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Video: Does Research on Refugees Help Refugees?

On April 10, 2009, the Centre for Refugee Studies held its first Howard Adelman Lecture, with Howard Adelman as the inaugural speaker. Adelman was the founder and director of York’s Centre for Refugee Studies (1988–1993) and for ten years he was editor of Canada’s periodical on refugees, Refuge until 1993. Prof. Adelman delivered a lecture … Continue reading Video: Does Research on Refugees Help Refugees?

Video: SINGH V MEI – An Expectation Fulfilled? Reflections on the 1985 Singh Decision

On November 26, 2009, The Centre for Refugee Studies presented its Second Annual Howard Adelman Lecture in Toronto, Canada with guest speaker Barbara Jackman, a prominent refugee rights lawyer who had argued the 1985 Singh Decision. On April 4, 1985 in Singh v Minister of Employment and Immigration the Supreme Court of Canada recognized that … Continue reading Video: SINGH V MEI – An Expectation Fulfilled? Reflections on the 1985 Singh Decision