Christina Clark-Kazak (English and French)
Full Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Professor Clark-Kazak's research includes migration and the politics of solidarity, including forced migration, conflict and development. She can discuss the following themes related to events in Ceuta:
- The politicization of migration.
- Global migration trends.
- Global migration governance and cooperation.
John Packer (English and French)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section and member of uOttawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC).
The migrant crisis in Ceuta, Spain, is testing immigration controls of governments across the globe. What impact could this event have on Canada moving forward? Professor Packer's research focuses on the international protection of human rights, minorities, inter-ethnic relations and conflicts.
"Once a fantastic thought but increasingly becoming something within our imagination, Canada could be flooded by claimants from the U.S. should its Department of Justice and ICE push harder (as they intend) on the 13 million migrants in U.S., many of whom might decide to run for the Canadian border.
We’ve only ever had glimpses of this in the past and never really had to face the realistic prospect or experience of mass unannounced influxes. If things deteriorate badly in U.S., what would we do and how exactly would we respond to such an event? Are we prepared?"
Stéphanie Garneau (French only)
Full Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Professor Garneau's research focuses on borders and migration, solidarity with migrants, education, social class issues and racism. She can discuss:
- Migrants' motivation for going to Ceuta.
- The public politics that lead to these extraordinary phenomenom.
- How the far-right uses such events for political points.