SUMMER COURSE ON REFUGEE AND FORCED MIGRATION ISSUES YORK UNIVERSITY MAY 13-19, 2013 http://crs.yorku.ca/summer Academic Course Director: Dr. Christina Clark-Kazak, Summer Course Academic Director and Associate Professor, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada Course Coordinator: Johanna Reynolds, PhD Candidate Geography, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada Registration: Monday, May 13, 2013 Location of Registration and Main Venue: York Research Tower, Room 519 (5 th floor) 4700 Keele Street, Toronto 1
9:00am-9:45am Course Program Monday, May 13 th Registration and coffee 9:45am-10:00am Organizational matters 10:00am-11:00am Welcome and introductory remarks 11:00am-11:15am 11:15am-12:30pm Representing Refugees: Ruffling the Politics, Engaging the Ethics, Martha Kuwee Kumsa, Wilfred Laurier University 12:30pm-1:30pm Welcome lunch 1:30pm-2:30pm Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Refugees and Forced Migration: a Legal Perspective, Awalou Ouedraogo, Glendon College,York University 2:30pm-2:45pm 2:45pm-4:30pm The Global Refugee Regime: Evolution and Challenges, Alexander Betts, Oxford University 4:30pm-5:30pm Welcome reception and book table 2
Tuesday, May 14th Coffee 9:30am-10:30am Precariousness, Luin Goldring, York University 10:30am-10:45am 10:45am-12:15pm Dual Disasters, Jennifer Hyndman, York University 12:15pm-1:00pm 1:00pm-2:30pm Islands and the Quest for Asylum, Alison Mountz, Wilfred Laurier University 2:30pm-3:00pm 3:00pm-4:00pm Sexual Minority Refugee Claims in Canada: Context and Challenges, Sean Rehaag, Osgoode Hall Law School/York University 3
Wednesday, May 15 th Meet up with other members of your group in room 519, YRT. 9:30am-10:30am Travel downtown by public transit 10:30am-12:00pm Visit to choice of one settlement NGO in Greater Toronto Area with CRS Summer Course interns (see welcome kit for a description of settlement agencies and directions). 12:00pm-2:00pm and travel to Ryerson University (please note: you are responsible for picking up your own lunch downtown before heading to Ryerson for the panel at 2pm). 2:00pm-3:45pm (@ Ryerson University, room TBA) Refugee Protection and Resettlement in Canada, panel at Ryerson University (Co-Sponsored by the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University and Ryerson University s Centre for Immigration and Settlement), Panelists: Cynthia Levine-Rasky, Queens University, Ranu Basu, York University, Rudhramoorthy Cheran, University of Windsor, Richard Lecours, Citizenship & Immigration Canada Moderator: Christina Clark-Kazak, Glendon/York Unviersity 3:45pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-5:00pm (@ Ryerson University, room TBA) Roma Refugees, Gina Csanyi-Robah Dinner suggestions will be provided for those who wish to eat downtown following the last presentation. 4
Thursday, May 16 th Coffee 9:30am-10:00am Voluntary Presentations (to be continued on Sunday May 19 th ) 10:00am-11:00am Internal Displacement: Normative Frameworks and Assistance and Protection Challenges, Megan Bradley, Brookings Institution 11:00am-11:15am 11:15am-12:45pm Transitional Justice & Displacement, Megan Bradley, Brookings Institution 12:45pm-1:30pm 1:30pm-3:00pm Urban Refugees, Anita Fábos, Clark University 3:00pm-3:30pm 3:30pm-5:00pm Climate Change and Refugees, Robert McLeman, Wilfrid Laurier University 5
Friday, May 17th Travel to Glendon campus, York University 10:00am-11:00am (room York Hall A100) Reflections on Changing Policy, Peter Showler, University of Ottawa 11:00am-11:15am 11:15am-12:45pm The Basis of Claim Form: To Amend Or Not To Amend? A discussion of the advantages and pitfalls of amending the BOC and suggested strategies, Kristin Marshall, University of Toronto 12:45pm-1:30pm 1:30pm-3:00pm IRB Dramatization 3:00pm-3:15pm 3:15pm-4:30pm At Home and Abroad: Refugee Rights Under Siege, Alex Neve, Amnesty International (Public Lecture) 4:30-5:30 Reception 6
Saturday, May 18th Coffee 9:30am-11:00am Disease, debates and decision-making: Mandatory HIV testing and migration to Canada, Laura Bisaillon, McGill University and John Norquay, immigration and HIV lawyer, Toronto 11:00am-12:30pm Immigration reporting and data visualization at the Toronto Star, Debra Black, The Toronto Star 12:30pm-1:30pm 1:30pm-3:00pm United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Fabienne Louyer Perlov, International Consultant 3:00pm-3:30pm 3:30pm-4:30pm Mainstreaming Protection in UNRWA Programming and Services, an interactive session with Fabienne Louyer Perlov, International Consultant 7
Sunday, May 19th 9:00am-10:00am Coffee and Voluntary Presentations (cont d) 10:00am-11:30am Gender, Age and Diversity Mainstreaming in Forced Migration, Christina Clark-Kazak, Glendon College/York University 11:30am-1:00pm 1:00pm-2:30pm The Future of Forced Migration, Judith Kumin, UNHCR (retired) 2:30pm-3:00pm Closing Remarks 8