forum for news, thoughts, & information about diversity. The Newsletter contains announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals. It includes updates on the Diversity Journal and on the annual International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. It is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes in Washington DC. All can submit suggestions for the inclusion of information. Do not hesitate to submit details of interest, especially events and publications. For guidelines on how to contribute, please see the Community News section, below.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------HOSTING THE DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
Would your institution, or an institution with which you are affiliated, be interested in hosting the International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations? Hosting the conference attracts considerable international attention for the host institution, and the opportunity to connect local concerns and expertise into a wider intellectual community.
Possibilities include hosting the full, annual conference, or hosting a shorter, more narrowly themed (two or three day) symposium midway between the annual conferences. Content from the conference and symposia are published into the International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations.
If you are interested in exploring these possibilities, please email Helen Agans in our office at the University of Illinois helen.agans@commongroundpublishing.com
WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL PRIZE ANNOUNCED
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Bridges and Dr. Cristina Poyatos Matas, the winners of the International Diversity Journal Prize 2006. Their paper, Investigating Multiculturalism as Policy and Practice in the Middle Years of Schooling: An Australian Study, can be accessed in the online bookstore: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.314.
DIVERSITY AUSTRALIA: A GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE
Recognizing the education sector’s crucial role in developing cross-cultural skills, the Australian Government has added a cultural diversity guide for those working in public education, to the existing two, focused on vocational education and training, and higher education respectively. For more information, including downloads of the texts, go to: http://www.diversityaustralia.gov.au/educate/index.htm.
USA: TOP 50 MULTICULTURAL CORPORATIONS LISTED
Over 500,000 diversity business owners had to opportunity to participate in an online election to determine the "Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities.” The voting business owners based their decisions on such factors as the volume, consistency and quality of business opportunities granted to women and minority-owned companies. Large companies at the top of the list include AT&T;, Coca Cola, Bank of America, Dell, Toyota, Procter & Gamble and Wal-Mart.
See http://www.diversitybusiness.com/news/supplierdiversity/45200669.asp
EUROPE: 2007 EUROPEAN YEAR OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
In the wake of the late 2006 race riots in France, the European Union has anointed the year 2007 as the Year of Equal Opportunity for All, with justice and diversity as the subtext. "Europeans have a right to enjoy equal treatment and a life free of discrimination. The 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All aims to ensure they all know this. For a whole year, we will be putting the spotlight on equal opportunities and the benefits for Europe of a diverse society. Europe has a rich array of talents. We cannot afford to waste them.” Go to http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/eyeq/index.cfm, for more information.
ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
Exchange your ideas, concern, and questions with ideas with other diversity professionals, by visiting, posting, and responding to the Diversity Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at:http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the international diversity community for possible inclusion in the Newsletter. All submissions in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line to meyjes@intersolidaris.com will be considered. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
----------------------------------------------------------[3] Diversity Conference and Journal News
----------------------------------------------------------* THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS
(http://www.Diversity-Conference.com)
OZW-School of Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 3 - 6 July 2007
This conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, it will pursue its well-established interest in other areas, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
The main speakers include:
- Halleh Ghorashi:
Iranian-Dutch anthropologist and Special Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration at the Faculty of Culture, Organization, and Management at the Free University of Amsterdam
- Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee:
Personality psychologist and Full Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Sociological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy at the University of Groningen
- Jack Levin:
Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston
- Gloria Wekker:
Professor and Director of GEM (Center of Expertise on Gender, Ethnicity and Multiculturality)
- Lee Badgett:
Research Director and visiting Professor at the Williams Institute of UCLA Law School for 2005-7 and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
For full biographical notes on the main speakers, please see: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.
- Proposal Submissions
We are currently accepting proposal submissions to the 2007 Diversity Conference at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is the 12th of April 2007.
* THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS
(www.Diversity-Journal.com)
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. Please refer to the website, or to the March Newsletter, for further details on submission and refereeing.
Early submissions have now been assigned to referees. If you have submitted a paper you may be requested to referee up to three other paper submissions. If so requested, please submit your report by the requested due date. The participation of all requested referees is appreciated.
The deadline for submissions for double-blind refereeing was 6 April 2007. Now that this date has passed, you will still be able to submit your paper, but without guarantee that results will be available before the conference.
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 6 (2006)
There are five published issues for volume 6 - available at www.Diversity-Journal.com. There are 75 published papers for volume 6 available.
The final issue will be released soon. This issue will consist of submissions from the Transformations Conference held in November 2006. There is still a small number of authors who have not accepted their publishing agreements or submitted the final version of their paper for typesetting. Please do so as soon as possible. We will not be able to publish your paper without your acceptance of the publishing agreement. Likewise, please submit your final paper as soon as possible. Once submitted, it will be typeset and you will be notified of the availability of the PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy.
--------------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
--------------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its general concerns. Friends, colleagues, or other persons who wish to receive the Newsletter can either forward their e-mail address or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website, http:d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
To remove an address from this list, simply reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Regards,
Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community.
Diversity Community Newsletter, April 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Welcome
--------------------Greetings! Welcome to the April 2007 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a global forum for news, thoughts, & information about diversity. This Newsletter contains announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals. It includes updates on the Diversity Journal and on the annual International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes in Washington DC. All are invited to submit suggestions for the inclusion of information. For guidelines on how to contribute, please see the Community News section, below.
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------UNESCO: WORLD REPORT ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY
2 – 3 April 2007:††Efforts continue on the drafting of a World Report on Cultural Diversity. Following a first meeting held last September in Paris, the Advisory Committee will meet in Venice this month for consultations and to identify experts from around the world to be solicited before the drafting process.† For further information on the development and purpose of the Report see:
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31986&URL;_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL;_SECTION=201.html
USA: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC 2007 DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
On the 10th of April 2007, the Oregon Convention Center will be the site of the fourth annual Portland General Electric Diversity Summit 2007. Business leaders and Human Resources professionals will discover new ways to better address diversity issues while networking with attendees from Oregon’s top businesses and organizations. The Summit is also designed as an employee training resource. See http://www.portlandgeneral.com/diversitysummit for further particulars.
DIRECTORY: ASIAN NEW ZEALAND FOUNDATION
The Foundation, formerly known as Asia 2000, provides about 500 directory entries to Asian organizations in New Zealand and beyond. Listings include groups such as arts and culture, community, education, health, international partnerships, religion, research, seniors, sport, students and social services. Go to:
http://www.asianz.org.nz/community/index.php
ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at:
http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the international diversity community for consideration – in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
----------------------------------------------------------[3] Diversity Conference and Journal News
----------------------------------------------------------* THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS (http://www.Diversity-Conference.com)
OZW-School of Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3 - 6 July 2007
This conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, it will pursue its well-established interest in other areas, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
The main speakers include:
- Halleh Ghorashi: Iranian-Dutch anthropologist and Special Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration at the Faculty of Culture, Organization, and Management at the Free University of Amsterdam
- Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee: Personality psychologist and Full Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Sociological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy at the University of Groningen<>br/
- Jack Levin: Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston
- Gloria Wekker: Professor and Director of GEM (Center of Expertise on Gender, Ethnicity and Multiculturality)
- Lee Badgett: Research Director and visiting Professor at the Williams Institute of UCLA Law School for 2005-7 and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
For full biographical notes on the speakers, please see: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.
- Proposal Submissions
We are currently accepting proposal submissions to the 2007 Diversity Conference at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
The deadline for the next round call for papers is the 10th of April 2007.
* THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. Please refer to the website, or to the March Newsletter, for further details on submission and refereeing.
The deadline for submissions for double-blind refereeing is 6 April 2007. You will still be able to submit your paper after this date, but after this deadline we cannot guarantee that submission results will be available before the conference.
