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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Reflections from Tanzania on the OAU Convention at 50

On 18 September 2019, Janemary Ruhundwa, Executive Director of Dignity Kwanza and lead of LERRN's Tanzania Working Group, published an op-ed in The Citizen, one of Tanzania's leading English-language newspapers, reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in... More

Thursday, September 5, 2019

IDRC-LERRN initiative to support refugee research

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

Friday, August 23, 2019

Launch of Innovative Training on Refugee Issues

The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) was excited to participate in an innovative training program on forced migration issues. The week-long program opened Monday, 26 August, in Nairobi, Kenya. Organized by the Peace Institute at Moi University, under the seasoned leadership of the Institute’s Director, Dulo Nyaoro, the Regional... More

Friday, May 24, 2019

Nimo Bokore brings her knowledge and lived experience to LERRN

Nimo Bokore left Ethiopia in her early 20s during Ethiopia’s Civil War. Before leaving, Nimo worked as a journalist, covering the 1977- 78 Ethiopian-Somali war from the field. Bokore was in prison for seven months before she was released, but that was not the end of the persecution for her. Right after having her... More

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

James Milner: Understanding the everyday politics of the global refugee regime: Collective action in a time of populism?

Professor James Milner hosted a seminar on the global refugee regime on Jan. 31 at Carleton University. For full story, click here. See a video of the discussion below.... More

Saturday, October 27, 2018

LERRN featured in the Toronto Star

James Milner, Project Director, Professor Maha Shuayb of the Lebanese American University and Professor Dulo Nyaoro, Moi University in Nairobi, were featured in the Toronto Star discussing the goals of the project and how it aims to seek solutions to the refugee crisis. For full story, click... More

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

SSHRC Funding Given To LERRN To Study Global Refugee Policy

James Milner and his partners will receive funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as well as other organizations to study global refugee policy. For full story, click... More

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