Date: March 20 and 21, 2026
Location: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
Organized by Dr. Reena Kukreja (Queen's University) and Dr. Kim Rygiel (Wilfrid Laurier University), the QB-IMMGS brings together a community of students, scholars, and researchers working on the pressing global issues of migration, mobility, displacement, and borders.
The theme for the 2026 Symposium is Borders, and (Un)Bordering: Analyzing Migration and (Im)Mobility In An Era Of "Polycrisis". The 2026 Symposium will feature four (4) panels of student presentations and two (2) roundtable discussions.
Papers will delve into the co-existence and interweaving of multiple crises such as an acute socio-economic crisis, ecological crisis, persisting racial injustice, conflict, health-care crisis the growth and the rapid spread of far-right populism, breakdown of international order and the denial / exclusion of citizenship rights. Papers will also explore resistance and practices of (un)bordering.
We look forward to seeing you at Queen's University in Kingston on 20 and 21 March 2026!