{"id":1142,"date":"2020-03-30T20:26:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T00:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=1142"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:05:02","slug":"rachel-mcnally","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/rachel-mcnally\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel McNally"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rachel McNally graduated in 2026 with her PhD in Political Science from Carleton University. Rachel joined LERRN in 2019. During her graduate studies, she worked as LERRN&#8217;s Project Editor-in-Chief, editing LERRN\u2019s working papers series, facilitating LERRN\u2019s research methods and ethics course, and analyzing the geographic representation of authors in academic journals in refugee studies. She also conducted a collaborative project with refugee researchers living in Kenya about the impact of resettlement for refugees living in Kenyan camps who are &#8220;not yet&#8221; or &#8220;never&#8221; resettled, which was published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1080%2F01419870.2025.2474608&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlirezaChoubineh%40cmail.carleton.ca%7C37c027f2abae413a07fd08df1fd12488%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639264655252521955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XM9YMU5sOxmbeaUj5c8deDIwHyP%2FVxPblTuSQby2luc%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><em>Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taylorfrancis.com%2Fchapters%2Foa-edit%2F10.4324%2F9781003732211-5%2Fyet-never-resettled-individual-communal-waiting-strategies-among-refugees-kenyan-camps-rachel-mcnally-pascal-zigashane-abdikadir-abikar-arte-dagane-mark-oyat-okello-ochan-leomoi&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlirezaChoubineh%40cmail.carleton.ca%7C37c027f2abae413a07fd08df1fd12488%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639264655252551401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=I4FZHzyGM9oJyluMASX30%2B%2BzR9oo77cvC4EYz8zAwcY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Routledge<\/a>. Rachel currently works as Research Coordinator for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unborderedknowledge.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlirezaChoubineh%40cmail.carleton.ca%7C37c027f2abae413a07fd08df1fd12488%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639264655252572702%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=i4w0911sgzpQGtBftj%2FbevdVx%2B7F%2BpuaoNyJtYLQrlc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">UnborderED Knowledge<\/a>, a SSHRC-funded Partnership Grant based at the University of Ottawa that promotes access to higher education and research opportunities for people with lived experiences of forced migration in Canada. In her own work, Rachel has researched the role of UNHCR in the resettlement of refugees with disabilities, Canadian refugee sponsorship programs, and the resettlement of refugees in small and rural communities across Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"recent-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;post&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;showImages&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showDates&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showTimeToRead&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showExcerpts&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;category&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;295&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            category\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2026\/new-blog-post-rethinking-labour-mobility-and-refugee-resettlement\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/its-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/gutenberg\/cutheme-plugin\/images\/thumb-fallbacks\/news-thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Randomly generated thumbnail\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2026-09-30T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        October 1, 2026\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    New Blog Post: Rethinking Labour Mobility and Refugee Resettlement\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    What can the history of refugee labour mobility tell us about who gets access to third-country resettlement pathways today? In a new blog post publishes\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2026\/congratulations-to-phd-graduates-amanda-klassen-and-rachel-mcnally\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/06\/edited-2026-06-15-at-11.27.15-AM-600x400.jpeg\" alt=\"PhD. Graduates Amanda Klassen and Rachel McNally with their PhD supervisor, James Milner at the Carleton University convocation ceremony on 8 June 2026.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2026-06-15T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        June 16, 2026\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Congratulations to PhD Graduates Amanda Klassen and Rachel McNally!\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    Please join us in congratulating LERRN researchers, Dr. Amanda Klassen and Dr. Rachel McNally, who were awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in Political Science\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2025\/new-publication-the-not-yet-and-never-resettled-individual-and-communal-waiting-strategies-among-refugees-in-kenyan-camps\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/truth\/images\/1919\/article-print.jpg\" alt=\"Pre-selected placeholder image\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2025-03-18T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        March 19, 2025\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    New Publication: \u201cThe \u2018Not Yet\u2019 and \u2018Never\u2019 Resettled: Individual and Communal Waiting Strategies Among Refugees in Kenyan Camps\u201d\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    We are excited to announce the release of a new publication titled: &#8220;The &#8216;Not Yet&#8217; and &#8216;Never&#8217; Resettled: Individual and Communal Waiting Strategies Among Refugees\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2022\/jrs-analysis\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/Thumbnail_JRS-2022-Figure-3-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2022-05-11T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        May 12, 2022\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Who has published in the Journal of Refugee Studies? Examining author affiliation and geographic representation in articles and book reviews\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    By Lilly Neang, Rachel McNally, and Nadeea Rahim Original version published 25 March 2020. Revised version published 12 May 2022. Introduction In 2019, the editors\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2019\/reflections-on-canada-and-the-global-refugee-regime-opportunities-for-partnered-research\/\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/truth\/images\/1936\/event-lecture-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pre-selected placeholder image\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n\t\t\t                    <time datetime=\"2019-10-08T20:00:00-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        October 9, 2019\n    <\/time>\n\n                                <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Reflections on Canada and the Global Refugee Regime: Opportunities for Partnered Research\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 dark:text-white font-normal\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700 dark:text-white \">\n                    By Rachel McNally, Carleton University On 3 October 2019, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) organized a panel discussion with partners from research, policy\n                                            &#8230;\n                                    <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"media\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rachel McNally Presents her Book Chapter on Refugees with Disabilities\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rva8EB3xAVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11065,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Rachel","cu_people_last_name":"McNally","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[197,199,64,54,170,231,328,368,421,178],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-1142","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-journal-webinar","cu_people_type-presenters-journal-webinar","cu_people_type-secretariat","cu_people_type-secretariat-staff-19-20","cu_people_type-secretariat-staff-2020-2021","cu_people_type-secretariat-staff-2021-2022","cu_people_type-secretariat-staff-2022-2023","cu_people_type-secretariat-staff-2023-2024","cu_people_type-secretariat-staff-2024-2025","cu_people_type-webinar-participants"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13511,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/1142\/revisions\/13511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}