Events

Monday, June 29, 2026 1 pm – 2:30 pm, EDT View the webinar online Each year the UNHCR releases its Global Trends in Forced Displacement report, its flagship publication, that presents the latest official statistics and key statistical trends on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people worldwide. This CARFMS webinar will review the essential elements and aspects of this year’s report from a number of different perspectives. Speakers  

(dir. -eds. Adèle Garnier, Sarah Dubuc, Christina Clark-Kazak. McGill Queen’s University Press)   Organisé par l’ACERMF en partenariat avec le CELAT – A CARFMS event in partnership with CELAT   Jeudi 7 mai – Thursday 7 May 11:30-1pm EDT   Inscription sur Zoom – Zoom registration:  https://ulaval.zoom.us/meeting/register/f0_4V29cQN-wVI3KFZssEA#/registration   Avec les contributrices et contributeurs – with contributors :   Adèle Garnier, Sarah Dubuc , Lyse Hébert, Idil Atak, David Moffette et-and Geneviève Minville   From CARFMS- De…

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…

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…