Displacements, an IMRC podcast series

By: Alison Mountz Kim Rygiel
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  • Summary

  • We live in an ever-increasingly mobile world. Wilfrid Laurier University’s International Migration Research Centre (IMRC) supports scholarship and research on international migration and mobility at global, national, regional and local scales. The Centre provides platforms for rich debate, research, policy analysis and community engagement. And now, the IMRC takes on a new digital platform through its exciting and informative podcast. Join Director Alison Mountz and Associate Director Kim Rygiel as they talk to authors, activists, scholars, creatives and a host of other people engaging migration, displacement, and related issues. New episodes published every other Monday!
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Episodes
  • Conversation with Sharry Aiken & Stephanie Silverman: De-Carceral Futures

    Conversation with Sharry Aiken & Stephanie Silverman: De-Carceral Futures
    Jun 15 2022

    Dr. Alison Mountz talks to Dr. Sharry Aiken and Dr. Stephanie Silverman about immigration detention in the context of their project, De-Carceral Futures, which aimed to create a broader public conversation about immigration detention and its consequences.
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    32 mins
  • Conversation with Laura Bisaillon: Screening Out—HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience

    Conversation with Laura Bisaillon: Screening Out—HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience
    May 31 2022

    Alison Mountz and Laura Bisaillon speak about the experience of being an immigrant and about what that means in today's world. They also talk about what it means to be a reluctant activist and what to do when starting in activism. 
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    21 mins
  • Conversation with Naomi Paik: Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary

    Conversation with Naomi Paik: Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary
    May 17 2022

    Alison Mountz interviews Naomi Paik, who is an associate professor of Criminology, Law, & Justice and Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago. They discuss Naomi's book, Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the Twenty-First Century, and what it means today to be an activist and an academic.
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    24 mins

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