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CARFMS23 Call for Papers

Posted on by Michele Millard
CARFMS23 Call for Papers

Racism, Rights, and the Responsibility to Protect: Re-imagining the Struggle for Equality and Justice for Refugees and the Forcibly Displaced 15th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) May 29 – 31, 2023 Hosted in collaboration with The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), York University at   CONGRESS 2023 of the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, “Reckonings & Re-Imaginings,” York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Please submit your abstract directly online by…

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CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Award

Posted on by Michele Millard
CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Award

The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), in collaboration with the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) project, are pleased to announce an Annual Award to recognize the outstanding scholarship produced by students and early-career researchers within the academic field of refugee and forced migration studies with a lived experience of having been forcibly displaced. This joint Award aims to ensure that refugee and…

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Call for Applicants – StOries: Strangers to Ourselves

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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

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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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