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Workshop Series: Making Migration Methodologies - A Hands-On Exploration of Mobility Through Creative Tools

The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University and the Oxford Department for International Development have partnered to present a unique hybrid workshop series for the Trinity term: Making Migration Methodologies - A Hands-On Exploration of Mobility Through Creative Tools. Migration is about more than movement—it’s about memory, loss, resilience, and belonging. This workshop series […]

Message from incoming CRS Director Yvonne Su

Welcome to the Centre for Refugee Studies! It is a great privilege to serve as the new Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies. My personal and professional journey has instilled in me a deep commitment to advancing the rights and dignity of refugees and migrants. As an immigrant child transported from a rural village […]

Saying Good-Bye to Michael Creal

Michael Creal was a longtime faculty member and friend of the Centre of Refugee Studies and founder of the Sanctuary Coalition. In June 2024 he was made a member of the Order of Canada in recognition of his work. He died on Saturday August 24, 2024.   Michael Creal Obituary Surrounded by family and love, […]

Announcement: Recipient of the 2024 Anthony Richmond Scholarship

Geneviève Minville The Centre for Refugee Studies is pleased to announce that Geneviève Minville has received the 2024 Anthony Richmond Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes promising graduate student research on the intersections of forced migration and environmental changes, such as climate change, flooding, drought, forest fires, and land or sanitary degradation. Geneviève is a second year PhD […]

Message from Sean Rehaag, outgoing CRS Director

Dear Members of the CRS Community, I can’t believe it’s already my last day as CRS Director. I have had a wonderful experience as Director over the past five years. It was great to learn more about all the amazing research and advocacy about refugees and forced migration that happens at York University, and to […]

Michael Creal made a member of the Order of Canada

Governor General Mary Simon announced on June 27, 2024, that Professor Michael Creal has been made a member of the Order of Canada. Professor Creal’s long time association with York and the Centre for Refugee Studies was recognized. He is also a founder and leader of the Sanctuary movement in Canada. Professor Creal’s investiture into […]

Marriage economics, bargaining and strategic agency: Egyptian-Syrian intermarriage practices in the context of displacement

New open access article by CRS affiliate Dina Taha Marriage economics, bargaining and strategic agency: Egyptian-Syrian intermarriage practices in the context of displacement, International Journal of Cultural Relations, Volume 101, July 2024, 101995

Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students

A recently published article in The Conversation by CRS members Yvonne Su and co-authors Corey Robinson and Sean Rehaag: Setting the record straight on refugee claims by international students (theconversation.ca)

Wenona Giles Appointed to Order of Canada

We are extremely happy to announce the appointment of long time CRS affiliate and Professor Emerita Wenona Giles as an Officer to the Order of Canada for "her significant contributions to refugee and migration studies, and for her efforts to increase access to higher education among those living in refugee camps." Wenona's important work on […]

Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises

A recently published article in The Conversation by CRS affiliate Yvonne Su and co-author Will Greaves: Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises (theconversation.com)