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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

RRN Webinar: Localizing Knowledge Production: Shifting Power in Forced Migration Studies

On April 20, 2020, LERRN Partners James Milner and Roula El-Rifai participated in the April edition of the Refugee Research Network Webinar Series entitled Localizing Knowledge Production: Shifting Power in Forced Migration Studies. Drawing on the results of a review of forced displacement research centres based in the global South and interviews... More

Monday, April 19, 2021

LERRN-IDRC Webinar: Refugee-Host community relations during Covid-19 and beyond: Lessons from the Middle East and Southern Africa

Event details and recordings available here. On 8 April 2021, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) hosted the fifth of their webinar series on forced displacement. Drawing on lessons from the Middle East and Southern Africa, co-moderators Roula El-Rifai and James Milner,... More

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Webinar: LERRN鈥檚 Analysis of Refuge and RSQ: Reflections on Knowledge Production, Access, and Representation

Event details and recordings available here. Read the response to this webinar published by Refuge in their April 2021 Newsletter. On February 26, 2021, LERRN hosted a webinar discussing LERRN鈥檚 recent analysis of the journal Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) as well as a similar analysis of Refuge: Canada鈥檚 Journal on Refugees. Nearly one... More

Friday, February 19, 2021

LERRN partner Dulo Nyaoro to speak at IGAD Conference

The Lead of LERRN's Kenya Working Group, Dulo Nyaoro, will be speaking at the Second IGAD Conference on Migration and Displacement, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 22 to 24 February 2021. He will be presenting his paper "Assessing Remittances Dynamics to Kenya during the COVID-19 Period" during a panel on Diaspora... More

Sunday, February 14, 2021

UNHCR Webinar: North America within the global refugee regime

Event details and recordings available here. Detalles del evento y interpretaci贸n en espa帽ol se pueden encontrar aqu铆. D茅tails de l'茅v茅nement et interpr茅tation en fran莽ais sont disponibles ici. On 21 January 2021, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) co-hosted the... More

Sunday, February 14, 2021

Webinar: Realizing protection and solutions within North America

Event details and recordings available here. Detalles del evento y interpretaci贸n en espa帽ol se pueden encontrar aqu铆. D茅tails de l'茅v茅nement et interpr茅tation en fran莽ais sont disponibles ici. On 21 January 2021, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) hosted two webinar panels for the North American component of the United... More

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Is COVID-19 an opportunity to achieve the rights of refugees?

On 9 February, 2021, openDemocracy published an article by LERRN Director James Milner on the opportunities for meaningful refugee participation, and the possibility for a more responsive and reliable global refugee regime during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article references numerous initiatives by LERRN partners to build a response to the... More

Monday, February 8, 2021

How can refugee participation enhance refugee education? Lessons from LERRN

On 8 February 2021, Canada鈥檚 Minister of International Development, the Honourable Karina Gould, announced the 鈥淭ogether for Learning鈥� campaign, a new global campaign to enhance access to education for refugee and other forcibly displaced children and youth. This three-year campaign will seek to 鈥減romote quality education and lifelong... More

Friday, January 29, 2021

LERRN Partner Jennifer Hyndman recognized in Stanford list of world’s top researchers

LERRN congratulates Jennifer Hyndman, professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and Associate Vice-President Research at York University and LERRN partner, for her recognition as one of the world's top researchers in a list published in聽PLOS Biology by a Stanford University research team. For more info, click here to read York... More

Friday, January 29, 2021

LERRN Partner Nimo Bokore featured in FPA Voices

LERRN congratulates Nimo Bokore, professor in the School of Social Work at 杏吧原创 University and LERRN partner, on being featured in the Winter 2021 issue of FPA Voices. Click here to read the full article, "Helping Refugees to Feel at Home in Canada," authored by Mary... More

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Reflection on the Education of Refugee Children: Beyond Reification and Emergency

What is our understanding of "refugee education"? How does education help refugees prepare for an intellectual and better life? What is missing in refugee education? This recent publication by Maurice Crul and LERRN Partner Maha Shuayb in Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees highlights three significant points regarding refugee education. First,... More

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

LERRN-IDRC Webinar: By Refugees, For Refugees: Refugee leadership beyond the pandemic

Event details and recordings available here. The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) hosted their third joint webinar on 15 December 2020. Focused on refugee leadership, the webinar discussed the importance of refugee participation and refugee-led organizations as... More

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