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Anneke Smit
— Published on Mar 25th, 2020
Professor Smit authors column in Windsor Star on municipal planning
Professor Anneke Smit shared a column with the Windsor Star regarding the planning tools available to City Council to influence the mega-hospital location. Read the full article on the Windsor Star website.
— Published on Sep 7th, 2018
Professor Anneke Smit joins UNHCR Europe and the European Resettlement Network as a consultant to conduct study of higher education scholarships for refugees
In the midst of the global migration crisis, higher education opportunities for refugee youth can play a crucial role in their safety and protection.
Following the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants in 2016, universities and other members of civil society have been called upon to share responsibility for creating pathways to refugee protection. To assist these efforts, Windsor Law’s Professor Anneke Smit was engaged by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Europe and partner organizations in the European Resettlement Network (ERN+) as external consultant to conduct a feasibility study of higher education scholarships for refugees.
— Published on May 10th, 2018
2017 Celebration of Teaching Excellence accolades
Windsor Law faculty and students were recently recognized at the 12th Annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence award ceremony.
— Published on Dec 5th, 2017
Professor Smit receives 2017 Excellence in Mentoring Award
Windsor Law Professor, Anneke Smit, will be honoured during the Alumni Association Annual General Meeting for her efforts to guide and mentor students.
— Published on Nov 16th, 2017
Smit on Refugee 'Failures' in Macleans
Anneke Smit
Professor Anneke Smit wrote an article for Macleans Magazine titled, "Canadians have turned a blind eye to the Liberals’ refugee failures." In the article Smit posits that Canada’s big talk on refugees doesn’t align with the government’s private-sponsorship cap—which, she says, was swept under the rug.
— Published on May 16th, 2017
Smit Honoured for Refugee Work
Anneke Smit
Professor Anneke Smit will be recognized with The Windsor Essex Local Immigration Partnership's Welcoming Community Award at a forum on March 2.
Professor Smit's research includes her work on the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons. She has led efforts across Canada to advocate for those fleeing violence in Syria and she serves on the steering committees of the organizations Canada4Refugees and Scholars at Risk.
— Published on Feb 17th, 2017
Smit, Smyth and Rogin Op Ed on Refugee Reunification in the Globe and Mail
Professors Anneke Smith and Gemma Smyth, and CLA's Jillian Rogin
Professors Anneke Smit and Gemma Smyth, and Community Legal Aid's Jillian Rogin, on the Syrian refugees' need for better ways to reconnect with their families in today's Globe and Mail.
— Published on Dec 19th, 2016
Teaching Excellence
Professors Anneke Smit, Sujith Xavier and Marcela Aroca (not in the photo) Recognized with Teaching Excellence Awards
Smit, Xavier and Aroca Recognized
— Published on Jan 24th, 2017
Smit an invited speaker at restitution and peace conference in Bogota
Anneke Smit at Colombian Conference in Bogota
On 16-17 June, Dr. Anneke Smit participated as an invited speaker in the conference “Restitution of Land and Territorial Rights in the Context of the Transition to Peace” at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota. Dr. Smit presented her research on the legal and social position of secondary occupiers of land and housing during processes of post-conflict land restitution. She reflected on possible lessons for Colombia’s nascent restitution process.
— Published on Sep 27th, 2016