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Toronto

8th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS)

Date and time

2015.05.13 to 2015.05.15, all-day

Details

The 2015 CARFMS Conference will bring together students, instructors, researchers, academics, governmental officials, decision-makers, practitioners (including non-governmental organizations), refugee lawyers and members of community organizations, from diverse disciplinary and regional backgrounds to discuss changes, achievements, challenges and short and long-term options for advancing the protection of migrants and fostering their belonging in their receiving societies. The conference will feature keynote and plenary speeches from leaders in the field and from people with direct experience of forced migration.

Venue

Ryerson University

City

Toronto

Country

Canada

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Economic sectors

General relevance - all sectors

Target groups

(Im)migrants workers, Policymakers, Researchers, and NGOs/community groups/solidarity networks

Geographical focuses

Federal and National relevance

Languages

English