Updates

Congratulations to Sasha Lallouz for winning the 2015 essay contest for her paper titled “The Credible Claimant meets the Credible Autobiographer”

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

Jona Zyfi is one of the Top 25 finalists in SSHRC’s 2015 Storytellers challenge. The annual competition challenges postsecondary students from across the country to demonstrate—in three minutes or 300 words—how SSHRC-funded research is making a difference in the lives of Canadians. The top entries this year addressed a range of issues—from water security and immigration, to social justice, education and food security—and highlighted how knowledge about the social sciences and humanities helps Canadians understand and…

FRANÇOIS CRÉPEAU AND IDIL ATAK Contributed to The Globe and Mail   Published Wednesday, May. 13 2015, 7:37 AM EDT François Crépeau is a Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Professor in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. Idil Atak is Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, President of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS). The world has witnessed the suffering of…

Advancing Protection and Fostering Belonging in an Era of the Criminalization of Migration Hosted by the Department of Criminology, Ryerson University in collaboration with the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement (RCIS) Toronto, Ontario, Canada13-15 May 2015 In mid-May 2015, the Ryerson Department of Criminology, in collaboration with the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement, will welcome more than 200 individuals to Toronto to participate in the eighth annual CARFMS conference.  This year’s theme is…