Halifax

Immigrant Women in Atlantic Canada: A Research Symposium

1:30pm
- 5:00pm
Wednesday March 7 2012

Immigrant Women in Atlantic Canada: A Research Symposium in honour of International Women’s Day. Wednesday, March 7 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road.

Dr. Evangelia Tastsoglou, Chair, Department of Sociology and Criminology at Saint Mary's University will present her recent publication Immigrant Women in Atlantic Canada: Challenges, Negotiations and Re-Constructions.

Contributors to the book will discuss their research on diverse immigration and settlement realities for women in Atlantic Canada. Free and open to the public. The symposium is presented in English. www.pier21.ca