CARFMS 2018 Draft program (20 April 2018)

Date Time Location Event

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

22 May 2pm to 3pm Atrium Registration and coffee

22 May 3pm to 4:30pm RB2200 Opening plenary: Alastair Summerlee, President, Carleton University (TBC) James Milner and Jay Ramasubramanyam, Carleton University Michaela Hynie, CARFMS Keynote address: The Hon. Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (TBC) Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

22 May 4:30pm to 5:30pm Atrium Reception

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

23 May 7am to 8:30am TBC Why Higher Education for Refugees? Exploring the Impact of Tertiary Education on Encamped Refugee Students and Communities Moderators: Mohamed Duale, Don Dippo With video link to the Dadaab Education Centre, Dadaab, Kenya

23 May 8:30am to 9am Atrium Registration and coffee

23 May 9am to 10:30am RB2200 Announcement of the CARFMS student essay prize winners Morgan Poteet Plenary: Towards a Dialogue between Research and Policy Heaven Crawley Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

23 May 10:30am to 11am Atrium Coffee break

23 May 11am to 12:30pm RB2200 Session 1-1: Roundtable: Supporting Emerging Migration Scholars and Practitioners Chair: Claire Ellis Speakers: Nimo Bokore, Michael Gordon, Themrise Khan, Linda Oucho, Johanna Reynolds

Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

23 May 11am to 12:30pm RB3220 Session 1-2: New Classification Procedure of Refugee Status Determination in Japan Chair: Yukari Ando Background on the Highest Asylum Application Jotaro Kato Research and Practice on Refugee Recognition Rate Chie Komai Research and Practice on Work Permit for Asylum Seekers Yukari Ando

23 May 11am to 12:30pm RB3224 Session 1-3: Dialogue(s) on Belonging and Participation in Québec Chair : Mélanie Beauregard Regards croisés sur le programme de parrainage collectif au Québec : réfugiés, parrains et intervenants en dialogue Marie-Jeanne Blain, Roxane Caron, Lourdes Rodriguez del Barrio Demander l'asile dans le " nouveau système " : analyse intersectionnelle des récits de réfugiés à Montréal Caroline Lester Migration involontaire et stratification sociale : Trajectoires d’exil de réfugiés syriens réinstallés dans la ville de Québec Myriam Ouellet

23 May 11am to 12:30pm RB3228 Session 1-4: New Approaches to Fostering Dialogue Chair: Laura Madokoro An “Inclusive” Approach to Dialogue Between Research and Teaching Practice: Co-Creating Open Educational Resources in the Community Mobilization in Crisis Project Emily Regan Wills Political Institutions, Intergenerational Dialogue, and Future Refugees Blair Peruniak

Personal Asylum Narratives and Lived Refugee Experiences: Attempting to Deconstruct Negative Attitudes within an Emerging European Public Sphere Muhamed Amin

23 May 11am to 12:30pm RB2220 Session 1-5: Researching Forced Migration: Decolonizing Refugee Research Chairs: Dina Taha Beyond farms and factories: a decolonial practice of photovoice Nisha Toomey, Pedro Morán Bonilla and Deanna Del Vecchio Decolonizing research: engaging with anti-colonial activism Erika Massoud

23 May 11am to 12:30pm RB2228 Session 1-6: Symbolism, Stereotypes and the Dialogue between Research and Policy Chair: Bruno Dupeyron Au-dela du trauma : Symbolisation d’un adolescent réfugié Alyssa Turpin-Samson Entre recherche et politique: les études sur "le réfugié africain” Abessolo Nguema

23 May 12:30pm to 1:30pm Atrium Lunch

23 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2200 Session 2-1: Roundtable: Criminality in IRPA from an Academic and Practitioner Point of View (section 34-35 of IRPA) Chair: Madam Justice Jocelyne Gagne, Federal Court of Canada Speakers: James C. Simeon, Holly Holtman, Joseph Rikhof, Nathan Benson

