CARFMS Webinar: UNHCR’s  Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2025 Report

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Monday, June 29, 2026

1 pm – 2:30 pm, EDT

Zoom:  https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/VRsyOynDQoeXNRmQ9Zc2vw

Each year the UNHCR releases its Global Trends in Forced Displacement report, its flagship publication, that presents the latest official statistics and key statistical trends on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people worldwide. This CARFMS webinar will review the essential elements and aspects of this year’s report from a number of different perspectives.

Speakers

 

Tracey Maulfair
Representative in Canada
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Tracey Maulfair is the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Representative in Canada. Prior to this role, she has held numerous significant positions within the organization, including Deputy Representative in Lebanon, Senior Policy and Guidance Coordinator in Geneva, Senior Policy Advisor in New York, and Assistant Representative in Pakistan. Her career with UNHCR began in 2001, and she has since served in various capacities across the globe, including in Namibia, Liberia, and Türkiye. Before joining the UN, she practiced law in the U.S., with early career experiences at Human Rights Watch in Zimbabwe and the Center for Reproductive Rights in Kenya. Ms. Maulfair has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor in International Human Rights Law from New York University.

James C. Simeon

Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA), Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, and  former Head of McLaughlin College, a former Acting Director and Deputy Director at the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), at York University, Toronto, Canada.