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 6 (2006)
There are five published issues for volume 6 - available at www.Diversity-Journal.com. There are 75 published papers for volume 6 available
The final issue will be released soon. As noted in the March Newsletter, this issue will consist of submissions from the Transformations Conference held in November 2006. There is still a small number of authors who have not accepted their publishing agreements or submitted the final version of their paper for typesetting. Please do so as soon as possible. We will not be able to publish your paper without your acceptance of the publishing agreement. Likewise, please submit your final paper as soon as possible. Once submitted, it will be typeset and you will be notified of the availability of the PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy.
--------------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
--------------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its general concerns. Friends, colleagues, or other persons who wish to receive the Newsletter can either forward their e-mail address or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website, http:d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
To remove an address from this list, simply reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Best regards,
Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community.
Diversity Community Newsletter, March 2007
In this issue
--------------------[1] Welcome
--------------------Welcome to the March 2007 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a global forum for news, thoughts, & information about diversity. It contains announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals – including updates on the Diversity Journal and on the annual International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes in Washington DC. For guidelines on how to contribute, please see Community News (below).
----------------------------------[2] Community News
----------------------------------USA: DIVERSITY BUSINESS CONFERENCE
From 11 – 13 April 2007, DiversityBusiness.com is hosting the 7th annual Multicultural Business Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Areas covered include human resources, supplier diversity, multicultural marketing and ethnic advertising. Over 1500 attendees from corporations, educational institutions, government agencies and small businesses expected. For further particulars, visit
http://www.diversitybusiness.com/Events/DivEvent/2007/.
LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, AND DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
The Second International Conference on Language, Education, and Diversity (LED) will be held 21-24 November 2007 at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. This conference aims to bring together the latest academic and policy discussions, and promotes critical debate, on the often-complex interconnections between diversity and language education, including a) English language education, b) Literacy education (such as school-, adult- and multi-literacies), c) Language education planning and policy, and d) Bilingual/immersion education. For further details, please refer to http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/conference/index.php?id=4.
ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the international diversity community for consideration – in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
----------------------------------------------------------[3] Diversity Conference and Journal News
----------------------------------------------------------* THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS (http://www.Diversity-Conference.com)
OZW-School of Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3 - 6 July 2007
This conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, it will pursue its well-established interest in other areas, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
The main speakers include:
Halleh Ghorashi: Iranian-Dutch anthropologist and Special Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration at the Faculty of Culture, Organization, and Management at the Free University of Amsterdam.
Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee: Personality psychologist and Full Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Sociological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy at the University of Groningen.
Jack Levin: Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston.
Gloria Wekker: Professor and Director of GEM (Center of Expertise on Gender,
Ethnicity and Multiculturality)
Full biographical notes are available online at:
http://d07.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.
- Proposal Submissions
We are currently accepting proposal submissions to the 2007 Diversity Conference at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is the 10th of April 2007.
* THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 7 (2007 participants)
Paper submissions are open for volume 7. Submission guidelines are at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal; please see details at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
Early submissions have now been assigned to referees. If you have submitted a paper you may be requested to referee up to three other paper submissions. Referees: please submit your report by the requested due date. We much appreciate your participation.
The deadline for submissions for double-blind refereeing is 6 April 2007. If you require double-blind refereeing please submit your paper before 6 April 2007.
DIVERSITY JOURNAL Volume 6 (2006 participants)
There are four published issues for volume 6 - available at www.Diversity-Journal.com.
There is still a small number of authors who have not accepted their publishing agreements or submitted the final version of their paper for typesetting. Please do so as soon as possible. We will not be able to publish your paper without your acceptance of the publishing agreement. Likewise, please submit your final paper as soon as possible so that it can be typeset ready for publication in the Journal. Once submitted, it will be typeset and you will be notified of the availability of the PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy. Most authors have now been sent a PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy. Please check your PDF proof by the due date and either request corrections or accept the typeset copy as-is.
Paper submissions resulting from the Transformations Conference held in November 2006 were assigned to referees. If you have been requested to referee could you please submit your report by the requested due date to assist in finalising refereeing for the remaining papers still requiring reports. Papers from this conference will form an individual issue of the Journal and will need to be finalised before the issue is released.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS LISTS
The Associate Editors listings from previous volumes (4 and 5) can now be downloaded from the Journal website: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/about.html#ae. Once all refereeing for the current volume has been completed, its Associate Editor listing will also be available from the Journal website.
--------------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
--------------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its concerns. Friends, colleagues, or other persons who wish to receive the Newsletter can either forward their e-mail address or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website,
http:d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
To remove an address from this list, simply reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Regards,
Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community.
Diversity Community Newsletter, February 2007
--------------
In this issue
-------------- -----------------[1] Welcome
-----------------Greetings and welcome to the first 2007 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a global forum for news, thoughts, & information about diversity. It contains announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals – including updates on the Diversity Journal and on the annual International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes in Washington DC. For guidelines on how to contribute, please see Community News (below).
-------------------------------[2] Community News
-------------------------------LANGUAGE, EDUCATION, AND DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
The Second International Conference on Language, Education, and Diversity (LED) will be held 21-24 November 2007 at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. This conference aims to bring together the latest academic and policy discussions, and promotes critical debate, on the often-complex interconnections between diversity and language education, including a) English language education, b) Literacy education (such as school-, adult- and multi-literacies), c) Language education planning and policy, and d) Bilingual/immersion education. For further details, please refer to http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/conference/index.php?id=4.
CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN EUROPE
From the 26th through 28th of April 2007 the German Commission for UNESCO will host a conference entitled "Cultural Diversity - Europe's Wealth. Bringing the UNESCO Convention to Life” in the city of Essen. Organized in the context of the 2007 German Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the conference will debate on the concept of cultural diversity: what it means, where its dangers lie and what opportunities is offers. Particular attention will be paid to animating the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, slated to go into effect this year. Working languages will be German, English and French. Please see http://www.unesco.de/cd2007.html for details.
CALL FOR DIVERSITY COMMUNITY BLOGGERS
We are looking for some people to contribute to our community weblog at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary. This involves regular postings relevant to the concerns of the Diversity Journal and Conference, and is primarily an honorary role.
Bloggers will, however, be given complimentary registration at the annual Conference. Applications should include a resume. The deadline for applications is the 20th of February 2007. For further information, please contact Sonal Srivastava, sonal@commonground.com.au.
USA: DIGITAL DIVIDE REPORT DUE
A decade or more has passed since the term "digital divide" was first used to describe the gap in technology availability, use, and understanding by students of color, faculty, and other professionals in US higher education. The new Diverse Technology special report is due on the 8th of March 2007. For more information, see http://www.diverseeducation.com.
MINORITY LANGUAGE PUBLICATION
A few more potential contributors to a collection of articles on the attitudes of unprotected linguistic minority communities would still be welcome (see previous issue), especially in Asia and Africa. Contact Dr. Gregory Meyjes if interested (meyjes@intersolidaris.com.)
ONLINE CONVERSATIONS
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to the international diversity community for consideration – in Word format stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
Regards,
Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community
-------------------------------------------------[3] Diversity Conference and Journal News
-------------------------------------------------*CONFERENCE NEWS – http://www.Diversity-Conference.com*
* The 7th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Venue: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: 3 - 6 July 2007
This conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, the conference will also pursue its well established interest in other aspects of diversity, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Main speakers include:
Halleh Ghorashi - Iranian-Dutch anthropologist and Special Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration at the Faculty of Culture, Organization, and Management at the Free University of Amsterdam.
Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee - Personality psychologist and Full Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Sociological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy at the University of Groningen.
Jack Levin - Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston.
