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91��ɫ hosts Borderless Higher Education for Refugees authors’ workshop

https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2019/06/18/york-university-hosts-borderless-higher-education-for-refugees-authors-workshop/

Sixth annual student-led Refugee Awareness Week runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 at the Keele Campus

This year marks the sixth year that the student-led Refugee Awareness Week at 91��ɫ’s Keele Campus will take place. Refugee Awareness Week will take place Jan. 28 to Feb. 1 and will feature keynote talks, a film screening and refugee advocacy training with leading experts in refugee and human rights. The coalition of participating […]

Jennifer Hyndman’s discussion with Alex Aleinikoff at the Newschool, Nov 7, 2017

Refugee Protection in the Neo liberal Age https://zolberginstitute.org/missed-jennifer-hyndmans-talk-watch-humanitarianism-not-development-refugee-protection-in-a-neoliberal-age-here/ 

91��ɫ researchers launch Syrian refugee archive for scholarly use

A team of researchers at 91��ɫ has developed a web-based archive on Syrian refugee settlement. It is the first web archive at 91��ɫ that is publicly accessible and permanently protected within the library system. Read more Link to archive: https://scalar.library.yorku.ca/syrian-refugee-settlement-in-canada/index

Expecting gratitude from refugees is about bolstering our own saviour complex

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/07/04/expecting-gratitude-from-refugees-is-about-bolstering-our-own-saviour-complex.html

91��ɫ researchers partner in $3.5-million refugee study

Four executive committee members of 91��ɫ’s Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) are successful co-applicants and collaborators in the Social Science and Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Grant, titled “Civil society and the global refugee regime: Understanding and enhancing impact through the implementation of global refugee policy.”  The project’s total budget is $3.5 million, with […]

91��ɫ’s distance-education program breaks barriers for refugees

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-york-universitys-distance-education-program-breaks-barriers-for/

91��ɫ U’s human rights student heroes working hard to ensure refugees feel welcome

91��ɫ students from a number of clubs working with the 91��ɫ Syria Response and Refugee Initiative (SRRI) continue to build momentum and recruit new participants to their Refugees Welcome Here! campaign as they organize events and initiatives to raise awareness and support refugees in the community. Major student-led initiatives this term include an […]

Former Tory government’s refugee reforms get failing grade

Despite the highly-touted changes made by the former Conservative government in 2012, the revamped refugee system has failed to hear claims within tight statutory processing timelines or get rid of the backlog, reports a new study released by the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Read the complete article: https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/05/17/former-tory-governments-refugee-reforms-get-failing-grade.html

How can we blunt prejudice against immigrants?

Interesting article with CRS affiliate Christopher Kyriakides quoted. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-can-we-blunt-prejudice-against-immigrants