{"id":2826,"date":"2019-02-21T14:42:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T19:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:31:31","slug":"migration-and-diaspora-student-research-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/2019\/migration-and-diaspora-student-research-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Salma-and-crowd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Salma-and-crowd.jpg 699w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Salma-and-crowd-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Salma-and-crowd-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Salma-and-crowd-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Salma-and-crowd-360x202.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, February 8<sup>th<\/sup>, students, professors, and community members gathered at Carleton for the Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference, supported by the MDS initiative. The conference marked the first MDS student conference since the Graduate Student Colloquium in 2015. Around 40 people participated in all or part of the conference, which included four thematic panels ranging from regional agreements on migration to representation of migrant children. Nine student presenters from three universities shared their research, showcasing a range of migration-related student research at Carleton and beyond. For several students, it was their first time presenting at an academic conference. One student shared \u201cI was able to present my work and receive amazing and helpful feedback and encouragement to continue my work. I&#8217;ve learned so many things that wouldn&#8217;t have been possible without this conference. I&#8217;m forever thankful for this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the special features of the conference was the opportunity for sharing and discussing research across academic disciplines, with presenters coming from Political Science, Public Policy, EURUS, Law and Legal Studies, Ethics and Public Affairs, Criminal and Social Justice, and Child Studies. One student presenter called the conference \u201ca rare opportunity to get together with others in migration studies as an interdisciplinary discourse.\u201d One of the goals of the MDS initiative is to create opportunities for interdisciplinary discourse, and the conference showed the value of these opportunities. The student organizers hope that the conference will become an annual event within the MDS initiative. Thank you to the MDS initiative for providing financial support, to Professors Laura Macdonald and James Milner for chairing panels, to the MDS administrator Tammy Tracey for logistical support, and to all the students who participated in various ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Rachel-and-Pantea-240x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Rachel-and-Pantea-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Rachel-and-Pantea-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Rachel-and-Pantea-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Rachel-and-Pantea-360x202.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Rachel-and-Pantea.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Sophia-240x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Sophia-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Sophia-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Sophia-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Sophia-360x202.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Sophia.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Alaa-2-240x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Alaa-2-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Alaa-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Alaa-2-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Alaa-2-360x203.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/MDS-Conf-Alaa-2.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, February 8th, students, professors, and community members gathered at Carleton for the Migration and Diaspora Student Research Conference, supported by the MDS initiative. 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