{"id":18505,"date":"2015-10-09T22:11:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T02:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2015\/migration-and-diaspora-studies-steering-committee-takes-home-cus-building-connection-research-award\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:17:20","slug":"migration-and-diaspora-studies-steering-committee-takes-home-cus-building-connection-research-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/2015\/migration-and-diaspora-studies-steering-committee-takes-home-cus-building-connection-research-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration and Diaspora Studies Steering Committee Takes Home CU\u2019s Building Connection Research Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Migration and Diaspora Studies Steering Committee Takes Home CU\u2019s Building Connection Research Award\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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Migration and Diaspora Studies steering committee. From left to right: Christopher Worswick, James Milner, Ming Tiampo, Daniel McNeil, Catherine Khordoc, Sarah Casteel, Howard Duncan, Jeff Sahadeo, and Nimal Rajapakse (Vice-President Research and International). Photo credit: Justin Tang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

This past week, members of the Migration and Diaspora Studies (MDS)<\/a> steering committee accepted research awards from Carleton University on behalf of the exceptional work of the MDS community in building connections across the university that have had a sustained impact both over time and across research programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the world\u2019s attention has been drawn to the Syrian refugee crisis, members of Carleton\u2019s Migration and Diaspora Studies Steering Committee have been working with international colleagues to respond to the practical needs of refugee communities, and create spaces at Carleton that encourage critical discussions about the historical dimensions of the refugee crisis as well as stimulate forward looking accounts about the social, cultural, political and economic implications of the movement of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most recently, the group hosted an international workshop for researchers and leaders in the migration and diaspora community entitled \u201cPower and Influence in the Global Refugee Regime\u201d. The workshop brought together a prominent group of scholars, practitioners and policy-makers to discuss strategies to improve the current refugee regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the inspirations for this group was to combine research and advocacy on migration and diaspora issues,\u201d says Jeff Sahadeo, the Associate Director of the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) and a member of the steering committee. \u201cCarleton is an ideal location for this collaboration because we have so many people working on this\u2014both on campus and in the national capital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah Casteel (English), Ming Tiampo (Art History), and Catherine Khordoc (French, Dean of FASS) share a discussion at the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

While the focus of the MDS initiative has been to build linkages across disciplines, the research interests of individual members of the Steering Committee range from the cultural consequences of globalization and the treatment of issues of personal and collective identity in relation to immigration, multiculturalism (or interculturalism), exile and integration in literature to global refugee policy, the role of international organizations in the management of migration and issues relating to citizenship, and integration in Canada and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also maintains an active international listserv, which allows members to swap information on refugee sponsorships, country-by-country resources, and the latest news and research on the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are fortunate to have people who are dealing with this issue from all over the world, approaching it from all different angles,\u201d says Professor Sahadeo, a political scientist who\u2019s collaborated with both poets and economists. \u201cThis gives us a chance to learn and enrich each other. We have much more in common than we would think.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the committee include and Sarah Casteel, Howard Duncan, Martin Geiger, Catherine Khordoc, Daniel McNeil, James Milner, Jeff Sahadeo, Daiva Stasiulis, Ming Tiampo, and Christopher Worswick.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MDS steering committee looks forward to continued collaborations with the Carleton community, and supporting the interdisciplinary research of faculty and graduates students, in order to position our university as an international leader in the burgeoning research field of Migration and Diaspora Studies. Some upcoming opportunities for collaboration and support include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MDS Graduate Student Colloquium<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The MDS Graduate Student Colloquium in Migration and Diaspora Studies will be held on Friday November 27, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Fellowship in Migration and Diaspora Studies<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Description:<\/strong> Awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs to a full-time graduate student who is pursuing courses in Migration and Diaspora Studies. Recipients may be residents of any province or territory in Canada and must qualify as entitled to the Canadian Resident Tuition Fee Structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Value:<\/strong> $20,000 (scholarship)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline for applications to be submitted to Dawn Schmidt<\/a>: October 19<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event funding<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MDS welcomes applications that support events and activities such as conferences, seminars, talks, short films, and artistic installations that will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n