The Promise of Community Sponsorship: Lessons, Limits and Questions from a Longitudinal Study of Resettled Syrian Refugees in Canada

10 March 2023 - Online

Event Host/Institute: COPOCS Project
Event date and time: 10 March 2023, 9:00am – 10:00 am EST/3:00 pm – 4:00 pm CET
Event location/venue: Virtually
Event type: Seminar
Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-promise-of-community-sponsorship-study-of-syrian-refugees-in-canada-tickets-536160860567

This seminar featuring Professor Michaela Hynie from York University is organized by the University of Warsaw’s Challenges, Opportunities, Prospects of Community Sponsorship (COPOCS) Project within its seminar series.

Professor Hynie will present her talk entitled “The promise of community sponsorship: Lessons, limits and questions from a longitudinal study of resettled Syrian refugees in Canada,” followed by a discussion.

Registration is free, but is required.

Update: slides from event available https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-social-sciences/social-policy/Misc/Hynie-July-4-v2.pdf

The views expressed are those of the author/s, and are not attributable to the host organisations of the Resettlement.Plus website.

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