Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Michael Frishkopf, Reza Hasmath, and Anna Kirova

1. Theoretical Perspectives on Dehumanization and Resisting It

Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Michael Frishkopf, Reza Hasmath, and Anna Kirova

Part I. The Role of Immigration Policies and the Media in the Dehumanization of Refugees

2. Dehumanizing or Humanizing Refugees? A Comparative Assessment of Canada, the United States, and Australia

Yasmeen Abu-Laban

3. Migrant and Refugee Precarity as a Double Movement: A Case Study of Dehumanization and Humanization in the Canada-US Borderlands

Jeffrey M. Ayres

4. Resisting Dehumanization Through Resettlement Based on Full Refugee Experiences

Fariborz Birjandian

5. Conflating Migration, Terrorism, and Islam: Mediations of Syrian Refugees in Canadian Print Media Following the 2015 Paris Attacks

Nariya Khasanova

Part II. The Role of Educational Institutions and Programs in the (De)humanization of Refugees

6. A New School and New Life: Understanding the Experiences of Yazidi Families with Children

Pallabi Bhattacharyya, Labe Songose, and Lori Wilkinson

7. “Where Are You From?”: A Personal Perspective on the Struggles of Youth Living Between Two Cultures

Jwamer Jalal

8. Precarious Inclusion: Refugees in Higher Education in Germany

Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez

9. (Not) Meeting the Needs of Refugee Students: Toward a Framework for the Humanization of Education

Anna Kirova

Part III. Countering Dehumanization: State Apologies and New Approaches

10. When the State Says “Sorry”: Jewish Refugees to Canada and the Politics of Apology

Abigail B. Bakan

11. State Apologies and the Rehumanization of Refugee, Indigenous, and Ethnic Minority Groups

Reza Hasmath, Benjamin Ho, and Solomon Kay-Reid

12. Home, Hope, and a Human Approach to Displacement

Jim Gurnett

Part IV. Enacting (Re)humanization: Refugee Agency and the Arts

13. A Life of Many Homes: Reflections of a Writer in Exile

Jalal Barzanji

14. Locating Kurdish Cultural Identity in Canada

Louise Harrington and Dana Waissi

15. How Can Music Ameliorate Displacement, Disconnection, and Dehumanization?

Michael Frishkopf

16. Music, Weapon of Change, Weapon of Peace: Thomas Mapfumo, Chimurenga, and the Power of Music in Exile

Thomas Mapfumo, Chiedza Chikawa, and Michael Frishkopf

17. Music Enacting (Re)humanization: Concert Introduction, Program, and Link

Michael Frishkopf

Contributors

Index