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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
By Dahabo Abdi Ibrahim Executive Summary: Education promotes both individual and national development by contributing to increased productivity and a hope for the eradication of poverty, disease, and ignorance (Kigotho et al. 2016). Author, with a lived experience of displacement, offers an exploration of environmental education and women’s... More
Thursday, November 19, 2020
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, July 9, 2020
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
Monday, June 22, 2020
The Centre for Lebanese Studies, with the support of LERRN, has released a new report on how education for refugees and nationals in Jordan has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and making recommendations for future responses. In Jordan, more than 2 million students across public, private, and United Nations Relief and Works Agency... More
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Yasmeen Shahzadeh, McGill University 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 vulnerable. In this working paper,... 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
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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