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. 

Maureen Silcoff

Maureen Silcoff has practised immigration and refugee law exclusively since 1988. In addition to private practice, she served for five years as a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, adjudicating refugee claims.

Maureen is at the forefront of high-impact litigation addressing systemic issues in Canada’s immigration and refugee regime. Alongside her public interest practice, Maureen represents individuals in complex immigration and refugee applications.

Maureen teaches Public Interest Litigation and The Business of Lawyering at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. She was appointed Lawyer-in-Residence for the 2025–2027 academic years. In December 2025, she received the Dean’s Teaching Award for outstanding commitment to student mentorship.

Maureen offers commentary to the media on significant developments in immigration and refugee law and presents at conferences. She is a past president of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers and continues to serve on its Litigation Committee.

Chair: Aziz Rahman

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Center to Counter Human Trafficking, Texas A&M International University

Dr. Aziz Rahman is an interdisciplinary scholar with extensive experience in research, teaching, and community development. At TAMIU CCHT, he conducts a project on identifying victims of human trafficking in South Texas and developing training curricula for healthcare and education professionals. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he examined refugee entrepreneurship using qualitative interviews and Canadian census data.