Christopher Kyriakides, Canada Research Chair and Executive Committee Member, Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, will draw from research on the reception of Syrian refugees in Canada so as to illustrate how the dynamic of refugee-host relations affects and is affected by the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. In this presentation, Kyriakides will discuss what he calls ‘the existential transactions of worth’ focusing on the pre and post arrival exchange of ‘resettlement knowledge assets’, why they are central to the establishment of trust between host populations and refugees, and the importance of ‘trust formation’ in determining ‘resettlement success’.
Markham Public Library Scholars’ Hub speakers series
York University Scholars Hub, Markham Public Library (Village Branch)
Thursday, January 17, 2019
7pm