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CARFMS22: Call for Papers – “Crisis” and Forced Migration: Manifestations of power in a changing world

Posted on by Michele Millard
CARFMS22: Call for Papers – “Crisis” and Forced Migration: Manifestations of power in a changing world

Le français suit 14th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) Hosted virtually in collaboration with The Human Rights Program at St Paul’s University College at the University of Waterloo On 2 – 4 November 2022 Whether used in reference to conflict, war and displacement, climate change, Covid-19, impending food shortages, or the state of democracy, the concept of crisis has become ubiquitous in modern discourse.  Invoking ‘catastrophe’ or…

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Call for Applicants – StOries: Strangers to Ourselves

Posted on by Michele Millard
Call for Applicants – StOries: Strangers to Ourselves

Join CERC Migration for an innovative program of reading, discussion and creative writing to explore notions of identity and diversity in the contemporary Canadian context. About the program The experience of migration, as unique or universal as it might be, is always rooted in everyday stories, and can often be best expressed through literary and creative writing. The CERC in Migration and Integration program at Ryerson University launches the StOries Project: Strangers to Ourselves as an alternative training…

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Online CARFMS 2021 Expressions of Interest

Posted on by Michele Millard
Online CARFMS 2021 Expressions of Interest

To help the CARFMS Conference Organizing Committee in planning for the 2021 conference, we are asking that interested sites complete this brief Expression of Interest (EOI) form by December 20, 2020. The information collected in this EOI will not be used during the application review process, as institutions still must submit a complete formal application by January 31, 2021 to be considered for the 2021 conference. The complete formal application will require applicants to make a proposal with…

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Open Call to Host a CARFMS Annual Conference

Posted on by Michele Millard
Open Call to Host a CARFMS Annual Conference

OPEN CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO HOST A FUTURE CARFMS ANNUAL CONFERENCE Please fill in the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM Please note that CARFMS conferences are held in Canada. The CARFMS Executive is inviting all those who may be interested in hosting a CARFMS Annual Conference to submit an application outlining the following: What year you would be open to doing so? CARFMS Annual Conferences are held usually in early to mid-May. Your university affiliation…

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LCIL Workshop: Complicity and Exclusion from Asylum – Call for Abstracts

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LCIL Workshop: Complicity and Exclusion from Asylum – Call for Abstracts

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is hosting a one-day workshop, sponsored by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), on the topic of‘Complicity and Exclusion from Asylum’ which is to be held on: Friday 29 June 2018 – 9 am to 5.30 pm The aim of the workshop is to engage in a thorough discussion of this topic through a number of papers selected on the basis of this call for abstracts. The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees provides…

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