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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
By Dr. Oroub El Abed Jordan is taking a number of pivotal measures to fight the spread of COVID-19. In her latest post, Dr. Oroub El Abed, a principal researcher and co-investigator in Jordan at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, outlines the new challenges this crisis has created in the labour market, especially for... More
Monday, April 6, 2020
By Faith Mario Mjalilla This year’s World Health Day comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the globe and putting millions of lives at risk. It’s important to highlight that refugees are more vulnerable to infection due to their precarious living conditions in camps. As the world continues its attempt to... More
Thursday, April 2, 2020
By Dina Batshon Written: 31/3/2020 2,372,736 learners in Jordan from pre-primary all the way to tertiary education, nationals and non-nationals, are affected by the nationwide closures of educational institutions [1] as the country comes towards the end of its second week under lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. This past March has had... More
Monday, March 16, 2020
Working Paper 5 Leonard Chimanda, University of Dar es Salaam Stéfanie Morris, University of Ottawa Executive Summary In the summer of 2019, Leonard Chimanda, a Masters candidate of Laws in Migration and Refugee Law at the University of Dar es Salaam and Stéfanie Morris, a researcher at the University of Ottawa were tasked to... More
Thursday, February 20, 2020
In commemoration of the World Day of Social Justice, LERRN is proud to share the stories of our partners committed to the social justice for all. For DIGNITY Kwanza, our lead partner in Tanzania, the pursuit of social justice for every individual, even the most marginalized and vulnerable is at the heart of their... More
Friday, February 14, 2020
By Christina Klassen “Youth engagement.” This compelling but vaguely defined term drew me to apply for the LERRN Youth Engagement research placement in Lebanon in the summer of 2019. I submitted my application more out of a curiosity to understand why the local team in Lebanon had chosen this as an area of research... 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
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
In October, LERRN had the pleasure of inviting filmmaker and activist Hicham Kayed to Canada to share the work of Al-Jana with a wider audience and explore ways that LERRN could support Al-Jana’s important work. Al-Jana is a member of LERRN's Lebanon Working Group active in setting LERRN's priorities. We are constantly working... More
Working Paper 3 Dina Taha, PhD Candidate, York University Executive Summary This literature review highlights migration and refugee research engaged with intersectionality as a critical framework that challenges homogenizing experiences and categories in the global refugee context. Intersectionality seeks to enable the analysis of multiple... More
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
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