Event Date: November 30, 2012 - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Location: FSS4004, 120 Université Privé, Ottawa

One-day workshop.

Presented by professors CHRISTINE STRAEHLE and PATTI LENARD. Sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service, the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and CIPS.
Free. In English. Registration is not required.

Location has changed – now in room FSS5028. 

It is common to describe Germany as an ‘ethnic’ nation, which has historically been hostile to receiving and incorporating non-ethnically German migrants. This common trope does not account for the progress Germany has made with respect to accommodating and integrating immigrants from around the world. Indeed, it has been mistakenly assumed that Germany must do the learning from immigrant-receiving nations like Canada. This workshop reverses the analytic lens and will consider what Canada can learn from Germany’s vast experience with a range of immigrant types, including refugees and guest workers. This strategy is consistent with recent moves made by the Canadian government, which in light of recent shifts away from historically established patterns of migration, has announced its intention to actively investigate what can be learned from other countries’ immigration experiences.  With support from the German Academic Exchange Service, this workshop will bring together scholars of Canadian and German immigration and integration experiences, with the specific intention of asking what Canada can learn from Germany’s immigration and integration history.

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