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CARFMS16 Draft Program (as of April 1, 2016)

Deadline for presenters to apply for a travel subsidy has now passed.  

29 January 2016, 12:00pm – 2:00pm Seminar Room, Centre for Ethics, Trinity College, University of Toronto Sponsored by the Canadian Association of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies and the Centre for Ethics The ongoing humanitarian crises in the Middle East are provoking large-scale refugee movements out of the region. Existing legal and policy frameworks are proving incapable of securing safety and protection for the asylum seekers in either neighbouring states or during transit to more…

In early September people across the world woke up to the situation in Syria when the photo of young Alan Kurdi sparked a media storm. Unfortunately, issues like these ones are not as transient as their headlines. And this was not and won’t be the only child to lose their life fleeing violence and war. According to UNHCR, there are now more than four million Syrian refugees and at least an additional 7.6 million internally…

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 fifth annual CARFMS Student Essay Contest. The CARFMS Student Essay Contest will recognize the most outstanding research produced…