NAJC Redress 2008 registration form.pdfDates: Friday September 19, 2008
Location/Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm
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Professor David Divine
Harbhajan Gill
Moderator:
Arthur K. Miki, C.M., has had a distinguished career as an educator and community activist. He began his career as an elementary school teacher and later served as principal for 18 years. Throughout his career, Mr. Miki dedicated a considerable amount of time in promoting positive race relations and a greater understanding between peoples, as well as to increase awareness of human rights issues in Canada. He was formerly the vice-chairperson of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and now advisor, director of the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, director of the National Visible Minority Council on Labour Force Development and past chair of the Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba.
Mr. Miki is an active leader in the Japanese Canadian community having served as president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians from 1984-1992. He led the negotiations to achieve a just redress settlement for Japanese Canadians interned during the Second World War. In 1991 he received this country's highest recognition, the Order of Canada. In October 1999 he received an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Winnipeg. Mr. Miki is currently a Citizenship Judge for Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Panelists:
Avvy Go is the Clinic Director of Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic. She received her B.A. in economics and management studies from the University of Waterloo, LL.B. from the University of Toronto, and LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School. Since her call to the Bar in 1991, she has worked exclusively in the legal clinic system, serving the needs of low income individuals and families, the majority of whom are non-English speaking immigrants and refugees. Immigration, human rights, and employment law are some of the main areas of law that she practices in. Between 2001 and 2003, she was a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Re-elected in November, 2007, she is currently a bencher and a member of the Access to Justice Committee and the Equity and Aboriginal Issues Committee. Since 2005, she has been a part time member of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board. Apart from her legal practice, Avvy spends much time in doing community organizing and advocacy work. She was involved in a number of community organizations serving as the Vice-Chair of the Court Challenges Program of Canada, President of the Chinese Canadian National Council (Toronto Chapter) and board member of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. She co-founded the STATUS Campaign - a campaign for regularization of status for non-status immigrants, and the Colour of Poverty Campaign - a campaign to address the increasing racialization of poverty in Ontario.
Professor David Divine The James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies is a national senior academic post covering all of Canada, based at Dalhousie University in recognition of the unique historical presence of Black people in the area. The aim of the Chair is to act as a catalyst for the creation of a Centre of Excellence in Black Canadian research, a clearing house for material relating to Black Canadian scholarship, and a Centre for coordinating major local, national and international conferences on Black Canadian research. It is developing as an important Centre for Black community development, and as a crucible for the development of aspirant scholars in Black Canadian studies. The Chair has a local, national and international perspective based on the belief of a connection between Black people and that their patterns of potential shared experience merit exploration. Professor David Divine assumed the James R. Johnston Chair January 2004. Professor Divine is a graduate of Edinburgh University (Scotland), Aston University (Birmingham, U.K.) and the London School of Economics (U.K.). Professor Divine has occupied senior positions in social work administration, social work education, and social housing in the United Kingdom. Professor Divine has also managed his own consultancy company covering social housing, social care, and health (1994-2004).
Harbhajan Gill Mr. Gill is the President of the Komagata Maru Heritage Foundation, and a member of the Anniversaries of Change Steering Committee. The mission of the KMHF is to capture the stories of the people who suffered on the Komagata Maru, to educate future generations about the importance of this incident to our society, and to promote Indian culture in Canada. The KMHF has organized annual dinners and walks to commemorate the anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident. Mr.Gill has been active in pursuing the Canadian Government to apologize for this tragedy in the House of Commons.
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Arthur K. Miki, C.M., has had a distinguished career as an educator and community activist. He began his career as an elementary school teacher and later served as principal for 18 years. Throughout his career, Mr. Miki dedicated a considerable amount of time in promoting positive race relations and a greater understanding between peoples, as well as to increase awareness of human rights issues in Canada. He was formerly the vice-chairperson of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and now advisor, director of the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, director of the National Visible Minority Council on Labour Force Development and past chair of the Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba.
Mr. Miki is an active leader in the Japanese Canadian community having served as president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians from 1984-1992. He led the negotiations to achieve a just redress settlement for Japanese Canadians interned during the Second World War. In 1991 he received this country's highest recognition, the Order of Canada. In October 1999 he received an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Winnipeg. Mr. Miki is currently a Citizenship Judge for Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Panelists:
Avvy Go is the Clinic Director of Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic. She received her B.A. in economics and management studies from the University of Waterloo, LL.B. from the University of Toronto, and LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School. Since her call to the Bar in 1991, she has worked exclusively in the legal clinic system, serving the needs of low income individuals and families, the majority of whom are non-English speaking immigrants and refugees. Immigration, human rights, and employment law are some of the main areas of law that she practices in. Between 2001 and 2003, she was a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Re-elected in November, 2007, she is currently a bencher and a member of the Access to Justice Committee and the Equity and Aboriginal Issues Committee. Since 2005, she has been a part time member of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board. Apart from her legal practice, Avvy spends much time in doing community organizing and advocacy work. She was involved in a number of community organizations serving as the Vice-Chair of the Court Challenges Program of Canada, President of the Chinese Canadian National Council (Toronto Chapter) and board member of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. She co-founded the STATUS Campaign - a campaign for regularization of status for non-status immigrants, and the Colour of Poverty Campaign - a campaign to address the increasing racialization of poverty in Ontario.
Professor David Divine The James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies is a national senior academic post covering all of Canada, based at Dalhousie University in recognition of the unique historical presence of Black people in the area. The aim of the Chair is to act as a catalyst for the creation of a Centre of Excellence in Black Canadian research, a clearing house for material relating to Black Canadian scholarship, and a Centre for coordinating major local, national and international conferences on Black Canadian research. It is developing as an important Centre for Black community development, and as a crucible for the development of aspirant scholars in Black Canadian studies. The Chair has a local, national and international perspective based on the belief of a connection between Black people and that their patterns of potential shared experience merit exploration. Professor David Divine assumed the James R. Johnston Chair January 2004. Professor Divine is a graduate of Edinburgh University (Scotland), Aston University (Birmingham, U.K.) and the London School of Economics (U.K.). Professor Divine has occupied senior positions in social work administration, social work education, and social housing in the United Kingdom. Professor Divine has also managed his own consultancy company covering social housing, social care, and health (1994-2004).
Harbhajan Gill Mr. Gill is the President of the Komagata Maru Heritage Foundation, and a member of the Anniversaries of Change Steering Committee. The mission of the KMHF is to capture the stories of the people who suffered on the Komagata Maru, to educate future generations about the importance of this incident to our society, and to promote Indian culture in Canada. The KMHF has organized annual dinners and walks to commemorate the anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident. Mr.Gill has been active in pursuing the Canadian Government to apologize for this tragedy in the House of Commons.
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