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Archives: Person-related Posts

Monday, July 19, 2021

Beyond the partnership debate: localizing knowledge production in refugee and forced migration studies

James Milner, LERRN Project Director, with Richa Shivakoti, Senior Research Associate, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, has co-authored Beyond the partnership debate: localizing knowledge production in refugee and forced migration studies in the Journal of Refugee Studies, the peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal... More

Sunday, July 11, 2021

LERRN-IDRC Webinar | Forced Displacement and Health in the Context of the Pandemic: Localized Responses to COVID- 19’s Impact on Refugees, IDPs, and Communities Living in Chronic Displacement

Event details and recordings available here. On 24 June 2021, LERRN and the International Development Research Center (IDRC) hosted their seventh and final webinar in the LERRN-IDRC webinar series on Forced Displacement. This webinar, drawing on lessons from Bangladesh, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza, focused on health systems and the COVID-19... More

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Learning from refugees and hosts to address forced displacement

By Roula El-Rifai and James Milner The theme for this year’s World Refugee Day is “together we heal, learn and shine.” But from whom should we learn? Some of the best ideas on how to support refugees across the globe come from refugees themselves and those who live and work – day in and... More

Friday, June 18, 2021

LERRN-IDRC Webinar | Localized Forced Displacement Research: Lessons from East Africa and the Middle East

Available in عربي Français Español Event details and recordings available here. On 9 June 2021, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) hosted the sixth of their Webinar Series on Forced Displacement to focus on localized knowledge ecosystems. The goal of the webinar... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Exploring Examinations Dishonesty among Refugee Students in Secondary Schools in Dadaab, Kenya

https://youtu.be/8-x4n3W3D2Y Ochan Robert Leomoi, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program Executive summary: This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York University as part of the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees project,... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

The Causes of Female Student Dropout in a Secondary School in the Dadaab Refugee Camps of Kenya

Working Paper 12 Arte Saman Dagane, Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Abdullahi Yussuf Aden, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/GqkEBifGB9M Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major... More

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

RRN Webinar: Localizing Knowledge Production: Shifting Power in Forced Migration Studies

On April 20, 2020, LERRN Partners James Milner and Roula El-Rifai participated in the April edition of the Refugee Research Network Webinar Series entitled Localizing Knowledge Production: Shifting Power in Forced Migration Studies. Drawing on the results of a review of forced displacement research centres based in the global South and interviews... More

Monday, April 19, 2021

LERRN-IDRC Webinar: Refugee-Host community relations during Covid-19 and beyond: Lessons from the Middle East and Southern Africa

Event details and recordings available here. On 8 April 2021, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) hosted the fifth of their webinar series on forced displacement. Drawing on lessons from the Middle East and Southern Africa, co-moderators Roula El-Rifai and James Milner,... More

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Webinar: LERRN’s Analysis of Refuge and RSQ: Reflections on Knowledge Production, Access, and Representation

Event details and recordings available here. Read the response to this webinar published by Refuge in their April 2021 Newsletter. On February 26, 2021, LERRN hosted a webinar discussing LERRN’s recent analysis of the journal Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) as well as a similar analysis of Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. Nearly one... More

Friday, February 19, 2021

LERRN partner Dulo Nyaoro to speak at IGAD Conference

The Lead of LERRN's Kenya Working Group, Dulo Nyaoro, will be speaking at the Second IGAD Conference on Migration and Displacement, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 22 to 24 February 2021. He will be presenting his paper "Assessing Remittances Dynamics to Kenya during the COVID-19 Period" during a panel on Diaspora... More

Sunday, February 14, 2021

UNHCR Webinar: North America within the global refugee regime

Event details and recordings available here. Detalles del evento y interpretación en español se pueden encontrar aquí. Détails de l'événement et interprétation en français sont disponibles ici. On 21 January 2021, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) co-hosted the... More