This video, produced by the Collaboratory on Forced Migration in Canada, led by uOttawa Professor Christina Clark-Kazak, addresses the intersection of racism and forced migration. Despite Canada's image as a welcoming and humanitarian country, newcomers face individual and structural racism. In this video, Gada Mahrouse and Zeina El Omari discuss how race is directly implicated in forced migration and what needs to happen in research and policy to better address racism.
Christina Clark-Kazak works as a Full Professor at University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. She served as the President for the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and worked as the Editor-In-Chief for Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. In the past she has worked for Saint Paul University, York University, the Canadian Government as well as the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. She held the position of president for the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. She worked as Director of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies and Associate Principal at the University’s bilingual Glendon Campus. She focuses her research on age discrimination in migration and development policy, political participation of young people, and inter-disciplinary methodologies. Professor Clark-Kazak holds a doctorate from Oxford, a master’s from Cambridge, and a BA from the University of British Columbia.
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Racism in forced migration
This video, produced by the Collaboratory on Forced Migration in Canada, led by uOttawa Professor Christina Clark-Kazak, addresses the intersection of racism and forced migration. Despite Canada's image as a welcoming and humanitarian country, newcomers face individual and structural racism. In this video, Gada Mahrouse and Zeina El Omari discuss how race is directly implicated in forced migration and what needs to happen in research and policy to better address racism.
By Christina Clark-Kazak
Christina Clark-Kazak works as a Full Professor at University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. She served as the President for the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and worked as the Editor-In-Chief for Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. In the past she has worked for Saint Paul University, York University, the Canadian Government as well as the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. She held the position of president for the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. She worked as Director of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies and Associate Principal at the University’s bilingual Glendon Campus. She focuses her research on age discrimination in migration and development policy, political participation of young people, and inter-disciplinary methodologies. Professor Clark-Kazak holds a doctorate from Oxford, a master’s from Cambridge, and a BA from the University of British Columbia.Also Read