CARFMS News

Are Refugees Welcome Here? Trump, Immigration, and Canadian Responses

Posted on Wednesday February 1st, 2017Wednesday February 1st, 2017 by Sanja Begic

February 3, 2017 4:30-6pm Seminar Room, Centre for Ethics 2nd floor, Larkin Building 15 Devonshire Place University of Toronto CARFMS IHRP EVENT Poster (PDF) The Canadian Association of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) and the International Human Rights Program (UofT) invite you to an informal, information-sharing, and brainstorming session at the Centre for Ethics to discuss the implications of Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on immigration and refugee policy in the US, and political change in…

CARFMS17: Forgotten Corridors: Global Displacement & the Politics of Engagement

Posted on Wednesday May 11th, 2016Tuesday August 9th, 2016 by Michele Millard

Forgotten Corridors: Global Displacement & the Politics of Engagement May 15–18, 2017 | Victoria, BC 10th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Hosted by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives’ Migration and Mobility Program, University of Victoria Never before in modern history have so many people been forced to leave their homes and journey abroad for temporary or permanent settlement. According to the UNHCR Mid-Term June 2015 report, “by…

CARFMS16: Special Exhibits

Posted on Monday May 9th, 2016Monday May 9th, 2016 by Sanja Begic

Bitter Oranges: African Migrant Workers in Calabria An ethnographic photo exhibition (May 12-14) Carole Reckinger, Diana Reiners, Gilles Reckinger Location: Menno Simons College, 2MS12/13 Forced to Flee, Safe Passage: MSF Responds to the Refugee Crisis Photos from MSF sea rescues (May 12-14) Doctors without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières Location: Menno Simons College, 2MS12/13 Making Place for Refugees (May 12-14) A Landscape Architecture Studio Dr Richard Perron, with Scott Irvine Featuring the work…

News Release: REFUGEES and FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

Posted on Thursday April 21st, 2016Wednesday April 27th, 2016 by Sanja Begic

International conference hosted by Menno Simons College at UWinnipeg explores plight of refugees – May 11 to 14, 2016 WINNIPEG – The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13) states that everyone has the right to freedom of movement within and across borders. Today, unprecedented numbers of people are being denied this fundamental freedom. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that war, conflict, and persecution have displaced some…