VIRTUAL LAUNCH | Send Them Here: Religion, Politics, and Refugee Resettlement in North America - Geoffrey Cameron

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Join Geoff Cameron for conversation on his recently published book, Send Them Here: Religion, Politics, and Refugee Resettlement in North America, exploring how the US and Canada have led the world in refugee resettlement, and how faith-based organizations played an essential role in this key aspect of global refugee protection.

This virtual book launch and discussion is a live event and will not be recorded. Attendees will have the option to join with cameras on, and we will have space for questions from attendees at the end.

Panelists
Michael Casasola, UNHCR
Shakeel Hirji, Humanitarian Assistance
Doreen Katto, Matthew House Ottawa
Belle Jarniewski, Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
Fr. Dcn. Andrew Bennett (moderator)

ABOUT THE BOOK

In Send Them Here Geoffrey Cameron explains the genesis and development of refugee resettlement policy in North America through the lens of the essential role played by faith-based organizations. Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish groups led advocacy efforts for refugees after the Second World War, and they cooperated with each other and their respective governments to implement the first formal resettlement programs. Those policy frameworks laid the foundation for diverging policy trajectories in each country, leading ultimately to private sponsorship in Canada and the voluntary agency program in the United States. Religious groups remain embedded in the world’s most successful refugee resettlement programs.