Centre for Refugee Studies Summer Course 2020
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE – FEBRUARY 1st
The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University is offering its annual Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration from May 4-8, 2020.
The Summer Course is an internationally acclaimed, non-credit course for academic and field-based practitioners working in the area of forced migration. It serves as a hub for researchers, students, practitioners, service providers and policy makers to share information and ideas. The Summer Course is housed within the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), York University (Toronto, Canada). All participants who complete the full course receive a York University Centre for Refugee Studies Summer Course Certificate.
2020 Summer Course topics will include:
. Legal approaches to refugee studies
. UNHCR, the Convention and the international refugee regime
. The Canadian asylum system
. Gender and forced migration
. Research ethics in forced migration
. Refugee status determination
. Community engagement and sexual orientation-based claims
. The Global Compact on Refugees
. Refugee health and education
Dates: May 4-8, 2020
Location: York University, Toronto, Canada
Course Fee: $1075 CAD +13% HST (by February 1st, 2020)
Late Registration Fee: $1500 CAD +13%HST (February 2 until April 1, 2020 – or until full)
For more information, and to apply, please visit our website at http://crs.yorku.ca/summer/
Dr. Anna Purkey
Summer Course Director
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University