MINELRES: CRS Refugee Summer Course (Toronto, 17-25 May 2003)

[MINELRES moderator]

Original sender: Gregory Lyndon <summer@yorku.ca>


Dear colleagues,

As the incoming Academic Director of the Summer Course on Refugee Issues
at York University's Centre for Refugee Studies, I am writing to ask
your assistance in circulating our Summer Course Brochure in interested
friends and colleagues.

The Summer Course will be held in Toronto between the dates of May
17-25, 2003, inclusive.

Despite the difficult funding climate, the Summer Course for 2003 has
already secured basic funding. The agenda of offerings looks exciting
and I think we will be able to build on the base established in previous
years and to uphold the standards of excellent set by the Summer Course
under the leadership of the previous Academic Director, Prof. Sharryn
Aiken.
 
Thank you and best wishes for 2003.

Greg Lyndon (UN OHCHR, Head of Kosovo Sub-Office) & Academic Director of
the Summer Course on Refugee Issues
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Toronto, Canada



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Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Summer Course on Refugee Issues
Toronto, May 17 - 25, 2003

The Centre for Refugee Studies' Summer Course offers postgraduate
training in refugee issues for up to seventy practitioners inside and
outside government who work on some aspect of refugee protection or
assistance. The course includes panel discussions, case studies, a
simulation exercise, and lectures from international experts. A York
University/Centre for Refugee Studies Certificate is awarded upon
successful completion of the eight-day program.

Sessions will include World Refugee Movements: Root Causes and
Consequences of Forced Displacement; Ethics of Forced Migration; The
UNHCR; Interdiction of Illegal Migrations: Strengthening the Western
Fortress after 9/11; Cultural Psychology of Refugees; An Overview of the
Convention Refugee Definition; Statelessness; Protection for Internally
Displaced Persons; Globalization and Refugees; The Evolution of Public
Health Response in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies; International
Trafficking of Migrants;

Palestinian Refugees: Social, Legal and Political Dimensions of the
Refugee Crisis; International and Regional Human Rights Remedies

0A limited number of internships, including full course subsidy, are
available for York University graduate or law school students. 
Deadline for subsidy and internship application is February 28, 2003.

Payment must be made in full by March 30, 2003. Prior to March 30, 20%
of  the total registration fee will be non-refundable. After March 30,
2003, the Course fee is non-refundable.

For further information and registration, please contact:

Florence Ocen, Course Coordinator
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Suite 315, York Lanes, 4700

Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
Phone: 416-736-5423; Fax: 416-736-5837;
E-mail: summer@yorku.ca
Website: www.yorku.ca/crs