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Wednesday, March 18, 2026<\/p>

New Reflection Note: Beyond Presence \u2013 Who Shapes Decisions in Global Refugee Governance?<\/h3>

We are pleased to share a powerful new reflection note from our colleagues at\u00a0R-SEAT (Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table) following their participation in the December 2025 Global Refugee Forum Progress Review. Titled\u00a0"Beyond Presence: Who Shapes Decisions in Global Refugee Governance?", this piece asks a straightforward but essential... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, April 23, 2025<\/p>

Blog Post: Gender equality \u2013 More than just a women\u2019s issue<\/h3>

by\u00a0Lavender Mboya "These displacements have made the people very vulnerable and especially the men, our most vulnerable people, although when you go to the organization for help they say no, we don\u2019t help men we only help women and ladies, but I'm telling you, our men have become very vulnerable and this has led... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, April 16, 2025<\/p>

Fieldwork Notes: Research with Migrant and Refugee Leaders<\/h3>

Takeaways From the Fieldwork in Chile and Colombia by\u00a0Constanza Lobos, Stephanie L\u00f3pez Villamil As part of the project \u201cThe Politics and Process of Refugee Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Factors Conditioning Refugee Leadership in Global South\u201d our team of researchers from Colombia and Chile conducted fieldwork in both countries to... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, April 9, 2025<\/p>

Blog Post: Voices of Resilience. Inspiration and Challenges of Refugee Leadership in Kakuma<\/h3>

by Pascal Zigashane, LERRN Research Associate, Executive Director at Action pour le Progres (CBO) This blog builds on findings from the LERRN study \u201cThe Politics and Process of Refugee Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Factors Conditioning Refugee Leadership in the Global South\u201d, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. As part of this... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, April 4, 2025<\/p>

Bringing Refugee Issues to the UN in New York<\/h3>

On 1 April, LERRN\u2019s Project Director James Milner, and R-SEAT\u2019s Co-Managing Director Rez Gardi delivered a technical briefing on the global refugee regime at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York. The briefing was developed in collaboration with Leah Zamore from the Zolberg Institute at the New School of... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, January 16, 2025<\/p>

Forced Displacement and Canada\u2019s Feminist Foreign Policy: What Is Missing?<\/h3>

Working Paper 29 By Brianna Parent Long, Carleton University and Muzna Dureid, Concordia University Executive Summary Despite Canada's recognition as a global leader in refugee resettlement and the introduction of the FIAP under the Trudeau's administration, we identify a crucial oversight: the insufficient focus on forced displacement within its... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, January 16, 2024<\/p>

Forging the Path to Meaningful Refugee Participation: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Power, Agency, and Participation<\/h3>

Working Paper 22 By Beenish Khan, Carleton University Executive Summary Since the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees articulated the commitment to ensuring meaningful refugee participation, forced migration scholars have engaged considerably with the disparities in how meaningful participation is understood, the expected outcomes, and the standards... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, June 1, 2020<\/p>

Is the Humanitarian-Development Nexus Leading to Solutions for Refugees?<\/h3>

Working Paper 9 Angel Abbaticchio, Carleton University Executive Summary 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... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, May 5, 2020<\/p>

\u201cTo be a refugee, it\u2019s like to be without your arms, legs\u201d: A Narrative Inquiry into Refugee Participation in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Nairobi, Kenya<\/h3>

Working Paper 7 Mohamed Duale, PhD Candidate, Education, York University Executive Summary 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... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div>

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