Gloria Wekker - Professor and Director of GEM (Center of Expertise on Gender, Ethnicity and Multiculturality)
Michael A Peters - Professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and also holds a professorship at the University of Glasgow.
Please note, more extensive biographical notes of main speakers can be viewed online at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html
- Proposal Submission for the Diversity Conference
We are currently accepting proposal submissions to the 2007 Diversity Conference at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is 10th March 2007.
Further details can be found on the conference website at: http://diversity-conference.com/
*JOURNAL NEWS –http://Diversity-Journal.com*
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS
- Diversity Journal Volume 7 (2007 Participants)
Paper submissions are open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
Early submissions already received will be assigned to referees in the coming weeks and authors will be notified when their paper has been assigned. If you have submitted a paper you may be requested to referee up to three other paper submissions. If you are requested to referee please submit your report by the requested due date. We appreciate the participation of all requested referees.
The deadline for submissions for double-blind refereeing is 6 April 2007. If you require double-blind refereeing you will need to submit your paper before 6 April 2007.
- Diversity Journal Volume 6 (2006 Participants)
There are now five published issues for Volume 6 and these are available at www.Diversity-Journal.com
There are still a small number of authors who have not accepted their publishing agreements or submitted the final version of their paper for typesetting. If you have not accepted your publishing agreement please do so as soon as possible. We will not be able to publish your paper without your acceptance of the publishing agreement. Likewise, if you have not submitted your final paper please do so as soon as possible so that your paper can be typeset ready for publication in the Journal. Once you submit your final paper, it will be typeset and you will be notified of the availability of the PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy.
Most authors have now been sent a PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy. Please check your PDF proof by the due date and either request corrections or accept the typeset copy as-is.
-------------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
-------------------------------------Newsletter subscriptions are free and open to anyone who intends to participate in the conference or who is interested in the journal and conference concerns. If you have friends or colleagues who may like to receive this newsletter, please ask them to forward us their email details or enter them through the newsletter link on the journal website: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
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;Diversity Community Newsletter, Dec 2006 - Jan 2007
--------------In this issue
-------------- -----------------[1] Welcome
-----------------Welcome to the combined December 2006 – January 2007 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, an expanding forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. This Newsletter offers announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals – including updates on the annual Diversity Journal and on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. It is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, in Washington DC. Please see Community News (below) for details on how to contribute.
-------------------------[2] Community News
-------------------------- Policing in a culturally and linguistically diverse society
Police in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) have formulated a comprehensive document on culturally responsive policing entitled "NSW Police Priorities for Working in a Culturally, Linguistically and Religiously Diverse Society 2006-2009.” Included in the text is the NSW Police Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement (EAPS) Forward Plan 2006-2009, outlining the strategies that will be implemented over a three-year period to equip police with the skills to be culturally responsive in the course of their duties.
Culturally responsive policing is not seen as an alternative way of policing but means that police are able to use a range of skills and strategies to respond to the needs of the people they are working with, whether colleagues or community members. Moreover, the Forward Plan also NSW Police accountable for its overall approach to meeting the policing needs of diverse communities across New South Wales, the largest and most culturally diverse State in Australia.
For further details on the full text contact Ms. Chitrita Mukerjee at muke1chi@police.nsw.gov.au . The Forward Plan is also available from the website of NSW Police at: www.police.nsw.gov.au .
--------------------------
- Minority Language Publication (Call for contributors)
This is a call for potential contributors to a collection of articles on the rights, status, and attitudes of linguistic minority groups. If you have previously-unpublished data on attitude and/or policy issues pertaining to any such group – particularly those that are understudied - and are interested in exploring the submission of an article (< 25 pages) following content guidelines, please express your interest to Dr. Gregory Meyjes, at solidaris@gmail.com. Please specify the language concerned and provide the briefest of description of the nature of your research. Linguistic minority groups from all over the world are of potential interest. Thank you!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Transformations Conference 2006: Australian National University, Canberra; 27-29 November 2006 (http://transformationsconference.com/)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you to all who made Transformations 2006 such a success, and particularly to those who presented at the conference. We would like to give a very special thanks to FECCA, ANU and the conference sponsors for their generous support throughout the conference.
The focus of this conference was global and local trends in cultural diversity and sustainable development. Aiming to shift the conventional model of sustainable development, the Conference considered theory and principles with the goal of developing practical outcomes on ways to integrate culture in planning at all levels.
For further details please visit the conference website at: http://transformationsconference.com/
--------------------------Online Conversations
--------------------------To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. Along with material from the Newsletter, you will find contributions on a broad variety of research and other topics arising from the daily practice of diversity professionals. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
-------------------------------------Contributions to the Newsletter
-------------------------------------Please submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com . Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
----------------------------------[3] Conference News
---------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
---------------------------------------------------------The Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 3 – 6 July 2007
Website: http://diversity-conference.com/
This conference will address a range of critically important topics in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, the conference will pursue other, well-established aspects of diversity, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Main speakers include:
- Halleh Ghorashi
Iranian-Dutch anthropologist and Special Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration at the Faculty of Culture, Organization, and Management at the Free University of Amsterdam.
- Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee
Personality psychologist and Full Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Sociological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy, University of Groningen.
For further biographical details see http://dt6.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html .
Proposal Submission: proposals to the 2007 Diversity Conference are currently being accepted at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is the 31st of January 2007. Further details can be found on the conference website at: http://diversity-conference.com/.
------------------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------------The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
The Diversity Journal is designed to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. The Journal creates a space for discussion for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, mediating cultural difference and diversity. It is fully peer-reviewed with a rigorous refereeing process to ensure the highest academic standards. The advisory and editorial boards comprise leading scholars in the diversity field.
- Diversity Journal Vol 7 (2007 conference participants)
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal - see details at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
Submitted papers will be assigned to referees in early 2007 and authors will be notified when their paper has been assigned to referees. If you have submitted a paper you may be requested to referee up to three other paper submissions. Should you be requested to referee please submit your report by the requested due date. your participation is much appreciated.
- Diversity Journal Vol 6 (2006 conference participants)
There are now three published issues for volume 6 available at www.Diversity-Journal.com
All authors have now been notified that their referee results are available and accepted authors have been offered a publishing agreement. Once agreements have been accepted authors will be requested to submit a final version of their paper for typesetting.
If you have not accepted your publishing agreement please do so as soon as possible. Likewise, if you have not submitted your final paper please do so as soon as possible so that your paper can be typeset ready for publication in the Journal. Once you submit your final paper, it will be typeset and you will be notified of the availability of the PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy.
Most authors have now been sent a PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy. Please check your PDF proof by the due date and either request corrections or accept the typeset copy as-is.
- Diversity Journal Vol 5 (2005 conference participants)
This volume is now complete, with six issues available at www.Diversity-Journal.com.
- Bibliographic Details
Title: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Editors: Mary Kalantzis (RMIT University, Australia) and Paul James (Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia)
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Publisher: The University Press - http://TheUniversityPressJournals.CGPublisher.com/
ISSN: 1447-9532
Subscriptions: http://theuniversitypressjournals.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.126.
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact subscriptions@commonground.com.au.
- Best wishes for the holiday season from the Journal Publishing team.
-------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
-------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or Journal or who shares its concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Journal website: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
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--------------------------Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
December 2006, Washington DC.
Diversity Community Newsletter, November 2006
--------------In this issue
-------------- -----------------1. WELCOME
-----------------Welcome to the November 2006 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. In this monthly e-publication, you will find announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals – including updates on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations and The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, in Washington DC. Please see Community News below for details about how to contribute.
