CARFMS/ACERMF

Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

💻Join us for #CARFMS's next webinar exploring @Refugees Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2025 Report ft. #TraceyMaulfair & @MSilcoff.

🗓️ When? Monday June 29 at 1pm EDT via Zoom
🔗 RSVP here: https://t.co/hagrV26Zvw

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

⏰ Two more days to submit for the 2026 CARFMS Student Essay Contest!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

🏆The 2026 CARFMS Student Essay Contest is open!

💻Submit your essay on refugees and forced migration under one of the categories:
➡️Undergraduate students
➡️Graduate and/or law students
➡️Early-career researchers

Submissions due May 31, 2026
🔗https://t.co/SB5kLJu1xx

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

🏆The 2026 CARFMS Student Essay Contest is open!

💻Submit your essay on refugees and forced migration under one of the categories:
➡️Undergraduate students
➡️Graduate and/or law students
➡️Early-career researchers

Submissions due May 31, 2026
🔗https://t.co/SB5kLJu1xx

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

💻 📚 Rejoignez-nous demain de 11 h 30 à 13 h pour le lancement virtuel du livre La migration forcée au Canada !

🔗 Cliquez sur le lien pour vous inscrire : https://t.co/9TUslU5k0O

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

📢Calling all students - the CARFMS Student Essay Contest is now open!

Submissions from:
➡️ Undergraduate students
➡️Graduate and/or law students
➡️Early-career researchers

All submissions are due by May 31, 2026.
🔗See the link for details: https://t.co/GhfP8HFEVF

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

One more week until the virtual launch for the @hearts_freedom book featuring the authors Peter Duschinsky, Colleen Lundy, Michael J. Molloy, Allan Moscovitch, and Stephanie P. Stobbe!

🔗Be sure to register: https://t.co/CZwgh9iARB

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

Happening soon!

Be sure to join the virtual launch for special issue from #PeaceResearch : The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies to hear from the authors and learn more about this upcoming issue!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

#PeaceResearch Journal ✍️is hosting a virtual launch for the special issue Racism, Rights, and the Responsibility to Protect Refugees based on the #CARFMS2023 conference.

🗓️Date: Nov. 21, 2025
⏰Time: 12-1pm (CST)

Click the link below to register:
https://t.co/8N95aORLxZ

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

We're glad to have you join the exec team! 🤩

[Abdullahi Mire👨‍💻 @miire06]

Some personal news

I’m deeply honored to have been elected as a new Director at Large for the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS/ACERMF).

Grateful to Her Excellency Dr. Stephanie Stobbe, President of @_carfms and to all new Executive Committee members (2025–2027) from @CMU_com, @Carleton_U, and @YorkUniversity.

I look forward to contributing to CARFMS’s vital work advancing research, dialogue, and advocacy on refugee and forced migration issues in Canada and beyond.

Learn more about the new Executive Committee 👇

https://t.co/CUUauAaoWI

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

📰 The latest issue of the #CARFMS Newsletter is out!

This issue includes:
⭐ #CARFMS2025 Conference
⭐ 2025 Student essay contest winners
⭐ Latest projects from members
⭐ Intros to new exec members

Follow the link to download the newsletter⤵️

https://t.co/60c3WBuPYL

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

#PeaceResearch Journal ✍️is hosting a virtual launch for the special issue Racism, Rights, and the Responsibility to Protect Refugees based on the #CARFMS2023 conference.

🗓️Date: Nov. 21, 2025
⏰Time: 12-1pm (CST)

Click the link below to register:
https://t.co/8N95aORLxZ

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

The book features the stories of 🇰🇭, 🇱🇦 & 🇻🇳 refugees who fled the atrocities in their countries between the 1970s and 1990s with over 210,000 resettling in 🇨🇦.

Join #HeartsOfFreedom to celebrate this amazing accomplishment & be sure to get a copy!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

🎊In celebration of the new book 📖#HeartsOfFreedom : Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees, @CMUwpg is hosting a book launch on October 18 from 7-9 PM (CST)!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

⏰Last day to see @hearts_freedom travelling exhibit at @TorontoMet!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

✈️The @hearts_freedom travelling exhibit is at #CARFMS2025!

🖼️Be sure to check out the exhibit in POD252 at @TorontoMet from now until tomorrow afternoon!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

➡️ Today marked the first panel sessions for the conference - 👏thank you to all the researchers, scholars & practitioners for sharing their work and experience with participants at #CARFMS2025!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

Your day 2 of #CARFMS2025 is here 🧵

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

➡️ We had our first plenary panel - Forced to Flee: The Stories of Southeast Asian Canadians from 🇻🇳, 🇱🇦 & 🇰🇭 (1975-2025) - ft. #DrStephanieStobbe, #MichaelMolloy, #DrMinhTriTruong, and #DrSorpongPeou sharing experiences during the mass migration of Southeast Asian refugees.

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

✈️The @hearts_freedom travelling exhibit is at #CARFMS2025!

🖼️Be sure to check out the exhibit in POD252 at @TorontoMet from now until tomorrow afternoon!

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

🙏 Thank you for joining us to share your experiences, work & raising your voice for refugees around the 🌎

[Abdullahi Mire👨‍💻 @miire06]

Honored to join @_carfms as a keynote speaker, Raising our voices for refugees and the communities that welcome them (Host) across Africa and around the 🌎.

Let’s keep making noise where it matters most.

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

🎉Thank you everyone for joining us for the opening sessions of #CARFMS2025!

💬We're looking forward to hearing some great plenary sessions & panels

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

👋 Welcome to day 1 of #CARFMS2025!
Here's a recap of the opening sessions 🧵

Starting off with opening remarks from #DrZhixiZhuang, Associate Professor at @TorontoMet & Director of @tmcis_iss welcoming everyone to @TorontoMet

[CARFMS/ACERMF @_carfms]

🤝#DrKaterynaMetersky interviewed the Honourable @ratnaomi, former Senator in the @SenateCA & Distinguished Visiting Professor at @TorontoMet, discussing both her experiences of displacement, her work with the @SenateCA & her continued advocacy & work supporting refugees