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Thursday, May 13, 2021
The Archives, Living Histories and Heritage Working Group has published a Report on their Oral History and Refugee Project. This project aims to identify archives, educational tools and museology linking oral history and refugees, and acknowledges that national archives and libraries very often own collections on refugees not necessarily... More
Thursday, January 28, 2021
What is our understanding of "refugee education"? How does education help refugees prepare for an intellectual and better life? What is missing in refugee education? This recent publication by Maurice Crul and LERRN Partner Maha Shuayb in Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees highlights three significant points regarding refugee education. First,... More
Monday, August 10, 2020
PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. LERRN’s Archives, Museums and Oral Histories Working Group is excited to promote a funding opportunity by the International Council on Archives (ICA). Trustees of the ICA’s Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA), which aims to provide assistance to archive... More
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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, 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, May 21, 2020
Working Paper 8 Merve Erdilmen, McGill University Witness Ayesiga Sosthenes, University of Dar es Salaam Executive Summary The idea of strengthening local humanitarian actors’ capacities, and access to funding and information, as well as making local non-governmental organizations essential partners in strategic decision-making processes, has... More
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Working Paper 7 Mohamed Duale, PhD Candidate, Education, York University Executive Summary 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... More
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Dina Taha’s work has taken her from Egypt to Canada and back again on a journey of research and discovery about the lives and survival strategies of Syrian refugee women. During her doctoral work, she returned to Egypt and conducted an intensive series of interviews with Syrian refugee women who had escaped the conflict... More
Friday, April 10, 2020
By Pascal Zigashane The world is facing a health threat and Kenya is finding it very crucial to contain the spread of COVID-19. Kakuma refugee camp is an arid place with no agriculture activities. Refugees fully depend on food stock from other counties in Kenya, especially Kitale County. Fear rises amongst refugees if they... More
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
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
On April 8, 2020, the news service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, EurekaAlert!, published a description of the objectives and purpose of the VULNER Project (Vulnerabilities under the Global Protection Regime: How Does the Law Assess, Address, Shape and Produce the Vulnerabilities of the Protection Seekers?) co-led by... More
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