Shauna Labman

Are you in Winnipeg? @alexneve.bsky.social is here this week! @uwglobalcollege.bsky.social are lucky enough to welcome him on Wednesday afternoon to talk human rights and peacekeeping with Dr.Kirsten Van Houten! Join us!

Opinion: The Trump administration is turning back the clock on refugee protections The White House is undermining decades of progress to rectify the race-based exclusions that characterized early international refugee law

Opinion piece @theglobeandmail.com with Laura Madokoro @carleton.ca

The Trump administration’s suggestions for a privileged form of asylum for white
and politically aligned refugees is not new – it is a throwback, and one that
undermines decades of progress.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

‼️ New @cercmigration.bsky.social policy brief out by Dr. Shauna Labman (@shaunalabman.bsky.social) and her co-author Dr. Adèle Garnier (@adelegarnier.bsky.social) (Université Laval) on Ukrainian settlement trajectories, with a focus on Winnipeg and Québec City.

Read the full brief: bit.ly/49vC4yK

Happy to say @adelegarnier.bsky.social and I will be presenting this research at the 8th Metropolis Identities Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on October 30th!

Canada welcomed nearly 300,000 #Ukrainians through the CUAET between 2022-2024, but what happens when temporary status expires? Adèle Garnier and Shauna Labman offer recommendations for supporting their transition and integration in communities across Canada.
🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

Nouvelle publication with the amazing @shaunalabman.bsky.social ! Out now!

I am delighted to share our CERC in Migration & Integration Policy Brief The Successes and Challenges of Canada's Welcome to Displaced Ukrainians: lnkd.in/eQ6EgpdK

(1/2) Last week, our Executive Director @shaunalabman.bsky.social was in Toronto for the 16th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) at @torontomet.bsky.social where she presented her ongoing SSHRC research on Ukrainian settlement...

Wow! At the @carfms.bsky.social conference and @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social has such an incredible book table! So many #migration books! And many authors are here!

In his campaign launch speech Poilievre blames violence and disorder on "open borders." Canada has never had open borders but even if you think it has brought in too many migrants (temporary and permanent) migrants are not linked to violence or crime.

Happy International Women’s Day. Spent my morning setting up an incredible new art exhibit at
@uwglobalcollege.bsky.social @uwinnipeg.bsky.social in collaboration with MCIC! #IWD2025

What a joy to have you here!

Christina Clark-Kazak (right), Stephanie Stobbe (middle), and Shauna Labman (right) gather around a copy of the newly published volume, "Forced Migration in/to Canada". A stack of books is in the foreground ready for signing at the McNally Robinson book launch.

Committed to scholarship on human rights and migration studies! Celebrating @clarkkazak.bsky.social's new volume, FORCED MIGRATION IN/TO CANADA, with Stephanie Stobbe (middle) and @shaunalabman.bsky.social (right) -- and many members of the general public. Thanks, @mcnallyrobinson.com.

Winnipeg come join me Friday night for this fantastic talk with @clarkkazak.bsky.social!

Winnipeg launch of Forced Migration
in/to Canada with @clarkkazak.bsky.social Feb 7th! A critical migration primer from Indigenous displacement & settler colonialism, through Black enslavement, to statelessness, trafficking, resettlement and climate migration. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18715/...

Save-the-Date: Jan 7, 2025 7pm(PST) Vancouver launch, Forced Migration In/To Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement, McGill-Queen’s U Press, 2024.
Editor, Christina Clark-Kazak
Contributors, Erin Goheen Glanville, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Lois Klassen
And, special guests!

Professor Christina Clark-Kazak poses on the left, with Dr. Yuriko Cowper-Smith on the right (holding her baby), at the launch of the edited volume, "Forced Migration in/to Canada". The newly published book is on the counter in the foreground.

Celebrating the launch of @clarkkazak.bsky.social's brilliant new volume, "Forced Migration in/to Canada" with one of the over 60 attendees (also a contributing author), hosted by York University's Centre for Refugee Studies. Affordably priced in PB and in O/A from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social.

Why the language of loopholes should be avoided if Trump cracks down on the U.S.-Canada border by Shaye Ganam Dr. Shauna Labman, executive director, Global College, University of Winnipeg

Spoke more on the Canada-US border this morning on 630 CHED / QR 770 explaining why we need to be attentive to our commitments to refugees and their right to claim asylum and the difference between sealing and securing a border: megaphone.link/CORU1875078726

Well worth a full read. I have been studying refugee sponsorship for almost 2 decades and this announcement is both predictable and unprecedented. @ianvh.bsky.social does a fantastic job of giving a comprehensive picture of the program and the consequences:

Appalling news from the Cnd Gov’t on refugee sponsorship. I haven’t yet introduced myself but I write on refugees & the relationship b/w asylum & resettlement, warning we need to ensure the door is open to asylum as discretionary resettlement programs are vulnerable.

www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...

Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: Here’s what it means for Canada The problems are not just with our system. We also need to be wary of Trump's xenophobia, too.

Thanks Adam - your article in the Toronto Star was excellent as well! Canada has real choices here. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Danielle Smith wants Alberta border patrol?
FACTS!
Along Montana border (with Alberta and Sask):
3 lb fentanyl last year, 1 lb meth.
Fewer than dozen individual (including migrants) "encounters" per month.
"urgent" provincial sheriff patrols, for this?
(US Customs/Border Protection stats)

Always so great to write with you!

Why the ‘language of loopholes’ should be avoided if Trump cracks down on the Canada-U.S. border Focus on supposed ‘loopholes’ that allow migrants to claim asylum echoes Canada’s longstanding preoccupation with how people negotiate the border.

New commentary from @meggaucher.bsky.social & me on Canada-US border & the dangerous language of loopholes. A sneak peak from our chapter in @emmettmacfarlane.com & @katepuddister.bsky.social forthcoming book Disciplinary Divides in the Study of Law & Politics!

theconversation.com/why-the-lang...

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Here's a starter pack of researchers working on migration/ refugee history

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Add me please!

My new favourite shirt 😂

Just in time for the holidays - @tungohan.bsky.social has turned insults into sweet sweet profit. Check out her brilliant podcast @academicaunties.com and its online shop: www.academicaunties.com/shop/

They have a great motto too: “Take Care. Be kind. Don’t be an a**hole”

YouTube video by UWinnipeg Global College at The University of Winnipeg

As followers grow, it seems a good time to re-introduce Global College. Watch this great video we made: youtu.be/kZGInr16JRg?... Join us for an undergrad in #HumanRights or a masters in Development Practice or #Peace & #ConflictStudies or just follow @uwglobalcollege.bsky.social here to learn more!

The Feminist Killjoy Handbook with Sara Ahmed <p>Sara Ahmed, author, scholar, and one of our feminist heroes joins us to talk about her new book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook!</p><p>Sara's work both as a scholar in the academy working on...

We are so excited to bring you an amazing interview with the brilliant Sara Ahmed! On this episode she talks to @tungohan.bsky.social about her new book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. Listen now on your favourite podcast app! player.captivate.fm/episode/65db...