Reciprocal Learning in Times of Crisis: Monthly Virtual Colloquium Series

COVID-19 and Vulnerable Migrants across Africa
Speakers: Tamuka Chekero, University of Cape Town and Helidah Ogude, World Bank
Moderated by York doctoral candidate Mohamed Duale, the event will feature Helidah Ogude (New York University) and Tamuka Chekero (University of Cape Town), who will share their findings from a World Bank-led social analysis of the risks and impacts of COVID-19 for mobile populations across Africa.
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York University’s Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project, Faculty of Education, and Centre for Refugee Studies present a monthly virtual colloquium series on the intersections ofrefugee education,anti-Black racism, and COVID-19 in Canada and East Africa.
Through a seriesof talks, film, and an open-mic event,experts will consider the unique challenges that the twinned pandemics pose to refugee communities and educators in Canada and/or East Africa; highlight the unique knowledge that refugee communities and the educators who work with them bring to learning in situations of constraint; and offer new lenses to make meaning of our current moment.
This colloquium is the first of its kind to feature experts from York University and from institutions that are comprised of or work with refugees in equal measure.Together, this series will: (1) deepen connections among refugee communities, educational leaders, and scholars within and across institutions; (2) foster a sense of reciprocity in learning; (3) recognize and validate the unique expertise that refugee communities bring to time- or resource-constrained situations; and (4) educate all attendees on a range of topics relevant to refugee education, COVID-19, and anti-Black racism.
The colloquium series will be held monthly throughout the academic year at 10:00 AM EDT/5:00 PM EAT.
Zoom link: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/92694835883?pwd=T0w0cloyN1U1ZFVvZGplRjl4MWJ1Zz09