For this conceptually oriented paper, we examine the politics of Canadian humanitarianism in refugee resettlement and its relationships to everyday social work practice with refugees. We argue that Canada’s refugee resettlement efforts have functioned to construct a particular refugee identity while confirming itself as a humanitarian nation-state. This constitutive identity construction of refugee and Canada have effectively concealed Canada’s historical and ongoing settler colonial violence, its complicity in the Middle East conflict, as well as its racist refugee policy regime. We suggest that, despite the profession’s orientation towards social justice, social work has been complicit in these problematic identity constructions. As a pro...
Exploring "refuge" and "refugee" as concepts that shape Canadian nation-building both within and bey...
grantor: University of TorontoThis project is an investigation into the work accomplished ...
This paper explores Canada’s response, through our Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, to...
The unexpected massive arrival in Canada of more than 40,000 Syrian refugees during the 2015 nationa...
This is the published version of an article published by the Canadian Social Work Journal.Canada has...
In the present study, an attempt is made to integrate the diverse literature pertaining to host coun...
This web archive strives to offer a documented commentary on the most recent addition to the Canadia...
The settlement of Syrian refugees in Canada has attended a conversation around the politics of multi...
This is the published version of an article published by the Canadian Social Work Journal.Canada, li...
What does it mean for the refugee-serving sector to be an ally to Indigenous Peoples? This is the en...
What does it mean for the refugee-serving sector to be an ally to Indigenous Peoples? This is the en...
When the Syrian nation began a revolution demanding rights and freedom; Bashar Al-Assad lead the rep...
Practices directed at refugees emerged in the inter-war period. Thousands of Europeans were maintai...
The social organization of Canada's inland refugee determination system is explored in this institu...
This paper argues that ethical responsibilities in refugee studies have focused on fieldwork, yet et...
Exploring "refuge" and "refugee" as concepts that shape Canadian nation-building both within and bey...
grantor: University of TorontoThis project is an investigation into the work accomplished ...
This paper explores Canada’s response, through our Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, to...
The unexpected massive arrival in Canada of more than 40,000 Syrian refugees during the 2015 nationa...
This is the published version of an article published by the Canadian Social Work Journal.Canada has...
In the present study, an attempt is made to integrate the diverse literature pertaining to host coun...
This web archive strives to offer a documented commentary on the most recent addition to the Canadia...
The settlement of Syrian refugees in Canada has attended a conversation around the politics of multi...
This is the published version of an article published by the Canadian Social Work Journal.Canada, li...
What does it mean for the refugee-serving sector to be an ally to Indigenous Peoples? This is the en...
What does it mean for the refugee-serving sector to be an ally to Indigenous Peoples? This is the en...
When the Syrian nation began a revolution demanding rights and freedom; Bashar Al-Assad lead the rep...
Practices directed at refugees emerged in the inter-war period. Thousands of Europeans were maintai...
The social organization of Canada's inland refugee determination system is explored in this institu...
This paper argues that ethical responsibilities in refugee studies have focused on fieldwork, yet et...
Exploring "refuge" and "refugee" as concepts that shape Canadian nation-building both within and bey...
grantor: University of TorontoThis project is an investigation into the work accomplished ...
This paper explores Canada’s response, through our Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, to...