Announcements

Refuge has moved to APA style citation with bibliography and minimal use of footnotes in order to facilitate better indexing by research databases.  Please ensure that all new submissions conform to APA style referencing. The first issue that was published using APA style was Issue 37.1 in Fall/Winter 2020. 

• Refuge transitioning to a continous publication model (beginning with 38.2)

  2022-08-08

  We have some exciting news to share! With this next issue of Refuge (38.2) we are transitioning to a continuous publication model. This means that articles will be published as soon as they make their way through the peer-review and production (copy-editing, typesetting) stages, rather than having to wait for the other articles in the same issue to be completed first. With continuous publication, issues will be populated with articles gradually and remain “open” until we decide to close them and start a new one. For special issues, articles can either continue to be published all together or they can come out one by one, depending on the wishes of our guest editors. 

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• Spring time - Refuge publication time!

  2022-04-29

  The latest issue of Refuge is finally here!

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• When autumn leaves start to fall

  2021-11-22

  ..the fall issue of Refuge (37.2) is finally (finally) out!

  Thank you to all of our authors for their patience.  We hope you will enjoy our new layout.

  XML versions of all articles will appear as we are able to post them.

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• Spring has sprung - our latest, general issue (37.1) is out!

  2021-04-20

  We are pleased to announce that our most recent, general issue, 37.1, has just been published.

  The issue may be accessed from the current or the archives tab on our menu. 

  For other news, please also read the latest Refuge newsletter, which you can access under the announcements tab.

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• New (Special) Issue, 36.2, Refugee Children, Status, and Educational Attainment: A Comparative Lens, now published!

  2020-12-21

  Guest editors: Maha Shuayb and Maurice Crul

  For more news (including a preview of our upcoming general issue 37.1), please also view the Refuge December newsletter (all past issues of our newsletter can be found if you click on the menu item "Announcements" and then the drop-down menu "Newsletter")!

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• Call for Papers: Refuge in the Time of Pandemic

  2020-11-07

  Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees is issuing an open call for submissions on the theme of “Refuge in the Time of Pandemic.”

  We are very aware that refugees and other migrants are facing even greater challenges at this time due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. From lack of masks and physical distancing options in detention facilities and camps to border closures and halted resettlement programmes to a wide range of other serious and pressing issues, the situations confronting displaced persons around the world - already dire - have become even more urgent. At the same time, we continue to see incredible mobilization by migrants and their supporters around the globe in response, reminding us not only of their resiliency, creativity and determination in the face of adversity but of the continued need to document and analyse these issues in order to address the needs of today and lay stronger foundations for tomorrow.

  We are interested in two broad types of submissions: 

  a. shorter research notes (max 2,500 words) aimed at identifying important dynamics, issues and trends, and thereby helping to shape the broader research agenda; and 

  b. longer research papers (max. 7,500 words) that adhere to the standard criteria of scholarly contributions to the field.

  In issuing this Call for Papers, we welcome submissions on a broad range of themes and from a diverse range of experiences and perspectives. We especially welcome contributions of authors from the Global South as well as both refugee support workers and other frontline practitioners (e.g., health workers).

  Authors are encouraged to submit an initial abstract (by emailing it to us at refuge@yorku.ca) to signal their intentions.

  Alternatively, authors can submit an already fully developed work. Please submit longer research papers through our regular online submission system at https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/.

  We would like to begin including submissions in Refuge in early 2021 but we recognize that there are still difficulties in the ability of many potential contributors to undertake scholarly work, including peer review, due to COVID. 

  The range of questions that we seek to answer through this Call for Papers is broad, and includes but is not limited to:

  • How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected refugees and other displaced persons, refugee support agencies, and state approaches towards protection?
  • How has COVID-19 affected the mobilization of refugees and practices of refugee support workers?
  • How has COVID-19 affected how refugees and other displaced persons are portrayed (e.g. have been gendered, racialized) and addressed through state policies and media representation?
  • How has the pandemic affected the ability to research, understand and address contemporary protection challenges, as well as the focus of such research?

  Deadline: Ongoing

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• Refuge 36.1 New Issue and COVID-19

  2020-04-27

  On behalf of the editorial team at Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, I am pleased to announce that our most current issue, 36.1, has just been published. The issue may be accessed here:
  https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/issue/view/2322

  While we are excited to publish this new issue of Refuge, we are very aware that refugees and other migrants are facing even more challenges at this time due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. From lack of masks and physical distancing options in detention facilities and camps to border closures and halted resettlement programmes to a wide range of other serious and pressing issues, the situations facing displaced persons around the world - already dire - have become even more challenging. At the same time, we continue to see incredible mobilization by migrants and their supporters around the globe in response, reminding us not only of their resiliency, creativity and determination in the face of adversity but of the continued need to document and analyse these issues in order to address the needs of today and lay the foundations for tomorrow.

  Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees is aware that some authors and peer reviewers may have difficulties in meeting their original deadlines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you find that you need more time, please let us know and we will work with you to determine a more suitable due date. We also ask authors in the system to please be patient as there may well be delays in either the peer review and/or publication process due to COVID-19 related issues. We will do our best to keep people apprised of any relevant developments as they unfold.

  Dagmar Soennecken, Editor-in-Chief / Rédactrice-en-chef
  Christopher G. Anderson and Pierre-André Thériault, Co-editors/Co-rédacteurs
  Kathryn Barber, Managing Editor / Coordinatrice à l’édition
  Raluca Bejan, Book Review Editor / Rédactrice des comptes rendus

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• Refuge 35.2 (Special Issue on Refugee Sponsorship) has now been published!

  2019-09-23

  Guest editors: Johanna Reynolds and Christina Clark-Kazak

  https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/issue/view/2321

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• New Refuge Citation Style

  2019-07-20

  Refuge has moved to APA style citation with bibliography and minimal use of footnotes in order to facilitate better indexing by research databases.  Please ensure that all new submissions conform to APA style referencing.

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• Refuge 35.1 (Special Issue on Racialized Refuge) Now Published!

  2019-06-03

  Refuge 35.1: Racialized Refuge

  éditeurs invités: Christopher Kyriakides, Dina Taha, Carlo Handy Charles et Rodolfo D. Torres

  https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/issue/view/2320

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