Events

January 14, 2026 1:00-2:30pm (EDT/Toronto) This is a hybrid event In person: 626 Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University Virtually: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/Tch_CJsdRH-71UfKM5F8iQ 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 […]

January 28, 2025 1:00-2:30pm (Toronto) This is a hybrid event In person: 626 Kaneff Tower, York University, Keele Campus Virtually: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/71oNH9RcTXuGKmEjU4B0oA Guest speaker: Sharry Aiken, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University Abstract: The intersecting, mutually reinforcing and structural dynamics of “race”, gender, class, and ableism are routinely erased by Canadian courts in their consideration of […]

February 12, 2026 1:00 - 2:30pm This is a hybrid event In person: 626 Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University Virtually: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/VmhSi7QIRcaX71NMlhJ9Sw Guest speakers: Roya Haghiri-Vijeh, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, York University; Nick Mulé, Project Director, 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada and Professor, School of Social Work, York University; Hazal Goktas,  Postdoctoral Visitor, 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty project, […]

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 […]

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 […]