York wants to change the way you think about refugees, inviting a starstudded cast to host the Re-imagining Refuge symposium at Glendon last Monday.
Panelists included Liberal MPP Shafiq Qaadri, York President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri, President of Universities Canada Paul Davidson and the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Canada’s 26th governor general, among other academics.
Shoukri emphasized the importance of discussing the plight of refugees, as it is a meaningful moral and academic issue. York volunteered to host the Universities of Canada event in honour of Canada’s 150th anniversary, which is fitting as York has a Centre for Refugee Studies.
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