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Sunday, October 6, 2019

Highlights: Book Launch of Refugees鈥� Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace

The book launch of Refugees鈥� Roles in Resolving Displacement and Building Peace was a huge success! The resolution of displacement and... More

Friday, October 4, 2019

Reflections on 50 Years of OAU Refugee Pact

On 2 October 2019, Khoti Kamanga, co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Forced Migration at the University of Dar es Salaam, and Co-Applicant for LERRN, published an op-ed in The Citizen, one of Tanzania鈥檚 leading... More

Monday, September 30, 2019

Launch of the McGill Refugee Research Group

LERRN's Solutions Working Group launched the McGill Refugee Research Group in 2019. The MRRG brings together faculty, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students at McGill University working on refugee and forced migration... More

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Reflections from Tanzania on the OAU Convention at 50

On 18 September 2019, Janemary Ruhundwa, Executive Director of Dignity Kwanza and lead of LERRN's Tanzania Working Group, published an op-ed in聽The Citizen,聽one of Tanzania's leading... More

Friday, September 13, 2019

Refugee Participation in Kakuma Refugee Camp

By Mohamed Duale, PhD Student, York University This August 2019, I had the opportunity to research refugee participation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya as part of the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network... More

Thursday, September 5, 2019

IDRC-LERRN initiative to support refugee research

On Thursday, 5 September 2019, partners from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) held a series of meetings in Ottawa to begin a new initiative to... More

Friday, August 23, 2019

Launch of Innovative Training on Refugee Issues

The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) was excited to participate in an innovative training program on forced migration issues. The week-long program opened Monday, 26 August, in Nairobi, Kenya. Organized by... More

Monday, August 19, 2019

Localized Research: Studying Tanzania鈥檚 National Legal Framework

By St茅fanie Morris & Leonard Chimanda In the spirit of collaboration which is so central to LERRN, we鈥檙e writing this post together. We do this not only to highlight our... More

Monday, August 12, 2019

Youth in Amman: Transforming Education

Photo: Yasmeen Shahzadeh, 2019   August 12 is International Youth Day: a celebration and recognition of the agency and role youth have in the in the world today, and the opportunities they possess in driving change for the... More

Monday, July 8, 2019

鈥淚’m so happy to be working with this project. It’s just like you’re doing something that is meaningful,鈥� says Zahraa Al-Ahmad, who is heading to Lebanon.

Zahraa Al-Ahmad was born in Syria and moved to Canada when she was eight years old. She tells that she left... More

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

鈥淗aving attempts to collaborate on this kind of project will be so eye opening for me,” says St茅fanie Morris, who will be joining the Tanzania group.

St茅fanie Morris was born in a small town in Northern Quebec. 聽Her mother is French-Canadian and her father... More

Saturday, June 29, 2019

鈥淚 think it’s really important for me as a Jordanian living abroad to be serving my community,” says Yasmeen Shahzadeh, who will be working in Jordan through LERRN.

Yasmeen Shahzadeh was born and raised in Jordan. Both maternal grandparents of hers were refugees from... More

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

鈥淭hey [refugees] know best what is happening with their lives, they know best what the solutions to their problems are,鈥� says Mohamed Duale who will be working with refugees in Kenya.

Mohamed Duale鈥檚 family fled Somalia in the early 90s. He was born in Somalia but grew up in Toronto.... More

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

鈥淚 absolutely love what LERRN stands for,鈥� says Akalya Atputharajah, who is heading to Kenya this Summer.

Akalya Atputharajah鈥檚 parents came to Canada as refugees from Sri Lanka just before she was born. Other family members also followed the... More

Thursday, June 6, 2019

鈥淭his project is really important because it provides an opportunity to see how we can collaborate better, how we can learn from each other,鈥� says Merve Erdilmen, who was born in Turkey and is heading to Tanzania to work on refugee issues.

Merve Erdilmen came to Canada from Turkey in 2014 as a research assistant to work in an international... More

Friday, May 24, 2019

鈥淟ERRN is seeking to localize that knowledge production by the people who are most affected in the global south,鈥� says Christina Klassen, who is heading to Lebanon.

Christina Klassen spent one Summer in Jordan and when she left the Middle East, she knew she wanted to come... More

Friday, May 24, 2019

Nimo Bokore brings her knowledge and lived experience to LERRN

Nimo Bokore left Ethiopia in her early 20s during Ethiopia鈥檚 Civil War. Before leaving, Nimo worked as a journalist, covering the 1977- 78 Ethiopian-Somali war from the field.... More

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Protecting the Internally Displaced: From Rhetoric to Reality

In partnership with LERRN, professor Phil Orchard, from the聽University of Wollongong, in Australia, spoke about聽how the international response to the problem of internally... More

Monday, March 18, 2019

Women and Girls’ Rights in Headlines in Conflict Zones

On the International Women鈥檚 Day, Journalists for Human Rights and LERRN (The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network) invited experts and practitioners for the launching of... More

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

James Milner: Understanding the everyday politics of the global refugee regime: Collective action in a time of populism?

Professor James Milner hosted a seminar on the global refugee regime on Jan. 31 at 杏吧原创 University. For... More

Saturday, October 27, 2018

LERRN featured in the Toronto Star

James Milner, Project Director, Professor Maha Shuayb of the Lebanese American University and聽Professor Dulo Nyaoro, Moi University in Nairobi, were featured in the Toronto Star discussing the goals of the project and how it aims to... More

Monday, October 1, 2018

First All-Partners Meeting at 杏吧原创

On September 24 and 25 2018, LERRN hosted its' first all-partners meeting at 杏吧原创 University in the Discovery Centre. Organized by James Milner, partners met to prepare for the launch of the project. For the full story,click... More

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

SSHRC Funding Given To LERRN To Study Global Refugee Policy

James Milner and his partners will receive funding from the聽Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council聽(SSHRC) as well as other organizations to study global refugee policy. For full... More

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