Projects
Strategic Responses to Forced Displacement: An Opportunity for Middle Power Leadership
The WRMC is examining the escalating crisis in the international humanitarian system amid declining donor funding, rising conflict, and record displacement to identify actionable reforms to prevent systemic deterioration. Read More »
Refugee Protection in an Era of Restriction: Global Dialogues on the 1951 Refugee Convention @75
2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Increasingly, governments are doing everything they can to undercut the spirit — and often the letter — of the law. In this project, the WRMC is exploring what steps can be taken to uphold refugee protection in the current inhospitable political climate. Read More »
Repurposing Frozen Assets for the Forcibly Displaced
The WRMC works to repurpose frozen assets to assist those forcibly displaced by acts of grand corruption, including through the Canadian Task Force Against Global Corruption. Read More »
Responding to Climate-Induced Transnational Migration: An Action Plan
The WRMC believes that a thoughtful, coordinated approach can minimize the risk of political and social disruption, support the states that will receive climate migrants, and protect the dignity of those displaced. Read More »
Voices in Exile
A partnership with the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre, the Voices in Exile program supports the policy advocacy, community building, research and scholarship of activists in exile from around the world. Read More »