Social Issues and Policy Challenges in Western : Lessons Learned and Lessons Borrowed

Program at a Glance

Thursday, August 29, 2013

8:45-9:15 a.m. Opening Ceremony (Room 1004, Education Building)

Welcome, greetings, opening remarks: Terry Wotherspoon, Head, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan The Honourable Don Morgan, Minister of Advanced Education, Government of Saskatchewan James Basinger, Associate Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan Peter Stoicheff, Dean, College of Arts and Science

9:15-9:30 a.m. Group photograph

9:30-11:15 a.m. Session I: Governance and Community Development: Experiences and Policy Issues (Room 1004, Education Building) (The first two papers will be presented in Chinese with English translations)

Chair: Yanjie Bian, Dean, School of Humantities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University (1) Hongfan Han, District Mayor, Government of Nankai District, , China, “Governance and Local Community Building in Nankai District, Tianjin” (Interpreter: Yixuan Wang) (2) Lin Ding, Vice-Mayor, Government of Baoji Municipality, China, “Governance and Local Community Building in Baoji, ” (Interpreter: Xian Gao) (3) Shouyi Hao, Policy Advisor, Research Institute of Urban and Regional Economy, , China, “Governance and Community Development in Binhai Area, Tianjin” (Yanjie Bian will present the paper in English for Shouyi Hao.)

11:15-11:30 a.m. Coffee break (Room 1005, Education Building)

11:30-12:45 p.m. Session II: Urbanization, Migration, & Development in the Western Region Chair: Harley Dickinson, Strategic Advisor on International Initiatives and Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewa (1) Yanjie Bian, Jianke Yang, Xiaoxian Guo, Lei Zhang, and Ming Lei, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, “Subjective Well-being of Western Chinese: A Multifaceted View” (2) Wenjiang Chen and Yongmei Zhang, University, China, “Evaluating the Great Western China Development Strategy among People from Western China” (3) Hua Wen, Northwest University for Nationalities, China, Eva Xiaoling Li and Peter S. Li, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, “Minority Migrant Workers in Lanzhou, China: Issues of Integration” (4) Lloyd L. Wong, University of Calgary and Karl Froschauer, Simon Fraser University, Canada, “Chinese Techno-Immigrants in Western Canada”

12:45-1:45 p.m. Lunch (Room 1005, Education Building)

1:45-3:00 p.m. Session III: Diversity and Community Building (Room 1004, Education Building)

Chair: John Hansen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan (1) Peter S. Li, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, “Ethnic Diversity in China and Canada: Policy Challenges and Responses” (2) Zhen Yan, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, “The Adaptation of Urban Ethnic Minority Community in the Process of Rapid Urbanization: A Case Study of the Drum- tower Hui Community in Xi’an” (3) Yan Guo, University of Calgary, Canada, “Religious Diversity and Community Building: Implications for Canadian and Chinese Schools” (4) Hongming Cheng, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, “Why Are There So Few Ethnic Minority Lawyers in Large Firms in Canada?—An Institutional Analysis”

3:00-3:15 p.m. Coffee break (Room 1005, Education Building)

3:15-4:45 p.m. Session IV: Labour Migration and Integration (Room 1004, Education Building)

Chair: Patience Elabor-Idemudia, Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan (1) Vic Satzewich, McMaster University, Canada, “Is Immigrant Selection in Canada Racialized? Visa Officer Discretion and Approval Rates for Spousal and Federal Skilled Worker Applications” (2) Marie Lovrod, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Yaping Zhou and Fang Niu, , China, “Gendered Effects of Rural to Urban Migration: Mobility, Stasis, and the Politics of Changing Generational Dynamics in China and Canada” (3) Zhongshan Yue, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, “Becoming Modern: Acculturation of Rural-urban Migrants in Western China” (4) Yixuan Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, and Li Zong, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, “Unequal Access: Barriers to Social Integration for Migrant Workers in Urban China and Recent Chinese Immigrants in Canada” (5) Lori Wilkinson, University of Manitoba, Canada, “A Longitudinal Examination of the Academic Performance of Newcomer Youth in Canada”

