{"id":1600,"date":"2019-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:33:28","slug":"community-scholars-advocate-at-refugee-health-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/community-scholars-advocate-at-refugee-health-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Scholars Advocate at Refugee Health Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Dahdaleh Institute Community Scholars, <a href=\"http:\/\/dighr.yorku.ca\/people\/linn-biorklund-belliveau\/\">Linn Biorklund Belliveau<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/dighr.yorku.ca\/people\/carol-devine\/\">Carol Devine<\/a>, presented at the 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamericanrefugeehealth.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North American Refugee Health Conference<\/a> on June 14.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a panel about Advocacy, they shared their insights from a research trip to Mexico's southern border. Linn and Carol spoke to the social and environmental forces which push people to flee, extreme levels of violence migrants face along their route and the criminalization of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n\u00ab Criminalized humanity \u00bb Inspriring presentation from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abyssopelagic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Abyssopelagic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caroldevine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@caroldevine<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NARHCTO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NARHCTO<\/a> on the impact of the rise of xenophobic sentiment on the safety and wellbeing of people migrating throughout Central America <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSF_canada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSF_canada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DIGHR_YorkU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DIGHR_YorkU<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014 Chlo\u00e9 C\u00e9bron (@ChloeCebron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChloeCebron\/status\/1139539431432642560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abyssopelagic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Abyssopelagic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caroldevine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@caroldevine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DIGHR_YorkU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DIGHR_YorkU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSF_canada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSF_canada<\/a> describe how criminalizing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/humanitarian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#humanitarian<\/a> aid is the criminalization of humanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NARHCTO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NARHCTO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colleen Dockerty (@ColleenDockerty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColleenDockerty\/status\/1139628343559671808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Being an \"illegal\" migrant is an administrative issue. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caroldevine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@caroldevine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abyssopelagic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Abyssopelagic<\/a> for your powerful presentation on criminalized humanity and forced migration from Central America. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NARHCTO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NARHCTO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MSF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MSF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shivani Chandra (@ShivaniChandra_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShivaniChandra_\/status\/1139547752168341504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/refugeeday\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 20th is UN World Refugee Day<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><i>Image Credit: Mural outside unaccompanied children's quarters, Tenosique, Mexico, 2019\/Carol Devine & Linn Biorklund Belliveau<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Dahdaleh Institute Community Scholars, Linn Biorklund Belliveau and Carol Devine, presented at the 2019 North American Refugee Health Conference on June 14. 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