International and Regional Networks

International and regional networks made up of academic associations such as the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ), Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), Metropolis Canada, and CERIS - the Ontario Metropolis Centre, among others,  which will provide academics with multiple new opportunities to network amongst themselves as well as formal and informal channels for consulting with NGOs and policy makers.

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Remittances update -- Africa General

Posted Thu, 2010/03/11 - 01:20 by kaduuli

 Remittances update

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Global Integrity releases 2009 report on corruption

Posted Wed, 2010/02/24 - 12:14 by kaduuli

 Global Integrity released its 2009 Report on corruption on 23/02/2010.

Faith-based humanitarianism conference - Las Casas Institute / Refugee Studies Centre

Posted Fri, 2010/02/19 - 05:30 by Wouter te Kloeze
Deadine / Event Date: 
2010/09/21 (All day)

Faith-based humanitarianism conference

21-23 September 2010, Oxford

The Refugee Studies Centre and the Las Casas Institute on Ethics, Governance and Social Justice are organizing an international conference on ‘Faith-based humanitarianism: the response of faith communities and faith-based organisations to people affected by conflict, crisis and forced migration’.

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South Africa to send 22 Ugandans home

Posted Tue, 2010/02/02 - 13:25 by kaduuli

 

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Open Centres for Migrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees in Europe

Posted Fri, 2010/01/08 - 18:39 by Thomas Bobby Cameron

INTRODUCTION:

I am in the process of completing a literature review on the Open Centre in Europe. This research is a part of my Major Research Paper for the Master of Arts in Public Policy program at Ryerson University. I have listed this as a forum topic to allow other researchers who know of key pieces of literature on this topic to post the titles here. I have attached my research proposal to this forum as well as copy and pasted it below. Thank you for your input on this matter. Please feel free to comment or critique any information posted here. I can be contacted at thomas.cameron@ryerson.ca

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Think piece on research clusters

Posted Mon, 2009/11/02 - 15:13 by Oana Petrica

Scholars writing on research clusters seem to agree that the diversity of the geographic concentration of interconnected universities, research centers, private companies, suppliers, service providers, NGOs in a particular field tends to benefit the productivity of research clusters (Descrochers, Sautet, Hospers, 2008, p. 243). In fact, they support the idea that the larger the diversity in a cluster, the better.

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