Carleton Political Science Course Partners with Oxfam in Lebanon

Students enrolled in Carleton University’s third-year migration governance course get to partake in a unique partnership with Oxfam in Lebanon where they will provide recommendations that could influence Lebanon’s international refugee policy.

“Lebanon ranks first worldwide in hosting the largest number of refugees in relation to its national population,” says Ola El-Taliawi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science, who is teaching the course and organized the collaboration.

Despite being one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in the world, no legal framework exists to govern refugee affairs. This places refugees in especially precarious situations, El-Taliawi explains.

“Given the multiple crises the country has been undergoing, including COVID-19, economic collapse and currency devaluation, refugee populations are particularly vulnerable,” she says.

The political science course introduces students to topics including the politics of human mobility, migration and attempts by states and other actors to influence migration and mobility. The course also explores emerging types of migration governance at the national, regional and global levels.

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