CARFMS2025: Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration

CARFMS2025: Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration

16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) 26 – 29 May 2025 Hosted in collaboration with Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement, Toronto Metropolitan University Stay up to date by visiting the conference website: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/carfms25/home

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2024 Winners of CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Award

2024 Winners of 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, is pleased to announce the results of the 2024 CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Award. There are two winning papers in the Graduate category. Note that we did not receive sufficient submissions in the Undergraduate and Emerging Scholars categories to offer an award this year. Living…

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Announcing winners of the 2024 CARFMS Essay Contest

Announcing winners of the 2024 CARFMS Essay Contest

The CARFMS Student Essay Contest adjudication committee is excited to announce the results of the 2024 competition. These are the results in the Graduate/Law category: Winning paper: A Half-open Door: A Case Study of Canada’s Special Immigration Programs for Afghan Nationals – Neela Hassan, Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo Shortlisted papers: Climate Coloniality, Border Securitization and Climate Justice: A Critique of Canada’s Approach to Global Climate Displacement – Rahul Balasundaram, Yeates School of Graduate Studies,…

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CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Award

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 share the Call for Submissions for the CARFMS/LERRN Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Award. This joint award recognizes 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…

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War and Asylum, Jan 25 2024

War and Asylum, Jan 25 2024

Thursday, January 25, 2024 10:00 – 11:30am (EST) This was a virtual event The mass production of refugees is overwhelming due to wars. Astonishingly, more than half of the world’s refugees (52%) and others in need of international protection come from just three countries: Syrian Arab Republic; Ukraine; and, Afghanistan. In fact, 87 percent of all people who were refugees at the end of 2022 came from only 10 countries and all of them wracked…

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Call for Papers: 2024 CARFMS Student Essay Contest

Call for Papers: 2024 CARFMS Student Essay Contest

Submit your essay online here The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) seeks to foster an independent community of scholars dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of Canadian refugee and forced migration research.  The Association aims to engage students as active members of the Canadian refugee research community, and invites undergraduate, graduate and law students to participate in the 2024 CARFMS Student Essay Contest. The CARFMS Student Essay Contest recognizes the most…

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Call for Papers: The ICC as Justice Hub, Pragmatic Complementarity and Domestic ICL Enforcement

Call for Papers: The ICC as Justice Hub, Pragmatic Complementarity and Domestic ICL Enforcement

The Joined-up-Justice Project at Tilburg Law School, Department of Criminal Law, organizes an international conference on domestic prosecution of international crimes in light of the ICC’s shift from “apex court to justice hub”. The latter pronouncement was made by the ICC prosecutor on 8 November 2023, signalling a more dynamic approach to complementarity. The conference will be held over two days: on 13-14 June 2024 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The organizers aim to bring together…

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Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict StudiesCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Special Issue “Racism, Rights, and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Refugees” Submit your article here: Submission Guidelines « Peace Research. Please specify that your submission is for this Special Issue. Submission deadline: December 31, 2023 Download the PDF: http://carfms.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Special-Edition-Canadian-Journal-of-Peace-and-Conflict-Studies-28June2023.pdf

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