Coming Events
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05/16/2012 (All day)
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06/20/2012 (All day)
Conferences
Current
Annual CRS Student Conference
April 27, 28, 2012
York University, Toronto
Call for Papers
CARFMS 12
Restructuring Refuge and Settlement
May 16 - 18, 2012
Toronto, Ontario
Conference Website
Canada and Refugee Resettlement Conference
June 20, 21, and 22, 2012
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond Campus, Richmond, British Columbia
Conference Website
Call for Papers (deadline March 15, 2012)
IASFM14
Being Bounded: Contested Spaces and Cartographic Challenges
January 6- 9, 2013
Kolkata, India
Conference Website
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Previous
Annual CRS Student Conference
April 29, 30, 2011
York University, Toronto
Call for Papers
General Conference Information
CARFMS 11
Forced Migration: Human Rights Challenges
May 11 - 13, 2011
Montreal, Quebec
Conference Website
IASFM13
Governing Migration
July 3 - 6, 2011
Kampala, Uganda
Conference Website
(Un) Routed Identities: Borders, Boundaries, and Betweens
CRS Annual Student Conference
April 8-9, 2010
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Borderless Education: The provision of tertiary degree programs to long-term refugees
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
April 9-11, 2010
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"Forced Migration: Challenges and Change," The 3rd annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS)
McMaster University, Hamilton May 6-8, 2010
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International Conference on “Forced Displacement, Protection
Standards and Supervising the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol and Other International Instruments.”
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
May 17-20, 2010
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Workshop: Introducing the Refugee Research Network
March 12, 2010
Nairobi, Kenya
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Workshop: "Linking research and policy: How to increase the policy impact of your research", a seminar in 2 3-hour sessions:
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Thursday October 22, 1-4pm
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Thursday November 12, 1-4
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"Forced Migration and Shifting Borders," The 2nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS)
University of Ottawa June 1-3, 2009
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Documenting the Undocumented: Re-defining Refugee Status,"
CRS Annual Graduate Student Conference
York University April 16-17, 2009
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"Refugees and the Insecure Nation: Managing Forced Migration in Canada"
Inaugural Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS)
June 15 - 18, 2008
York University, Toronto, Canada
Videos of Opening Plenary Sessions
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Refugee Rights in Canada, Alex Neve, Amnesty International
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Canadian Settlement and Integration: A Manifesto for Unsettlement and Dis-Integration, Janet Dench, Canadian Council for Refugees
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The International Impact of Canadian Refugee Policy , Sharryn Aiken, Queen's University
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Workshop: Critical Issues in International Refugee Law
May 1-2, 2008
York University, Toronto, Canada
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Lives in Motion: The Transitional and Transnational
Status of Displacement
Annual Graduate Student Conference
Toronto, April 24th and 25th, 2008
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Con/founding Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Workshop
November 1 - 3, 2007
York University, Toronto, Canada
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"Redefining Borders "
Annual CRS Graduate Student Conference
May 3-4, 2007
York University, Toronto, Canada
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Canadian Council for Refugees
International Refugee Rights Conference
June 17 - 19 2006
York University, Toronto, Canada
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International Association for Studies in Forced Migration
10th Biennial Conference
June 18 - 22 2006
York University, Toronto, Canada
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"Diversity in Migration"
Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) Annual Graduate Student Conference April 27th and 28th, 2006
York University, Toronto, Canada
Program (PDF)
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East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Conference
October 30-November 4, 2005
Entebbe, Uganda
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Sudan Studies Association 24th Annual Conference
Toronto, Canada
August 18-20, 2005
This conference was generously funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); Sheila Embleton, Vice-President Academic, York University; Stan Shapson, Vice-President Research and Innovation, York University; Bob Drummond, Dean’s Office, Faculty of Arts, York University; Rhonda Lenton, Office of the Dean, Atkinson, York University
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE: COMPREHENSIVE ACTION IN THE FACE OF ATROCITIES"
December 4-5, 2003