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Friday, May 13, 2022

GAIN Webinar Series: Translating Academic Research into Effective Responses to Forced Displacement

LERRN is pleased to announce our participation in the upcoming webinar series from the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN):... More

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Meaningful Refugee Participation: An Emerging Norm in the Global Refugee Regime

James Milner, LERRN Project Director, Mustafa Alio, R-SEAT Managing Director, and Rez Gardi, R-SEAT Co-managing Director, have co-authored Meaningful Refugee Participation: An... More

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Protected: Who has published in the Journal of Refugee Studies? Examining author affiliation and geographic representation in articles and book reviews

By Lilly Neang, Rachel McNally, and Nadeea Rahim Original version published 25 March 2020. Revised version... More

Saturday, April 30, 2022

LERRN Congratulates Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees on its 40th Anniversary!

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees marked its 40th anniversary as a journal dedicated to the study of forced migration with the... More

Thursday, April 28, 2022

TRAFIG Final Conference: Understanding Protracted Displacement and Peoples’ Own Responses

LERRN Partner Janemary Ruhundwa, Lead of the Tanzania Working Group and Executive Director of Dignity Kwanza, will be participating in the... More

Thursday, April 28, 2022

New Partnership Supports Student Research on Canada’s Immigration History

Written by Nick Ward, Communications & Content Editor, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS), Carleton University. To view this article on the FASS website, Click Here.... More

Friday, April 22, 2022

Call for Applications: Journal of Refugee Studies – Reviews Co-editor

LERRN is pleased to announce the following opportunity from The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS). The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary... More

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Refugee Advisory Network of Canada: Call for Applications 2022

The Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) is now accepting applications for three new Advisors to join the Network. Do you currently reside in Canada and have held... More

Sunday, April 10, 2022

LERRN-RRN Webinar | Changing the Structures of Forced Migration Research

Event details and recordings available here. The last webinar in a series on Ethics in Forced Migration Research, co-hosted by the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network... More

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Upcoming Virtual Roundtable: Ukraine’s Refugees in Europe – Needs, Policies, Responses

External Link: LERRN is pleased to be participating in the following event to be held by the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian... More

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Launch of Reflection Paper: Beyond Consultation

LERRN is pleased to be participating in the following event to be held by the European Chapter of the GRN (the European Coalition of Migrants and Refugees, EU-COMAR), in collaboration with New Women Connectors and Oxfam... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

LERRN-RRN Webinar | Haunted by Violence

Please note: this webinar was held as a meeting; no video recording will be made available.   Event details available here. On March 11, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the Refugee Research Network (RRN)... More

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Refugee Advisory Network of Canada: Public Statement on Ukrainian Refugees

Today, the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) issued the following statement on the Ukrainian refugee situation:  ... More

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: Research Chair on Forced Displacement in the Middle-East and East Africa

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. CRDI & l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth lancent la chaire... More

Friday, March 11, 2022

Whither the Refugees? International Organisations and “Solutions” to Displacement, 1921–1960

LERRN Partners Megan Bradley and Laura Madokoro, together with PhD students Merve Erdilmen and Christopher Chanco, have published Whither... More

Friday, March 11, 2022

From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy

Amanda Klassen, LERRN Project Officer and PhD Candidate in Political Science at Carleton University, has published From Vulnerability to... More

Thursday, March 10, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: Research Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. IDRC & Chang Mai University launch Research Chair on Forced... More

Thursday, March 3, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Proposals: Online Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference

PLEASE NOTE: The submission period for this call has closed. For conference schedule and registration details, visit the Migration and... More

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

R-SEAT’s statement on Ukraine

In response to the rapidly evolving refugee situation in Ukraine, Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table (R-SEAT) calls on all parties to uphold six key principles when designing and implementing responses, now or for any refugee... More

Monday, February 28, 2022

Request for Papers and Commentaries on Protracted Refugee Situations, Creative Solutions, and Refugee-Led Initiatives

The Journal on Migration and Human Security (JMHS) requests papers for a special collection on solutions to protracted refugee crises. The... More

Monday, February 28, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement in Asia

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. IDRC & Asian Institute of Technology launch Research Chair on... More

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Papers: Edited book on Children’s Museology

PLEASE NOTE: The submission period for this call has closed. LERRN is pleased to share the following Call for Papers from Archives, Living Histories and Heritage Working Group... More

Thursday, February 17, 2022

[CLOSED] Opportunity: Advocacy Officer with the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. LERRN is pleased to announce that the Resourcing Refugee Leadership... More

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Upcoming Event: Trauma-informed Culturally Based Intervention (TICBI) Forum

[External Link] LERRN Partner Dr. Nimo Bokore in collaboration with a research team and the Somali Center for Family Services of... More

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: IDRC Research Chair at Universidad del Pacífico

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this call has closed. Universidad del Pacífico launches Research Chair on Migration and Forced... More

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

LERRN-RRN Workshop | Creative Methods in Challenging Times

  Event details and recordings available here. The third webinar in a series on Ethics in Forced Migration Research, co-hosted by the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)... More

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Work of LERRN Student Researchers Recognized by Carleton University

Over the last two decades, millions of people around the globe have been forcefully displaced from their homes. With the COVID-19 pandemic adding further complications, Carleton... More

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

UNHCR HLOM Side Event: Meaningful Refugee Participation

On 13 December 2021, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) High Level Officials Meeting (HLOM) hosted a side event titled Meaningful Refugee Participation that aimed to take... More

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

VULNER Policy Brief: Canada (2021)

The Canadian team 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?) studied how vulnerable asylum seekers... More

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

2021 GCR HLOM: LERRN Virtual Space

https://youtu.be/iPWcok3G1so On December 14 and 15, 2021, the first High-Level Officials Meeting (HLOM) of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) took stock of the progress made since the first Global Refugee Forum (GRF) held two years... More

Thursday, December 2, 2021

LERRN-RRN Webinar | Building Research Relationships and Setting the Agenda

  Event details and recordings available here. In the second of a series of webinars on the ethics of forced migration research co-hosted by the Local Engagement Refugee... More

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

[CLOSED] Pilot Course | Cross-cultural Fieldwork Training Course in Forced Migration Studies

PLEASE NOTE: The registration period for the pilot course has closed. We are excited to announce that LERRN is offering a pilot of our... More

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Repatriation as a Durable Solution: Refugee Perspectives on Repatriation Policies and Education in Dadaab Refugee Camp

Abulogn Okello, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program Executive summary: As... More

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Op-Ed: Muzna Dureid on Canada’s Response to Climate Refugees

Op-Ed: Here’s why Canada should modernize its immigration policy to respond to people displaced by climate change By Muzna Dureid In October 2021, leaders from all over the... More

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Realising the Right of Return: Refugees’ Roles in Localising Norms and Socialising UNHCR in Geopolitics

Megan Bradley, Lead of LERRN's Solutions Working Group, has published Realising the Right of Return: Refugees’ Roles in Localising Norms... More

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