Marina Nemat remained silent for 20 years about details of her imprisonment as a teenager in Iran, quietly raising two children in Canada and working in fast-food restaurants. Now she travels the world speaking out on behalf of those who can’t.
The author of two acclaimed autobiographies will share her harrowing story of survival November 3, […]
Strangers in New Homelands Conference This Week
November 1st, 2011 · No Comments · International Centre for Students, News Release, Outreach, Peace and Justice, Social Work, conference
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News Release: “Strangers in a Strange (Foreign) Land”
November 10th, 2010 · No Comments · History, International Centre for Students, News Release, Social Work, conference, human ecology, political studies
The Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, is proud to present the “Strangers in New Homelands 2010 Conference: Creating ‘home’ away from ‘home.’”The Conference will be held November 12 and 13, 2010, in University Centre at the Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba.
Canada is one of the top ten receiving countries of foreign populations […]
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News Release: Strangers in a Strange (Canadian) Land
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Education, History, International Centre for Students, News Release, Research, Social Work, Students, conference, political studies
The Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba is presenting a unique opportunity to help gain relevant insight and knowledge into current immigrant issues in Canada.
The second annual conference on “Strangers in New Homelands: Deconstructing and Reconstructing of ‘Home’ Among Immigrants in the Diaspora” takes place on November 13, 2009 on […]
