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Job Posting: CRS Program Administration Assistant

Hourly rate: $25/hr plus 4% vacation Average hours per week: 5-10 in the Fall, 10-15 in the Winter Dates: November 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) is seeking a Program Administration Assistant for the 2023-24 academic year to support the annual CRS Summer Course. Please note that this will […]

Introducing the Forced Migration Research Archive (FMRA)

What is FMRA? The Forced Migration Research Archive is a new subject-focused repository hosted by YorkSpace at Canada’s York University. It was established to provide authors a free and easy way to make their research openly accessible. Who should deposit in FMRA? Any forced migration author who would like to make their research papers freely available to the global research […]

Job Posting: Director, Centre for Refugee Studies

Position: Director ORU: Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), York University Term Start and End Date: 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2029 Stipend: The position comes with a stipend and course load reduction as stipulated by YUFA or OHFA Collective Agreement, as appropriate Application Due Date: 16 October 2023 Download the PDF of the posting […]

Project to explore experiences of Syrian, Ethiopian refugees

Directed by York University sociologist Christopher Kyriakides, Canada Research Chair in Citizenship, Social Justice and Ethno-Racialization, a University comparative research project will explore the complexities and challenges of racism faced by Syrian and Ethiopian refugees in Canada. Read More

Saying Goodbye to Howard Adelman

Howard Adelman passed away 23rd July, 2023, a profound and unexpected loss to family and friends from near and afar. Funeral servicewere held on Thursday July 27, 2023 at 1:30pm (EDT) at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. The service can be viewed here: Professor Howard Adelman was a person of significant accomplishments.  As a Canadian […]

York student seeks to improve lives of refugees

After graduating from York this spring, Tegan Hadisi, the daughter of Iranian refugees, will apply what she learned at the University to further study and assist migrants, contributing to a better future for them. Read More

Canada’s costly housing market leaves international students open to exploitation

Recent publication co-authored by Profs. Tania Das Gupta (York University) and Yvonne Su (CRS affiliate, York University) The Conversation article on the housing discrimination international students face https://theconversation.com/canadas-costly-housing-market-leaves-international-students-open-to-exploitation-204242

Fellowship for Refugees on Surveillance Technologies

One of the projects incubated at the Refugee Law Lab (Centre for Refugee Studies), The Migration and Technology Monitor launches our first fellowship for five people-on-the-move from all over the globe. The initiative supports projects that document the impact of technology on mobile communities, as well as the transformative potential of innovative projects designed directly by […]