ISO housing in TO. Eritrean refugee family (single mom + kids: 17, 19, 21) waiting for 3 yrs will finally arrive on Sept 22. Desperate for short or long-term housing. Need a 2-bed preferably in west end. Budget: $2,200/month. DM w/ any leads or Qs!
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📣CFP for a session on "Times of Displacement" at this year's virtual @CanGeographers conference #CAG2022 (30/05-3/06). How does time/temporality contribute to understandings of displacement? ⏳⏰⏱️📆🌎 Discussant @JenniferHyndman. Submit abstracts by March 29.
CAG Virtual Conference Session CFP: Times of Displacement ift.tt/3foy2g9 #critgeogforum
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Leaving (escaping?) academia can be liberating. This expectation that everyone has to be a prof is ridiculous. But many do want to be and the 🌊 of Indigenous, Black, POC and women scholars leaving academia is a SYSTEMIC FAILURE. 🧵
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African immigrants at Ukraine’s border with Poland reported being pushed aside and made to wait in the cold as white Ukrainians were allowed through to safety. huffpost.com/entry/africans-… via @sarah_grossman
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"It is both tragic & telling that these same countries are blocking African students & workers… trying to escape… Ukraine, & simultaneously building walls… to keep out people from countries like Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria, & South Sudan." -@hebagowayed
thenewhumanitarian.org/opini…
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Really excited to announce the publication of Opening Up the University: Teaching and Learning with Refugees, edited by @CantatCeline, Prem Kumar Rajaram and me. #highered #AcademicChatter #Refugee
@berghahnbooks @ceu
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Now online: Ep 9 with Radhika Mongia (EN) 🔥 On the development of border technologies in colonial contexts, and the crucial role race and racisms played in shaping the passport inequality we know today. There is nothing natural about borders!
Links👇
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Really enjoyed taking part in @_carfms conference today in a special panel session which focused on 'refusal' and private/community sponsorship. A really interesting group of speakers from across Canada, very happy to take part from the UK! Thanks to the organisers!
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In light of #GFK70 today, I would like to also address the effects of colonial history and colonial power relations on the Convention and the global refugee regime.
Thread 🧵 about some publications - please add more in comments
The 1951 Convention turns 70 today.
@DanaSchmalz & I edit a series about the developments, achievements & challenges of the Convention & UNHCR in @Fluchtforschung|Blog & @Voe_Blog.
Great articles by @japvie81 @FranziscaZ @JochenLingelba1 @MYRMEK @MarciaSchenck @wolfffra & more.
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For anyone struggling to work out which of the nearly 100 #iasfm18 events they want to attend, we’ve created a summary programme at iasfm.org/iasfm18/wp-content…
Once registered you can add events to your own calendar via Pheedloop. It even sorts out the time zone for you!
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Recently, @CitImmCanada admitted that processing times for family members waiting to reunite with a #refugee in Canada have reached 39 months. Join the CCR’s campaign to raise awareness of the inequalities and press for speedy #FamilyReunification 👉ccrweb.ca/en/family-reunific…
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We are seeking proposals from individuals, consultant teams, and organizations to develop knowledge briefs on topics related to community-based refugee sponsorship!
Proposals are due 11:59pm EDT on June 13th! See proposal guidelines and requirements here: refugeehub.ca/rfp/
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New piece on sustaining private refugee sponsorship w/ @BiftuYousuf @DemozDawit @_johrey @kathy_sherrell & A.Purkey now published in @FrontHDynamics - many thx to eds @GarnierAdele @NaokoScalise for the opportunity!
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