Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference

Morning: Southam Hall 415

8:30 – Registration and Light Refreshments

9:15 – Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:35 – 10:25 – Panel 1: Integration and Participation of Migrants in Canada

• Moving Down the Road: An Exploration of Forced Migration from Africville to Uniacke Square (Nova Scotia)

Breanna Denton (Carleton, MA Public Policy and Administration)

• The Impact of Immigration Category on Political Activity in Canada

Rachel McNally (Carleton, MA Political Science)

10:25 – 10:35 – Coffee Break

10:35 – 11:25 – Panel 2: Regional Agreements for Forced Migration Management

• The Turkey-EU Agreement and its Implications for a Normative Power Europe

Bridget Healy (Carleton, MA Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Affairs)

• The (Il)legality of the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement

Flutura Mazreku (Carleton, MA Law and Legal Studies)

Afternoon: Richcraft Hall 1201

11:35 – 1:00 – Panel 3: Ethical Questions in Global Forced Migration Policy

• The Killing of Syrian Children: On the Dangers of Theorizing from Emergency

Salma Essam El Refaei (Carleton, PhD Political Science)

• Resettlement of Refugees and Race

Aituaje Aizenobie (UWindsor, Master of Laws)

• The Ethics of Climate Migration

Sophia Sideris (Carleton, PhD Ethics and Public Affairs)

1:00 – 2:35 – Lunch

2:35 – 3:25 – Panel 4: Migrant Children and Families: Representation and Resistance

• Problematic Justifications for Border Control Policies: Family Separation in the United States

Kanwal Khokhar (Ryerson, MA Criminal and Social Justice)

• Gaining Insights into the School Experiences of Refugee Children Through Art and Accompanied Narratives

Alaa Azan (Carleton, BAH Child Studies)