Suha Diab
Suha Diab is a PhD candidate at the School of Public Policy and Administration with a specialization in Political Economy, through the Institute of Political Economy. Suha’s PhD thesis examines how ideas and discourses of “humanitarianism” and “security” have influenced refugee resettlement policies in Canada. She examines the process by which these ideas have been coordinated, adapted and adopted by various policy actors. The research focuses on the interaction between ideas, norms and institutions (such as actors within the Government of Canada, the UNHCR, the international community, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)) that are involved in the refugee resettlement program. To examine these dynamics, the project explores four responses of the Canadian government to refugee crises; the resettlement of Ugandan Asians in 1972, the resettlement of Chileanrefugees in 1973, the proposals to resettle Bhutanese, and the Palestinian refugees. The research focuses on the surrounding context, the articulation of ideas of humanitarianism and security, the agents involved in communicating these ideas, and the dynamics between institutions.