CARFMS Student Essay Contest

2024 STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST  WINNERS

Undergraduate

Winner

There was no winner in the Undergraduate category this year due to insufficient entries.

Graduate/Law

Winner

A Half-open Door: A Case Study of Canada’s Special Immigration Programs for Afghan Nationals – Neela Hassan, Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo

Shortlisted papers

• Climate Coloniality, Border Securitization and Climate Justice: A Critique of Canada’s Approach to Global Climate Displacement – Rahul Balasundaram, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
• Seeking and Sorting Refuge Queerly: Disrupting my Zombie Breeding Grounds on the Stolen Land, aka Canada – Ranjith Kulatilake, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University
• Our Engagement with the “Faces” of the “Other” and the Ethical Quandaries in Refugee Protection – Deepa Nagari, Socio-Legal Studies, York University