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About Us The Southeast Asian refugee crisis of 1979 and the early 1980s formed the historical background for the establishment in 1985 of the Research Resource Division for Refugees (RRDR), predecessor of the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies (CIMSS). The late Gertrud Neuwirth, founding director of the RRDR, had been personally involved in Ottawa’s civic campaign to sponsor refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. In the late 1980s and 1990s, the Centre’s research activities included the settlement experience of Southeast Asian refugees, pilot studies of Salvadoran and Ethiopian refugees, and cultural profiles of numerous ethno-religious groups. At the same time, it developed a publishing stream. With the turn of the century, the Centre also entered into online publishing. Its research stream emphasized collaborative projects on, e.g., the settlement of Sudanese in Ontario and the evolution of racism – and the struggle against it – in Canada. On February 1, 2010, the Centre was re-launched as the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies (CIMSS) to better reflect the scope of its activities.
Nermin Ibrahim, Administrator and Outreach Coordinator Suha Diab, M.A., Research Assistant Ali Ghaharbeighi, M.A., Writer and Translator Shu Wang, M.S., Web Administrator and Database Developer Aly S. Abdulla, Medical Director, Kingsway Health Centre, Manotick Faiza Abdulla, Executive Director, Kingsway Health Centre, Manotick Brian Buckley, Lecturer, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs Colleen Lundy, Professor, School of Social Work Diana Majury, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Affairs, Faculty of Public Affairs Peter Showler, Adjunct Professor and Director, Refugee Forum, University of Ottawa Cecilia Taiana, Associate Professor, School of Social Work Mengistab Tsegay, Executive Director, LASI World Skills, Ottawa Adnan Türegün, Executive Director, Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies Martha Wiebe, Instructor, School of Social Work |
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