23 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3220 Session 2-2: Roundtable: Methodological Challenges in Forced Migration Research Chair: Dacia Douhaibi Speakers: Patrick Ciaschi, Erika Frydenlund, Nowrin Tabassum, Annie Zean Dunbar

23 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3224 Session 2-3: Dialogue Across Policy Contexts Chair: James Milner Between a rock and hard place: conceptualizing precarity and belonging among Afghan refugees in Iran Heaven Crawley

Returned refugees from EU to Turkey after the deal Abdullah Hamidioglu

23 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3228 Session 2-4: Agency, Action and the Experience of Forced Migration Chair: Munira Abdulwasi Livelihood Strategies of Displaced Independent Eritrean Youth in Cairo: Examining Agency and Vulnerability Amanda Siino "Like a tree without leaves”: Syrian refugee women and the shifting meaning of Marriage Dina Taha

23 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2220 Session 2-5: Comparative Research in Forced Migration Studies: Opportunities and Challenges Chair: Annette Korntheuer National Imagination, Asylum and Syrian Refugees in Germany and Canada: A Discourse Analysis Anke Patzelt and Mélanie Beauregard Specific needs in literacy and language learning of refugee children: A comparison of Germany and Canada Syrian refugee families Anna Yamashita Education pathways: policy implications for refugee youth in the two urban areas Munich and Toronto Michaela Hynie and Ashley Korn Structural Context of refugee integration in Canada and Germany Annette Korntheuer

23 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2228 Session 2-6: The Integration Experience: Dialogue between Research, Policy and Practice Chair: Lois Klassen The mental health and well-being of Syrian refugees in the post-resettlement context Anna Oda Limits of Social Capital for Refugee Integration: A Case of Iranian Gay Refugees Integration in Canada Aryan Karimi

23 May 3pm to 3:30pm Atrium Coffee break

23 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB2200 Session 3-1: Ethics of Witnessing as Engagement and Responsibility Chair: Nergis Canefe Researching Refugees: Some Ethical Considerations at the Border Nasreen Chowdhory Outside the Frame of Violence: Making Media During and After War and Displacement in Northern Uganda Lara Rosenoff Gauvin Political Solidarity verses Apolitical Humanitarianism Salim Nabi Ethics Of Witnessing and Limits of Methodology in Forced Migration Studies Nergis Canefe

23 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB3220 Session 3-2: Roundtable: Enhancing Refugee Adjudication for Claims related to Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE): An interdisciplinary panel on the potential and next steps for Guideline 9 Moderators: Sharalyn Jordan, Nicholas Hersh Speakers: TBC

23 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB3224 Session 3-3: On the Politics of Categories: Dialogue between Research, Policy and Practice Chair: Pablo Bose "Only the best, only the most fit and only the most productive": ableist (b)ordering in Canada Bruno Dupeyron, Catarina Segatto Challenging Age Discrimination in Canadian Migration Law: A Transdisciplinary Approach Christina Clark-Kazak

23 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB3228 Session 3-4: Power, Agency and Rohingya Refugees Chair: James Milner Living between agency and abjection: A study of Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh Morsaline Mojid The Biopolitics of Rohingya Refugees and the Bangladeshi Host Community in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Yasmin Khan

23 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB2220 Session 3-5: Roundtable: New Dissemination Practices and Public Engagement in Forced Migration Research Chair: Paul Dudman Speakers: Snezana Ratkovic, Bharati Sethi, Samantha Jackson, Asha Said, Claire Ellis

23 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB2228 Session 3-6: Workshop: Walking, Speaking, Writing, Making: Ethics and the participation of forcibly displaced people in creative practices Facilitators: Yanara Friedland, Lois Klassen

Thursday, 24 May 2018

24 May 9am to 10:30am RB2200 Plenary: Towards a South-North Research Dialogue Khoti Kamanga Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