-------------------------2. COMMUNITY NEWS
-------------------------Forthcoming textbook on social epidemiology Julie G. Cwikel. Social Epidemiology: Strategies for Public Health Activism. Columbia University Press, 2006 (columbia.edu/cu/cup).
Written from a global perspective and including cultural diversity at all levels throughout the text, this textbook could aid diversity practitioners by offering an integrative method for doing research, as well as for conducting micro & macro interventions in the community. The book presents the theoretical, research and programmatic tools needed to bring about effective public health change. It aims to facilitate the integration of qualitative data from the field and quantitative data collected through classic epidemiological research. This model is applied to a range of key topics: chronic illness, injury control, violence prevention, sexually transmitted diseases (especially HIV), environmental hazards, and vulnerable populations such as immigrants and trafficked women.
Julie G. Cwikel is Professor in the Spitzer Department of Social Work and founder and director of the Center for Women’s Health Studies and Promotion at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
----------------------------------Quality of Life (QOL) Conference
December 2-8, 2008 (Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore)
Conference theme: Quality of life 2008:a multi-disciplinary perspective. Within the Social Sciences, global perceptions of personal well-being are referred to as Subjective Well-being. Increasingly such measures are being used as indicators of outcome effectiveness for diverse programs of human intervention. This conference welcomes contemporary findings and ideas concerning Quality of Life from all of these perspectives. Themes include:
- QOL Theory and measurement
- Marketing, Social Policy and Community QOL
- Health Related QOL
- Economics, Sustainability and the Environment
- QOL Philosophy.
The conference is being held under the auspices of The International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) - see http://www.isqols.org/ and there are two ways in which organizations can be affiliated:
- Supporting Organizations provide support and advertising for the conference within their own organization. In recognition of this, they will be listed on the official website for the conference and in the program.
- Sponsors are expected to finance some discrete aspect of the conference (e.g. a Keynote Speaker or a morning tea).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Transformations Conference 2006: Australian National University, Canberra; 27-29 November 2006 (http://transformationsconference.com/)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The focus of this conference will be on global and local trends in cultural diversity and sustainable development. Aiming to shift the conventional model of sustainable development, the Conference will consider theory and principles with the goal of developing practical outcomes on ways to integrate culture in planning at all levels.
Main speakers include:
- John Fien, Innovation Professor of Sustainability at RMIT University.
- Richard Kurin, Director of the Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution.
- Katerina Stenou, Director of the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue at UNESCO.
- Jennifer Bott, Chief Executive of the University of New South Wales Foundation.
- Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Biographical details at: http://dt6.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html)
Proposal submissions for the 2006 Conference have now closed. Accepted presentations can be viewed at: http://dt6.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html.
-------------------------------Online Conversations
-------------------------------To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. Along with material from the Newsletter, you will find contributions on a broad variety of research and other topics arising from the daily practice of diversity professionals. The latest entry is "Diverse Meanings of ‘Diversity’", posted by Heather Marion D’Cruz, and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
----------------------------------Contributions to the Newsletter
Please submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
-------------------------------------------------3. CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL NEWS
----------------------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------The Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 3 – 6 July 2007
Website: http://diversity-conference.com/
This conference will address a range of critically important topics in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, the conference will pursue other, well-established aspects of diversity, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Main speakers include:
- Halleh Ghorashi
Iranian-Dutch anthropologist and Special Professor of Management of Diversity and Integration at the Faculty of Culture, Organization, and Management at the Free University of Amsterdam.
- Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee
Personality psychologist and Full Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Psychological, Pedagogical, and Sociological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Integration and Social Efficacy, University of Groningen.
For further biographical details see http://dt6.cgpublisher.com/main_speakers.html.
Proposal Submission: proposals to the 2007 Diversity Conference are currently being accepted at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is 30th November 2006.
------------------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------------The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
The Diversity Journal is designed to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. The Journal creates a space for discussion for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, mediating cultural difference and diversity. It is fully peer-reviewed with a rigorous refereeing process to ensure the highest academic standards. The advisory and editorial boards comprise leading scholars in the diversity field.
- Diversity Journal Vol 7 (2007 conference participants)
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
- Diversity Journal Vol 6 (2006 conference participants)
The first issue for volume 6 has been published and appears at www.Diversity-Journal.com
We now only have a small number of papers requiring referee reports so if you have been requested to referee please submit your report by the requested due date to assist in finalizing the refereeing for this volume. We appreciate the participation of all requested referees.
Most authors have now received their referee results and been offered a publishing agreement. Once agreements have been accepted authors will be requested to submit a final version of their paper for typesetting. Many authors have now been sent a PDF proof for approval of the typeset copy. Please check your PDF proof by the due date and either request corrections or accept the typeset copy as-is.
- Diversity Journal Vol 5 (2005 conference participants)
This volume is nearly complete. If you have been sent a typeset copy for your approval please carefully check the typeset copy and either submit corrections or accept as-is. This is the final opportunity for authors to check their paper prior to publication. Please check the typeset copy by the due date to finalise your paper for publication and to assist in completing this volume.
There are five issues available at www.Diversity-Journal.com for Volume 5. The recent issue includes the paper ‘The Double Outsides of the Modern International’ by Rob Walker, one of the main speakers who presented at the conference.
- Bibliographic Details
Title: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Editors: Mary Kalantzis (RMIT University, Australia) and Paul James (Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia)
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Publisher: The University Press - http://TheUniversityPressJournals.CGPublisher.com/
ISSN: 1447-9532
Subscriptions: http://theuniversitypressjournals.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.126.
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact subscriptions@commonground.com.au.
----------------------------------4. NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
----------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or Journal or who shares its concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Journal website: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
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--------------------------Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
November 2006, Washington DC.
Diversity Community Newsletter, October 2006
--------------In this issue
-------------- -----------------1. WELCOME
-----------------Welcome to the October 2006 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. In this monthly e-publication, you will find announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals – including updates on the Diversity Journal and on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, in Washington DC. Please see Community News below for details about how to contribute.
--------------------------2. COMMUNITY NEWS
--------------------------- Conference Announcement
The Transformations Conference 2006: Australian National University, Canberra;
27-29 November 2006(http://transformationsconference.com/)
The focus of this conference will be on global and local trends in cultural diversity and sustainable development. Aiming to shift the conventional model of sustainable development, the Conference will consider theory and principles with the goal of developing practical outcomes on ways to integrate culture in planning at all levels.
The format will mix interactive discussion, direct experience, expert presentations and entertainment. Participants will:
- debate contemporary conceptual frameworks,
- discuss the principles and directions of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and subsequent international agreements, research, policy documents and action plans,
- engage in inter sectoral and interdisciplinary dialogue,
- examine local and international case studies and demonstration projects, and
- participate in consultations and workshops to help develop practical strategic directions.
Proposal submissions: the conference venue and program has a limited number of places available. If you wish to participate, or to submit a conference abstract, you will need to do so as soon as possible. We are still accepting proposal submissions to the 2006 Transformations Conference at http://dt6.cgpublisher.com/proposals/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is the 30th of October, 2006. Further details are available on the conference website at: http://transformationsconference.com/.
