2023 CARFMS Essay Award Winners Showcase
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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…
Read MoreWar 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…
Read MoreCall 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…
Read MoreCall 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…
Read MoreCanadian 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
Read MoreSummer Newsletter 2023 Issue 12
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Read MoreThe opportunities and challenges of “naming” in Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program
While globally States and Internal NGOs take the lead in selection for resettlement of refugees, Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) Program allows sponsors to “name” people to be consider for resettlement to Canada. This opportunity also presents challenges for groups involved in refugee sponsorship. Our three panelists discussed from their experience these issues based on their research and experience:. With: Brian Dyck, Mennonite Central Committee Canada Ian Van Haren, Executive Director at Action Réfugiés…
Read MoreWinter Newsletter 2023, Issue 11
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Read MoreCARFMS 2023 STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST / ACERMF CONCOURS 2023 D’ESSAIS POUR LES ÉTUDIANTS
le français suit 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 2023 CARFMS Student Essay Contest. The CARFMS Student Essay Contest recognizes the most outstanding research…
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