This week on the LERRN course blog we have three posts on the positionality of researchers. First up: "The Ethics of Conducting Community-Based Research with Forced Migrants as an Early Career Researcher" by Deepa Nagari. carleton.ca/lerrn/2024/cou…

Yesterday, our Chair a human being had a meeting with UNHCR Tanzania as a continuation of the policy dialogues and discussed the importance of humanitarian actors in the East African Community to "deliver together" and pursue a sustainable solution to the #Refugees phenomenon. IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa

Refugees need a seat at the decision-making tables, but they also need to be making the decisions. The decisions that impact their futures. Their presence and their voices cannot be merely tokenistic. #RefugeesLead

Critical reading for all engaged in research, policy and programming focused on enhancing meaningful refugee participation.

Stephanie López V. de LERRN y Daniela Pérez de R-SEAT: Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table impartieron el taller “Intercambio de experiencias sobre participación significativa y liderazgo” Una iniciativa de OIM Respuesta Refugiados Migrantes Venezuela 🇺🇳 OEA – Inclusión OIT Américas junto a Red Lideresas Diaspora Venezuela gracias a Sida 🇸🇪 #SomosParte y AECID 🇪🇸

Refugees must have a tangible influence in policies that directly affect them. The #GRF2023 included 300+ refugees, but was refugee participation truly meaningful? Read here R-SEAT: Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table assessment report and recommendations for future policy meetings bit.ly/3Ssb8a0

Next up on the LERRN course blog: Andrea Avelino reflects on researcher positionality. carleton.ca/lerrn/2024/cou…

In October 2015, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the creation of the Refugee Olympic Team in response to the global refugee crisis. After competing in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, the team will return for Paris 2024 and Dakar 2026.   The Team's goal is not only to

Today on the LERRN course blog Kimiya Missaghi reflects on the value of video games and children's books to share research knowledge on forced migration. carleton.ca/lerrn/2024/cou…

Day 1 of the workshop yesterday dovetailed into breakout sessions. Each group discussed and documented key points: knowledge exchange through mobility, surfacing scholarship through citations, and actively changing migration narratives. Day 2 is underway. #KnowledgeExchange

Today on the LERRN course blog Emmanuel eyakass challenges us to go beyond books to more creative forms of knowledge mobilization, like animated videos, music, and dance. carleton.ca/lerrn/2024/cou…

The Global Refugee Forum 2023 saw a big jump in the number of participants with lived experience of forced displacement: 🔹 2019: 72 participants  🔹 2023: 328 participants Read the report "We were seen, but were we heard?” to find out more about meaningful refugee

This week on the LERRN blog we have two posts on the theme of gender in refugee responses. Now posted: Shabnam Salehi reflects on the legal, social, and political considerations of granting asylum based on gender. carleton.ca/lerrn/2024/red…

The last post in our summer blog series is live today. Kiin graduated from the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) project in Dadaab. She shares her research and reflections in today's post: carleton.ca/lerrn/2024/an-…

LERRN's James Milner has been appointed as co-chair of the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN)! During this initial 3-year term, the co-chairs aim to facilitate opportunities in support of the objectives of the Global Compact. Read here: newsroom.carleton.ca/2024/james-mil…

The report, "We were seen, but were we heard?” urges all actors to enhance meaningful refugee participation. Stakeholders must remove barriers and empower refugees for sustained substantive influence in policies affecting their lives. Let's work for more meaningful refugee

Our latest study reveals how colonial legacies and global north dominance still shape refugee education research. Here’s what you need to know.   Read the full report here: lebanesestudies.com/publications/d… IDRC Middle East and North Africa @Elrifai_r

Congratulations ⁦⁦Deo⁩ for successfully defending your PhD “The Politics of Citizenship as a Durable Solution for Refugees in Tanzania: A Comparative Case Study of Naturalization of Rwandese and Burundian Refugees” today ⁦Carleton University Political Science⁩

Day 2 of our 3-day summer school. Prof. Salim Valley: Academia has become a synonym for what is irrelevant, manifested in its large silence about genocide The British Academy Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office  Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge LERRN Carleton University

The British Academy Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge LERRN Carleton University Prof. Linda Tabar : I draw hope from my people and resistance. It comes from a radical place for a genuine commitment to the land and the people. Learning from those committed to this struggle and drawing from that