- New Book Release
Title: Fenced Out, Fenced In: Border Protection, Asylum and Detention in Australia
Editors: Natalie Bolzan, Michael Darcy and Jan Mason
Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
Website:TheHumanities.CGPublisher.com/
Description: This book is an important addition to the growing literature which addresses the issue of Australia’s policies towards people seeking asylum. In the early stages of the Tampa crisis, the government dominated the discussions around Australian refugee policy. Australians would decide who would live amongst us. Such decisions were easy when asylum seekers were depicted as non-law abiding, unruly and inhumane "others" who were very different from us. Slowly other voices have been added to this discussion and in different forums we have begun to hear from some of those people who sought asylum and who describe horrors, fears and terrors which made remaining where they were, unthinkable. These stories began to challenge the idea that these refugees were different from us. Still, the Australian hardline policies have continued. This volume broadens the debate by adding to the voices of some of those seeking asylum, the voices of people who have been working directly with refugees, as well as those of experts able to comment on the impact of the laws created around the refugees. Interesting questions emerge from the addition of these voices. If the people seeking asylum are doing so to escape tyranny, abuse, persecution and possible death, how does this make them different from us? If we Australians are flaunting international treaties to which we are signatories, incarcerating children and spending millions of dollars to detain and deter people seeking asylum amongst us, what does this say about what kind of people we are? Here, the voices of our own young Australians offer an answer when they hold up a mirror to us of hatred, fear and mean-spiritedness and ask, "is this what it means to be Australian?”
- Online Conversations
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. Along with material from the Newsletter, you will find contributions on a broad variety of research and other topics arising from the daily practice of diversity professionals. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey and can be found at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
- Contributions to the Newsletter
Please submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
-----------------------------------------------------3. CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL NEWS
------------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
------------------------------------------------------------- The Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 3 – 6 July 2007
Website: http://diversity-conference.com/
This conference will address a range of critically important topics in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, the conference will pursue other, well-established aspects of diversity, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Proposal Submissions: we are currently accepting proposal submissions to the 2007 Diversity Conference at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is 31st October 2006.
Further details are available on the conference website at: http://diversity-conference.com/.
------------------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------------- The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. (www.Diversity-Journal.com)
The Diversity Journal is designed to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. The Journal creates a space for discussion for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, mediating cultural difference and diversity. It is fully peer-reviewed with a rigorous refereeing process to ensure the highest academic standards. The advisory and editorial boards comprise leading scholars in the diversity field.
- Diversity Journal Vol 7 (2007 conference participants)
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal. See details at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
- Diversity Journal Vol 6 (2006 conference participants)
Many authors have now received their referee results and been offered a publishing agreement. Once agreements have been accepted authors will be requested to submit a final version of their paper for typesetting. After the typesetting, authors will receive a PDF proof for final approval before publication.
If you submitted a paper, you may in addition have received a request to referee up to three other paper submissions. If so, please submit your report by the due date. We appreciate the participation of all referees. Papers without reports within the requested timeframe have been assigned to new referees.
- Diversity Journal Vol 5 (2005 conference participants)
All paper submissions have now been typeset and authors should have received a PDF proof for approval (prior to publication). If this is not the case and you have not received a PDF of the paper you submitted, you may not have signed the publishing agreement or submitted your paper for typesetting. On the other hand, we have received author requests for changes. These are currently being completed and authors will receive revised PDF proofs before publication.
The first four issues of Volume 5 are available at www.Diversity-Journal.com. The fifth issue will be released in October. The forthcoming issue will include the paper ‘The Double Outsides of the Modern International’ by Rob Walker, one of the main speakers at the 2005 Diversity conference. Already published and available at the online bookstore is another contribution by one of the main speakers, ‘Asian Sites of Emergence’ by Aihwa Ong .
- Bibliographic Details,
Title: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Editors: Mary Kalantzis (RMIT University, Australia) and Paul James (Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia)
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Publisher: The University Press -
http://TheUniversityPressJournals.CGPublisher.com/
ISSN: 1447-9532
Subscriptions:
http://theuniversitypressjournals.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.126.
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact subscriptions@commonground.com.au
- Review an article!
You can now provide valuable comments on articles published in the journal. Simply click on ‘Write a Review’ at the bottom of the article page and add your comments. Your review will appear on the website when the author/s of the article make it visible. You can also give articles a rating.
If you are an author of an article that has been reviewed you will receive an email notifying you of the new review with a link to your article page. You can make the review visible, by clicking on the "Make Visible" button.
-------------------------------------4.NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
--------------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or Journal or who shares its concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Journal website: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
To remove an address from this list, please reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
--------------------------Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
October 2006, Washington DC.
Diversity Community Newsletter, September 2006
--------------In this issue
-------------- -----------------1. WELCOME
-----------------Welcome to the September 2006 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. In this monthly e-publication, you will find announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals – including updates on the Diversity Journal and on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations (to be held later this month). The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, in Washington DC. (To make contributions, please see Community News below.)
-------------------------2. COMMUNITY NEWS
-------------------------- Conference Announcement
The Transformations Conference 2006: Australian National University, Canberra;
27-29 November 2006
(http://transformationsconference.com/)
The focus of this conference will be on global and local trends in cultural diversity and sustainable development. Aiming to shift the conventional model of sustainable development, the Conference will consider theory and principles with the goal of developing practical outcomes on ways to integrate culture in planning at all levels.
The format will mix interactive discussion, direct experience, expert presentations and entertainment. Participants will: * debate contemporary conceptual frameworks, * discuss the principles and directions of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and subsequent international agreements, research, policy documents and action plans, * engage in inter sectoral and interdisciplinary dialogue, * examine local and international case studies and demonstration projects, and *participate in consultations and workshops to help develop practical strategic directions.
Proposal Submission: The conference venue and program has a limited number of places available. If you wish to participate, or to submit a conference abstract, you will need to do so as soon as possible. We are currently accepting proposal submissions to the 2006 Transformations Conference at http://dt6.cgpublisher.com/proposals/proposal_entry_intro.
The deadline for the next round call for papers is 25th September 2006
- Diversity Course Introduced
(http://www.tiss.edu/faculty/ramaiah)
Dr. A. Ramaiah, Reader at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai has introduced into the curriculum of a new M.A. programme in Development Studies four diversity courses in the context of a concentration entitled "Diversity, Exclusion and development of the Marginalised." These courses are based primarily on a concept of diversity that was inspired the 5th international conference on diversity held at Beijing. Perhaps marking the first time courses on diversity have been formally introduced at the post-graduate level in India, they will carry 4 credits each. Dr. Ramaiah welcomes feedback.
- Diversity in the Classroom
Do you know of a scholar specialized in training, & curriculum, and staff development for multicultural/multiethnic classrooms? Please make your recommendation(s) to the Editor (meyjes@intersolidaris.com). Thank you!
- Online Conversations
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. Along with material from the Newsletter, you will find contributions on a broad variety of research and other topics arising from the daily practice of diversity professionals. The pages are moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
- Contributions to the Newsletter
Please submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
-------------------------------------------------3. CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL NEWS
-----------------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
------------------------------------------------------------------- The Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: 3 – 6 July 2007
Website: http://diversity-conference.com/
This conference will address a range of critically important topics in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and ‘racial’ diversity, the conference will pursue other, well-established aspects of diversity, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Proposal Submission: We are currently accepting proposal submissions to the 2007 Diversity Conference at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the second round call for papers is 30th September 2006.
Further details can be found on the conference website at: http://diversity-conference.com/
------------------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------------- The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations.
(www.Diversity-Journal.com)
The Diversity Journal is designed to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. The Journal creates a space for discussion for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, mediating cultural difference and diversity. It is fully peer-reviewed with a rigorous refereeing process to ensure the highest academic standards. The advisory and editorial boards comprise leading scholars in the diversity field.
- Diversity Journal Vol 7 (2007 conference participants)
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines can be found at http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal, please see details at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
- Diversity Journal Vol 6 (2006 conference participants)
Submitted papers have now been assigned to referees. Authors should have received notification when their paper was assigned to referees. If you submitted a paper you may also have been requested to referee up to three other paper submissions. If you have been requested to referee please submit your report by the requested due date. We appreciate the participation of all requested referees.
