News & Events

Study by by Thomas Lacroix and Anouk Flamant, 'The Association Nationale des Villes et Territoires Accueillants: The Becoming of an Activist City Network' explores how grassroots organizations in Toronto and Montreal mobilize urban solidarity to provide essential care and services for undocumented migrants.

Soli*City-IMIS digital workshop

Our partners at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) invite all those interested on migrant workers' resistance and infrastructure of solidarity to hybrid (PDF file) workshop.

When: February 26, 2024.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sarah Schilliger (Universität Bern).

Book presentation: From Sovereignty to Solidarity at Hamburg University.

Join Soli*City project director, Harald Bauder, in his (PDF file) book presentation and discussion at Hamburg University on July 12 with Mouna Maaroufi and Helge Schwiertz. Also, a workshop on solidarity and local political initiatives in the social fields of migrations will take place on July 13.

Details on Book Presentation and Workshop

Soli*City-IMIS digital workshop

Our partners at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) invite all those interested to a digital (PDF file) workshop on solidarity practices for refugees in small and medium-sized cities and rural areas.

When: June 14 from 2 to 5 p.m (Central European Time)

Platform: BigBlueButton

MIASSA Public Lecture Series with Laure Carbonnel

On Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 15:00 UTC/GMT join (external link) our collegues from MIASA at the University of Ghana on a public lecture about (PDF file) the issue of cultural hegemonies in social gatherings by anthropoligist Laure Carbonnel. (external link)

Project members publish working paper

Study by Harald Bauder, Nick Dreher, Omar Lujan, and Oluwafunmilayo Asolo explores the concepts of Buen Vivir from Latin America and Ubuntu from Africa as a way to decolonize migration studies.

Newest publication by partnership project member Carolina Stefoni

Carolina Stefoni, Matías Jaramillo, Aline Bravo, and Gustavo Macaya-Aguirre explore the border between Chile and Bolivia and the increase restrictive control measures and irregular entries of already precarious Venezuelan migrants.

Publicación en español

Solidarity with Turkey: Ahbap

On February 6, 2023 the Southeast of Turkey was impacted by two earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.6 magnitude. Our project affiliate Gülce Safak Özdemir is asking for our support for earthquake relief in Turkey.

Message from Gülce Safak Özdemir on Solidarity with Turkey

Partnership project members publish exciting working paper

Study by Drs. Judith Bernhard, Julie Young and Luin Goldring reveals that children in precarious or mixed status families remain unable to access childcare subsidy and other key services to which they are entitled.

Press Release

The CONACYT-SEP-El Colef Research Project is currently inviting applications to participate in conducting surveys

Application Deadline: September 19
Survey Period: October 3 - December 16

Working Language: Spanish

Atlanta: https://bit.ly/3xf0Pvf (external link)
New York: https://bit.ly/3B31wJq (external link)
Phoenix: https://bit.ly/3x9fKqQ (external link)

Student Call: 2023 Globalink Research Internship Opportunity

We are glad to announce that our partnership project has been selected to participate in the Mitacs 2023 Globalink Research Internship (external link) Please see the eligibility requirements in this LINK (external link) To start the application process please register here (external link)

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From Sovereignty to Solidarity: Rethinking Human Migration by Harald Bauder

Join us for the book launch on Thursday April 21, 2022 at 5.30pm (registration is required please see details in the link)

News coverage of the project from our partner Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez (Santiago de Chile)

Intercontinental team of researchers studies the migratory processes from a humanitarian perspective with the support of the Canadian Government (content in Spanish).

Research Partners publish in Migration and Pandemics (eds. Triandafyllidou A.)

Check this new and exiting publication Sanctuary Cities and Covid-19: The Case of Canada, by our research partners Drs. Mireille Paquet, Idil Atak, Meghan Joy and Graham Hudson.

Soli*City Blog Launch

The Soli*City blog has launched! Stay tuned for upcoming posts on urban solidarity and sanctuary cities.

Watch the Ontario and Baden-Württemberg Symposium on Regional and Municipal Integration Policies and Practices during COVID-19

Documentary Premiere: Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times

On Thursday October 28 (12-2 PM) our friends from CERC will premiere a series of 12 documentary shorts exploring stories of migrant lives in pandemic times.

Interview with Dr. Deresse Kassa from Iona College (New Rochelle, NY)

Dr. Derese Kassa, associate professor of sociology at Iona College, has joined a team of researchers studying global migration trends thanks to a $2.4 million grant from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).