Hillary Geneau, “The Anonymous: An Examination of Statelessness in the Dominican Republic” CARFMS Student Essay Contest 2016 Shortlisted Paper
Hillary Geneau, “The Anonymous: An Examination of Statelessness in the Dominican Republic” (PDF)
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John Laman, “Revisiting the Sanctuary City: Citizenship or Abjection? Spotlighting the Case of Toronto” CARFMS Student Essay Contest 2016 Shortlisted Paper
John Laman, “Revisiting the Sanctuary City: Citizenship or Abjection? Spotlighting the Case of Toronto” (PDF)
Read MoreAfter the Flight: The Dynamics of Refugee Settlement and Integration
Editor(s): Morgan Poteet, Shiva Nourpanah ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-9074-8 ISBN-10: 1-4438-9074-X Knowledge of the integration process for refugees is often subsumed under the broader category of “immigrants”. This book focuses on this process for refugees, including the structural and systemic challenges they face as they integrate in their new host societies, and how they respond to such challenges. The book provides a critical analysis of Canada’s approach to integrating refugees with additional chapters focused on refugee integration…
Read MoreUpcoming call for paper submission from CARFMS16
Have you presented at CARFMS16? We would like to let you know of the opportunity for publication. A call will go out end of August / beginning of September for paper submission from CARFMS16 that will be peer reviewed for potential edited volume in a journal or edited volume of a book. Check our website regularly for more updates!
Read MoreFrom one hell to another: Family fled Laos to live in miserable conditions here
The organizer of a national conference on refugees in Winnipeg knows her subject too well. As a child, Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe and her family fled Laos and ended up in rural Manitoba in the dead of winter in a three-room house with no running water and a wood stove for heat. “We had a terrible experience,” said Stobbe, who was seven in December 1979, when her family arrived in a southern Manitoba town she declined…
Read MoreBook launch event for Immigration Detention: The Migration of a Policy and Its Human Impact
Book launch event for Immigration Detention: The Migration of a Policy and Its Human Impact (Routledge, 2015), edited by Amy Nethery and Stephanie J. Silverman Immigration Detention Book Launch Poster (PDF) October 26, 2015, from 2 – 4pmCentre for Ethics, Trinity College,University of Toronto Panellist discussants include: Joseph H. Carens, Professor of Political Science, University of TorontoBarbara Jackman, human rights lawyer at Jackman, Nazami & Associates, TorontoCetta Mainwaring, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo Reception and…
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The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Working Paper Series (WPS). The WPS is intended to help realize the promotion and support of excellence in research and the dissemination of refugee and forced migration knowledge. Please visit our webpage (www.carfms/working-paper-series) to read the WPS: Justice Anne L. Mactavish, The role of the Federal Court in the Canadian Refugee Determination Process, CARFMS WPS No….
Read MoreKeynote Addresses & Special Plenary Sessions – Summaries 2015
CARFMS Summaries – [PDF] Wednesday May 13, 2015 Keynote Address Olivia Chow, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, and Former Member of Parliament and Toronto City Councilor [Watch the Video: https://ryecast.ryerson.ca/45/Watch/8871.aspx] Throughout history, Canada has had many different immigration policies. According to Chow, these policies have been governed either by fear, or by hope – and unfortunately, they are currently governed by fear. This fear has resulted in Canada turning away boats of individuals…
Read MoreCongratulations to Sasha Lallouz – 2015 Essay Contest Winner
Congratulations to Sasha Lallouz for winning the 2015 essay contest for her paper titled “The Credible Claimant meets the Credible Autobiographer”
Read MoreNew Book Just Released
New book by Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos, was released this week. It is published by Routledge Publishing in Oxford, England (part of Taylor and Francis Group). Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos Perspective for Today’s World By Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe Routledge – 2016 – 158 pages Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138774766 20% Discount Available – enter the code FLR40 at checkout* Hb: 978-1-138-77476-6
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