Experts available for interviews on dangerous workplace heath and safety conditions facing racialized workers amid COVID-19 outbreaks TORONTO, February 9, 2021 – COVID-19 outbreaks in several meat processing and packing facilities in Alberta – including the recent second wave in the Cargill Canada plant in High River – highlight the precarious health and safety conditions facing […]
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Research on refugees’ resettlement experiences could improve policy and programming: York U Centre for Refugees
The federal government’s decision to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February is an important first step in their resettlement but following their progress over the next five years may be more crucial to ensuring they successfully establish themselves in Canada, say researchers at York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS). “Integration […]
York U symposium looks at how to take action in Sudan and South Sudan crisis
Toronto, July 2, 2013 – York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies will host a symposium July 3-5 examining what steps can be taken in Sudan and South Sudan to bring stability to the region and end human right violations and rising rates of refugees. Prior to gaining independence in 2011, South Sudan was part of […]
