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Monday, November 14, 2016

MDS Welcome Event 2016

On November 4th, the Migration and Diaspora Studies (MDS) initiative hosted its annual Welcome Event at Carleton University Art Gallery. Daniel McNeil (History) welcomed new and returning faculty and students to the event and shared a presentation from Johnny Alam, President of the Migration and Diaspora Student Society. Sarah Casteel (English... More

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Symposium and Exhibition on Migration and Intersectionality

  On October 28th, 2016 Carleton University hosted a collaborative symposium between the African Centre for Migration and Society (University of the Witwatersrand) and Carleton’s Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative to provide a critical understanding of how social identities shape migrants’ work experiences in South Africa, South... More

Monday, July 18, 2016

MDS Researcher Urges UN to Respond Holistically to the Global Refugee Crisis

There are more refugees and migrants crossing international borders today than any other time since the Second World War, and the average displacement lasts 20 years. James Milner, a political science professor at Carleton and one of the architects behind the university’s Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative, believes that this... More

Friday, May 13, 2016

MDS at the National Student Commonwealth Forum (NSCF)

During the first week of May, MDS scholars Daniel McNeil and Louise de la Gorgendière delivered presentations to over 100 high-school students from across Canada as part of the National Student Commonwealth Forum (NSCF), a conference held annually in Ottawa since 1973. The NSCF is dedicated to exposing students to the role of the Commonwealth... More

Friday, May 6, 2016

Passages: The Magazine of the Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative

Passages: The Magazine of the Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative features reflections from our award-winning faculty and students about some of the events relating to movement, mobility and memory that MDS has hosted over the course of the academic year. Special thanks to: Johnny Alam, one of the 2014-15 TD Graduate Fellows in MDS, who... More

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Daiva Stasiulis Awarded Marston LaFrance 2016-17 Research Fellowship

The 2016-17 Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship has been awarded to MDS scholar and Professor of Sociology Daiva Stasiulis. The fellowship was established in 1979 in memory of Marston LaFrance, former Carleton Dean of Arts, and is intended as the “senior” award for faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with a very significant... More

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

New SSHRC post-doc to join Carleton’s MDS community

Salina Abji will be joining the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University in the Fall of 2016 as a SSHRC postdoctoral scholar (2016-2018). Working under the supervision of Dr. Daiva Stasiulis, Salina’s research will study social activism in response to immigration detention practices in Canada, focusing on the role of... More

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Carleton hosts one of the most influential figures in World Cinema

Med Hondo is not only one of the foundational figures of African cinema, but also one of the most talented, radically versatile and profoundly influential directors from the continent. A retrospective and international symposium on his cinema recently brought the pioneering filmmaker to Carleton and the National Gallery of Canada. Aboubakar... More

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Migration Workshop Tackles Pressing Global Issues

On March 10-11, Carleton faculty and students will present their research at an international conference on Managing Migration in World Society.   The opening event at the Ottawa Hub will focus on refugee resettlement and its implications for Ottawa and Canada. The Friday research workshop takes place in the River Building Atrium and... More

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Diversity, Art and the Academy: The Revolution Will Be Live

Why did Carleton’s special film screening and Q&A on the roots of hip-hop culture attract such a diverse audience, which included students and faculty, poets and artists, Muslim and Indigenous activists, as well as fans of 70s music who heard about the event on CBC radio? Because it’s 2016 Because hip-hop culture was born in... More

Saturday, February 13, 2016

New TD Graduate Fellow in Migration and Diaspora Studies

MDS has a new TD Graduate Fellow in Migration and Diaspora Studies: Ying-Ying Tiffany Liu! To learn more about Tiffany’s fascinating research on diasporic identities and the ‘intra-migrant economy’, as well as her striking depictions of graffiti art and convivial cultures in South Africa, please visit this article on the Carleton University... More

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

360 Memoires: The Children of Migrants

On Thursday, December 3, MDS and the Bachelor in Global and International Studies (BGInS) brought a team of academics and activists  to Carleton in order to explore issues of migration, belonging, and citizenship in contemporary Europe. Migration has become the focus of many headlines throughout the world. In Europe, the ongoing arrival of... More

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