CARFMS News

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

Posted on by Michele Millard
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

Posted on by Michele Millard
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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Bilingual Workshop on Tips and Tricks for Presenting at a Conference

Posted on by Michele Millard
Bilingual Workshop on Tips and Tricks for Presenting at a Conference

Friday, October 21, 2022, 12:00-1:30PM (EST) To attend register here So, your proposal has been accepted and now you have to present your work before your peers. Nervous? Not sure how to start? The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies is organizing a series of virtual skills-based workshops for students and those new to academia. In light of our upcoming conference in November 2022, the second of these will focus on how to…

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New Publication: Global Public Governance: Toward World Government? 

Posted on by Michele Millard
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

Posted on by Michele Millard
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

Posted on by Michele Millard
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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New publication: Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia – IR Perspectives in Context

Posted on by Michele Millard
New publication: Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia – IR Perspectives in Context

by Sorpong Peou, Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University and CARFMS member For more information and to order: https://www.routledge.com/Peace-and-Security-in-Indo-Pacific-Asia-IR-Perspectives-in-Context/Peou/p/book/9780367677442 Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia is for the informed, the interested, and the engaged. Sorpong Peou brings together the skills of the pedagogue with the knowledge of the scholar. -Dr. David Dewitt, University Professor Emeritus, Senior Scholar, York University, Toronto, Canada. Peou’s excellent…

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