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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
We are thrilled to announce the release of the article titled "Through the Localization Looking Glass: Seeing Subaltern Power in the Refugee Regime" by Merve Erdilmen, James Milner, Megan Bradley published in Global Studies Quarterly There has been increased scholarly and policy attention to “localized” responses to displacement, in the hope... More
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Executive Summary Despite Canada's recognition as a global leader in refugee resettlement and the introduction of the FIAP under the Trudeau's administration, we identify a crucial oversight: the insufficient focus on forced displacement within its feminist international assistance framework. In this article, we critically examine Canada's... More
Friday, March 10, 2023
In this episode of (Un)Filtered hosted by Co-Director of R-SEAT Rez Gardi, LERRN Project Director James Milner talks about his research in the forced migration field throughout his career, the change in global refugee regime since the 90s, and meaningful refugee participation in the international refugee system. As with any paradigm shift, change... More
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
On October 3rd, 2022, the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations and R-SEAT (Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table) hosted a hybrid roundtable discussion, with some 100 participants joining in person in New York or virtually via Zoom. Accountability and participation are now understood as central to collective action in... More
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
https://youtu.be/dqZfugjBK_Q Abdikadir Bare Abikar, Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program 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... More
Thursday, May 13, 2021
https://youtu.be/mwsGPL3YRts Okello Mark Oyat, Founding Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program 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... More
https://youtu.be/GqkEBifGB9M 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 Executive summary: This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper... More
https://youtu.be/8-x4n3W3D2Y Ochan Robert Leomoi, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program 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 Education for Refugees project,... More
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
On 9 February, 2021, openDemocracy published an article by LERRN Director James Milner on the opportunities for meaningful refugee participation, and the possibility for a more responsive and reliable global refugee regime during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article references numerous initiatives by LERRN partners to build a response to the... More
Monday, February 8, 2021
On 8 February 2021, Canada’s Minister of International Development, the Honourable Karina Gould, announced the “Together for Learning” campaign, a new global campaign to enhance access to education for refugee and other forcibly displaced children and youth. This three-year campaign will seek to “promote quality education and lifelong... More
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Event details and recordings available here. The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) hosted their third joint webinar on 15 December 2020. Focused on refugee leadership, the webinar discussed the importance of refugee participation and refugee-led organizations as... More
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Mohamed Duale, PhD Candidate, Education, York University Although not a new concept, refugee participation, or the involvement of refugees in decision making and service-delivery for refugees, has been gaining currency as a result of a recent shift in global refugee policy from humanitarian towards neoliberal developmentalist approaches. Refugee... More
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