Directed by York University sociologist Christopher Kyriakides, Canada Research Chair in Citizenship, Social Justice and Ethno-Racialization, a University comparative research project will explore the complexities and challenges of racism faced by Syrian and Ethiopian refugees in Canada. Read More
Howard Adelman passed away 23rd July, 2023, a profound and unexpected loss to family and friends from near and afar. Funeral servicewere held on Thursday July 27, 2023 at 1:30pm (EDT) at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. The service can be viewed here: Professor Howard Adelman was a person of significant accomplishments. As a Canadian […]
CRS affiliate Yvonne Su on CBC Radio: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/15999203-how-climate-change-affecting-peoples-movements-around-planet
After graduating from York this spring, Tegan Hadisi, the daughter of Iranian refugees, will apply what she learned at the University to further study and assist migrants, contributing to a better future for them. Read More
Recent publication co-authored by Profs. Tania Das Gupta (York University) and Yvonne Su (CRS affiliate, York University) The Conversation article on the housing discrimination international students face https://theconversation.com/canadas-costly-housing-market-leaves-international-students-open-to-exploitation-204242
One of the projects incubated at the Refugee Law Lab (Centre for Refugee Studies), The Migration and Technology Monitor launches our first fellowship for five people-on-the-move from all over the globe. The initiative supports projects that document the impact of technology on mobile communities, as well as the transformative potential of innovative projects designed directly by […]
Part of the SSHRC-funded research project: “SPRING: Exploring elements of the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program that facilitate refugee settlement”, University of Ottawa, Refugee Hub Podcast with Dr Christopher Kyriakides: https://blubrry.com/spring_research_project/92752496/sponsor-sponsored-pre-arrival-interaction-and-resettlement-success-in-the-context-of-the-private-sponsorship-of-refugees-program/
Geopolitics of Education for Peace (GEP) is a collective project conducted by a group of international scholars and activists with roots in the Global South. This project is part of a multi-year, international SSHRC Insight Grant titled, Subalterity, public education, and welfare cities: Comparing the experience of displaced migrants in three cities [Havana, Toronto, Kolkata] led by Ranu […]
The Centre for Refugee Studies is delighted to announce that Mara Mahmud has received the 2022 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. Mara is an MA candidate in the […]
The CRS-co-hosted Refugee Law Laboratory has released new asylum data visualizations, using UNHCR data. The video with the visualizations is available here: The Python code used to make the visualizations is available here: https://github.com/Refugee-Law-Lab/UNHCR-Visualization The UNHCR data is available here: https://api.unhcr.org/docs/refugee-statistics.html