14 episodes
Displacements, an IMRC podcast series Alison Mountz, Kim Rygiel
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- Society & Culture
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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Conversation with Sharry Aiken & Stephanie Silverman: De-Carceral Futures
Alison Mountz talks to Sharry Aiken and Stephanie Silverman about immigration detention.
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Conversation with Laura Bisaillon: Screening Out—HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience
Alison Mountz and Laura Bisaillon speak about the experience of being an immigrant and about what that means in today's world.
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Conversation with Naomi Paik: Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary
Alison Mountz and Naomi Paik discuss Naomi's book.
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Conversation with Nandita Sharma: "Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants"
Alison Mountz and Nandita Sharma discuss Nandita's book, "Home Rule" and explore the meaning of migrants and natives in the context of colonialism.
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Conversation with Maurice Stierl: "Migrant Resistance in Contemporary Europe"
Alison Mountz and Maurice Stierl talk about boat migration and activism in Europe.
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Conversation with Reece Jones: "White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall"
Alison Mountz and Reece Jones talk about the history of immigration through the lens of racism in the United States.