CARFMS Essay Contest Winners
2020
Undergraduate Student Winners
Winner: “Newcomer Resettlement Insights of a Frontline Worker and Student of Social Work”, Ranjith Kulatilake, York University
Runners up (in no particular order):
- “Who is protecting LGBTI persons of concern? Examining the factors that explain the low level of implementation of the UNHCR’s AGD policy in the MENA region”, Alec Verch, Carleton University
- “Palestinian Refugees in Egypt: the forgotten Refugees”, Rana Kamel-Aly, McGill University
Graduate/Law Student Winners
Winner: “Unpacking knowledge-practices in social movements: The Canadian Rohingya social movement,” Yuriko Cowper-Smith, University of Guelph
Runners up (in no particular order):
- “Fleeing Domestic Violence, Fleeing Transphobia: Examining Intimate Partner Violence Asylum Claims Involving Transgender Claimants,” Shannon Russell
- “Deciding Who to Sponsor in Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program,” Ian van Haren, McGill University
- “Naples: Sanctuary City?,” Travis Moore, York University
