Canada in the Global Refugee Regime

Nathan Benson is director of strategy at Pathways International and the University of Ottawa Refugee Hub.James Milner is professor of political science at Carleton University and project director of the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network.Delphine Nakache is professor in the Faculty of Law and University Research Chair on Migrant Protection and International Law at the University of Ottawa.

“A creative, interdisciplinary, and critically probing volume illuminating related aspects of Canada’s multifaceted engagement with the global refugee regime, both internationally and domestically. The conversations it generates are impressive.” – Pauline Gardiner Barber, co-editor of Migration, Temporality, and Capitalism: Entangled Mobilities Across Global Spaces “By situating the study of Canadian refugee policy more firmly within the structures and processes of the global refugee regime, this volume will establish a benchmark, touchstone, and inspiration for future research.” – Christopher G. Anderson, author of Canadian Liberalism and the Politics of Border Control, 1867–1967

• Tables and Figures viiAbbreviations ixForeword xiii Bob RaeForeword xvii John JonaidAcknowledgments xxiiiIntroduction: Canada in the Global Refugee Regime 3 Nathan Benson, James Milner, and Delphine Nakache1 Traditions in Canada’s Engagement with the Global Refugee Regime: The Work of Captain Leslie G. Chance, Civil Servant (1914–1958) 28 Dominique Marshall2 A Necessary Re-Assertion of Government Resettlement 85 Shauna Labman and Adèle Garnier3 The Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative: A Case Study in Canadian Engagement 119 Jennifer Bond and Ania Kwadrans4 “Dear Canadian State, What Happened to Your Pledge to Keep Extended Families Together in Refugee Resettlement?” 155 Johanna Reynolds and Jennifer Hyndman5 Canada’s Refugee Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Interests in a Contested Regime 184 James Milner6 Relocating Refugee Protection in Canadian Foreign Policy: Mapping Past Approaches and Future Possibilities 211 Kiran Banerjee and David Black7 Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: Leveraging the un Human Rights System to Protect Refugees 252 Jennifer Kandjii and Andrew S. Thompson8 Canada and its Changing Role in Latin American Refugee Protection 281 Luisa Feline Freier and Nicolas Parent9 Canada’s Influence on Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia 299 Martin Jones and Alice M. Nah10 Canada, Refugeedom, and Responsibility in the Levant: Continuity and Change 339 Ali Abdullah, Nuseibah Shabaitah, and Oroub El-AbedConclusion: Rethinking Canada in the Global Refugee Regime 367 Nathan Benson, James Milner, and Delphine NakacheContributors 377Index 381