Graduate Student Conferences
Each year the members of the Collaborative Graduate Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations Student Executive Committee organize a one-day conference to showcase the research of graduate students in the Migration and Ethnic Relations specialization and other departments at Western. The conference also draws students from universities in Ontario and Quebec and around the world.
Date: March 22, 2025
Theme: Migration in Increasing Uncertainty and Insecure Times
The Migration and Ethnic Relations Collaborative Specialization program at Western University is pleased to invite submissions to this year’s
Annual Graduate Student Conference
“Migration in Increasing Uncertainty and Insecure Times”
The conference gives graduate students the opportunity to present original research in both Canadian and international contexts. Some of the topics to be covered include, but are not limited to: Immigration and the Housing Crisis, Educational and Labour Market Outcomes, Refugee Resettlement and Integration, Theoretical and Methodological Innovations, Migration and Health, Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Return Migration, Religious Diversity and Inclusion, Future of International Students. Research may be theoretically or empirically driven, or both. We welcome work from various disciplines.
The Conference will host two key-note speakers:
Dr. Mark Cleveland, PhD
(Professor, DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies,
Western University)
Dr. Secil Ertorer, PhD
(Associate Professor, Canisius University)
KEY DATES:
CONFERENCE: MARCH 22, 2025, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 21, 2025
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: February 28, 2025
Abstracts no more than 250 words, complete with paper title,
affiliation, and short biography of the speaker should be sent through this form.
No registration fee is required.
The conference will be held in person at Western University.
Each speaker will have 10-12 minutes for their presentation
(depending on the number of sessions).
The Q&A period will be held at the end of each session.
For more information about the conference,
please contact the MER Assistant,
Ina Palii, at ipalii@uwo.ca