4:45 p.m. Return to Hotel

6:00-8:00 p.m. Welcome Banquet (South Dining Room, Park Town Hotel, 924 Spadina Crescent East, Saskatoon)

Friday, August 30, 2013

9:00-10:30 a.m. Session V: Health, Education, and Inequality (Room 1004, Education Building)

Chair: Colleen Ann Dell, Research Chair in Substance Abuse and Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan (1) Jieming Chen, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, “Income, Family Support, and Health Conditions in Western China” (2) Jianghua Yang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, “The Regional Inequality of and Its Change in China: 1977-2012” (3) Terry Wotherspoon, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, "High Skills, Uncertain Demand: Contradictions in Higher Education Growth in Canada and China" (4) Shibao Guo, University of Calgary, Canada, “China's Urban Peasants: The Experience of Migrant Teachers and Education Inequality in China” (5) Donald Cochrane and Jinjie Wang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, "Chinese University Students’ Commitment to Social Justice and Their Willingness to Confront Sexual Orientation Prejudice"

10:30-10:45 a.m. Coffee break (Room 1005, Education Building)

10:45-12:00 Concurrent Session VI: Roundtable Discussion on Social Issues and Policy Challenges (English Session – Room 1004, Education Building)

Chair: Terry Wotherspoon, Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan Participants: Beulah Ganna, Executive Director, Open Door Society of Saskatoon Harley Dickinson, Strategic Advisor on International Initiatives, University of Saskatchewan Lijian Wang, Post-doctoral scholar, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan Donald Cochrane, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan

10:45 – 12:00 Concurrent Session VII: Roundtable Discussion on Social Issues and Policy Challenges (Session in – Room 1024, Education Building)

Chair: Yanjie Bian, Dean and Professor, College of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Participants: Lin Ding, Vice-Mayor, Government of Baoji Municipality, China Youbin Yu, Chinese Director of Confucius Institute and Professor of Philosophy, Institute of Technology, China Haizhen Mou, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Peter Li, Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch (Room 1005, Education Building)

1:30-2:00 p.m. Closing Remarks Terry Wotherspoon, Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee Yanjie Bian, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University Peter Li, Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan

2:00-3:00 p.m. Visit Research labs in the College of Arts and Science and campus tour for people who will not participate in the post-conference meeting.

2:00-3:00 p.m. Post-conference meeting on further collaboration and partnership between the University of Saskatchewan and Xi’an Jiaotong University/Lanzhou University

Chair: Harley Dickinson, Strategic Advisor on International Initiatives, University of Saskatchewan

Participants from Xi’an Jiaotong University: Yanjie Bian, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Jieming Chen, Head, Department of Sociology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Participants from Lanzhou University Wenjiang Chen, Director, Office of Social Science Research, Lanzhou University, China Yongmei Zhang, Associate Dean, School of Philosophy and Sociology, Lanzhou University, China

Participants from University of Saskatchewan Peter Stoicheff, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Saskatchewan David Parkinson, Vice-Dean—Humanities, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan Linda McMullen, Acting Vice-Dean—Social Sciences, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan Terry Wotherspoon, Head, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan Peter Li, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan Li Zong, Professor and China Advisor, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan

3:00-4:00 p.m. Meeting with faculty members of Xi’an Jiaotong University to discuss dual degree programs.

Chair: Terry Wotherspoon, Head, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan

Participants from Xi’an Jiaotong University Yanjie Bian Jieming Chen Zhen Yan Zhongshan Yue Yixuan Wang Jianghua Yang

Participants from University of Saskatchewan Kara Somerville, Chair, Committee of Graduate Studuies Carolyn Brook, Chair, Committee of Undergraduate Studies Peter Li Hongming Cheng Li Zong Other available faculty members