The Migration Views website was created by the Kule Institute for Advanced Study, the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies and the European Union Centre of Excellence at the University of Alberta. It was an initiative to collect scholarly, professional and personal reflections on migration and the refugee crisis. Over 30 video and paper contributions have come from researchers working on various aspects of migration, citizenship, identity, security and conflict, from ambassadors of countries affected by the crisis and from individuals with personal experiences to share. The website brings these perspectives together to highlight the connections between the rich range of academic work on campus on migration and voices from the broader community.
The many topics people can read or watch videos about on the website include terrorism and refugees, the Syrian refugee crisis and the Canadian federal elections, European immigrants' integration into the labour market, the rise of ISIS, hospitality after the Paris attacks, transitioning immigrant children in schools, the experiences of migrant minors, the EU migration policy response, the role of media coverage, mental health planning for Syrian refugees, and statements from ambassadors to name just a few.
Lori Thorlakson (EUCE) talked about the website on CBC Radio (Edmonton) on December 21, 2015. The website was viewed over 2,500 times in its first two weeks from 58 different countries.
Related links:
Migration Views project website: http://migrationviews.ualberta.ca/
UAlberta feature news articles:
https://www.folio.ca/a-rational-perspective-on-the-refugee-crisis
Work of Arts/Quad blog posts:
http://www.woablog.com/2015/10/guest-post-continuing-the-conversation-about-refugees/
http://blog.ualberta.ca/2015/11/a-consider-this-opinion-piece.html
http://blog.ualberta.ca/2016/01/the-migration-views-project-next-step.html