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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

By refugees, for refugees: refugee leadership during COVID-19, and beyond

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

Dr. Nimo Bokore Receives Funding for Innovative Project on Cultural-Based and Trauma-Informed Intervention

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

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Refugees and COVID-19: More than a Health Issue

By Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, Georgetown University Hundreds, maybe thousands, of articles and reports have appeared recently, analyzing the potential for the COVID-19 virus to wreak havoc among refugees living in crowded conditions with inadequate sanitation and limited access to health care. Refugees International, for example, traces in painful... More

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Remembering Gil Loescher

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

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Three Lessons in Crisis Governance for the Age of Coronavirus

In a recent publication on the World Economic Forum website, Dr. Ola El-Taliawi, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Refugee Policy at Carleton University, highlighted 3 crisis governance principles currently undertaken by some governments that can help public leaders and their policy advisors effectively respond to the implications of COVID-19.  Dr.... More

Sunday, April 19, 2020

By Refugees, for Refugees: Refugee leadership during COVID-19 and Beyond

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

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Kenya Government’s Loud Silence on Refugees and COVID-19 Outbreak

By Dulo Nyaoro As I am writing this piece, 201 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya. Nine have died while 25 have fully recovered. While it is too early to confidently conclude that it is the strict measures that the Kenya government has instituted that has suppressed the spread of Coronavirus, the numbers... More

Friday, April 10, 2020

Uncertainty of the Coronavirus in Kakuma Refugee Camp

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

The VULNER Project, co-led by Delphine Nakache and Dagmar Soennecken

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

The Severe Consequences of the COVID Pandemic on Daily Wage Workers in Jordan

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

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Dr. Ola G. El-Taliawi on the Current Divide Between the Norm and Practice of Refugee Protection

On Wednesday March 11, Dr. Ola G. El-Taliawi, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Refugee Policy at Carleton University, gave a talk to outline her research agenda for advancing the study of refugee policy. During her talk, she presented her doctoral research on state policy responses to the Syrian refugee movement. Her research focused on refugee... More

Saturday, March 7, 2020

An Equal World is an Enabled World: Reflections on Gender Equality in Refugee Contexts

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

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