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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Event Report: Discussion with UNHCR’s Madeline Garlick: Critical Themes in Global Forced Migration Policy Today

https://youtu.be/QZO1lZMCOF8 On November 25, 2024, Carleton University’s Migration and Diaspora Studies Department, in collaboration with UNHCR and LERRN, hosted a hybrid discussion with Dr. Madeline Garlick, Chief of Protection Policy and Legal Advice at UNHCR in Geneva, on critical themes in global forced migration policy today. Students,... More

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Event Report: Book Launch: Forced Migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement

https://youtu.be/2zUX1a1PpJM On October 28, 2024, faculty members of University of Ottawa and Carleton University, students, and visiting scholars gathered to celebrate the book release of Forced Migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement. Forced Migration in/to Canada is a critical primer from multiple disciplinary... More

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Mustafa Alio, Oroub El-Abed, and James Milner on Season 3 of Borders& Belonging by CERC Migration

The Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration & Integration program's award winning podcast, Borders and Belonging, kicks off its third season with an episode titled: "Nothing about us without us." This episode highlights the importance of refugee and migrant voices in shaping the policies that affect them, deep diving into the... More

Monday, September 9, 2024

Carleton University Sprott School of Business MBA – LERRN Internship Reflections

This summer, Carleton University Sprott School of Business MBA candidate Ying Wang successfully completed her internship with LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network. We extend our congratulations to her and are excited to share her insightful reflections on her internship experience working with LERRN. How would you describe this... More

Monday, September 9, 2024

Deo Mwapinga Successfully Defends His Thesis on Durable Solutions For Refugees

Congratulations to Deo Mwapinga on successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled The Politics of Citizenship as a Durable Solution for Refugees in Tanzania: A Comparative Case Study of Naturalization of Rwandese and Burundian Refugees! Deo Mwapinga completed his doctoral study at the Department of Political Science at Carleton University... More

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Role of Education in Protecting The Environment and Women’s Rights at Dagahaley Camp Dadaab, Kenya

By Dahabo Abdi Ibrahim Executive Summary: Education promotes both individual and national development by contributing to increased productivity and a hope for the eradication of poverty, disease, and ignorance (Kigotho et al. 2016). Author, with a lived experience of displacement, offers an exploration of environmental education and women’s... More

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Redefining Refugee Status: The Gender Dimension

By Shabnam Saleh Imagine you are a young woman in Kabul. Education is a distant memory, eclipsed by the ever-present threat of violence and the suffocating constraints of oppressive rule. Your future is a terrifying question mark, painted with forced marriage, domestic abuse, and the denial of basic human rights. This isn't dystopian fiction;... More

Friday, August 9, 2024

Announcing the 2024 winners of the CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Award

The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), in collaboration with the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) project, is pleased to announce the results of the 2024 CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Award. There are two winning papers in... More

Monday, June 17, 2024

Seeking Asylum During COVID-19 and What It Means Today

A new data story just got published by UNCHR Dava Visualization Platform. With the end of the global public health emergency, this data story takes a look back at how the world’s forcibly displaced were able to access protection during the crisis. We all remember the seemingly unprecedented restrictions on human mobility, with states... More

Monday, June 10, 2024

Job Opportunity: Research Network Coordinator

We are now recruiting for the position of Research Network Coordinator to support the planning and implementation of the next phase of the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement. This is a full-time, grant-funded fixed term, based at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. The IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement is a... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Event Report: Migration Research in the Age of Messy Politics Roundtable

On March 25, 2024, Professor Laura Madokoro from Carleton moderated the roundtable “Migration Research in the Age of Messy Politics.” Three professors from different universities shared their thoughts in the discussion. Sarah Zell from the University of Winnipeg is a feminist political geographer who researches the housing experiences of... More

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Event Report: People Forced to Flee

On March 20, 2024, a thought-provoking panel discussion titled "People Forced to Flee" took place at Carleton University. The event, hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and supported by LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network and the Migration and Diaspora Studies program at Carleton University,... More

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