The Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project aims to make educational programs available where refugees need them. (RT ≠ endorsement)
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Congratulations to #BHER students who have completed/are completing their MEd and BA! It was a wonderful time of celebration online 👏👏👏#highereducation #forrefugees #kenya #dadaab #connectedlearning
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Live in 2 minutes!▶️
yorku.zoom.us/j/97185218104?…
The final session of the 21-22 #BHER Speaker Series:
'Higher Education in Comparative Perspective - Opportunities and Challenges'
#HigherEducation #Access #Partnerships #ComparativeEducation #Canada #Somalia #Kenya #Germany
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Tomorrow, #highereducation experts from North America, Africa, & Europe will discuss opportunities/challenges to expanding higher ed access across #borders possibilities/constraints to transnational university #partnerships!
@UBCEduc @KenyattaUni @YorkUeducation @Bard_Berlin
ALT https://www.yorku.ca/edu/2022/03/07/attend-final-event-of-this-years-bher-speaker-series/
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Join TOMORROW at 9am EST/4pm EAT for the final session of the 21-22 BHER Speaker Series!
Tomorrow's session 'Higher Education in Comparative Perspective: Opportunities & Challenges' will feature higher ed experts from Canada, Kenya, Somalia, & Berlin🌍
yorku.ca/edu/reciprocal-lear…
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👏👏👏@ddadaab
8 Mar 2022
DADAAB RESPONSE ASSOCIATION in the celebration of the International Woman Day, 2022. We advocate for egalitarianism and inclusion. Everyone should stand up for women rights and create a safe space for all the women.
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Live now! yorku.zoom.us/j/97185218104
Join us for a discussion on Together for Peace in #Somalia
Join us next Wed Feb 16 @ 9a EST/5p EAT for the next BHER Speaker Series event: Together for Peace in Somalia🇸🇴
This session will feature a panel with a former BHER instructor & BHER alumni who have relocated to Somalia.
See link below for more details!
yorku.ca/edu/reciprocal-lear…
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Check out BHER partners' work featured in the @CLCConsortium 2021 Yearbook! The CLCC aims to promote, coordinate, collaborate, and/or support the provision of quality higher ed in displacement.
@Windle_Intl_Ke @KenyattaUni @yorkuniversity @YU_Global
DON'T MISS IT!!!!
CLCC 2021 Yearbook is now LIVE!
Read about CLCC members' amazing efforts to expand access to displaced learners around the world, and the stories of their resilient and inspiring students!
connectedlearning4refugees.o…
@UNHCR_Education
Join us next Wed Feb 16 @ 9a EST/5p EAT for the next BHER Speaker Series event: Together for Peace in Somalia🇸🇴
This session will feature a panel with a former BHER instructor & BHER alumni who have relocated to Somalia.
See link below for more details!
yorku.ca/edu/reciprocal-lear…
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Join us TOMORROW at 9am EST / 5pm EAT for a discussion on #ScienceEducation in #ClimateCrisis in the latest installment of the BHER Speaker Series:
yorku.ca/edu/reciprocal-lear…
For the 3rd BHER Speaker Series event, experts from #Canada and #Kenya will discuss reimagining #ScienceEducation in climate crisis on Dec. 1🌱
yfile.news.yorku.ca/2021/11/…
@CRSYorkU @YorkUeducation @YorkUnews @CLCConsortium @Windle_Intl_Ke @ddadaab
How do refugees in #Dadaab navigate between #repatriation and #education?
Read this paper by Abulogn Okello to find out: carleton.ca/lerrn/2021/repat…
The latest from an exciting collaboration between @ddadaab, @BorderlessEdu and @Lerrning!
Read and share! @miire06 @UNHCR_Kenya
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For the 3rd BHER Speaker Series event, experts from #Canada and #Kenya will discuss reimagining #ScienceEducation in climate crisis on Dec. 1🌱
yfile.news.yorku.ca/2021/11/…
@CRSYorkU @YorkUeducation @YorkUnews @CLCConsortium @Windle_Intl_Ke @ddadaab
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THIS FRIDAY, @ddadaab Director & @YorkUeducation alum @OkelloOyat will be speaking on a panel exploring the question of how to build meaningful & reciprocal research partnerships📚
#ScholarsInDisplacement #Research #Partnerships #RefugeeEducation
Click below to register👇
How can we build meaningful and reciprocal research partnerships?
Join us for the next
@Lerrning - @RefugeeResearch webinar with
@alicenah, @MahaShuayb and @OkelloOyat
🗓️November 19, 2021 from 9:30am EDT
Register here: carleton.ca/lerrn/cu-events/…
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Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
3 Nov 2021
Hot off the press! @BorderlessEdu ed. by Wenona Giles @CRSYorkU & Lorrie Miller @UBC with over 40 contributors! @BloomsburyBooks
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BHER the MIC, a creative showcase by our students in Dadaab, Kenya is live now! Poetry and drama were performed and we are now discussing drama as a means of community mobilization. Up next are naming traditions, storytelling, and reflections. Join us now: crs.info.yorku.ca/archives/e…
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Join us TOMORROW for the book launch of Borderless Higher Education for Refugees: Lessons from the Dadaab Refugee Camps, co-authored by BHER project staff, partners, professors, graduate students, and alumni from #Kenya, #Somalia, and #Canada 📚🌍
yorku.ca/edu/event/book-laun…
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Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
28 Sep 2021
Join editors @WenonaGiles Lorrie Miller for the online launch of Borderless #HigherEducation for #Refugees, next Weds 6th October at 3pm (London)/7am (Vancouver)/5pm (Nairobi).
More about the book and the @BorderlessEdu project it's based on 👇 at Bloomsbury.com/9781350151239…
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Click below to learn more about the work of Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) through @yorkuniversity's Faculty Innovation Series:
youtu.be/FLeadSm-jz0
#HigherEd #ForRefugees #BlendedLearning #Education #Innovations #Collaborations #Dadaab #EastAfrica
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Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) retweeted
@iasfm18 participants! Interested in hearing about #RefugeeLedResearch & #advocacy? Join us Fri @ 12pm GMT for a session organized by 4 #Dadaab scholars titled "Emerging Refugee Scholars in Encampment"📚
@OkelloOyat @arte_saman @abikar14 @Ochan26732867 @CRSYorkU @YorkUeducation
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The third paper is by @mohamedduale_: “To be a refugee, it’s like to be without your arms, legs”: A Narrative Inquiry into Refugee Participation in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Nairobi, Kenya
carleton.ca/lerrn/2020/to-be…
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