Thursday, May 13, 2021Building Local Professional Learning Communities with and for Teachers in Refugee Camps – A Case Study on Hareed Primary School in Dadaabhttps://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... MoreThursday, May 13, 2021Investigating Corporal Punishment in Refugee Secondary Schools in Dadaab, Kenyahttps://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... MoreThursday, May 13, 2021The Causes of Female Student Dropout in a Secondary School in the Dadaab Refugee Camps of Kenyahttps://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... MoreThursday, May 13, 2021Exploring Examinations Dishonesty among Refugee Students in Secondary Schools in Dadaab, Kenyahttps://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,... MoreTuesday, July 14, 2020The Impact of Resource Dependence on the Localization of Humanitarian Action: The Case of KenyaAkalya 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 Humanitarian... MoreMonday, June 1, 2020Is the Humanitarian-Development Nexus Leading to Solutions for Refugees?Angel Abbaticchio, Carleton University Though the global refugee regime was developed more than 70 years ago to find solutions for refugees, progress on truly sustainable solutions remains scarce. The international community recognizes the need to strengthen the humanitarian-development (HD) nexus or, in other words, to promote closer... MoreThursday, May 21, 2020Opportunities and Challenges for Localization of Humanitarian Action in TanzaniaMerve Erdilmen, McGill University Witness Ayesiga Sosthenes, University of Dar es Salaam 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 been around globally since the early... MoreTuesday, May 5, 2020“To be a refugee, it’s like to be without your arms, legs”: A Narrative Inquiry into Refugee Participation in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Nairobi, KenyaMohamed 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... MoreThursday, April 9, 2020Understanding Syrian and Jordanian Youth Transitions from Education to EmploymentYasmeen 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,... MoreMonday, March 16, 2020Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for RefugeesIn 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 evaluate whether there are gaps in Tanzania's current national legal and regulatory framework. Discrepancies between international law... MoreFriday, March 13, 2020Global Research Partnerships: Beyond the North-South Divide?In the recent years, collaborative partnerships between research centres in the Global North and the Global South became one of the central spaces for producing knowledge on refugee issues. In this literature review, Salma Essam El Refaei, a PhD student at Carleton University, analyzed the Forced Migration field to study how these partnerships... MoreTuesday, December 17, 2019Intersectionality and Other Critical Approaches in Refugee Research: An Annotated BibliographyDINA TAHA PhD Candidate, York University Read here: Intersectionality and Other Critical Approaches in Refugee Research 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.... MoreTuesday, December 17, 2019Durable Solutions and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Literature ReviewMERVE ERDILMEN PhD Student, Department of Political Science, McGill University Read here: Durable Solutions and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus 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,... MoreTuesday, December 17, 2019Protection and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Literature ReviewMIDORI KAGA PhD Candidate, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa DELPHINE NAKACHE Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Read here: LERRN Working Paper No. 1 - Protection Executive summary: Attempts to bridge the Humanitarian-Development (HD) nexus are not new, but in recent years this idea... More Share: Twitter, Facebook Short URL: https://carleton.ca/lerrn/?p=3391