Oleena Chaudhuri
PhD candidate, Social Work, York University
Research Interests
Migration, gender, and labour market integration, with an emphasis on South Asian communities in the West
Lawrenz Decano
MA candidate, Geography, York University
Research Interests
Lived experiences of racialized migrants
Faezah Esmaeili
PhD candidate, Sociology, York University
Research Interests
Politics of racism and refugee reception in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Nilanjana Ganguli
PhD candidate, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change; Graduate Scholar, Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research, York University
Research Interests
How climate-related shocks and stressors influence transactional sex dynamics in rural fishing communities in Malawi
Sherry (Sharareh) Kashi
PhD candidate, Faculty of Education, York University
Research Interests
Experiences of resettled refugee youth in Canada as they make sense of their belonging and negotiate citizenship
Ayse Irem Karabag
PhD candidate, English Studies, York University
Research Interests
Critical refugee studies, queer/gender studies, world literature and narratives of resistance
HaEun Kim
PhD candidate, Applied Linguistics, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, York University
Research Interests
Language and literacy education, refugee education, language politics, critical pedagogy, and understanding barriers that prevent access to learning in urban contexts
Christian Ladores
PhD candidate, Department of Politics, York University
Research Interests
How racial identity and processes of racialization contribute to the politics of immigration policy in Canada
Maryam Lashkari
PhD candidate, Geography, York University
Research Interests
Feminist geopolitics, transnational migration, and urban geography
Mbalu Lumor
PhD Candidate, Health Policy & Equity, York University
Research Interests
Intersectionality of distress and decolonial trauma care approaches for refugee survivors of violence
Rachel McNally
PhD Candidate, Political Science, Carleton University
Research Interests
Refugee resettlement policy and community refugee sponsorship
Deepa Nagari
PhD candidate, Socio-legal Studies, York University
Research Interests
Forced migration and bordering laws and policies, particularly examining the Canada-U.S. border and the Safe Third Country Agreement
Jackline Oduor
MA candidate, Kenyatta University
Research Interests
The role of the government of Kenya in enhancing quality and Inclusive Education for the refugees; more so for the girls who because of multiple vulnerabilities have their education affected.
Romeo Joe Quintero
PhD candidate, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Research Interests
Experiences of those living in resettlement and transitory sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the areas of the southern Philippines affected by armed conflicts
Sodip Roy
PhD candidate, Doctoral School of International Relations and Political Science at Corvinus University of Budapest
Research Interests
The link between agencies of Rohingya refugees to the prevailing camp governmentality in Bangladesh
Zoha Salam
PhD Candidate, Global Health, McMaster University
Research Interests
Understanding how mental health disparities among migrant populations are produced through social and structural determinants of health
Hiba Sha'ath
PhD Candidate, Geography, York University
Research Interests
Research Interests
The experiences and informal self-protection mechanisms of precarious-status urban populations in Tunis, and the role of data in shaping humanitarian responses in conflict and post-conflict situations, and critical approaches to migration governance in the Mediterranean
Mirco Stella
PhD candidate, Education, York University
Research Interests
The political and ethical potential for decolonizing epistemological, ontological, and historical concepts/antinomies of the Self and Other, through the everyday practices of collaboration in education
Sanam Vaghefi
PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Victoria
Research Interests
Refugee migration, asylum seekers, and migrant health, performances of power and agency during the migration trajectories, as well as victim-villain-savior narratives surrounding the representations of asylum seekers and refugees in various international contexts
Tyler Valiquette
Ph.D. candidate, Human Geography, University College London
Research Interests
South-south migration, queer migration, public policy formation, development, and state-led, humanitarian, and local responses to displacement
Monika Verma
Ph.D. candidate, Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Research Interests
Refugee and forced migration and citizenship studies, the plight of Rohingya refugees in India