24 May 10:30am to 11am Atrium Coffee break

24 May 11am to 12:30pm RB2200 Session 4-1: Roundtable: Criminality in IRPA from an Academic and Practitioner Point of View (section 36-37 of IRPA) Chair: Justice Robert Barnes, Federal Court of Canada Speakers: Greg Israelstam, Olive Sonnenschein, Katrina Pike, Andrew Brouwer Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

24 May 11am to 12:30pm RB3220 Session 4-2: Dialogue(s) in and with Cities Chair: Themrise Khan Sanctuary Cities, Security, and Scale: The Case of Toronto, Canada Graham Hudson The Tidy City and the Cognizant City: A Comparative Analysis of the Urban Politics of Irregular Migration in Johannesburg, South Africa and Gaborone, Botswana Meagan Kinsella

24 May 11am to 12:30pm RB3224 Session 4-3: Research, Policy and Dialogue on Responsibilities Chair: Morgan Poteet Rightless, Stateless and Waiting on Beaches: Failures of the International Community in Refugee Prevention and Protection Kelsey Rhude The Human Security Implications of Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa: A case study of Nigeria and South Sudan Kester Onor

24 May 11am to 12:30pm RB3228 Session 4-4: Dialogue Within and Between Communities Chair: Samantha Jackson The Role of Religion in Coping with Financial Threat for Muslim Syrian Refugees Kashmala Qasim Liberia Refugee in Oru Camp, Nigeria: The Administration, the Host Community and the Humanitarian Assistance Kabir Abdulkareem

24 May 11am to 12:30pm RB2220 Session 4-5: Researching Forced Migration: Ethics Chair: Neil Bilotta Ethics and Social Art Practices Involving Asylum Seekers: a Case Study from New Mexico Lois Klassen Using artistic expression and negotiating the complex emotions and ethics of doing research with young people in the context of insecurity Beth Stewart Evaluating the Ethics of Artistic (Re)presentation in Research: Moral Economy and Research Ethics Boards Maritza Felices-Luna and Sandra Lehalle

24 May 11am to 12:30pm RB2228 Session 4-6: Launch of McGill-Queen’s University Press Refugee and Forced Migration Studies series Organizers: Megan Bradley, James Milner, Idil Atak

24 May 12:30pm to 1:30pm Atrium Lunch

24 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2200 Session 5-1: Dialogue between Research and Policy in Canada Chair: Idil Atak We won the battle but lost the war: Lack of access to health care for asylum seekers following reinstatement of the Interim Federal Health Program Janet Cleveland Private Sponsorship, Public Oversight? Analyzing Refugee Resettlement Before 2015 Jennifer Hyndman

24 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3220 Session 5-2: At the Border: A Conversation Among Disciplines about the Language of Legitimacy Chair: Stephanie Silverman Peeling Back the Layers of Canadian Refugee Law and Policy: The making of illegality and illegitimacy along the border Shauna Labman and Jamie Chai Yun Liew How notions of legitimacy have informed sanctuary practices from the late 1800s Laura Madokoro Is return the preferred solution to refugee crises? Megan Bradley

24 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3224 Session 5-3: Narratives, Practice and Dialogue with Forced Migrants Chair: Blair Peruniak Doing Good Work: The Ethical Challenges of Research Informed Practice with Refugee Communities Suzanne Shanahan Are narratives true: To whom to trust Laxman Lamichhane Network on Refugee Voices Osama Saleem

24 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3228 Session 5-4: Policy, Practice and Precarity Chair: Nimo Bokore

Canadian Children Behind Bars: How De Facto Detention Violates the Principle of Non-Discrimination Lorielle Giffin Living in Limbo: A Discussion of the Migratory Experiences of Eritrean Refugees Munira Abdulwasi

