Author: Michele Millard

Call for Papers: 2024 CARFMS Student Essay Contest

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Call 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…

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Call for Papers: The ICC as Justice Hub, Pragmatic Complementarity and Domestic ICL Enforcement

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Call 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…

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The Pedagogy of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

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by James C. Simeon Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University Refugee and forced migration studies has evolved as both a multi-disciplinary and an interdisciplinary field that encompasses several disciplines including anthropology, conflict studies, demography, environmental studies, history, international studies, law, peace studies, philosophy, political economy, political science, public policy, public administration, psychology, sociology, social work, war studies, among others. Within this field of studies…

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The opportunities and challenges of “naming” in Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program

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The 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…

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CARFMS 2023 STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST / ACERMF CONCOURS 2023 D’ESSAIS POUR LES ÉTUDIANTS

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CARFMS 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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New Publication: Global Public Governance: Toward World Government? 

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New Publication: Global Public Governance: Toward World Government? 

by Sorpong Peou (Author) World Scientific Publishing, 2022   Link: Global Public Governance: Toward World Government?: Peou, Sorpong: 9789811257865: Books – Amazon.ca   Global Public Governance is a text written for students, scholars and lay people interested in learning about this global system, which emerged and has evolved in response to global challenges that no one actor can effectively address. Drawing on what has been published over the last several decades, this text highlights the importance of states…

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Working Paper Series: May 2, 2022

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Working Paper Series: May 2, 2022

Ending Exclusion under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention and Advancing International Justice (PDF)James C. Simeon, Associate Professor and Head of McLaughlin College, School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University and Joseph Rikhof, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa and Former Senior Counsel, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Section, Government of Canada

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CARFMS22: “Crisis” and Forced Migration: Manifestations of power in a changing world

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CARFMS22: “Crisis” and Forced Migration: Manifestations of power in a changing world

Le français suit 14th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) Hosted virtually in collaboration with The Human Rights Program at United College at the University of Waterloo On 2 – 4 November 2022 CONFERENCE WEBSITE Whether used in reference to conflict, war and displacement, climate change, Covid-19, impending food shortages, or the state of democracy, the concept of crisis has become ubiquitous in modern discourse.  Invoking ‘catastrophe’ or…

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