Migrant Vulnerability in the Canadian Protection System: The View of Migrants, Public Servants and on-the ground Practitioners

Research report (VULNER Research Report 2), on the experiences of migrants seeking protection in Canada. Throughout the VULNER project, the Canadian team seeks to answer three questions: 1. How are the ‘vulnerabilities’ of migrants defined in the relevant Canadian legislation, case law, policy documents and administrative guidelines? 2. How do Canadian decision-makers understand and address […]

VULNER Policy Brief: Canada

For each country under study, the country policy briefs identify the best practices and implementing issues of existing mechanisms to identify and assess the special needs of vulnerable migrants seeking protection. They formulate concrete policy recommendations. These policy briefs were issued following the second research phase, during which we conducted ethnographic fieldwork among migrants and […]

Nordamerika (Kanada und USA)

Die Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung erlebt in den deutschsprachigen Regionen seit etwa 2015 einen Boom. Dieses Handbuch erschließt das Feld in seiner Breite und reflektiert zugleich kritisch den Forschungsstand. Teil I des Bandes diskutiert auf theoretischer Ebene die historische Entwicklung des Forschungsfeldes, seine (trans-)disziplinären Zugänge sowie forschungsethische Fragen. Teil II bietet eine Diskussion wichtiger Kernbegriffe und-konzepte […]

Asylum Law in North America

This Encyclopedia (in: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Constitutionalism; Springer, Cham), covers the developments of a wide variety of constitutional law topics, taking a global perspective. It discusses these constitutional law topics in detail and provides analyses of their transformation from traditional structures to the current phenomena. The volumes focus on constitutional topics as changing phenomena, offer […]

Patrolling the boundaries of belonging? Courts, law and citizenship

The Research Handbook on Law and Courts (eds. S. M. Sterett & L. D. Walker. Elgar), provides a systematic analysis of new work on courts as governing institutions. Authors consider how courts have taken on regulating fundamental categories of inclusion and exclusion, including citizenship rights. Courts’ centrality to governance is addressed in sections on judicial […]

Taking the Harper Government’s Refugee Policy to Court

Policy Change, Courts, and the Canadian Constitution examines the impact of courts and various constitutional provisions on a wide range of policy issues, including health care, immigration and refugee policy, citizenship, the rights of Indigenous peoples, and criminal justice policy. In Policy Change, Courts, and the Canadian Constitution, ed. E. Macfarlane, University of Toronto Press, 2018.

Germany and the Janus Face of Immigration Federalism: Devolution vs. Centralization

The book examines the phenomenon of immigration federalism: its main characteristics, why and how it has developed, its implications for immigration systems (in general) and non-citizens’ rights (in particular). The book introduces the reader to theoretical perspectives on immigration federalism through three sets of literature – federalism, governance and non-citizens’ rights – that provide a […]

One Year Later: Unmasking COVID-19

Grace Barakat and Brenda Spotton Visano One Year Later: Unmasking COVID-19. Islamic Relief Canada 2021.

Aging Asia and implications for social security programs

Fong, Joelle H. and Thomas R. Klassen. 2023. “Aging Asia and implications for social security programs” in Baehler, K. et al., eds, The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy. Oxford University Press. 207-218.

The Racial Experiences of International Students from Korea During the Pandemic

Kim, Ann, Angie Y. Chung, Mihyon Jeon, Thomas R. Klassen, Min-Jung Kwak, Hyunjung Shin and Patricia Trudel. 2023. “The Racial Experiences of International Students from Korea During the Pandemic” in Kim, A, H. Kim, E. Buckner and J. M. Montsion, eds, International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities: Institutional Challenges at the Intersection of Internationalization, […]