Summer Course on Refugee Issues 9 June 2007 - 16 June 2007
The Summer Course on Refugee Issues is an internationally acclaimed eight-day course for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration. The course involves a rigorous schedule of lectures, panel discussions, and a simulation exercise. It draws from academic and field-based experts for its faculty and, reflecting the Centre’s mission, serves as a hub for researchers, students, service providers and policy makers to share information and ideas.
A preliminary list of topics for the 2007 Summer Course includes:
• Root causes of forced migration
• Definition of a refugee
• Refugee rights under international law
• International comparisons of refugee law and policy
• Refugees and international human rights
• Security and interdiction
• The UNHCR
• Humanitarian assistance
• Internally displaced persons
• Protracted refugee situations
• Resettlement policies
• Transnationalism
As a part of the course, simulated refugee hearings will be held at the Immigration and Refugee Board, Toronto. In this intensive exercise, course participants will be assigned roles to carry out mock refugee hearings. The goal of the exercise is to develop an understanding of the different duties and obstacles faced by each participant in the hearing. The simulation exercise is closely modeled on the framework of the Canadian refugee determination system.
Level: professional
Location: Toronto, Canada
Participants: academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration
Tuition, fee, lodging: Course Fee: CAD $870. After March 30, 2007: CAD $970. Course fee includes a one-year subscription to Refugee, Canada's periodical on refugees. Sponsored applicants may be eligible for the $870 fee past March 30 if proof of sponsorship is provided before this date. Fee includes course and all course materials. Food and accommodation are not included. A limited number of tuition subsides are available. For a course application as well as more information, please contact the organisers.
Contact Information:
Irene Tumwebaze
Summer Course Coordinator
Centre for Refugee Studies
York University
Room 321, York Lanes
4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
Tel: +1 416-736-5663
Fax: +1 416-736-5837
E-mail: summer@yorku. ca
Web: http://www.yorku. ca/crs/
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