This year marks the sixth year that the student-led Refugee Awareness Week at York University’s Keele Campus will take place. Refugee Awareness Week will take place Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 and will feature keynote talks, a film screening and refugee advocacy training with leading experts in refugee and human rights. The coalition of participating […]
Refugee Protection in the Neo liberal Age https://zolberginstitute.org/missed-jennifer-hyndmans-talk-watch-humanitarianism-not-development-refugee-protection-in-a-neoliberal-age-here/
A team of researchers at York University has developed a web-based archive on Syrian refugee settlement. It is the first web archive at York that is publicly accessible and permanently protected within the library system. Read more Link to archive: https://scalar.library.yorku.ca/syrian-refugee-settlement-in-canada/index
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/07/04/expecting-gratitude-from-refugees-is-about-bolstering-our-own-saviour-complex.html
Four executive committee members of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) are successful co-applicants and collaborators in the Social Science and Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Grant, titled “Civil society and the global refugee regime: Understanding and enhancing impact through the implementation of global refugee policy.” The project’s total budget is $3.5 million, with […]
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-york-universitys-distance-education-program-breaks-barriers-for/
York University students from a number of clubs working with the York University Syria Response and Refugee Initiative (SRRI) continue to build momentum and recruit new participants to their Refugees Welcome Here! campaign as they organize events and initiatives to raise awareness and support refugees in the community. Major student-led initiatives this term include an […]
Despite the highly-touted changes made by the former Conservative government in 2012, the revamped refugee system has failed to hear claims within tight statutory processing timelines or get rid of the backlog, reports a new study released by the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Read the complete article: https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/05/17/former-tory-governments-refugee-reforms-get-failing-grade.html
Interesting article with CRS affiliate Christopher Kyriakides quoted. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-can-we-blunt-prejudice-against-immigrants
CRS faculty member Prof. Nergis Canefe was on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, March 29, 2017 http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/tracking-turmoil-in-the-middle-east