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Thursday, April 9, 2020
Working Paper 6 Yasmeen Shahzadeh, McGill University Executive Summary Syrian and Jordanian youth in Jordan are experiencing challenges with regards to their access to education, their employment, and the transitions between the two. Amidst rising costs, economic fragility, and political uncertainty, youth in the country are rendered increasingly... More
Friday, March 13, 2020
Working Paper 4 Salma Essam El Refaei, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, Carleton University Executive Summary In the recent years, collaborative partnerships between research centres in the Global North and the Global South became one of the central spaces for producing knowledge on refugee issues. In this literature review, Salma... 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, 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
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
By Mohamed Duale The International Day of Education on January 24th was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 6, 2018 as a day of action to highlight the role of education in sustainable development and peace, and to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels.”[i] In this blog post for... More
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
On the eve of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, LERRN partnered with the IDRC and Asylum Access to host a roundtable on “localization” and the importance of local actors in guiding refugee responses. The event brought together eight dynamic partners for a discussion at the Geneva Press Club on 16 December 2019. The... More
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Working Paper 2 Merve Erdilmen, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, McGill University Executive Summary This paper provides a brief review of the literature on the link between humanitarian and development approaches to durable solutions for refugees. By shedding light on the meaning, scope, and timing of durable solutions; strengths and... More
Working Paper 1 Midori Kaga, PhD Candidate, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa Delphine Nakache, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Executive Summary Attempts to bridge the Humanitarian-Development (HD) nexus are not new, but in recent years this idea has received renewed interest in... More
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
In September 2019, LERRN and the Refugee Hub convened researchers, practitioners and policymakers for a Policy Dialogue to explore how Canada can support meaningful refugee participation. Refugee-led organizations often express the principle “nothing about us without us” to highlight the importance of including refugees in discussions and... More
Monday, August 12, 2019
Photo: Yasmeen Shahzadeh, 2019 August 12 is International Youth Day: a celebration and recognition of the agency and role youth have in the in the world today, and the opportunities they possess in driving change for the future. The theme for this year’s International Youth Day is “Transforming Education”. Aligned with the 2030... More
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