CCS Events

CCS has had the pleasure of participating in a number of events with allies across the world. We have participated in conferences, seminars, and workshops both directly through speaking out on issues related to statelessness in Canada, as well as a listener and learner.
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IN THE SHADOWS: A CONVERSATION ON STATELESSNESS
Online
Hosted by Yuriko Cowper-Smith with Jocelyn Kane, CCS welcomed, in May 2021, Rohingya activist Jaivet Ealom to a discussion on his asylum-seeking journey to Toronto from Myanmar, and his experience in detention, and escaping from the Manus immigration detention facility. You can read more about Jaivet's journey here. The event featured a Q&A period where we learned about the Rohingya genocide and ways that Canadians can get involved.
POWER OF ART FUNDRAISER
Toronto, Canada
​There is a strong link between homelessness and statelessness: many people who are stateless have challenges accessing housing, and many people who are homeless do not possess identity documents. In August 2019, Brittany Camilleri, the Founder and Executive Director of Gifts for the Homeless (GFTH) hosted a fundraiser for her organisation and donated a portion of her proceeds to CCS. The fundraiser was a success! It included artists, music, an art auction, and two art pieces donated to CCS by Stateless HE, a stateless artist in Toronto.
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2019 WORLD CONFERENCE ON STATELESSNESS AND INCLUSION 
The Hague, Netherlands
In June 2019, CCS participated in the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion’s World Conference on Statelessness. The interdisciplinary conference featured researchers, activists, civil society practitioners, lawyers, government representatives, artists, and formerly stateless individuals. The conference included workshops, panel discussions, and artistic interventions that addressed diverse aspects of statelessness. CCS members and Board members participated in five panel presentations that addressed statelessness in political theory, law, social movements, and Indigenous identity and the Canadian colonial context.
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STATELESSNESS IN THE U.S. and EMERGING CHALLENGES IN
NATIONALITY WORKSHOP 
Washington, D.C., United States
​On November 5, 2018 CCS was invited to participate in this workshop for civil society organisations and legal clinics in the United States, hosted by the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness, Open Society Justice Initiative, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. CCS  presented on Canada’s experience with statelessness including legislation and policy, profiles of stateless persons, and CCS projects. 

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INSTITUTE ON STATELESSNESS AND INCLUSION, NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS and OPEN SOCIETY
​JUSTICE INITIATIVE'S STATELESSNESS ACADEMIC WORKSHOP 
New York, United States
In June 2017 Jocelyn Kane participated in this workshop for academics working on issues concerning statelessness. The event explored how scholars have approached statelessness in the past and how we can engage with statelessness in a multidisciplinary way going forward. This intensive week-long programme of activities for academics included an exchange of  experiences on teaching statelessness, a dialogue between scholars and practitioners, masterclasses and workshops, and a two-day meeting of over twenty expert academics and practitioners in the field.


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UNHCR and AMERICAS NETWORK ON NATIONALITY AND
​STATELESSNESS TRAINING WORKSHOP
Santiago, Chile
In June 2016 CCS attended the Training Workshop on Nationality and Statelessness for Non-governmental Organizations and Legal Clinics of the Americas. The workshop addressed the international and regional legal framework on statelessness, jurisprudential developments of the Inter-American Human Rights System, and best practices in order to strengthen capacities of NGOs and practitioners to contribute to the implementation of the sixth chapter (Statelessness) of the Brazil Action Plan.

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GLOBAL IDEAS INSTITUTE 
Toronto, Canada
In December 2015, CCS Director Jocelyn Kane had the privilege of participating in the Global Ideas Institute seminar series on Birth Registration, and presented the ‘Human Side of Birth Registration’ to 25 groups of Toronto high school students. These young minds attend seminars throughout the year and are tasked with coming up with a project that tackles the various challenges of this global problem. For more information on the Global Ideas Institute, click here.

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AMERICAS NETWORK ON NATIONALITY AND STATELESSNESS
​INAUGURAL REGIONAL MEETING
San Jose, Costa Rica
In June 2015, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Center for Justice and International Law, and Open Society Foundations organised a regional meeting of the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness and other non-governmental organisations.  CCS was at the meeting, which aimed to enhance the function of the Americas Network and discuss the role of civil society organisations in implementing chapter six (Statelessness) of the Brazil Plan of Action, and the UNHCR Global Action Plan to End Statelessness: 2014-2024.  For information on the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness please visit http://www.americasns.org/. 


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INAUGURAL GLOBAL FORUM ON STATELESSNESS
​The Hague, The Netherlands
In September 2014, CCS Director Jocelyn Kane participated in the inaugural Global Forum on Statelessness in The Hague, The Netherlands. Co-hosted by Tilburg University and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Forum brought together experts, practitioners, and researchers to share good practices and challenges in policy development on statelessness, explore and debate contemporary statelessness research and policy, and provide a platform for the voices of stateless persons in the development of new research and policy directions. For the Forum programme, abstracts, and photos click here.




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