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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 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
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
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