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Friday, April 10, 2020
By Pascal Zigashane The world is facing a health threat and Kenya is finding it very crucial to contain the spread of COVID-19. Kakuma refugee camp is an arid place with no agriculture activities. Refugees fully depend on food stock from other counties in Kenya, especially Kitale County. Fear rises amongst refugees if they... More
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
On April 8, 2020, the news service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, EurekaAlert!, published a description of the objectives and purpose of the VULNER Project (Vulnerabilities under the Global Protection Regime: How Does the Law Assess, Address, Shape and Produce the Vulnerabilities of the Protection Seekers?) co-led by... More
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
By Dr. Oroub El Abed Jordan is taking a number of pivotal measures to fight the spread of COVID-19. In her latest post, Dr. Oroub El Abed, a principal researcher and co-investigator in Jordan at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, outlines the new challenges this crisis has created in the labour market, especially for... More
Saturday, March 7, 2020
By Amanda Klassen March 8th, 2020 marks the 55th year that International Women’s Day (IWD) has been celebrated around the world. This year the IWD theme is #EachforEqual, an equal world is an enabled world which highlights the difference that individuals can make. IWD is an opportunity to celebrate the many amazing accomplishments of women... More
Friday, March 6, 2020
With International Women’s Day around the corner, it’s a good time to celebrate women who have played an extraordinary role in advancing women’s rights. LERRN is thrilled to highlight Muzna Dureid and the amazing work she has done - and continues to do - for women and girls. In 2011, Muzna and her family... 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
LERRN is committed to the participation of refugees in all stages of research and policy, which aligns with the emphasis for increased refugee participation in the Global Compact on Refugees. On January 30th 2019, LERRN hosted a roundtable discussion on the next steps for refugee participation following the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in December... More
Monday, January 27, 2020
After more than 2,000 people met in Geneva for the first Global Refugee Forum, our partner and Co-applicant Dr. Jeff Crisp of the Refugee Studies Centre, shared his reflection on the international community’s future response to the refugee flow. Dr. Crisp predicts there will be a “continuation of the exclusionary refugee policies currently... More
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
Thursday, January 23, 2020
By Yasmeen Shahzadeh and Dr. Oroub El-Abed January 24th is the International Day of Education. The significance of this day is monumental: it is a celebration of the power of education to bring peace, to encourage sustainable development, to create opportunities, and to empower generations. For many around the world, access to education continues... More
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Date: Thursday, 30 January 2020 Time: 3:00 p.m – 4:30 p.m. Location: A 631 LOEB building Carleton University History was made by Canada at the UN’s Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019 when it included a refugee advisor, Mustafa Alio, as a formal member of the Canadian delegation. This event will share... More
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Read this article from the Toronto Star about how LERRN partner Mustafa Alio made history as a delegate to the Global Refugee Forum in December 2019: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/01/12/canadian-refugee-makes-history-as-state-delegate-at-unhcr-forum.html This is an exciting step forward in the long journey towards greater refugee... More
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