Announcing the winner of the CRS 2020 “Haiku Your Research Challenge”!

கப்பல் (kappal – ship in Thamil) Tamils flee by seaArrive, detain, separateWaiting in limbo Congrats to Harini Sivalingam (PhD candidate, Socio-Legal Studies, York University) whose research examines how Tamil maritime forced migrants from Sri Lanka who arrived to Canada aboard the MV Ocean Lady and MV Sun Sea conceptualize and navigate their experiences prior to and during […]

York collaborates on research that highlights disparities of Toronto housing crisis

York collaborates on research that highlights disparities of Toronto housing crisis

York collaborates on research that highlights disparities of Toronto housing crisis

New research reveals the racial, social and geographic divides of Toronto’s housing crisis, with racialized communities, newcomers and refugees hardest hit. Read More

UN warns of impact of smart borders on refugees: ‘Data collection isn't apolitical’

Petra Molnar, Associate Director of the CRS Refugee Law Lab, is quoted in this story in the Guardian about a report on new tech and migration by UN Special Rapporteur Tendayi Achiume.

Report: Technological Testing Grounds: Border tech is experimenting with people’s lives

A new report from the Refugee Law Laboratory and EDRi (European Digital Rights) investigates how new technologies are increasingly being used at the border and to manage migration. Technological Testing Grounds is based on over 40 conversations with refugees and people on the move and shows that much of this innovation occurs without adequate governance mechanisms and does […]

York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies awards the 2020 Anthony Richmond Scholarship

The Centre for Refugee Studies is delighted to announce that Dahabo Ibrahim is the inaugural recipient of the Anthony Richmond Scholarship. This new 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. The scholarship was created […]

York University to grant master's degrees to first cohort of refugees in Kenya

https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2020/05/28/york-university-to-grant-masters-degrees-to-first-cohort-of-refugees-in-kenya/

YORK UNIVERSITY PLACES 33rd in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

The Borderless Higher Education (BHER) project is listed as one of the factors in York's ranking!  https://about.yorku.ca/times-higher-education-ranking/

York PhD student examines the diversity of refugee experiences

https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2020/04/15/york-phd-student-examines-the-diversity-of-refugee-experiences/

Calls for change at refugee board after woman asked why husband didn’t ‘just kill’ her

Calls for change at refugee board after woman asked why husband didn’t ‘just kill’ her Global News