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York University’s distance-education program breaks barriers for refugees

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-york-universitys-distance-education-program-breaks-barriers-for/

York U’s human rights student heroes working hard to ensure refugees feel welcome

York University students from a number of clubs working with the York University Syria Response and Refugee Initiative (SRRI) continue to build momentum and recruit new participants to their Refugees Welcome Here! campaign as they organize events and initiatives to raise awareness and support refugees in the community. Major student-led initiatives this term include an […]

Former Tory government’s refugee reforms get failing grade

Despite the highly-touted changes made by the former Conservative government in 2012, the revamped refugee system has failed to hear claims within tight statutory processing timelines or get rid of the backlog, reports a new study released by the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Read the complete article: https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/05/17/former-tory-governments-refugee-reforms-get-failing-grade.html

How can we blunt prejudice against immigrants?

Interesting article with CRS affiliate Christopher Kyriakides quoted. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-can-we-blunt-prejudice-against-immigrants

Prof. Nergis Canefe on TVO's The Agenda: Tracking Turmoil in the Middle East

CRS faculty member Prof. Nergis Canefe was on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, March 29, 2017 http://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/tracking-turmoil-in-the-middle-east

York students lead the way during “Refugees Welcome Here” week at the Keele campus

http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2017/03/05/york-students-lead-the-way-during-refugees-welcome-here-week-at-the-keele-campus/

Letter to the Minister: Suspending Safe Third Country Agreement

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Howard Adelman Appointed Member of Order of Canada

The Centre for Refugee Studies is extremely pleased to announce that CRS founder Howard Adelman has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his pioneering work on refugee sponsorship and for his contributions to the establishment of refugee studies as an academic discipline. More information can be found here.

CIHR grants $1.35M to fund project on Refugee integration and long-term health outcomes in Canada

http://health.yorku.ca/2016/08/cihr-grants-2-16m-to-fund-two-york-research-projects/

Open Your Mind: Q&A with refugee and migration researcher Christina Clark-Kazak

http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2016/05/18/open-your-mind-qa-with-refugee-and-migration-researcher-christina-clark-kazak