{"id":3635,"date":"2019-11-05T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/?post_type=cu_event&p=3635"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:37:15","slug":"migration-and-diaspora-student-research-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/event\/migration-and-diaspora-student-research-conference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free registration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/strong>
\n9-9:15 Registration and Coffee<\/strong>
\n9:15-9:30 Welcome<\/strong>
\n9:30-10:15 Panel 1: Agency and Self-Directed Solutions by Displaced Peoples<\/strong>
\nChair:<\/strong> Sophia Sideris, PhD Student in Ethics and Public Affairs \u2022 Agency as a Negative Space: Between UNHCR Agency Mainstreaming and Refugees\u2019 Refusal (Salma Essam El Refaei, Carleton University, PhD Student, Political Science) \u2022 Environmental Change and Mobility in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Kip Jorgensen, McGill University, MA Student Political Science)
\n10:15-10:30 Break<\/strong>
\n10:30-12:00 Panel 2: Highlights from the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network Summer Research<\/strong>
\nChair:<\/strong> Dr. James Milner, Associate Professor of Political Science \u2022 Refugee Participation in Kenya: Case Studies of Refugee Community Organizations in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Nairobi (Mohamed Duale, York University, PhD Candidate Education) \u2022 Localization of Humanitarian Action in Kenya (Akalya Atputharajah, University of Ottawa, PhD Candidate International Development and Globalization) \u2022 From Education to Employment for Refugees in Lebanon (Zahraa Al-Ahmad, Carleton University, MA Student in Political Science)
\n12:00-1:00 Lunch<\/strong>
\n1:00-2:15 Panel 3: Global Refugee Policy in Local Contexts<\/strong>
\nChair:<\/strong> Dr. James Milner, Associate Professor of Political Science \u2022 The Impact of the National Legal Framework on Refugees in Tanzania (St\u00e9fanie Morris, University of Ottawa, Master\u2019s in Public and International Affairs) \u2022 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) \u2022 Gender Mainstreaming for Refugee Protection and Solutions: Lessons from Bangladesh and Thailand (Amanda Klassen, Carleton University, PhD Candidate in Political Science)
\n2:15-3:30 Panel 4: Gendered and Critical Perspectives on Seeking Asylum<\/strong>
\nChair:<\/strong> Dr. Zeina Bou-Zeid, Instructor in Law and Legal Studies \u2022 Refugee Protection in Canada and the Role of Removal (Jaime Lenet, McGill University, PhD Candidate in Social Work)
\n\u2022 \u201cLike a coach motivating her boxer\u201d (Participant): Challenges and strategies in preparing asylum claims (Charlotte Dahin, University of Ottawa, PhD Student in Feminist and Gender Studies) \u2022 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)
\n3:30-3:45 Break<\/strong>
\n3:45-5:00 Panel 5: Migrant Youth and Students in Canada<\/strong>
\nChair:<\/strong> Dr. Nimo Bokore, Assistant Professor of Social Work \u2022 Views on Autonomy and Independence Among Migrant Youth in Quebec (Emilia Gonzalez, McGill University, MSc Student in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry) \u2022 \u201cThere aren\u2019t many parents who know how the school system works clearly\u201d: Migrant families\u2019 experiences with the education system in Montreal and Toronto (Sol Park, McGill University, MSc Student in Social and Transcultural Psychiatry) \u2022 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)
\n5:00 Post-Conference Social at Mike\u2019s Place Pub<\/strong>
\n(209 University Centre building, Carleton University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[52],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-3635","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-upcoming"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2019-11-15T09:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2019-11-15T17:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"CB","cu_event_meeting_room":"2104","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/3635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/3635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3638,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/3635\/revisions\/3638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}