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Thursday, November 19, 2020

LERRN-IDRC Webinar: Refugee Education during and beyond Covid-19: Perspectives from local and global actors

Available in عربي Français Español Event details and recordings available here. On Thursday, November 19, the Local Engagement... More

Thursday, November 12, 2020

How global is the RSQ? A reflection on author affiliation and knowledge production in the global forced migration academic discourse.

Do you want to continue the conversation? Join LERRN for our upcoming webinar: LERRN’s Analysis of Refuge... More

Saturday, October 31, 2020

[CLOSED] Call for Papers – Global Studies of Childhood: “Children’s Art in Times of Crisis”

PLEASE NOTE: The submission period for this call has closed. Global Studies of Childhood is seeking submissions for a special double issue... More

Friday, October 16, 2020

[CLOSED] Call for Papers – Refuge in the Time of Pandemic

PLEASE NOTE: The submission period for this call has closed. For current details on submitting to Refuge, Click Here. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees is issuing an open call for... More

Friday, October 2, 2020

LERRN-IDRC Webinar Series: Mobilizing a Global Response: Acting on the report by the Hon. Bob Rae

Event details and recordings available here. On Thursday, 01 October, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the... More

Monday, September 28, 2020

Malual Bol Kiir Announced as the Newest Refugee Advisor to the Delegation of Canada to the 2020 Meeting of UNHCR’s Executive Committee

Canada has delivered on its commitment to include a refugee advisor in its delegation to UNHCR’s Executive... More

Monday, September 14, 2020

Op-Ed: What the Beirut Blast means for Lebanon’s Refugees

Last month’s Beirut Blast impacted thousands of people in the country, particularly Lebanon’s refugee population, who a majority of which are living below the poverty line and... More

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

LERRN Stands in Solidarity with our Partners in Lebanon

On August 19, the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies hosted a webinar on the causes and impact of the Beirut explosions, which included valuable inputs from Dr. Maha Shuayb,... More

Monday, August 10, 2020

[CLOSED] FIDA Supports Archives and Archivists!

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).... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Education Under Covid-19 Lockdown: Reflections from Teachers, Students and Parents

Dr. Maha Shuayb and other LERRN partners at the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) issued a timely and important report on the impact of... More

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

New Online Migration Teaching Collaboration Between Carleton University and the University of Ottawa

LERRN members are excited to be participating in the Online Migration Teaching Collaboration, an innovative collaboration between Carleton... More

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

The Impact of Resource Dependence on the Localization of Humanitarian Action: The Case of Kenya

Akalya Atputharajah, PhD Candidate, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa Javans Wanga, Master of... More

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Dr. Maha Shuayb: How a generation of Syrian children in Lebanon were robbed of their education

Dr. Maha Shuayb, Director of the Centre for Lebanese Studies and Lead Investigator of LERRN’s Lebanon Working Group, has published a very... More

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

By refugees, for refugees: refugee leadership during COVID-19, and beyond

We're thrilled that an article co-authored by LERRN refugee leaders Mustafa Alio and Pascal Zigashane, along with LERRN Project Director James Milner and leaders from the Global... More

Monday, June 22, 2020

New report on Education and COVID-19 in Jordan

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... More

Saturday, June 20, 2020

LERRN Announces Plans for Refugee Advisory Network

June 20, 2020—Ottawa – On World Refugee Day 2020, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) is excited to announce plans to launch a Refugee Advisory Network to enhance... More

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Dr. Nimo Bokore Receives Funding for Innovative Project on Cultural-Based and Trauma-Informed Intervention

We want to celebrate Dr. Nimo Bokore, LERRN Co-Investigator and Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Carleton University,... More

Monday, June 1, 2020

Is 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... More

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Opportunities and Challenges for Localization of Humanitarian Action in Tanzania

Merve Erdilmen, McGill University Witness Ayesiga Sosthenes, University of Dar es Salaam The idea of strengthening local humanitarian... More

Tuesday, 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, Kenya

Mohamed Duale, PhD Candidate, Education, York University Although not a new concept, refugee participation,... More

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Refugees and COVID-19: More than a Health Issue

By Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, Georgetown University Hundreds, maybe thousands, of articles and reports have appeared recently, analyzing the potential for the COVID-19 virus to wreak havoc among refugees living in crowded... More

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Remembering Gil Loescher

A personal reflection from LERRN Project Director, James Milner It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of my dear friend and LERRN partner Prof. Gil Loescher on 28 April 2020. Gil Loescher in Thailand, 2006 Gil... More

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Three Lessons in Crisis Governance for the Age of Coronavirus

In a recent publication on the World Economic Forum website, Dr. Ola El-Taliawi, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Refugee Policy at Carleton University, highlighted 3 crisis... More

Sunday, April 19, 2020

By Refugees, for Refugees: Refugee leadership during COVID-19 and Beyond

At the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019, LERRN partnered with the Global Refugee-led Network to endorse the importance of refugee participation. Now in the midst of... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Dina Taha’s doctoral work examining the diversity of refugee experiences, and involvement with LERRN

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... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Kenya Government’s Loud Silence on Refugees and COVID-19 Outbreak

By Dulo Nyaoro As I am writing this piece, 201 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya. Nine have died while 25 have fully recovered. While it is too early to... More

Friday, April 10, 2020

Uncertainty of the Coronavirus in Kakuma Refugee Camp

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... More

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Understanding Syrian and Jordanian Youth Transitions from Education to Employment

Yasmeen Shahzadeh, McGill University Syrian and Jordanian youth in Jordan are experiencing challenges with regards to their access to... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

The VULNER Project, co-led by Delphine Nakache and Dagmar Soennecken

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... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

The Severe Consequences of the COVID Pandemic on Daily Wage Workers in Jordan

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... More

Monday, April 6, 2020

The Increased Vulnerability of the Refugee Population to COVID-19 Within Tanzanian Refugee Camps

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... More

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Education Response(s) to COVID-19 in Jordan: Ongoing Education at all Costs

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... More

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

How global is the Journal of Refugee Studies?

By Rachel McNally and Nadeea Rahim 80% of the world’s refugees are in the Global South. But what about refugee research? In 2019, the editors of the journal Migration Studies embarked on a self-reflection process about the... More

Saturday, March 21, 2020

The Urgency of Racing Forced Migration: Conversations on the Experiences of Black Refugees

By Mohamed Duale The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1966 to... More

Monday, March 16, 2020

Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for Refugees

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... More

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