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November 2025

CRS/CERLAC Seminar: ‘Con un gran amor’: Photos, Stories, and Reflections from Postwar El Salvador

November 12 2025 11am - 12:30pm (Toronto) This is a hybrid event In person: 280N York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University Virtually: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/H2uotL1VRxiLZGGTjE_qBQ Guest speakers: Adriana Alas, Giada Ferrucci and Amanda Grzyb, Western University; Morgan Poteet, Mount Allison University; Jocelyn Torres, York University Abstract This seminar explores the use of Photovoice as a creative participatory […]
12 Nov
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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CRS Seminar: Pathways into homelessness for Muslim refugee and Immigrant women in Canada

November 12, 2025 3:30 - 5:00pm (Toronto) This is a virtual event Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/Rl1xSp9iTNihSrP3vS2o0A Guest Speaker: Dina Taha, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Doha, Qatar Abstract This Seminar presents findings from a community-based, mixed-methods study with Nisa Homes and the Women’s National Housing […]
12 Nov
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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CRS Seminar: Refugee Pathways to Freedom and Peace

November 19, 2025 1:00pm-2:30pm (Toronto) This is a hybrid event In person: 626 Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/INwS7L4xS3esfhyWo7skZw Guest speaker: Janet Billson, Director, Group Dimensions International / Editor, Skywood Press, CRS Affiliated Scholar Abstract: Janet Billson will present on two recent publications:
19 Nov
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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CRS Seminar: ‘Bad’ Bodies, Borders and Un-Belonging: Conversations about Medical Inadmissibility

November 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm This is a virtual event Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/fDhf7wLMTwu7dFGJXoeAoQ Guest speakers: Laura Bisaillon, University of Toronto; Clifford Pereira, University of Hong Kong; Valentina Capurri, Toronto Metropolitan University; Anne-Rachelle Boulanger, Policy Analyst and Immigration and Refugee Lawyer Commentor: Felipe Montoya-Greenheck, York University With World AIDS Day approaching on December 1st, this conversation […]
25 Nov
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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January 2026

CRS Book Launch: Age discrimination and migration policy in Canada: Toward an Equitable Approach

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 […]
14 Jan
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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CRS Seminar: Equally unequal: intersectional oppression and the equality claims of refugees and migrants in Canada

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 […]
28 Jan
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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February 2026

CRS Seminar: Experiences of LGBTQ+ Migrants: Preliminary Findings from the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Study

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, […]
12 Feb
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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March 2026

CRS Seminar: New Pathways, Old Challenges? Navigating Labour Mobility for Skilled Refugees

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 […]
12 Mar
3:00 am - 4:30 pm
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