Description
During the first two months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022,almost 5 million people left the country. Polish cities, NGOs and ordinary residents faced an unprecedented challenge in Europe’s post-war history to address their needs. Large cities, and increasingly also small towns need to respond to the needs of a growing population of 2.8 million forced migrants who crossed Polish borders, providing them with shelter, education, employment, healthcare system and social services. This series of CMR Webinars “Migration and Cities. Managing the crisis” aims at discussing major challengesexperienced by Polish local administrations, NGOs and other stakeholders who serve forced migrants and identifying solutions that worked well in other contexts. This webinar will focus on policies addressing the educational needs of forced migrants. First, the Polish-based panelists who represent organizations engaged in facilitating access to the education system for forced migrants will discuss the main challenges they experience. Next, the panelists with expertise in education policies from other countries will discuss the best strategies that could be implemented in Polish cities or be some lessons learned in the Polish
context.
Panelists
Marta Pietrusińska, University of Warsaw, Poland
Jolanta Grochala, Motivating Teacher, Bilingualism Trainer, President of the "Bilingual Poland” Association, An owner of Jolanta Grochala. Motivating Teacher brand
Agnieszka Tomasik, School director of Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących nr 8 in Gdańsk, Poland
Maria Teresa Garcia, Multicultural Liaison Officer (MLO) Program Manager, Ottawa
Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO), Canada
Aisling O'Boyle, Director of Internationalization School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Maria Złonkiewicz, Uchodźcy.info, Chlebem i Solą
Period | 06 May 2022 |
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Held at | Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland |
Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- forced migration
- ukraine
- migration and education
- education