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Friday, October 2, 2020
...of the importance and the value of refugee protection. As Linda Oucho noted, the COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity for reflection to identify what is working, where there are gaps and how to pursue change for the future. Gregory Maniatis suggested there’s a need to fundamentally rebuild... More
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
LERRN members are excited to be participating in the Online Migration Teaching Collaboration, an innovative collaboration between Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. With a move to on-line teaching at both universities in the Fall term, this initiative will result in a series of online teaching modules on migration-related topics... More
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
We're thrilled that an article co-authored by LERRN refugee leaders Mustafa Alio and Pascal Zigashane, along with LERRN Project Director James Milner and leaders from the Global Refugee-led Network Shaza Alrihawi, Anila Noor and Najeeba Wazefadost, has been featured in the latest issue of the Forced Migration Review. The piece discusses the... More
Saturday, June 13, 2020
We want to celebrate Dr. Nimo Bokore, LERRN Co-Investigator and Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Carleton University, who recently received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for an innovative and timely project called “Rethinking Resettlement And Integration: Creating Cultural-Based... More
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
A personal reflection from LERRN Project Director, James Milner It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of my dear friend and LERRN partner Prof. Gil Loescher on 28 April 2020. Gil Loescher in Thailand, 2006 Gil was a gentle giant of refugee studies. His work on refugee issues... More
Sunday, April 19, 2020
At the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019, LERRN partnered with the Global Refugee-led Network to endorse the importance of refugee participation. Now in the midst of this global pandemic, it’s more important than ever to recognize refugees as partners in the COVID-19 response, as well as equal partners in research, policy... More
Friday, February 7, 2020
This past December the United Nations High Commission for Refugees held its first Global Refugee Forum. At the forum, Canada made history when it included a refugee advisor, Mustafa Alio, as a formal member of the Canadian delegation. However, refugee participation doesn't stop there, as LERRN Director James Milner discussed in a podcast created... More
Monday, January 27, 2020
LERRN’s Project Director, James Milner and Associate Professor of political science at Carleton University, visited our partner, the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University’s Keele campus on Thursday, Jan. 23 to share lessons and ideas on how to make refugee research, policy and practice more inclusive and equitable, in partnership with... More
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
WHEN: January 23, 2020 @ 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM WHERE: 626 Kaneff Tower - 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 CONTACT: Michele Millard - Email Guest Speaker: James Milner, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University While there is a rich literature on the politics of the global refugee regime and the politics... More
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
By Rachel McNally, Carleton University On 3 October 2019, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) organized a panel discussion with partners from research, policy and practice to discuss how partnered research could engage with Canada’s role in the global refugee regime. The panel was part of the two-day conference... More
Sunday, October 6, 2019
The book launch of Refugees’ Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace was a huge success! The resolution of displacement and the conflicts that force refugees from their homes is often explained as a top-down process led and controlled by governments and international organizations. This book takes a different approach. Through... More
Thursday, September 5, 2019
On Thursday, 5 September 2019, partners from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) held a series of meetings in Ottawa to begin a new initiative to support sustainable research capacity on refugee and forced migration issues in key regions of the global South. Loren Landau,... More
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