24 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2220 Session 5-5: Dialogue on Refugees, Employment and the Private Sector Chair: Graham Hudson Research-Industry collaborations: Promoting better economic activities for refugees and enriching research perspectives Ayse Seyyide Kaptaner Employment Support and Refuge Workforce Integration Luciara Nardon and Hui Zhang Employment Among Recently Resettled Syrian Refugees in Canada: Predictors, Outcomes and Concerns Michaela Hynie Revisiting the 'Helplessness' of Refugees: A Social Justice Perspective on Labour Market Engagement Tamara A. Kool (NOTE: Session continued from 3:30pm to 5pm in same room)

24 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2228 Session 5-6: Roundtable: Researching Forced Migration: Transcending disciplinary borders Moderator: Shayna Plaut

24 May 3pm to 3:30pm Atrium Coffee break

24 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB2200 Session 6-1: Conceptual Quicksand? Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Expanding and Clarifying the Concept and Meanings of ‘Forced Migration' Chair: Stephanie J. Silverman Refugee Law at the Border/the Borders of Refugee Law Sharry Aiken Refugee Law’s Fact-Finding Crisis: Truth, Risk, and the Wrong Mistake

Hilary Evans Cameron Economic Migrant, Temporary Foreign Worker, or a Refugee? Conceptual Failures in Canada’s Protection Regime Petra Molnar Immigration Detention as a Form of Violence against Women: The Case of Canada Stephanie J. Silverman

24 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB3220 Session 6-2: Technology and the Potential for New Forms of Dialogue Chair: Anke Patzelt Jai, Chai and Wi-Fi: Exploring mobile language learning technology or alternative provisions for asylum-seekers in Greater Athens Matt Husain Forced Displacement via Big Data: Implementation of a Delphi Method Survey to Gather Expert Knowledge for Bayesian Models in Iraq, 2013 to Present Kira Williams and Susan McGrath

24 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB3224 Session 6-3: Roundtable: Research and Policy Responses to Forced Migration by Region of Origin and Historical Context Moderators: Morgan Poteet and Stephanie Stobbe

Historic Resettlement and Integration of Indochinese Refugees in Canada Stephanie Stobbe Intergenerational Integration and social mobility of Central Americans in Toronto Morgan Poteet The Flight of Rohingya Refugees and State Responses Anna Snyder

24 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB3228 Session 6-4: The Politics and Realities of Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Policy in Canada: 2006-2018 Chair: John Carlaw Neoconservative and Neoliberal Multiculturalisms in Contemporary Canada John Carlaw

Canada's Refugee Protection System and Irregular Migration: Unintended Consequences of the 2012 Reform Process Idil Atak The Syrian Resettlement Program in Canada: Unease, Biopolitics, and Grouping Robert Batarseh Census 2016 and IRCC Operational Data: What it Says About Naturalization and Consequent Policy Implications Andrew Griffith

24 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB2220 Session 6-5: Dialogue on Refugees, Employment and the Private Sector (CONTINUED)

24 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB2228 CARFMS STUDENT CAUCUS Jona Zyfi

Friday, 25 May 2018

25 May 9am to 10am RB2200 Plenary: Towards a Dialogue between Research and Practice Louisa Taylor Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

25 May 10am to 10:30am Atrium Coffee break Curated display: “Refugees, Disability and Technology in Transnational Postwar Canada, 1946-1953” in RB2228

25 May 10:30pm to 12pm RB2200 Session 7-1: Legal Challenges and Dilemmas in Refugee Law Moderator: Jamie Liew Speakers: Michael Bossin, Laila Demirdache and Jacqueline Bonisteel

25 May 10:30am to 12pm RB3220 Session 7-2: Dialogue, Voice and Climates of Contestation Chair: Tamara Kool Can the displaced speak? Muslim Refugee girls' voice through the lens Neila Miled Refugee Research in the Shadow of Fear Pablo Bose Voices of the Displaced and their Contributions to Policy and Practice

Stephanie Stobbe Between Help and Harm: On the Gendered and Racialized Politics of Social Activism in Response to Immigration Detention in Canada Salina Abji

