Author: Michele Millard

By James Simeon, Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University One of the central challenges for all higher education instructors is keeping their students fully engaged with the course content as part of their program and degree requirements. One sure way to engage your students in your course’s content and their learning is through international online learning modules developed through collaborative efforts with colleagues at universities abroad. The benefits of doing so not only outweigh…

By James Simeon, Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University Causes and Consequences: Acknowledging the Roots of Forced Displacement The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants was adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly on September 19, 2016, nearly a decade ago. At that time, the Declaration noted, that human mobility was at unprecedented levels with more than 244 million people on the move, and with more than 65 million people who are…

By Rachel McNally December 2024 With the news in recent weeks highlighting the changes to Canada’s 2025-2027 Immigration Levels Plan (released October 2024), there is one refugee sponsorship program that does not appear in the levels plan: the Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program. In March 2023, I published the paper “Equally Public and Private Refugee Resettlement: The Historical Development of Canada’s Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program” in Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. In this post, I explore…

By James C. Simeon, Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, Email: jcsimeon@yorku.ca To note that the world is currently ablaze with protracted armed conflicts is to state the obvious to even the most casual observer of the world scene. The three most notable of protracted armed conflicts are, undoubtedly, the Russia – Ukraine War, the Hamas – Israel War, and the Sudan Civil War. According to the…