- Diversity Journal Vol 5 (2005 conference participants)
Final paper submissions are continuously being typeset. Authors who have submitted a final paper for typesetting will receive a PDF proof for approval in several weeks. We have also received author requests for changes and these are also being completed and authors will receive revised PDF proofs prior to publication.
There are four issues available at www.Diversity-Journal.com for Volume 5.
- Bibliographic Details
Title: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Editors: Mary Kalantzis (RMIT University, Australia) and Paul James (Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia)
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Publisher: The University Press - http://TheUniversityPressJournals.CGPublisher.com/
ISSN: 1447-9532
Subscriptions: http://theuniversitypressjournals.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.126.
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact subscriptions@commonground.com.au
- Review an article!
You can now provide valuable comments on articles published in the journal. Simply click on ‘Write a Review’ at the bottom of the article page and add your comments. Your review will appear on the website when the author/s of the article make it visible. You can also give articles a rating.
If you are an author of an article that has been reviewed you will receive an email notifying you of the new review with a link to your article page. You can make the review visible, by clicking on the "Make Visible" button.
----------------------------------4. NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
----------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or Journal or who shares its concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Journal website: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
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--------------------------Gregory Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
September 2006, Washington DC.
The Diversity Community Newsletter, August 2006
------------------------In this issue:
------------------------WELCOME
Welcome to the August 2006 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. In this monthly e-publication you will find announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals – including updates on the Diversity Journal and on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations (to be held later this month). The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, in Washington DC. (To make contributions, please see Community News below.)
**We now post the monthly Diversity Community newsletter in our online conversations page at http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary! In the future we will truncate the email newsletter but the full version will be available at the online conversations page. You can subscribe to the newsletter feed if you have an RSS/Atom newsreader.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- Building Capacity to Challenge Discrimination: A Diversity Toolkit Web Resource (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dtoolkit)
All are invited to visit the Diversity Toolkit website, launched in fall of 2004, which is part of a research project by Dr. Darren Lund at the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada, to support social justice initiatives in schools, though information, resources, guidelines, tips, and successes stories. The project has received funding from various national and regional sources and Dr Lund presented preliminary findings of this research at the Third International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, in Hawaii, February 2003.
The site has garnered over 178,000 hits and some notable recognition. It was selected "Site of the Week" by the Access to Justice Network http://www.acjnet.org/abhome (December, 2004). Dr. Lund was awarded the 2004 Educational Research Award from the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the 2004 Exemplary Multicultural Educator’s Award from the Canadian Council for Multicultural and Intercultural Education for this project. The relevance of this resource is currently being extended to other regions. Please send any feedback to dlund@ucalgary.ca.
- Online Conversations
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. Along with material from the Newsletter, you will find contributions on research and other topics arising from the daily practice of diversity professionals. The page is moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
- Contributions to the Newsletter
Please submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the Gregorian calendar month is for inclusion in next month’s issue.
CONFERENCE AND JOURNAL NEWS
-------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
-------------------------------------------------------- Diversity Symposium, 2006 - Postponed
The Human Rights symposium that was to be held in Beirut in November has been postponed to 2007 (exact date to be confirmed) due to the current crisis situation in Lebanon. Visit the conference site (http://diversity-conference.com) regularly for updates.
- Upcoming Conference: The Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: 3 – 6 July 2007
Website: http://diversity-conference.com/
This conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and racial diversity, the conference will also pursue its well-established interest in other aspects - including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Proposals can now be submitted through the conference website at:
http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
The deadline for the first call for papers is 15 August 2006.
-----------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------ The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations.
(www.Diversity-Journal.com)
The Diversity Journal is designed to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. The Journal creates a space for discussion for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, mediating cultural difference and diversity. It is fully peer-reviewed with a rigorous refereeing process to ensure the highest academic standards. The advisory and editorial boards comprise leading scholars in the diversity field.
- Diversity Journal Vol 7 (2007 conference participants)
Paper submissions are now open for Volume 7 of the Journal. Submission guidelines are found at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html. You will first need to submit a conference proposal. For details, please see details at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro.
- Diversity Journal Vol 6 (2006 conference participants)
As announced in the July issue, the deadline for submission was 15 July 2006. Paper submissions are now closed.
All submitted papers are being prepared to send to referees. Authors will be notified when their paper has been assigned to referees. If you have submitted a paper you may be requested to referee up to three other paper submissions
- Diversity Journal Vol 5 (2005 conference participants)
Final paper submissions are continuously being typeset. Authors who have submitted a final paper for typesetting will receive a PDF proof for approval in several weeks. We have also received author requests for changes and these are also being completed and authors will receive revised PDF proofs prior to publication.
Currently, there are four issues for Volume 5 available at www.Diversity-Journal.com.
- Bibliographic Details
Title: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Editors: Mary Kalantzis (RMIT University, Australia) and Paul James (Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia)
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Publisher: The University Press - http://TheUniversityPressJournals.CGPublisher.com/ ISSN: 1447-9532
Frequency: 6 issues/volume, approximately 100-120 articles/volume
Subscriptions: http://theuniversitypressjournals.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.126.
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact
subscriptions@commonground.com.au
NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
To remove an address from this list, please reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
--------------------------Greg Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
August 2006, Washington DC.
Diversity Community Newsletter, July 2006
--------------In this issue
-------------- -----------------1. WELCOME
-----------------Welcome to the July 2006 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. In this monthly e-publication you will find announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals - including updates on the Diversity Journal and on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations (to be held later this month). The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, an intercultural scholar-practitioner based in Washington DC.
-------------------------[2] Community News
-------------------------- Online Conversations
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. Along with material from the Newsletter, you will find contributions on research and other topics arising from the daily practice of diversity professionals. The page is moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
- Contributions to the Newsletter
You can submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the month is for inclusion in next month's issue.
----------------------------------[3] Conference News
----------------------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------*The Sixth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, USA
Date: 12-15 June 2006
Main Theme: Human Rights, Diversity and Social Justice
"Thank you!" to all who made the 2006 Diversity Conference such a success, and particularly to those who presented at the conference. We would also like to give a very special thanks to Xavier University for their generous support throughout the conference. The local committee and volunteers in New Orleans truly made the conference a very special and rewarding event for all.
-*Upcoming Events:
The 7th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3 - 6 July 2007). Details can be found online at: http://diversity-conference.com/
This conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and racial diversity, the conference will also pursue its well-established interest in other aspects - including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.
Proposals can now be submitted through the conference website at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
------------------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------------The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations sets out to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. The Journal creates a space for discussion for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, mediating cultural difference and diversity. It is fully peer-refereed with a rigorous refereeing process to ensure the highest academic standards. The advisory and editorial ,boards comprise leading scholars in the diversity field.
- Diversity Journal Vol 6 (2006 conference participants)
We are accepting papers to the Diversity Journal 2006. Details about the submission process can be found at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/submission_guidelines.html
You can submit your paper at any time up until 15 July 2006.
- Diversity Journal Vol 5 (2005 conference participants)
Final paper submissions are continuously being typeset. Authors who have submitted a final paper for typesetting will receive a PDF proof for approval in several weeks. We have also received author requests for changes and these are also being completed and authors will receive revised PDF proofs prior to publication.
There are now two issues available at www.Diversity-Journal.com for Volume 5.
- Bibliographic Details
Title: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Editors: Mary Kalantzis (RMIT University, Australia) and Paul James (Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia)
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Publisher: The University Press - http://TheUniversityPressJournals.CGPublisher.com/
ISSN: 1447-9532
Frequency: 6 issues/volume, approximately 100-120 articles/volume
Subscriptions: http://theuniversitypressjournals.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.126.
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact subscriptions@commonground.com.au
-------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
-------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website:
http://d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
To remove an address from this list, please reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
--------------------------Greg Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
June 2006, Washington DC.
