CARFMS Undergraduate Student Essay Contest

Winners of the CARFMS Undergraduate Student Essay Contest

2020

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

2018

Runners up (in no particular order):

“Rightless, Stateless and Waiting on Beaches: Failures of the International Community in Refugee Prevention and Protection”​, Kelsey Rhude, Carleton University

2017

Winner: “The source of migrant information, the myth of the IOM’s information campaigns and an examination of migrant decision-making processes,​” Sanda Ajzerle, Carleton University

2016

Winner: Alathea Enns (t.s.enns@gmail.com) for the paper “Human Trafficking, Illegal Migration and Victim Identification on the Spanish Coast”

Runners up (in no particular order): 

• Hillary Geneau (hillarygeneau@dal.ca) for a paper on citizenship and statelessness for Haitians in the Dominican Republic “The Anonymous: An Examination of Statelessness in the Dominican Republic” (PDF)
• Morgan McGinn (mmcginn@mta.ca) for “Canada’s Policy on Climate Refugees: Mass Migration and the Need for a Paradigmatic Shift”
• Richard Boli (richardboli@yahoo.ca), “Refugee Settlement Services in Winnipeg: Approaches, Programs and Organizations” (PDF)