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Book launch: Forced Migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement
October 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
| Location: | 2420R Richcraft Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
Book launch: Forced Migration in/to Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement
Edited by Christina R. Clark-Kazak, University of Ottawa
Hosted by the Migration and Diaspora Studies program, Carleton University, and the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)
Join us for discussion and light refreshments to celebrate the publication of this exciting new collection that brings critical new perspectives on Canada as a site of forced migration and provides the tools we need to evaluate information we encounter in the news and from government officials, colleagues, and non-governmental organizations.
The event will feature discussion with editor Christina R. Clark-Kazak, contributors Martha Alexandra Vargas Aguirre, Yin Yuan Chen, Amrita Hari, Rachel McNally, and David Moffette, and discussant Laura Madokoro.
Full details of the book can be found here.
Forced migration shaped the creation of Canada as a settler state and is a defining feature of our contemporary national and global contexts. Many people in Canada have direct or indirect experiences of refugee resettlement and protection, trafficking, and environmental displacement.
Offering a comprehensive resource in the growing field of migration studies, Forced Migration in/to Canada is a critical primer from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Researchers, practitioners, and knowledge keepers draw on documentary evidence and analysis to foreground lived experiences of displacement and migration policies at the municipal, provincial, territorial, and federal levels. From the earliest instances of Indigenous displacement and settler colonialism, through Black enslavement, to statelessness, trafficking, and climate migration in today’s world, contributors show how migration, as a human phenomenon, is differentially shaped by intersecting identities and structures. Particularly novel are the specific insights into disability, race, class, social age, and gender identity.
Situating Canada within broader international trends, norms, and structures – both today and historically – Forced Migration in/to Canada provides the tools we need to evaluate information we encounter in the news and from government officials, colleagues, and non-governmental organizations. It also proposes new areas for enquiry, discussion, research, advocacy, and action.
Registration for this event is limited to 25 attendees.