Diversity Community Newsletter, June 2006
--------------
In this issue
-------------- -----------------[1] Welcome
-----------------Welcome to this June 2006 issue of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. In this monthly e-publication you will find announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to diversity professionals - including updates on the Diversity Journal and on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations (to be held later this month). The Newsletter is edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, an intercultural scholar-practitioner based in Washington DC.
-------------------------[2] Community News
-------------------------- Online Conversations
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the Community's Online Conversations weblog. You will find contributions on pluralism, multilingualism, and on-going diversity research efforts. The page is moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
- Contributions to the Newsletter
Submit announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration to the Editor - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Information received by the end of the month is for inclusion in next month's issue.
- Ninth National Metropolis Conference (Canada)
Exploring Canada's Diversity, Today and Tomorrow, 1 - 4, March, 2007, The Fairmont Royal York Hotel Toronto, Canada, www.metropolis2007.net
In a world characterized by globalization and transnationalism, Canada faces many opportunities and challenges in the successful integration of newcomers. The experience of the past 10 years notwithstanding, many old questions require new responses: What is the nature of citizenship in contemporary Canada? What does it mean to be Canadian? What are the factors influencing 'attachment' and 'belonging'? What access to resources for social, economic, cultural and political integration do newcomers have? What do newcomers need to do to facilitate their integration? How do we promote a just society? What is expected of newcomers? What might be done differently tomorrow?
Call for Proposals for Conference workshops
Three types of workshop will be offered in the afternoons:
a) "Issue-Related" Workshop - workshops which address specific topics related to immigration and settlement utilizing the regular or standard formal presentations and question-and-answer format;
b) Training Workshop - workshops that introduce specific programs, datasets or educational tools to those who work in the immigration and settlement fields; and
c) Roundtable Discussion - informal workshops organized to discuss or debate major controversies without presentations.
Organizers are invited to propose 90 or 180-minute workshops (two consecutive sessions). Given the limited total number of workshops, organizers are asked to justify 180-minute proposals. Submissions are accepted online at www.metropolis2007.net. The deadline is November 1, 2006. It is strongly recommend that the number of presenters be limited to a maximum of four per 90-minute session leaving at least 15 minutes for discussion.
All proposals are to include:
- Name and contact information of the workshop organizer(s)
- Title of the workshop (limited to 20 words)
- Abstract of the workshop (limited to 100 words)
- Format and detailed description of the workshop (limited to 250 words)
- List of presenters, confirmed and proposed (including representatives from the academic, government and community/NGO sectors)
- Justification for a 180-minute workshop
- Kalantzis and Cope move to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Many of you who have attended the conference would have met Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope, advisory board members of the conference. Mary Kalantzis is also an editor of the Diversity Journal. We are pleased to announce that Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope will both be taking up positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in August this year. Mary Kalantzis, Professor of Education and former dean at RMIT University, has been appointed the new dean of the College of Education, UIUC. Bill Cope, Director of Common Ground and Adjunct Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) University has been appointed as Research Professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies, UIUC. Mary and Bill's presence in the U.S. can only extend and develop the strengths of Common Ground's conferences and journals. We wish them the best of luck in their new positions!
----------------------------------[3] Conference News
----------------------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------***The Sixth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations***
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, USA
Date: 12-15 June 2006
Main Theme: Human Rights, Diversity and Social Justice
The Diversity Conference is for all who are interested in and concerned about mediating cultural difference. The main speakers will include some of the world's leading thinkers in the field. The Conference will comprise numerous papers, colloquium/workshop presentations by researchers and practitioners.
- Main speakers include:
- Michel Wieviorka teaches at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales EHESS, Paris). He directs the Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologique (CADIS), and the monthly magazine "Le Monde des Debats."
- Mario Antonio Minichiello heads Visual Communications programmes at the School of Art and Design of Loughborough University in the UK. He is an award-winning artist and designer of inspirational and controversial reportage artwork for broadcast media.
- Martha Wadsworth is Assistant Professor of psychology at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
- Douglas Brinkley directs the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and is Professor of History at the Tulane University in New Orleans.
- Maria Dixon is Assistant Professor of Corporate Communication and Public Affairs at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas.
- Norman C. Francis is President of Xavier University of Louisiana (since 1968.)
- Pierre Lebovics is French Consul General to the City of New Orleans.
Proposal submissions for the 2006 Conference have now closed. Presentations which have been accepted for inclusion in the conference program can be viewed at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html.
- Talking Circles
The Diversity Conference includes 'Talking Circles' in its program, as a means of giving people an opportunity to interact around the key ideas of the conference, away form the formalities of the plenary, paper, workshop and colloquium sessions. There will be a Talking Circle for each conference stream. If you are interested in facilitating a Talking Circle, please contact Tamsyn Gilbert, tamsyn@commonground.com.au, by 19 June 2006. Further information is available at http://d06.cgpublisher.com/talking_circles.html
A revised Conference Program can be downloaded at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/program.html, and further details can be found on the conference website at: http://diversity-conference.com/.
-------------------------*The Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Venue: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: 3 - 6 July, 2007
Proposals can now be submitted through the conference website at: http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro
------------------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------------The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations sets out to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. The Journal creates a space for discussion for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, mediating cultural difference and diversity. It is fully peer-refereed with a rigorous refereeing process to ensure the highest academic standards. The advisory and editorial boards comprise leading scholars in the diversity field.
- Review an article!
You can now review an article published in the journal. Click on 'Write a Review' at the bottom of the article page and add your comments. Your review will appear on the website when the author/s of the article make it visible.
If you are an author of an article that has been reviewed you will receive an email notifying you of the new review with a link to your article page. You can make the review visible, by clicking on the "Make Visible" button.
- Diversity Journal Vol 5 (2005 conference participants)
The first issue of the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations has now been published and is available in the online bookstore at: www.Diversity-Journal.com.
- Journal Subscription Information
The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations is now available for subscription.
Are you interested in recommending the journal to your library or institution? A recommendation form for your library can be downloaded from www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact Sonal Srivastava at: subscriptions@commonground.com.au or +61 (3) 9398 8000.
If you have registered for the 2006 Conference or participated in the 2005 Conference, or have published a paper in the 2004 Journal, you will have one year of personal access to all full-text papers published in the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations and including all back issues. Log in with your CGPublisher username and password at: www.Diversity-Journal.com. You will be able to download the PDF. Have you lost or forgotten your login details? Select 'Forgot your login' to request a new password.
Individual subscriptions are also available. You will receive: *Unlimited online access to full-text articles in all current and back issues, *Access to individual articles as soon as they are published without having to wait for the entire issue or volume to be completed, *Printable PDF documents, *The ability to search by Title, Description, Creator and Publisher across all journals, *Regular Journal and Conference community newsletters.
- Bibliographic Details
Title: International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations
Editors: Mary Kalantzis (RMIT University, Australia) and Paul James (Globalism Institute, RMIT, Australia)
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Publisher: The University Press - http://TheUniversityPressJournals.CGPublisher.com/
ISSN: 1447-9532
Frequency: 6 issues/volume, approximately 100-120 articles/volume
Subscriptions: http://theuniversitypressjournals.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.126.
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact subscriptions@commonground.com.au
-------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
-------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who participates in the Conference or who shares its concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html
To remove an address from this list, please reply to this e-mail with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
--------------------------Greg Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
June 2006, Washington DC.