25 May 10:30am to 12pm RB3224 Session 7-3:

25 May 10:30am to 12pm RB3228 Session 7-4: Dialogue between Policy and Practice relating to Non-Refoulement Chair: Jamie Liew Push Back Policies of the States and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: Analyzing the Gap between Law and Practice from the Lenses of Developing Country Shishir Lamichhane Non-Refoulement Obligations under Article 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention Jenny Poon

25 May 10:30am to 12pm RB2220 Session 7-5: Towards a Global Compact on Refugees: Perspectives from the research, policy and practitioner communities Moderator: James Milner Speakers: Jessie Thomson, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Osama Saleem

25 May 10:30am to 12pm RB2228 “Refugees, Disability and Technology in Transnational Postwar Canada, 1946-1953”

25 May 12pm to 1:30pm Atrium Lunch Curated display: “Refugees, Disability and Technology in Transnational Postwar Canada, 1946-1953” in RB2228

25 May 12:30pm to 1:30pm RB2200 CARFMS Annual General Meeting

25 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2200 Session 8-1: Student and Youth Engagement in Refugee and Newcomer Issues on Campuses and in Canadian Communities Chair: John Carlaw Refugees Welcome Here! Student Engagement in the York University Syria Response and Refugee Initiative John Carlaw and Humaima Ashfaque Student Engagement in the Ryerson University Lifeline Syria Challenge Kerith Paul

Mobilizing Campuses: Winning Volunteer and Financial Support for Refugee Sponsorship at Canadian Universities Robert Hanlon and Carloyn McKee "For and by Youth": The Canadian Council for Refugees National Youth Network Hicham Khanafer Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

25 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3220 Session 8-2: Dialogue in, at and on the Border Chair: Suzanne Shanahan Territory, Space and Identity: the Crisis of Entitled Bhutia Communities of Himalayan Borderlands Thinley Gyatso Between Borders and Belonging Sarah Marshall Beyond Border Policy: Migrant Shelters in Mexico Carla Angulo-Pasel

25 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3224 Session 8-3: Dialogue on New Legal Issues Chair: Yukari Ando Experimenting with Credibility Assessment in Refugee Status Decision-making Sean Rehaag and Hilary Evans Cameron A Dialogic Mapping of the Boundaries of Refugee Protection Across International Refugee Law, International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law James Simeon (by Skype) Law and Policy since 2013 Refugee Act: South Korea’s Trial and Error Jeewon Min

25 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB3228 Session 8-4: Dialogue with Global Politics, Interests, Policy and Practice Chair: Erika Frydenlund Who Does Aid Aid? US Funding for Refugee Food Assistance Rachel Mullin

Mobilising the Responsibility of Refugee Resettlement: exporting and translating the “success” and challenges of Canada’s private sponsorship model at home, and in the United Kingdom Thea Enns The micro-determinants of sectarian violence induced forced displacements in the aftermath of the Second Gulf War Samuel MacIsaac and Dane Rowlands

25 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2220 Session 8-5: Roundtable: Bridging Forced Migration Research to Policy and Practice Moderator: Krystyna Wojnarowicz Speakers: Annie Zean Dunbar, Themrise Khan, Samantha Jackson, Linda Oucho, Kuda Vanyoro

25 May 1:30pm to 3pm RB2228 “Refugees, Disability and Technology in Transnational Postwar Canada, 1946-1953”

25 May 3pm to 3:30pm Atrium Coffee break Curated display: “Refugees, Disability and Technology in Transnational Postwar Canada, 1946-1953” in RB2228

25 May 3:30pm to 5pm RB2200 Closing plenary Panel discussion on Dialogue Beyond Borders: James Milner Jay Ramasubramanyam Louisa Taylor Osama Saleem Khoti Kamanga Video-linked with English/French interpretation available

Room Capacity

RB2200 350

RB3220 25

RB3224 25

RB3228 25

RB2220 60

RB2228 25