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Thursday, May 13, 2021
Working Paper 11 Ochan Robert Leomoi, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/8-x4n3W3D2Y Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York University as part of the Borderless Higher... More
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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
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
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
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
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Working Paper 7 Mohamed Duale, PhD Candidate, Education, York University Executive Summary Although not a new concept, refugee participation, or the involvement of refugees in decision making and service-delivery for refugees, has been gaining currency as a result of a recent shift in global refugee policy from humanitarian towards neoliberal... More
Sunday, April 19, 2020
At the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019, LERRN partnered with the Global Refugee-led Network to endorse the importance of refugee participation. Now in the midst of this global pandemic, it鈥檚 more important than ever to recognize refugees as partners in the COVID-19 response, as well as equal partners in research, policy... More
Saturday, March 7, 2020
By Amanda Klassen March 8th, 2020 marks the 55th聽year that International Women鈥檚 Day (IWD) has been celebrated around the world.聽This year the IWD theme is聽#EachforEqual, an equal world is an enabled world which highlights the difference that individuals can make. IWD is an opportunity to celebrate the many amazing accomplishments of women... More
Friday, February 7, 2020
This past December the United Nations High Commission for Refugees held its first Global Refugee Forum. At the forum, Canada made history when it included a refugee advisor, Mustafa Alio,聽as a formal member of the Canadian delegation. However, refugee participation doesn't stop there, as LERRN Director James Milner discussed in a podcast created... More
LERRN is committed to the participation of refugees in all stages of research and policy, which aligns with the emphasis for increased refugee participation in the Global Compact on Refugees. On January 30th 2019, LERRN hosted a roundtable discussion on the next steps for refugee participation following the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in December... More
Thursday, January 23, 2020
聽By Mohamed Duale The International Day of Education on January 24th was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 6, 2018 as a day of action to highlight the role of education in sustainable development and peace, and to 鈥渆nsure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels.鈥漑i] In this blog post for... More
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
In September 2019, LERRN and the Refugee Hub convened researchers, practitioners and policymakers for a Policy Dialogue to explore how Canada can support meaningful refugee participation. Refugee-led organizations often express the principle 鈥渘othing about us without us鈥� to highlight the importance of including refugees in discussions and... More
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