Diversity Community Newsletter, May 2006
--------------
In this issue
-------------- -----------------[1] Welcome
-----------------Welcome to this edition of the Diversity Community Newsletter, a forum for news, thoughts, & information regarding diversity worldwide. In this monthly e-publication you will find, among other things, updates on The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations (June 2006), and on the Journal by the same name. Edited by Dr. Gregory Meyjes, an intercultural scholar-practitioner based in Washington DC, the Newsletter is for and by the diversity community. It contains announcements, profiles, and topics of interest to you.
-------------------------[2] Community News
-------------------------- Online Conversations
To exchange ideas with peers on matters concerning diversity professionals, visit the community's new Online Conversations weblog. You will find contributions on identity, inclusiveness, multilingualism, and on-going research efforts. The page is moderated by Drs. Heather Marion D'Cruz and Margot Hovey at: http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/diary.
- Contributions to the Newsletter
Submit any announcements, comments, or thoughts of interest to you and others in the international diversity community for consideration to the Editor - stating "Diversity Newsletter" in the subject line - to meyjes@intersolidaris.com. Also see section 4, below.
- United Nation Association, Canada: Champions for Diversity Project
UNA-Canada's overall goal is to support participation and opportunities for minority groups and promote fulsome and equal participation in Canadian society. Based on previous successful projects and identified community action plans, UNA-Canada has launched its Champions for Diversity project designed to engage communities across Canada to take local and national action in addressing and combating racism and discrimination. UNA-Canada has been seeking 18 volunteer Champions for Diversity (2 from each of the regions listed below; youth 18-29 were strongly encouraged to apply) to serve as the national Steering Committee tasked with assisting in the project's implementation. Applicants reside in one of the following communities: Yellowknife, NWT, Kamloops, BC, Calgary, AB, Saskatoon, SK, Winnipeg, MB, Kingston, ON, Montreal, QC, Sackville/Moncton, NB and St. John's, NL. For more information contact Savannah Baskin, Project Officer / Agente de projet, United Nations Association in Canada /Association canadienne pour les Nations Unies, 300-309 rue Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0G5 , t. (613) 232-5751 Ext. 227,f. (613) 563-2455, savannah.baskin@unac.org, www.unac.org
- Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council: Call for papers
The Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (AGMC) has been calling for presenters interested in addressing one or more of the following areas: Health and Well Being, Communities and Belonging. Abstracts were due on the 30th April, 2006. Direct any queries about submissions of abstracts to submissions@agmc.org.au. The Conference will be held in Melbourne at the Northcote Town Hall (13-15 October, 2006.). General Enquiries: contact@agmc.org.au or (+61) 0431 432 412
Best regards,
Greg Meyjes
Newsletter Editor
Diversity Community,
May 2006, Washington DC.
----------------------------------[3] Conference News
--------------------------------------------------------------Conference News - www.Diversity-Conference.com
---------------------------------------------------------------The Sixth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations is to be held next month.
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, USA
Date: 12-15 June 2006
Main Theme: Human Rights, Diversity and Social Justice
Join us in New Orleans! The Diversity Conference is for all who are interested in and concerned about mediating cultural difference. The main speakers will include some of the world's leading thinkers in the field. The Conference will comprise numerous papers, colloquium/workshop presentations by researchers and practitioners.
- Main speakers include:
- Michel Wieviorka teaches at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris). He directs the Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologique (CADIS), as well as the monthly magazine "Le Monde des Debats."
- Mario Antonio Minichiello heads Visual Communications programmes at the School of Art and Design of Loughborough University in the UK. He is an award-winning artist and designer of inspirational and controversial reportage artwork for broadcast media.
- Martha Wadsworth is Assistant Professor of psychology at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
- Douglas Brinkley directs the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and is Professor of History at the Tulane University in New Orleans.
- Maria Dixon is Assistant Professor of Corporate Communication and Public Affairs at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas.
- Norman C. Francis is President of Xavier University of Louisiana (since 1968.)
- Pierre Lebovics is French Consul General to the City of New Orleans.
Presentations that have been accepted for inclusion in the conference program can be viewed at http://d06.cgpublisher.com/session_descriptions.html. If you have missed our previous call for papers, we still have vacancies in our program, and encourage you to submit a proposal to the Conference Committee. Please submit your proposals at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/proposals/proposal_entry_intro. The deadline for the next round call for papers is the 31st of May 2006.
The draft Conference Program is now available for download at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/program.html. Further details can be found on the conference website at: http://diversity-conference.com/.
- Talking Circles
If you would like to be involved in facilitating a Talking Circle please contact Despina - despina@commongroundconferences.com. You can find information regarding the Talking Circles at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/talking_circles.html.
------------------------------------------------------Journal News - www.Diversity-Journal.com
------------------------------------------------------The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations The Diversity Journal sets out to foster inquiry, invite dialogue, and build a body of knowledge on the nature and future of diversity. It is a fully peer-reviewed journal.
- Subscription Launch
The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations is now available for subscription! As you have been involved with the Diversity Conference or International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations in some capacity you may be interested in recommending the journal to your library or institution. Individual subscriptions are also available.
If you have registered for the 2006 Conference or participated in the 2005 Conference, or have published a paper in the 2004 Journal, you will have personal access, for a period of one year, to all full-text papers published in the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations and including all back issues. Log in with your CGPublisher username and password at www.Diversity-Journal.com
Further information can be found at: www.Diversity-Journal.com, or contact subscriptions@commonground.com.au
- New Listing
The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations is now listed in the Genamics Journal Seek database: http://journalseek.net/.
- International Award
The Journal will present an annual International Award for Excellence in the area of diversity in organizations, communities, and nations. All papers submitted will be considered for this award. Details are available at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/international_prize.html.
- Diversity Journal 2006
We are now accepting papers to the Diversity Journal 2006. The submission process is detailed at: http://d06.cgpublisher.com/proposals/proposal_entry_intro.
The deadline for submissions, which require double-blind refereeing, was 12 March 2006. Submissions received by the deadline are now undergoing verification. Authors will be notified when their paper is assigned to a referee.
Submitted papers have been assigned to referees, and authors are notified when their paper is assigned to a referee. Additionally, authors may be requested to referee up to three other submitted papers. We appreciate the participation of all requested referees.
We have received a number of completed reports and are grateful to those who have submitted their reports by the date requested. These reports are being verified and prepared for submission to the authors. The referee process requires two reports per paper. However, when we have only received one report, it not returned, so as to avoid an unduly one-sided impression. We only return reports to authors if there are two reports received. If you have been requested to referee, please submit your report by the date requested to assist in finalising the refereeing of papers submitted for this volume.
- Diversity Journal 2005
Some 130 submissions for this volume of the Journal were received. Nearly all papers have now been refereed and authors have been notified with their results. There are still a small number of papers requiring refereeing and these have been assigned to new referees. If you have been requested to referee, please submit your report by the date requested to assist in finalising the refereeing of papers submitted for this volume.
We appreciate the participation of all requested referees. For further information, please visit: http://d05.cgpublisher.com/submission_guidelines.html#prp.All papers have now been refereed. If they have not already done so, authors of accepted papers need to accept their publishing agreement. Once this has been done, these authors should upload the final version of their paper for typesetting and publication. Many final paper submissions are currently being typeset. Authors who have submitted a final paper for typesetting will receive a PDF proof for approval in several weeks. Some typeset PDF proofs have been returned to authors for their approval. Some authors have submitted requests for corrections. These corrections will be completed and a revised PDF proof will be supplied to the author for approval prior to publication.
-------------------------------[4] Newsletter Subscriptions
-------------------------------Subscriptions to the Newsletter are free and open to anyone who intends to participate in the conferences or who shares their concerns. Kindly ask friends, colleagues, or other parties who wish to receive the Newsletter to forward their e-mail address, or enter them through the Newsletter link on the Conference website: http:d06.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html.
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