Events

March 12, 2026 3:00 - 4:30pm This is a virtual event Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/9NRkyG3WRlaGvVB_5zXSAA This panel brings together scholars and practitioners to critically examine the burgeoning landscape of labour mobility pathways for refugees and displaced people. With the rise of initiatives like Canada's Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), these programs are increasingly framed as "triple-win" solutions […]

March 18, 2026 1:00-2:30pm (EDT/Toronto) Zoom link: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/H8Ps-pXSRtGtZf1cN0EW5A Guest speaker: Christina Clark Kazak, Professor, Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa How and why does age function as part of a broader system of border control? Age and Immigration Policy in Canada uses the concept of social age – the socially constructed roles and norms […]

April 15, 2026 2:00 - 3:30pm (ET / Toronto) This is a virtual event Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/qCUT9QB3SCqX-w2Wq9o5lw Guest Speaker: Gamze Ovacık, Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University Faculty of Law Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Abstract: The current global mobility paradigm is geared towards stopping and deterring the arrival of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants […]