{"id":1653,"date":"2020-06-08T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T01:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=1653"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:19:19","slug":"nathan-benson","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/nathan-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Benson is Director of Strategy, University of Ottawa Refugee Hub, providing leadership to the Hub\u2019s research, policy and public interest litigation initiatives. He leads the Hub\u2019s Refugee Law Research Team and co-leads the Refugee\/Criminal Law Clinic at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. A lawyer by training, Nathan has also worked in senior strategy, communications and policy roles. His work aims to shape law and policy for the benefit of refugees and at-risk migrants through impactful research and advocacy. Nathan holds degrees in law and Political Science and is a former judicial law clerk at the Federal Court of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/refugeehub.ca\/our-story\/our-team\/\">The Refugee Hub<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Related Posts<\/h2>\n<section class=\"content-wrapper content-wrapper--shortcode\"><div class=\"u-post-reload\"><div class=\"news news--home u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--home news__link--with-image\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2021\/carfms21\/\"><img class=\"news__image\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/wp-content\/uploads\/CARFMS-2021-thumbnail-300x230.png\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50em) 87vw, 680px\" alt=\"A thumbnail image to accompany the post\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Tuesday, November 16, 2021<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">CARFMS 2021: Meaningful Refugee Participation and Canada\u2019s Role in the Global Refugee Regime<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">From the 27th to the 29th of October 2021, LERRN participated in two sessions at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news news--home u-width-limited\"><a class=\"news__link  news__link--home news__link--with-image\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2019\/reflections-on-canada-and-the-global-refugee-regime-opportunities-for-partnered-research\/\"><img class=\"news__image\" src=\"\/\/cu-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/plugin-preview-thumbs\/includes\/public\/img\/cms\/event-lecture-2.jpg\" alt=\"A thumbnail image to accompany the post\"><p class=\"news__date news__date--archive\">Wednesday, October 9, 2019<\/p><h3 class=\"news__heading u-hide-in-toc news__heading--archive\" rel=\"bookmark\">Reflections on Canada and the Global Refugee Regime: Opportunities for Partnered Research<\/h3><p class=\"news__excerpt news__excerpt--archive\">By Rachel McNally, 杏吧原创 University &nbsp; On 3 October 2019, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) organized a panel... <span class=\"news__more-link\">More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"button button--news button--more\"><a class=\"load-more button__red button__red--outline\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-numposts=\"3\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-offset=\"3\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-selector=\"blog\" data-catid=\"291\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-nonce=\"9ae1f789e6\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"true\">Load More &rarr;<\/a><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[568,55,136,67,567],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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