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Monday, September 20, 2021

Refugee Advisory Network of Canada: Statement to the Government of Canada on Humanitarian Response to Resettle Afghan Refugees and Migrants

Today, the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) issued the following statement to the Government of Canada on Humanitarian Response to Resettle Afghan Refugees and Migrants. For enquiries relating to this statement, contact RAN Canada: all@rancanada.ca Version française ci-dessous Statement by the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada to... More

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Repatriation as a Durable Solution: Refugee Perspectives on Repatriation Policies and Education in Dadaab Refugee Camp

Working Paper 16 Abulogn Okello, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/DHHRNAqxb38   Executive Summary As a result of domestic terror attacks in the last decades, Kenyan government officials and media outlets have begun to frame refugee camps as hotbeds of terror... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Investigating Corporal Punishment in Refugee Secondary Schools in Dadaab, Kenya

Working Paper 13 Okello Mark Oyat, Founding Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/mwsGPL3YRts Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York University... 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

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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

Working Paper 11 Ochan Robert Leomoi, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/8-x4n3W3D2Y   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... More

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Who publishes in Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees? A reflection on author affiliation, knowledge production and geographic representation

By Rachel McNally and Nadeea Rahim See also the recording and event report from LERRN’s recent webinar involving Refuge editor Dr. Dagmar Soennecken (LERRN’s Analysis of Refuge and RSQ: Knowledge, Access and Representation) Read the response to this webinar published by Refuge in their April 2021 Newsletter. In 2019, the editors of the... More

Thursday, November 19, 2020

LERRN-IDRC Webinar: Refugee Education during and beyond Covid-19: Perspectives from local and global actors

Available in عربي Français Español Event details and recordings available here. On Thursday, November 19, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) hosted their second webinar in the LERRN-IDRC webinar series to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on refugee education. The... More

Thursday, November 12, 2020

How global is the RSQ? A reflection on author affiliation and knowledge production in the global forced migration academic discourse.

Do you want to continue the conversation? Join LERRN for our upcoming webinar: LERRN’s Analysis of Refuge and RSQ: Reflections on Knowledge Production, Access, and Representation Authors: Kathryn Hampton (University of London), Rachel McNally (Carleton University), Michael Joel Nabugere (University of London) and Nadeea Rahim (Carleton... More

Friday, October 16, 2020

[CLOSED] Call for Papers – Refuge in the Time of Pandemic

PLEASE NOTE: The submission period for this call has closed. For current details on submitting to Refuge, Click Here. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees is issuing an open call for submissions on the theme of “Refuge in the Time of Pandemic.” Refuge is interested in two broad types of submissions: a. shorter research notes (max 2,500... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Education Under Covid-19 Lockdown: Reflections from Teachers, Students and Parents

Dr. Maha Shuayb and other LERRN partners at the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) issued a timely and important report on the impact of COVID-19 on education, including for refugees, in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. The report is based on a CLS online survey which collected information from 678 people, the majority being parents... More

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

The Impact of Resource Dependence on the Localization of Humanitarian Action: The Case of Kenya

Working Paper 10 Akalya Atputharajah, PhD Candidate, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa Javans Wanga, Master of Arts in Forced Migration Student, Moi University, Kenya Executive Summary Localization is not a new agenda, but it re-emerged as a major area of focus for global refugee policy during the World... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Dr. Maha Shuayb: How a generation of Syrian children in Lebanon were robbed of their education

Dr. Maha Shuayb, Director of the Centre for Lebanese Studies and Lead Investigator of LERRN’s Lebanon Working Group, has published a very timely article in openDemocracy that raises critical questions relating to refugee education. Refugee education has been a growing global priority in recent years. It was one of the core themes at the... More

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