Tag: Toronto Metropolitan University

Conference

From Research to Storytelling: New Approaches to Understanding Migration

Migration is often understood as a straightforward journey from one place to another — but the reality is far more complex. At the “Rethinking Complex Migration” conference in Toronto, researchers and practitioners explored how storytelling, film, and participatory methods can deepen our understanding of migration and generate new forms of knowledge. Our colleague Bernadette Klausberger shares key reflections from a roundtable on creative approaches to migration research.

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Poster for the CERC Migration conference "Narratives of Migration"
Event

Migration Matters at “Narratives of Migration” Conference

Bernadette Klausberger from the Migration Matters team will be a speaker in the “Migration and mobility narratives in the arts” roundtable on May 11. The panel “considers how a creative producer could construct messages of immigrants and immigration that are humanistic, pluralistic, respectful, reliable and thought provoking while also encouraging audiences to embrace critical lenses”.

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Screening

An Evening of Film and Discussion on Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times

We recently hosted a screening and discussion event in collaboration with Give Something Back to Berlin, featuring documentary shorts from the “Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times” project. This series, created by Migration Matters and CERC Migration, highlights the resilience of migrants during Covid-19 through personal stories from Berlin, Johannesburg, Singapore, and more.

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