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Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference
November 15, 2019 at 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
| Location: | 2104 Canal Building |
| Cost: | Free |
The Migration Student Research Conference is hosted by the Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative and the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN). It will feature presentations from students who went on summer research placements in Kenya, Lebanon, and Tanzania through LERRN. Other panels will feature student research on refugee agency, migrant youth in Canada, asylum systems, gendered approaches, and more. All are welcome to attend.
Schedule
9-9:15 Registration and Coffee
9:15-9:30 Welcome
9:30-10:15 Panel 1: Agency and Self-Directed Solutions by Displaced Peoples
Chair: Sophia Sideris, PhD Student in Ethics and Public Affairs • Agency as a Negative Space: Between UNHCR Agency Mainstreaming and Refugees’ Refusal (Salma Essam El Refaei, Carleton University, PhD Student, Political Science) • Environmental Change and Mobility in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Kip Jorgensen, McGill University, MA Student Political Science)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Panel 2: Highlights from the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network Summer Research
Chair: Dr. James Milner, Associate Professor of Political Science • Refugee Participation in Kenya: Case Studies of Refugee Community Organizations in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Nairobi (Mohamed Duale, York University, PhD Candidate Education) • Localization of Humanitarian Action in Kenya (Akalya Atputharajah, University of Ottawa, PhD Candidate International Development and Globalization) • From Education to Employment for Refugees in Lebanon (Zahraa Al-Ahmad, Carleton University, MA Student in Political Science)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15 Panel 3: Global Refugee Policy in Local Contexts
Chair: Dr. James Milner, Associate Professor of Political Science • The Impact of the National Legal Framework on Refugees in Tanzania (Stéfanie Morris, University of Ottawa, Master’s in Public and International Affairs) • A Comprehensive Refugee Response? Assessing the Translation of Global Commitments into National Policy Priorities in Kenya and Tanzania (Blake Barkley, Carleton University, PhD Candidate in Political Science) • Gender Mainstreaming for Refugee Protection and Solutions: Lessons from Bangladesh and Thailand (Amanda Klassen, Carleton University, PhD Candidate in Political Science)
2:15-3:30 Panel 4: Gendered and Critical Perspectives on Seeking Asylum
Chair: Dr. Zeina Bou-Zeid, Instructor in Law and Legal Studies • Refugee Protection in Canada and the Role of Removal (Jaime Lenet, McGill University, PhD Candidate in Social Work)
• “Like a coach motivating her boxer” (Participant): Challenges and strategies in preparing asylum claims (Charlotte Dahin, University of Ottawa, PhD Student in Feminist and Gender Studies) • Seeking asylum as a Latin American woman: an attempt to bring a feminist perspective to refugee mental health research (Laura Gallo Tapias, McGill University, MSc Student in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry)
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 Panel 5: Migrant Youth and Students in Canada
Chair: Dr. Nimo Bokore, Assistant Professor of Social Work • Views on Autonomy and Independence Among Migrant Youth in Quebec (Emilia Gonzalez, McGill University, MSc Student in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry) • “There aren’t many parents who know how the school system works clearly”: Migrant families’ experiences with the education system in Montreal and Toronto (Sol Park, McGill University, MSc Student in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry) • The Issue of Human Dignity in Decisions to Migrate: A Case Study of Iranian International Students in Canada (Erfaneh Razavipour Naghani, McGill University, PhD Candidate in Social Work)
5:00 Post-Conference Social at Mike’s Place Pub
(209 University Centre building, Carleton University)