Ethics of Immigration and Emigration

Event Date: March 13, 2013 - 9:00 am to 5:45 pm
Location: University Residential Complex, 90 University, lounge 140

One-day workshop.

Sponsored by CIPS and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA).
Free. In English. Registration is required.

This workshop explores the difficult ethical questions that arise as migrants try, or are forced, to cross borders. We ask: Is there a right to immigration? What obligations do we have when individuals are forced to migrate against their will? What counts as coerced migration? When is “this is our territory” a good reason to limit access to migrants desiring entry and when can it be superseded by migrants’ rights?

Those wishing to attend should be in touch with Patti Tamara Lenard (GSPIA) at patti.lenard@uottawa.ca to confirm their interest.

PROGRAM

9:15 am  Welcome and introductory remarks
9:30 – 11:00 am  Session 1Territory and (forced) movement

• Margaret Moore (Queen’s University), “Theories of territory and the ethics of migration”
• Discussant: David Robichaud (University of Ottawa)

11:00 – 11:30 am  Coffee break

11:30 – 1:00 pm  (continued)

• Jay Drydyk (Carleton University), “Displacement by development: Ethics, rights, and responsibilities”
• Discussant: Patti Tamara Lenard (University of Ottawa)

1:00 – 2:00 pm  Lunch

2:00 – 3:30 pm  Session 2
The human right to immigration and emigration?

• David Miller (Oxford University), “Is there a human right to migration?”
• Discussant: Hélène Pellerin (University of Ottawa)

3:30 – 4:00 pm  Coffee break

4:00 – 5:30 pm  (continued)

• Christine Straehle (University of Ottawa), “Between social and global justice: Towards the ethics of emigration”
• Discussant: Zoran Oklopcic (Carleton University)

5:30 – 5:45 pm  Closing remarks